Hayley Williams Sells Out Hollywood Bowl Without Paramore Songs — SkimNews
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- Hayley Williams sold out two consecutive Hollywood Bowl shows, performing for almost exactly two hours on Monday night without a single Paramore song in the set
- The 17,000-person set drew 12 tracks from her 2025 solo LP "Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party" and 10 from 2020's "Petals for Armor," plus a Portishead "Wandering Star" cover and a Zedd encore on their 2013 collab "Stay the Night"
- Williams' 'Fuck ICE!' and 'Free Palestine' shouts during 'Ice in My OJ' prompted an official White House response telling her to 'thank them for their service'; she replied on Instagram: 'And may I suggest all Nazi bitches suck on my fat dick'
- Introducing 'True Believer,' Williams called Christian nationalism 'the biggest threat to American democracy'
- Onstage, Williams wore a white mini-dress adorned with hand-drawn devil faces — paired with a cross inked on her upper thigh — and formed devil horns with her fingers during a Nina Simone/Animals cover
Why it matters: A 17,000-capacity Hollywood Bowl sellout built around 22 solo-album tracks and zero Paramore songs confirms Williams has graduated from frontwoman to standalone arena-tier artist; the official White House reply to her ICE comments shows she now carries enough cultural weight to draw a statement from the press office.
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