Phoebe Bridgers Makes L.A.’s Intuit Dome Into an Intimate Space Full of Love, Grief, Light Shows, ‘Peter Pan’ Cosplay and a Great Billie Eilish Duet: Concert Review — SkimNews
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- Phoebe Bridgers delivered a 1-hour-55-minute set built around 14 of 16 tracks from the two-and-a-half-month-old Lost Weekend, opening a run of three sold-out weekend shows at the Intuit Dome before moving into an intimate B-stage set for act two.
- Intuit Dome hosted Bridgers’ unusually arena-scale phone ban, using about 18,000 Yonder pouches; she said the policy let her discuss her parents without those revelations becoming TikTok content.
- Billie Eilish joined Bridgers for “Savior Complex” in pink onesie pajamas and Peter Pan-inspired costumes, after Muna performed “Silk Chiffon” with her; the phone ban left guests to experience rather than record either moment.
- Lost Weekend moved between grief for Bridgers’ father and her contented romance with Bo Burnham; its title track’s live coda overloaded the sound system and sent shards of light across the arena.
- Still Standing was performed solo on acoustic guitar after Bridgers described her father as abusive and credited her mother with giving her space to grieve; the crowd maintained pin-drop silence through its hushed ending.
- As Above followed “Still Standing” with references to Bridgers’ father’s abuse before shifting into a bridge about the possibilities of the present day; the review calls it the new album’s most powerful song.
Why it matters: For Bridgers and the roughly 18,000 attendees, the phone ban turned a spectacular arena show into a rare collective experience with no audience recording; the trade-off was surrendering devices to Yonder pouches, while her candid parent monologue stayed private rather than becoming TikTok content.
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