Phoebe Bridgers to bring her less-secretive tour to Utah

Phoebe Bridgers, performing during the 50th Glastonbury Festival in England, is slated to perform at the Delta Center in October.

Phoebe Bridgers, performing during the 50th Glastonbury Festival in England, is slated to perform at the Delta Center in October. (Guy Bell, Shutterstock via CNN)


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KEY TAKEAWAYS
  • Phoebe Bridgers announced her North American tour, stopping at the Delta Center on Oct. 21.
  • The tour, supported by Alex G, requires attendees to secure phones in pouches.
  • Tickets presale is June 9-10; general sale starts June 12.

SALT LAKE CITY — Phoebe Bridgers has wowed the music industry with a secret tour at small venues across the country this spring, playing new songs in front of phoneless crowds.

The four-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter is now being less stealthy with her tour plans, announcing on Friday that she'll continue a North American tour this fall that includes a stop in Utah.

Bridgers will bring her "The Lost Tour" to the Delta Center in Salt Lake on Oct. 21. It'll be her first performance as a solo artist in Utah since she headlined the Kilby Block Party festival in 2022, although she also came to Utah a year later as part of her supergroup side project, Boygenius.

She'll be joined on tour by Alex G, who performed at Kilby Block Party last month.

A presale will take place on June 9-10, before tickets go on sale on June 12.

Much like her secret tour, phones will not be allowed inside the arena. Ticket-holders are required to place all phones, smartwatches and similar accessories in a secure pouch provided upon entry to the facility.

"I'm going on tour no phones," Bridgers wrote on Instagram.

The announcement came a day after Bridgers ended a run of secret shows with a sold-out performance at New York City's Madison Square Garden, where fans were able to secure seats for $1. She announced that she would go on a proper tour at the event, according to Billboard.

Her "Spring Pop-Up Tour" began seemingly out of nowhere when she performed at The Liberty in Roswell, New Mexico, last month — her first solo performance since wrapping up a line of opening performances as part of Taylor Swift's Era Tour three years ago.

Those who have attended say she performed many previously unreleased songs. She told the crowd that it was a "test" for future performances, Pitchfork reported.

A series of similarly secretive shows began popping up across the country afterward, sparking an online frenzy within the indie music scene. Fans were required to store their phones in pouches to prevent recordings of the event, and multiple outlets wrote that she encouraged people not to record any of her new material.

Only time will tell if it's the future of the music industry in today's digital age.

Her performance will be one of several concerts planned at the Delta Center this October, as it reopens from the latest round of renovations. Carin Leon, Kacey Musgraves, Gorillaz, The Smashing Pumpkins and Dan + Shay are also headlining tours in the arena's first month back in action.

The Key Takeaways for this article were generated with the assistance of large language models and reviewed by our editorial team. The article, itself, is solely human-written.

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