[DID NOT ATTEND: March 24, 2024] Arlo Parks / Chloe George
I had been trying to see Arlo Parks since 2021 when she sold out The Foundry (and I found out that there were tickets available day of, boo). How weird that a year later, she was headlining Franklin Music Hall, one of the larger venues in Philly.
Arlo Parks was supposed to open for or co-headline with Clairo at the Fillmore on February 26 2022, but the show was cancelled and when Clairo came back around in July, she had a different opener (my daughter and I went to that show).
I was looking forward to seeing Arlo even if I don’t love Franklin Music Hall, but as the show approached, I was feeling less excited about the prospect. I listened to her album and liked it, but didn’t know if I wanted to go all the way there for it.
Then I saw her at All Things Go (after I had the tickets for this show). I enjoyed her set, but I wasn’t really blown away by it. I assumed that it was because we were really far away and her songs are rather intimate. I was pretty insistent that I was going to make this show, but as the day drew closer, I lost my motivation.
I didn’t feel all that great and I wasn’t especially interested in Chloe George. Arlo’s set is barely over an hour, which gave me the split feeling–it’s not that long, I should go and I’m not driving an hour just for an hour show. Ultimately, I decided I didn’t feel like going out to the show. But I did manage to sell my ticket!
I think this means I’m not going to be seeing Arlo live.
I hadn’t heard of Chloe George. I don’t normally care so much about being “the old guy at shows geared to the youth, but occasionally I realize that I’m way older than everyone else at the show. That’s how I felt when I read this about Chloe George
Chloe George, born Chloe Gasparini, is an American musician from Los Angeles. George rose to fame after a cover of “Ghost Town” she posted on TikTok went viral. George has co-written songs with artists such as Dua Lipa and Normani.
I listened to a few of her songs and didn’t think much of them. So that made it even harder for me to want to go to this show. I’m a little bummed but not terribly bummed that I didn’t go.
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