Lauren Mayberry kicked off her US tour in San Diego this week with a cover of The Verve’s ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’
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The Chvrches vocalist is playing a 24-date North American tour over the next five weeks and launched it on Tuesday (January 28) with a show at San Diego’s House Of Blues.
Towards the end of her main set, she played a tender version of Richard Ashcroft and co.’s indie anthem, which was originally released on their classic third album ‘Urban Hymns’ in 1997. Sitting at the piano for the intro, Mayberry takes to the centre stage as the full band comes in, letting her vocals rip at the song’s trademark “Have you ever been down?” refrain.
Later in 2025, Mayberry will embark on a run of six headline shows around the UK, which will kick off with a hometown show at Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom on March 20.
Dates in Edinburgh, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds will follow, before the run wraps up at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire on March 26.
