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Paulo Ricardo
Rock
The next Paulo Ricardo concert is scheduled for Friday, July 11, 2025 at CNRAC - Swimming Club and Regatas Alvares Cabral in Vitória, Brazil. See all 19 upcoming concerts
Upcoming Concerts for Paulo Ricardo
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- Jul11Jul 11, 2025CNRAC - Swimming Club and Regatas Alvares CabralVitória
- Jul12Jul 12, 2025Beach Club San FranciscoNiterói
- Jul13Jul 13, 2025Praça Bernardino de CamposItapira
- Jul17Jul 17, 2025Praia ClubeUberlândia
- Jul19Jul 19, 2025Multiplan Hall Park Shopping São CaetanoSão Caetano do Sul
- Jul20Jul 20, 2025AndrelândiaAndrelândia
![Watch Tarde Em Itapuã (feat. Paulo Ricardo) [Ao Vivo] music video by Toquinho](/mkimage/image/thumb/Video118/v4/b4/58/3f/b4583f1e-dcf8-78f5-75f0-ff5e55f73f03/192562947524_1_1.jpg/575x575mv.webp "Watch Tarde Em Itapuã (feat. Paulo Ricardo) [Ao Vivo] music video by Toquinho")
About Paulo Ricardo
Hometown
Brazil
Born
September 23, 1962
Genre
Rock
Paulo Ricardo was the leader of RPM, a pop/rock band that was a great commercial success in Brazil. He left the band in 1989 when he recorded his first solo album, Paulo Ricardo. He recorded six more albums by 2000, then switched to romantic music, having had great success in the Latin American market with A Cruz e a Espada, released internationally. At five he performed in Augusto César Vanucci's amateur show and was invited to return several times. At 14, he moved with his family to São Paulo SP and met Luís Schiavon, who would later become RPM's keyboardist. In 1980, Ricardo entered the University of São Paulo in the field of journalism. Soon after, he became a rock critic for the magazines Canja, Música, and Som Três. By the end of the year, Ricardo decided to perform shows with Schiavon, but their pop sound did not meet with the same success as the punk/new wave that was popular in Brazil at the time. Disappointed, he followed his girlfriend Eloá Ramos Chouzal to France and then to London, England. There Ricardo again became fascinated by the prospects of his own band, and wrote songs while corresponding with Schiavon. Returning to Brazil in 1983, when pop/rock was finally becoming financially viable, he recorded a demo with the keyboardist, but it received no interest from any labels. Inviting guitarist Fernando Deluqui and drummer Júnior (who, in January 1985 was replaced with P.A. Pagni), he formed RPM. After the breakup of RPM in 1989, he started from the bottom again, performing with the aid of taped backup music in small, obscure clubs. In that phase, his musical partner and producer Liminha was of great help to Ricardo's comeback. Soon he was invited by Roberto Carlos as a preferred singer to perform in a TV special about Carlos' 50th anniversary. Wanting to re-form RPM, Ricardo played with Pagni and Deluqui in the Rock in Rio II festival. With the addition of Marquinho Costa and Franco Júnior they released Paulo Ricardo e RPM in 1993 (PolyGram). But it didn't work out, and the band was dissolved again in 1995. The following year Ricardo released his solo album Rock Popular Brasileiro, which sold nearly 100,000 copies. ~ Alvaro Neder
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