Charlie Puth: Musician on his album 'Whatever's Clever!', touring, playing Madison Square Garden and Art Garfunkel
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What updates does Charlie Puth share about his life and career?
Charlie Puth is on the road. He's got his fourth solo album out. The tour, the global tour is on, and that tour includes coming here later on this year. So let's catch up. Charlie Puth is with us. Good morning.
Very good morning to you as well.
Now, health update, because I read Florida the other night. First of all, one specifically, how are you? Two more generally.
What challenges does Charlie face while touring and maintaining his health?
When you're on tour... Has a cough. Exactly. But when you're on tour, I mean, how many people freak out when you've gone to all of that effort of a tour and suddenly you've got to go tonight? I can't be there.
I definitely feel the disappointment and I never, never want it to happen. But the issue was that I had lost my voice that day entirely. And I can't give the show that I know I can give when I can't sing at all. It would just be a waste of everybody's time. So it was a really hard decision. That we had to make, but I had to put the health first and I will make it up to everybody one day, but it's just something I had to do in the moment.
Because the logistics must be enormous once you're on a world tour, mustn't they?
Absolutely. I mean, I feel terrible. I always sit with our bus drivers because they're the most important folks. Some of the most important folks that get us to point A to point B. And we're just filling up with some gas and gas is expensive here right now. And he was like, oh. Sorry, Charlie, that was an expensive tank. And I was like, oh, wow, I'm responsible for every aspect. I have a great team that helps me put the shows on, but I am really responsible for everything. And it was a nice, not that I forgot, but it was a nice reminder in that moment. So there's a lot of great people that work with us.
Exactly.
How's the tour so far? The tour was great. We just wrapped the US leg of it. The audiences were, their fans are just amazing. It's like having a second choir. I almost feel bad because it's like they're working. I was like, oh, they can just enjoy it. They don't have to sing everything, but that's how they enjoy it. It makes it so much better than rehearsal.
It's an interesting thing because I'm older than you, a lot older than you. I'm 60. And you're young enough, I suspect, so your shows, you're part of a generation in which people go to a concert and they sing everything. And I'm from a generation in which you used to go to a concert and you used to listen because that's why I'm paying to see you because I'm listening to you. And I had to work through a period where I thought, this is stupid. Why am I listening to everyone else sing their songs? I'm not paying you to listen. I'm here to listen to Charlie Puth, right? You see what I'm saying? But for you, that would be normal.
But you know what? That's interesting that you bring that up because I'm very proud to have a very wide demographic of folks that show up to our show. And it can be kids as young as two years old to couples that are in their late 80s. Seriously. And I see the difference in how you just described it. They're just intently listening or listening.
screaming out there can be in their early 20s and screaming out every lyric but i get to i turn my head and i get a best of both worlds it's really really lovely can you take us back the other night at medicine square garden uh one as an artist is it all it's cracked up to be as a thing to the show you put on with art garfunkel etc how did that come about
So to answer the first part of the question, yes, it is all cracked up to what it's to be. For me especially, just because I'm basically from here, so it's very full circle. The first show I ever played was in the West Village for 100 people, and we sold out Madison Square Garden, which was a little over 16,000 people, I think, that night. It was really, really, it's very full circle for me. I've forgotten the second part.
Art Garfunkel and all your guests. Art Garfunkel specifically because I didn't know how much you love Simon and Garfunkel and no one is a bigger fan of Simon and Garfunkel than I am.
I probably met my match then because I'm a huge fan as well of Paul Simon's songwriting and Art Garfunkel's voice and the way that he puts records together and how he's so particular.
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