Phoebe Bridgers announces intimate UK shows next week
The singer will head for intimate dates in London, Bristol and Brighton next week.
By Nick Reilly
Phoebe Bridgers has announced a string of intimate UK shows next week to mark the release of her anticipated third record.
The singer and one third of Boygenius will release Lost Weekend this Friday (August 14), which was heralded by Rolling Stone UK as “an ambitious return” in a five star review.
Now, she has announced a series of shows across the UK. They will kick off with two shows at the Union Chapel on Monday (August 17) – her first solo set in London since 2022 – before she heads to Circuit in Kingston twice on Wednesday (August 19), as well as Electric Bristol twice on Friday, (21 August).
Brighton’s Resident Records is also set to host two separate performances from the singer at Chalk on August 20.
Bridgers will play a matinee show as well as an evening show, which is expected to last around 45 minutes, at each venue.
In keeping with Bridgers’ previous gigs, no phones, smartwatches, or other recording devices will be allowed.
Reviewing Lost Weekends, RS UK wrote: “‘Never Going Back!’ ends with a banjo instrumental played over a devastating voicemail left for Bridgers by her late father: ‘Hey, Phoebe, it’s your dad! I know you’re busy… being a rock star takes up a lot of your time, I’m guessing…’
“It’s the most crushing of countless revealing moments on an album that both fills in the gaps from Bridgers’ time away from the spotlight and pushes her forwards in thrilling new directions. As if singing to herself in the middle of her retreat from public life, closer ‘Lost Weekend (Reprise)’ sees Bridgers remark: “If I ever come out of hiding / You won’t have to know how to find me again.” For the singer of a generation, it was more than worth the wait – the wait was the whole point.”