Lucy Dacus gave us all a glorious show Tuesday night at the Sydney Opera House. She has come a long way since playing the Oxford Art Factory a few years back. Now she is selling out the iconic venue before a very excited audience. Lucy's latest album, 'Forever Is a Feeling', from last year was a fine album but I don't think it was nearly as good as her first three albums. But hearing the songs live was still a great experience. Thanks to the force of personality of Lucy and the greatness of her band. 'Ankles' and 'Talk' early on were especially good. But my favourites were some older tunes such as 'VBS' and 'Hot & Heavy'. I'm still also glad that Lucy plays 'I Don't Wanna Be Funny Anymore', a great song from her very first record. She also played 'Planting Tomatoes', a new song she has been playing recently. I thought the show lost a little momentum towards the end with a few songs from her latest album that don't quite do it for me such as 'Bullseye' and 'Best Guess'. But the encore was super special and ended the night on a super high. Lucy played 'Trust' solo, a song also from her first album and then did a Boygenius cover which was sung along with total gusto. Of course she closed with 'Night Shift' which is surely her signature song and was just enormous live once again. Lucy is such a special performer and it was great to see her again last night.   

Set List
Calliope Prelude
Hot & Heavy
First Time
Ankles
Modigliani
VBS
Talk
Partner in Crime
Planting Tomatoes
I Don't Wanna Be Funny Anymore
Brando
Big Deal
Limerence
Losing
Bullseye
Best Guess
Lost Time
Forever Is a Feeling

Trust (solo)
True Blue (Boygenius cover)
Night Shift