Thoughtful indie singer-songwriter embarked on a series of intimate shows around Europe with her final show of the tour reaching the UK on 18 March at The Foundling Museum in London.
I’m playing some museums and special places across the US this February. Mostly new songs.
2/18: New York
2/20: Chicago
2/22: San Francisco
2/24: Los Angeles pic.twitter.com/rmWWNiVRop— Lucy Dacus (@lucydacus) December 16, 2024
The shows were announced in January and the singer, famously known for the emotionally staggering track ‘Night shift’, has recently spoken on the significance of the London venue for this show. The Museum opened in June 2004 at the original site of the Foundling Hospital, founded in 1739. The hospital was the UK’s first children’s charity and public art gallery. The Museum commemorates this as ‘the only cultural institution in the UK to celebrate people who have been in care, and all those who care for them’, with curation of art, music, writing and objects.
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Dacus has spoken about her connection with the cause as the artist herself was adopted. She explains the importance of contemporary support for young people in care, revealing in an interview with The Guardian that she invited trainees to the performance to show them, “hey, I’m doing cool shit – you can do cool shit.”. The inspiring artist has also discussed the significance of Museums and churches when touring her new music with the album cover presenting a Renaissance-style painting of the singer by artist Will St John. In Wallpaper‘s interview with Dacus, she explores the significance of singing queer personal stories in historical spaces where this has ‘probably never happened’, noting that when performing in churches, the thought occurred to her that ‘there were years in the past in this church where I would have been killed’. This amplifies the significance of such a performance, striking a chord with the queer community.
She also notices the importance of historical landmarks and inclusion of other artists such as Will St John as well as several actors and artists from Cara Delevigne to Christina Moreland in the music video for ‘Best Guess’ off her latest album ‘Forever is a feeling’.
Her inclusion of inspirational artists is important in a contemporary context, as she discusses her thoughts on AI, an issue widely discussed in the music industry as of late. Dacus expresses that she finds the issue a frustrating shortcut to art that negates the ‘internal process. That’s the entire reason for me’. Her choice of locations in these intimate shows speaks to a love of the human-ness and history of art as well as its organic creation.
Dacus will return to the UK on 26 June in London, following with a show in Edinburgh on 30 June and Manchester on 2 July where she will perform her latest album ‘Forever is a feeling’, her fourth studio album released on 28 March. The 13 track album is a sentimental acoustic pop release embracing love and life.
