Horror director John Carpenter is going on tour in 2025. Get tickets

“Halloween” came early this year.Iconic director and composer John Carpenter recently announced he’s hitting the road this fall for a quick six-concert tour where he’ll play tense, synth-y tracks from classic films of his like “The Thing,” “Assault on Precinct 13,” “Big Trouble In Little China” and more at all shows.And, yes, the man who brought the world “Escape From New York” is scheduled to swing into the City That Never Sleeps.Carpenter’s brief run kicks off with a pair of back-to-back gigs at Queens’ Knockdown Center on Thursday, Oct.

9 and Friday, Oct.10.These shows will be his first official concerts since 2018; the last time, the 77-year-old performed in the Five Boroughs was when he played Terminal 5 in November 2017.Based on our findings at Set List FM, he took 18 songs to the stage that night including the “Halloween Theme,” “Darkness Begins” and “Christine Attacks (Plymouth Fury).”As an added bonus, this time around, Carpenter will be joined by his son, Cody Carpenter and Kinks guitarist Dave Davies’ son, Daniel Davies.

Both men are also composers; the three collaborated on the scores for the 2018 “Halloween” remake, 2021 “Halloween Kills” and the 2022 remake of “Firestarter.”“…we’ll get to really dig deep into our musical souls, which is something I can’t wait to share,” Carpenter said, according to Brooklyn Vegan.For more information, our team has everything you need to know and more about John Carpenter’s fall 2025 tour below.A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues and links to buy tickets can be found below.Carpenter’s Terminal 5 show went down on Nov.16, 2017.

According to Set List FM, here’s what made the cut that spooky evening:01.) “Escape From New York: Main Title” (from “Escape From New York”)02.) “Assault on Precinct 13: Main Title” (from “Assault on Precinct 13”)03.) “March of the Children” (from “Village of the Damned”)04.) “The Fo...