[ATTENDED: October 9, 2026] Daði Freyr
Daði Freyr has played Philadelphia 3 times and I’ve seen them all. My wife and I enjoyed him enough last time, that I knew I’d have to grab tickets for this tour as well.
Once again, I felt a little bad for not knowing all of the words to his songs because EVERYBODY else seemed to know every word. But that’s ok, because we were there for the undeniable Eurodance that Daði creates
The previous two times, he had other musicians with him (Ylva Øyen on drums and keys and Pétur Karl on guitars and synth), but this time it was just him. He had two banks of keys. Behind him was a guitar and a bass. Mostly he triggered the songs on his keyboards and he sang along. He played solos on the keys and manipulated the sounds from time to time.
The tech was much more sophisticated this time. There were four panels in the back which were connected by horizontal lights.
The theme of this show was Planet Daði. A planet that exists where everyone is Daði. Then a spaceship landed and out came a Daði. And soon they were interbreeding (hilarious pictures of hands with eyes flying around or looking like giraffes). The screens were filled with videos for each song–mostly Daði in the same white robe that he wore on stage–see it is a cult!–singing along or playing instruments.
And then he came out on stage in that white robe and started singing Somebody Else Now, not even a new song! The crowd was. in the lyrics of P.E.R.F.E.C.T., “Fabulous, Wonderful, Super nice, Magical, Excellent, Fantastic, Such a snack.” They sang and danced and responded to everything Daði did. (more…)
