Hayley Williams Launches Solo Tour in West Palm Beach With Deep Cuts Nobody Expected

WHAT WENT DOWN

Hayley Williams opened "The Hayley Williams Show" tour on September 3rd at iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach with eight songs getting their first-ever live performances ^*, ^†. Most came from the two solo albums she never toured ^†.

THE DETAILS

• Rico Nasty and Magdalena Bay opened the 25-song night ^*, ^†.
• Debuts included "Just A Lover," "Over Yet," "Creepin'," "My Friend" and "Cinnamon"; "Dead Horse" and "Pure Love" hit a stage for the first time ^†.
• "Simmer," her first solo performance of it since 2020, carried a snippet of Portishead's "Wandering Star" ^*, ^†.
• She covered Nina Simone's "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," then shouted "fuck Donald Trump!" ^* before "Parachute."
• No Paramore songs. Encore: "Mirtazapine," "Brotherly Hate," "Parachute" ^*, ^†.
• The US leg wraps October 12th in Southaven, Mississippi ^*.

THE TAKE

Six years on, Petals For Armor and Flowers For Vases / Descansos finally got a live airing ^†. Neither "Airplanes" nor "Stay The Night" turned up, despite LA and New York marquees teasing lyrics from both ^†.

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