{"id":362886,"date":"2026-10-02T14:57:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T14:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/362886\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T14:57:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T14:57:02","slug":"phoebe-bridgers-brings-the-lost-tour-to-brooklyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/362886\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoebe Bridgers Brings “The Lost Tour” to Brooklyn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pasadena, California raised Phoebe Bridgers \u201cQueen of sad girl rock\u201d returned to Brooklyn on Saturday, September 26 ending a three night residency at Barclays Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"Credit: Ashley Gellman \/ Instagram: @saladjockey<\/p>\n

As a casual fan who occasionally jams to Phoebe classics like \u201cKyoto\u201d and \u201cMotion Sickness\u201d I really did not know what to expect. My younger sister, however, is a true hardcore Phoebe fan. When I mentioned I was debating taking on this assignment, she made the consequences of passing up this opportunity clear. So, I pulled the trigger and accepted.<\/p>\n

My main hesitation was about the weather that night. A Nor\u2019easter was in the middle of moving through New York City, and events like All Things Go and Global Citizens Fest had already been cancelled\u2026so you can see why a cozy night at home seemed appealing. Nonetheless, I braved the 30mph wind, hopped on the oh so reliable NYC public transit system and made my way from Queens to Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m glad I did. The night was nothing short of a magical display of musical genius. And yes, there\u2019s a boygenius pun in there somewhere.<\/p>\n

\"\"Credit: Matt Grubb \/ Instagram: @mattgrubb.americas.waffle :\u00a0<\/p>\n

As you may have heard, the night was a no phones show. A first for me and plenty of other concertgoers. As a photographer and writer, I hate to say that I was a bit hesitant, but as the night went on, it clicked. I was giving the performance my undivided attention, free from Instagram notification and the nagging urge to check what was happening in the outside world. For the next couple of hours, it was just me, Alex G, Phoebe and her band, and the thousands of adoring fans.<\/p>\n

In a weird way, Barclays felt more intimate than many of the smaller venues I\u2019ve been to. Without phone screens breaking up the crowd, Barclays felt more connected.<\/p>\n

Alex G opened the night with melodic, sincere storytelling that quickly drew the audience in. Alex G, another familiar voice in the indie and alternative scene since the 2010s, he had the crowd so invested that at one point, I wondered, had everyone come for Phoebe or was Alex the real start of the night?<\/p>\n

\"\"Credit: Matt Grubb \/ Instagram: @mattgrubb.americas.waffle :\u00a0<\/p>\n

That question answered itself when Phoebe and her band took the main stage. The crowd\u2019s reception caught me off guard (slightly scaring me\u2026in a good way). You could here how much Phoebe meant to the people in that room before she even started to sing. I\u2019m not quite sure I\u2019ve experienced anything quite like it.<\/p>\n

So I braced myself, and I\u2019m glad I did. The night beamed with energy as fans echoed every word of songs like \u201cMotion Sickness and \u201cGarden Song\u201d<\/p>\n

Featured tracks from her third studio album, Lost Weekend which released earlier in August of 2026, already found its place in the nights set. Songs like \u201cThe Outside\u201d received the kind of praise you\u2019d expect from an album that had been out for years.<\/p>\n

One of my favorite performances was the upbeat rendition of \u201cLost Boys.\u201d Phoebe and her band transformed the slightly slower album version into a venue rocking song with a classic rock feel. It was a pleasant surprise and a reminder of how much a live arrangement can change the way you experience a track.<\/p>\n

With no photo passes allocated to the press, I\u2019ll do my best to put the stage design into words. The production was a spectacle of its own, with two stages giving the performance contrasting moods.<\/p>\n

\"\"Credit: Ashley Gellman \/ Instagram: @saladjockey :\u00a0<\/p>\n

Setlist via setlist.fm<\/a>: The Outside, Motion Sickness, Kill Me, The Governor\u2019s Waltz, Lost Boys, DVD Menu, Garden Song, Moon Song, Liberty Tree, Panorama (instrumental), Lost Weekend, Funeral, Graceland Too, Haunted, Still Standing, As Above, Bobby, Georgia, I Can\u2019t Wait, On Video, Not Strong Enough (boygenius song, with boygenius), Powers (boygenius song, with boygenius<\/a>), Kyoto, I Know the End<\/p>\n

Encore: Lost Weekend (Reprise), Scott Street, Never Going Back! (band only)<\/p>\n

\"\"Credit: Ashley Gellman \/ Instagram: @saladjockey :\u00a0<\/p>\n

The opening half took place on the main stage beneath a rounded sphere like structure with projections keeping Phoebe front and center. The backdrop carried the sphere\u2019s colors across the stage while close ups let fans throughout the arena see the emotion behind each lyric. It was by far one of the more beautifully designed sets I\u2019ve seen to date.<\/p>\n

As we neared the middle of the show, Phoebe moved to the smaller B stage. It brought a more intimate presence to the arena, paired with a light show unlike anything I\u2019ve seen outside a rave or EDM concert.<\/p>\n

The rest of the night tapped beyond her solo albums, feature work with boygenius and a performance of her new song for Primetime, directed by Lance Oppenheim.<\/p>\n

I went into Barclays as a casual fan who nearly stayed home. I left understanding why my sister wouldn\u2019t let me pass on this one.\"\"<\/p>\n

Brooklyn was just one stop on the \u201cThe Lost Tour\u201d which is sold out throughout it\u2019s US\/UK run. Phoebe and Alex G continue through Toronto, Detroit, Boston, Charlotte, Nashville, Atlanta, Austin, Fort Worth, Denver, Salt Lake City, Vancouver, and San Francisco before wrapping up the North American leg with three nights at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pasadena, California raised Phoebe Bridgers \u201cQueen of sad girl rock\u201d returned to Brooklyn on Saturday, September 26 ending…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362887,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[3353,98,100,99,9,24,63,57510],"class_list":["post-362886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-barclays-center","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-phoebe-bridgers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}