Events
Regina Spektor
- 8:00pm Sunday, April 2, 2017
Live Nation welcomes Regina Spektor to the Portland'5 Keller Auditorium on Sunday, April 2, 2017 at 8pm. The concert is part of a full North American tour this spring, just announced after Spektor completed a sold-out run of performances in select U.S. cities this fall. Tickets go on sale Friday, November 4th at 10am at portland5.com, the Portland'5 Box Office (1111 SW Broadway Ave., Portland, OR 97205), TickesWest outlets, or by phone: 800-273-1530. Subscribers to Regina Spektor’s online mailing list will have the first opportunity to purchase tickets during a special presale beginning Tuesday, November 1 at 10am. Every pair of tickets includes a standard CD or digital version of Spektor’s new album Remember Us To Life, out now on Sire/Warner Bros. Records. You will receive album redemption instructions via email 5-7 days after you purchase your tickets.
Kicking off in Montreal on March 5, Spektor’s tour includes stops at a number of storied venues including New York’s Radio City Music Hall, Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, the Chicago Theater and the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA.
About Regina Spektor
Born in the Soviet Union, Spektor began studying classical piano when she was six. Her family emigrated in 1989, landing in New York City, where she continued her classical training. Spektor eventually studied composition at the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College where she graduated with honors. She began writing pop songs in her late teens and made her recorded debut in 2001 with the self-released 11:11, a collection of songs heavily influenced by jazz and blues. Songs followed in 2002 and Soviet Kitsch in 2004.
Spektor’s commercial breakthrough came in 2006 on her fourth LP, Begin to Hope. The gold-certified album included the singles “On the Radio,” “Better” and “Fidelity,” which climbed the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Spektor’s fifth album, Far released in 2009, and sixth album, What We Saw From the Cheap Seats released in 2012, both debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
Spektor’s songs have appeared in TV shows and movies including Orange Is The New Black,Grey’s Anatomy, Weeds, How I Met Your Mother, Veronica Mars, The Good Wife and (500) Days of Summer. Spektor played for the Obamas and guests at the White House and performed as part of philanthropic campaigns for Tibet, Doctors Without Borders, and many more.