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Sarah McLachlan: Better Broken Tour / Allison Russell (TD Pavilion at The Mann Center, Philadelphia, PA, July 7, 2026) [DID NOT ATTEND]

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[DID NOT ATTEND: July 7, 2026] Sarah McLachlan / Allison Russell

Back in 2024, Sarah McLachlan did a tour for the anniversary of Fumbling Towards Ecstasy.  Back in the 90s I loved Sarah so much.  I loved her music.  I oved Lilith Fair, I though she was the bomb.

I feel like she got crazy overplayed (especially the sad dog commercial) and she became something of a punchline, which is a shame.   A friend saw her last time and said the show was amazing.  I thought about gong to this one, but the timing and the venue did not inspire me, so I didn’t bother getting a ticket.

It turns out this tour was for a new album, which I didn’t know anything about.  Although she did play a lot of great older songs too, the previous tour would have been the better choice.

I think I would like to see her again–her voice is supposed to be strong and wonderful still.  Maybe if she played the Met, instead of the Mann.

Allison Russell opened for Hozier in 2024 on the tour I could not get tickets to.  She is a Canadian singer who is placed in the Americana genre, which is kind of funny.  WXPN plays some of her songs, and “Stay Right Here” is super duper catchy and will sound AMAZING in the Pavilion with its big chorus, disco beats and R&B/choir components (I wonder if she’ll have a band live).  Her song “Nightflyer” is more mellow but quite lovely.

I think I might actually be quite the fan of her without realizing it was her.

 

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Hozier / Allison Russell (Freedom Mortgage Pavilion, Camden, NJ, May 25, 2024) [DID NOT ATTEND]

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[DID NOT ATTEND: May 25, 2024] Hozier / Allison Russell

When this show was announced, I immediately planned to get tickets to see Hozier again.  My son and I had seen him in a small intimate show, but I imagined that seeing him from (ideally) the pit or (otherwise) in the lower sections would be amazing.

I don’t even think I paid attention to the fact that the show was at the hated Freedom Mortgage Pavilion.

Then I logged in on the day of and the tickets were OUTRAGEOUSLY expensive.  I mean lawn seats weren’t too bad, but I don’t intend to ever go t a show and sit in lawn seats again, so the heck with that.

I just checked a couple of days ago, and t here were literally only two seats available for sale in the whole place (resale, I don’t know if they were marked up or not).  In other words, parking is going to be a nightmare!

I’m sure Hozier will kick ass, though.

Allison Russell is a Canadian singer who is placed in the Americana genre, which is kind of funny.  WXPN plays some of her songs, and “Stay Right Here” is super duper catchy and will sound AMAZING in the Pavilion with its big chorus, disco beats and r7B/choir components (I wonder if she’ll have a band live).  Her song “Nightflyer” is more mellow but quite lovely.

I think I might actually be quite the fan of her without realizing it was her.

The whole night will be great.  I’m bummed it was priced out of our range.

 

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