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Canadian alt-pop icon Lights headlined the Varsity Theater on May 3rd.
Atlanta’s Tillie (stylized as tiLLie) opened the show. Based on her love for Britney Spears (covering “Lucky” on the set), you would think she was a pop-kid, but Tillie actually spent many years playing basement shows with her punk band. In 2016, she caught the eye of Machine Gun Kelly, and was asked to collaborate on a cover of the Foo Fighters’ hit “Everlong.”
Then she was invited by Kevin Lyman to go on her first-ever tour on Vans Warped Tour in 2017… resulting in many press calling her “Warped Tour Newcomers You Need to Know Before This Summer” and “Under-The-Radar Female Bands and Artists You Need To Hear Now”, etc.
What is tragic, is that Tillie was gearing up for her headlining tour in 2019, in support of her EP Loud Mouth… when COVID-19 put a stop to everything.
Seeing Tillie on stage, you can just hear how excited she was to be back on stage, after a two year absence from touring, despite the fact that she got a cold from going out and playing every night.
Highlight of her set was her latest single, “The Me U Kno”, which was set for release at midnight, May 4th.
After “Reality Bites”, a song about her car accident, she mentioned that she was going to put together a new EP for this Summer.
Lights got her start in 2008 with her debut self-titled EP. It led to her album The Listening, which got her recognized with a Juno Award for “New Artist of the Year” and stole two awards for Astral Media Radio.
She first came to our attention in 2015, when she was touring in support of her then-new album Little Machines, calling her “buzzworthy Toronto singer-songwriter.”
After the country’s lockdown due to the pandemic, Lights planned her return to touring by writing new songs on PƎP . The intro song, “Prodigal Daughter”, with the backdrop of “I’m Back”, really set the tone that it’s been a while, but she’s excited to be back and playing live music.
Part of the fun of her show is watching the background video, which had a lot of hidden Easter eggs, for old Lights fans to enjoy. For example, you can see footage of her character avatars from a video game or images from her comic book. It was cool if you knew it, but it wasn’t terrible if you didn’t understand it. They’re just meant for the fans.
Based on her reception of the tour so far, which she’s having a lot of fun… she promised that she’ll be back.
Light’s new album PƎP is out now on Fueled By Ramen Records
Atlanta’s Tillie (stylized as tiLLie) opened the show. Based on her love for Britney Spears (covering “Lucky” on the set), you would think she was a pop-kid, but Tillie actually spent many years playing basement shows with her punk band. In 2016, she caught the eye of Machine Gun Kelly, and was asked to collaborate on a cover of the Foo Fighters’ hit “Everlong.”
Then she was invited by Kevin Lyman to go on her first-ever tour on Vans Warped Tour in 2017… resulting in many press calling her “Warped Tour Newcomers You Need to Know Before This Summer” and “Under-The-Radar Female Bands and Artists You Need To Hear Now”, etc.
What is tragic, is that Tillie was gearing up for her headlining tour in 2019, in support of her EP Loud Mouth… when COVID-19 put a stop to everything.
Seeing Tillie on stage, you can just hear how excited she was to be back on stage, after a two year absence from touring, despite the fact that she got a cold from going out and playing every night.
Highlight of her set was her latest single, “The Me U Kno”, which was set for release at midnight, May 4th.
After “Reality Bites”, a song about her car accident, she mentioned that she was going to put together a new EP for this Summer.
Lights got her start in 2008 with her debut self-titled EP. It led to her album The Listening, which got her recognized with a Juno Award for “New Artist of the Year” and stole two awards for Astral Media Radio.
She first came to our attention in 2015, when she was touring in support of her then-new album Little Machines, calling her “buzzworthy Toronto singer-songwriter.”
After the country’s lockdown due to the pandemic, Lights planned her return to touring by writing new songs on PƎP . The intro song, “Prodigal Daughter”, with the backdrop of “I’m Back”, really set the tone that it’s been a while, but she’s excited to be back and playing live music.
Part of the fun of her show is watching the background video, which had a lot of hidden Easter eggs, for old Lights fans to enjoy. For example, you can see footage of her character avatars from a video game or images from her comic book. It was cool if you knew it, but it wasn’t terrible if you didn’t understand it. They’re just meant for the fans.
Based on her reception of the tour so far, which she’s having a lot of fun… she promised that she’ll be back.
Light’s new album PƎP is out now on Fueled By Ramen Records
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Lights at Varsity Theater, Minneapolis (03 May 2022) |
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