John Carpenter set for ATP's Release The Bats in 2016

By Stef Lach
( Prog )
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Horror icon will perform live sets in Manchester and London for Halloween event

Horror icon John Carpenter will headline next year’s ATP Halloween event Release The Bats.

The All Tomorrow’s Parties-run event takes place at The Albert Hall, Manchester on October 29 and London’s The Troxy on October 31, 2016 – with gig-goers invited to dress up for the occasion.

Director and screenwriter Carpenter will perform a musical retrospective of his horror soundtrack work, his debut studio album Lost Themes, plus new material at the shows.

Carpenter has directed and scored films including 1978’s Halloween, 1980’s The Fog and 1983’s Christine.

More acts will be announced in due course and tickets are available now for both the Manchester and London events.

Stef Lach

Stef wrote close to 5,000 stories during his time as assistant online news editor and later as online news editor between 2014-2016. An accomplished reporter and journalist, Stef has written extensively for a number of UK newspapers and also played bass with UK rock favourites Logan. His favourite bands are Pixies and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Stef left the world of rock'n'roll news behind when he moved to his beloved Canada in 2016, but he started on his next 5000 stories in 2022.