52-583: Good Riddance Tour was the third concert tour by American singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams , in support of her debut studio album, Good Riddance (2023). The tour began on March 6, 2023, in Chicago , United States, and concluded on January 22, 2024, in Melbourne , Australia. Abrams announced the North American dates on January 9, 2023. The Australian dates were announced on August 15, 2023. The set list from
104-570: A 2020 interview, Abrams supported expressing personal views through music, saying, "I can't separate my music from my opinions... it's a whole that reflects my way of thinking. You shouldn't be afraid to talk about what you believe in." After a leaked draft opinion showed that the U.S. Supreme Court was planning to overturn abortion legality established in Roe v. Wade , Abrams was among 160 musical artists including Clairo , Lorde , Olivia Rodrigo , Billie Eilish , Halsey , and Phoebe Bridgers that signed
156-691: A Panic Attack , released in 2016 via Atlantic Records , was also produced by Dessner. Dessner produced the Lone Bellow's 2020 album Half Moon Light and co-wrote several tracks on it. He also co-wrote and produced the acclaimed debut of UK songwriter Eve Owen, Don't Let the Ink Dry , released in 2020. In April 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic , Dessner was approached by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift to collaborate on music, and he subsequently produced and co-wrote her eighth studio album, Folklore . It
208-753: A co-founder of the indie rock duo Big Red Machine , teaming with Bon Iver 's Justin Vernon ; and a collaborator on Taylor Swift 's critically acclaimed studio albums Folklore and Evermore , both of which contended for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2021 and 2022 , respectively, with the former winning the accolade; as well as The Tortured Poets Department (2024). Dessner has co-written, produced or co-produced songs by Taylor Swift , Ed Sheeran , Michael Stipe , Gracie Abrams , Frightened Rabbit , Ben Howard , Sharon Van Etten , Local Natives , This Is
260-557: A concert celebrating the newest Red Hot album. The show took place at Radio City Music Hall and featured several of the artists that contributed to the compilation. Dessner is a frequent collaborator with a wide range of musicians, including his brother and bandmate Bryce Dessner . In August 2008, Aaron and Bryce performed a collaborative concert with David Cossin, and Luca Tarantino as a part of Soundres, an international residency program for contemporary music and art in Salento, Italy and at
312-651: A couple of tracks on the album, including "Peggy-O," "Morning Dew" and "I Know You Rider". A Day of the Dead live performance took place in August 2016 at the second annual Eaux Claires Festival (August 12–13) featuring Jenny Lewis, Matthew Houck, Lucius , Will Oldham , Sam Amidon , Richard Reed Parry , Justin Vernon, Bruce Hornsby , Ruban Nielson and The National. Forever Love is a collaboration between Aaron and Bryce Dessner, renowned Icelandic performance artist Ragnar Kjartansson and Gyða and Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir, formerly of
364-582: A full-page ad in The New York Times in May 2022 condemning the planned Supreme Court decision. In July 2022, Abrams released a limited-edition T-shirt whose complete sale proceeds would go to the National Network of Abortion Funds . Abrams said that while this is "only a small part in a massively anti-democratic effort that is underway in this country", she believes that she can "use [her] platform to amplify
416-614: A live performance reunion for the Dessner twins and Kjartansson, as both artists had previously collaborated on a six-hour video work, A Lot of Sorrow, which documents the National performing their three-song "Sorrow" for six hours in front of a live audience at MoMA PS1 . The Long Count was a large commission for the BAM Next Wave Festival in 2009. Dessner and his brother, Bryce, worked alongside visual artist Matthew Ritchie , creating
468-541: A live webcast, which featured two musical sets and a political discussion. The event was produced by Head Count, a non-partisan organization that uses live music events to promote voter registration and awareness. In May 2012, the National's performance of "Rains of Castamere" played during the closing credits of season two episode nine. In December 2012, Dessner curated a day of Other Voices, an Irish music festival that aired live on RTÉ Two in Ireland. The performances took place in
520-598: A not-for-profit gathering of artists in Berlin for a weekend-long festival of music curated and produced by Aaron Dessner along with his brother Bryce Dessner, Bon Iver , Berlin's Michelberger Hotel and others. The first festival took place October 1–2, 2016, under the name "Michelberger Music" in the Funkhaus, the historical radio recording studios of the former GDR. Boston Calling is a music festival co-curated by Dessner. Debuting in May 2013, Boston Calling previously took place twice
572-418: A second studio album How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last? on August 27, 2021. The album was produced by Dessner and featured many guests and many of his previous collaborators, including Ben Howard , Sharon Van Etten , and Taylor Swift . Dessner worked with singer Sharon Van Etten on her album, Tramp (2012). Van Etten and Dessner spent over fourteen months working in his studio, finally releasing
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#1732855134992624-653: A song called "Big Red Machine" for the compilation album Dark Was the Night . Vernon wrote a song to it, interpreting the Big Red Machine title as a heart. After 10 years, the pair formed a band called Big Red Machine , and on August 31, 2018, released a self-titled album . The record was produced by Vernon and Dessner with longtime collaborator Brad Cook and engineered by Jonathan Low primarily at Dessner's studio Long Pond in Upper Hudson Valley, New York. The duo released
676-833: A work loosely based on the Mayan creation story Popol Vuh . The work included a 12-piece orchestra and a number of guest singers, including Kim and Kelley Deal ( the Breeders , the Pixies ), Matt Berninger (the National), Shara Worden ( My Brightest Diamond ), and Tunde Adebimpe ( TV on the Radio ). The work had its world premiere at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in September 2009 as part of
728-527: A year, May and September, at City Hall Plaza . Boston Calling moved to the Harvard Athletic Complex in Allston in May 2017 and transitioned to one festival per year. Dessner co-founded the record label 37d03d (read: PEOPLE upside down) with Justin Vernon and Bryce Dessner . Alongside Alec Hanley Bemis and Bryce Dessner, Dessner founded Brassland Records , a label that has released albums from
780-668: A young age, and started songwriting when she was eight. She attended The Archer School for Girls in West Los Angeles. After graduating from high school in 2018, Abrams studied international relations at Barnard College in New York, but dropped out after her freshman year to focus on music. In October 2019, Abrams released her debut single, "Mean It", under Interscope Records . On July 14, 2020, Abrams released her debut extended play , Minor , which saw her collaborating with producers such as Joel Little and Blake Slatkin . The EP
832-822: Is set to open for Swift again for the 2024 North American leg. Abrams was originally scheduled to open the May 7 show in Nashville, and the July 1 show in Cincinnati, but her set was cancelled due to weather for both shows. 2023 Setlist 2024 Setlist Notes Gracie Abrams Gracie Madigan Abrams (born September 7, 1999) is an American singer-songwriter. She signed with Interscope Records to release two extended plays , Minor (2020) and This Is What It Feels Like (2021). After performing as an opening act on Olivia Rodrigo 's Sour Tour , Abrams released her debut studio album, Good Riddance (2023), which moderately entered
884-511: The Billboard 200 . Born and raised in Los Angeles County, California , Abrams is the daughter of the filmmaker J. J. Abrams and the film and television producer Katie McGrath. Her father's family is Jewish , while her mother's background is Irish Catholic . She has two brothers, an older brother named Henry and a younger brother named August. She became interested in music at
936-549: The Billboard 200 . Throughout 2023 and 2024, she performed as an opening act for Taylor Swift on her Eras Tour , and received a nomination for Best New Artist at the 66th Grammy Awards . In late 2023, Abrams was featured on a remix of the song " Everywhere, Everything " by Noah Kahan , marking her first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 . Abrams' second album, The Secret of Us , was released on June 21, 2024, to favorable reviews and commercial success, debuting at number two on
988-649: The Red Hot Organization . That same year, they recorded a song for the album Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy , to help support Polaris frontman Mark Mulcahy who had recently lost his wife. In 2010, the band released High Violet , their fifth full-length album. The album saw both critical and commercial success, debuting at No. 3 on US charts, and going on to sell over 850,000 copies worldwide. The band followed up High Violet by releasing their sixth album, Trouble Will Find Me , on May 21, 2013, via 4AD. Like their previous two efforts, Trouble
1040-509: The 2016 South by Southwest . They also worked together on the score for 2013 film Big Sur , an adaptation of the 1962 novel of the same name by Jack Kerouac . The film debuted on January 23, 2013, at the Sundance Film Festival , where it received positive reviews. In 2021, together with his brother, Dessner scored two films – Mike Mills ' C'mon C'mon and Cyrano . On March 17, 2016, Aaron and Bryce Dessner announced Day of
1092-499: The Church of St James in Dingle, County Kerry. Eaux Claires is a music festival founded and curated by Dessner and Justin Vernon. The inaugural festival took place in July 2015 in Vernon's hometown of Eau Claire, Wisconsin . Speaking about the festival, Dessner and Vernon said they were driven by the idea that this festival would "encourage music-genre-walls to melt away." PEOPLE Festival is
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#17328551349921144-520: The Dead , a charity tribute album to the Grateful Dead released by 4AD on May 20, 2016. Day of the Dead was created, curated and produced by both Dessner brothers. The compilation is a wide-ranging tribute to the songwriting and experimentalism of the Dead which took four years to record, features over 60 artists from varied musical backgrounds, 59 tracks and is almost 6 hours long. All profits will help fight for AIDS/ HIV and related health issues around
1196-575: The Ellnora Festival. In 2009, Aaron and Bryce Dessner produced an extensive AIDS charity compilation, Dark Was the Night , for the Red Hot Organization. Dark Was the Night has raised over 2 million dollars for AIDS charities as of January 2012. In 2009, Dessner contributed a track to the Dark Was the Night compilation. On May 3, 2009, 4AD and Red Hot produced Dark Was the Night – Live,
1248-880: The Guitare Au Palais Festival Perpignan France. They also performed at Matthew Ritchie's Ghost Operator opening at the White Cube Gallery in London. Aaron and Bryce have also collaborated with many world-renowned orchestras. Most recently the brothers played with the Copenhagen Philharmonic in a concert billed as "Sixty Minutes of the Dessners." The program included "St. Carolyn by the Sea," "Lachrimae" and "Raphael," all of which were composed by Bryce Dessner. Bryce and Aaron have also performed "St. Carolyn by
1300-465: The Icelandic band múm . The project is a blending of visual and performance art with live music, all centered around a song cycle written and performed by Aaron and Bryce alongside Gyða and Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir. It was commissioned by Eaux Claires Festival and made its world premiere in 2015 where it served as the official starting point of the festival on both Friday and Saturday. Forever Love marked
1352-656: The Kit , Adia Victoria , Lisa Hannigan , Fred Again , Girl in Red , Mustafa the Poet , Brian Eno and Lone Bellow , among others. Dessner co-founded and curates three music festivals: Eaux Claires in Eau Claire, Wisconsin , alongside his Big Red Machine partner Vernon; HAVEN in Copenhagen with his brother Bryce, and Boston Calling Music Festival . On May 19, 2022, alongside Questlove , Dessner
1404-547: The Lone Bellow 's Then Came the Morning, which was recorded in Dessner's garage as well as in a 19th-century church in upstate New York. The album was released in January 2015 on Descendent Records. That same year, he worked with This Is the Kit for their album Bashed Out , which was released through Dessner's Brassland Records. In 2016, Dessner produced Lisa Hannigan 's album At Swim . The album reached No. 1 in Ireland, No. 7 on
1456-522: The National, This Is the Kit , Clogs , Doveman and Nico Muhly . Dessner often plays a 1965 Gibson Firebird purchased on eBay and refurbished. During the Sleep Well Beast recording sessions, he used the Firebird as well as a 1972 Fender Telecaster . During live shows, Dessner usually plays the Firebird and a 1963 Fender Jazzmaster . For the Sleep Well Beast sessions, amplifiers used include
1508-513: The National. "Win Win" directed by Thomas McCarthy closes with "Think You Can Wait," a track written by Dessner and Matt Berninger, recorded by the National with additional vocals from Sharon Van Etten. Dessner also played an important role in the National's contribution to the HBO show Game of Thrones . In March 2012, Dessner, Scott Devendorf and Bryan Devendorf teamed up with Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir for
1560-826: The Sea" and "Raphael" with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta during the Holland Festival . These performances took place at Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ in Amsterdam and Muziekgebouw Frits Philips in Eindhoven. In October 2011, Dessner joined his brother to perform "St. Carolyn by the Sea" with the American Composers Orchestra at The World Financial Center in New York City. Marshall Curry's award-winning documentary Racing Dreams includes music contributed by both Dessner and
1612-590: The US Top Heatseekers Albums chart and No. 24 in the UK, and received widespread critical acclaim. The Guardian , which awarded it four out of five stars, commented on the album's "stunningly pretty songs with quietly powerful undertones" and the Evening Standard , which also awarded it four out of five stars, praised the "new-found accessibility" of the album. Frightened Rabbit 's fifth album Painting of
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1664-523: The Whiteout , alongside Howard himself, which was released on March 26, 2021. Additionally, Dessner produced Day of the Dead , which was released in 2016, and Dark Was the Night , both of which are AIDS charity compilations for the Red Hot Organization; and Doveman 's 2009 release The Conformist . Dessner and his brother Bryce co-composed the score for Transpecos , which won the Audience Award at
1716-437: The album to widespread critical success. Dessner produced Local Natives ' second full-length album Hummingbird , in 2013. Dessner was first introduced to the band while on tour with the National. Hummingbird received positive reviews, and Pitchfork praised Dessner's production work especially, saying that he "knows how to make things sound good , and there's plenty of richness and depth to these songs." Dessner produced
1768-547: The album, " The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness ", became the band's first song to reach No. 1 on a Billboards chart after topping the Adult Alternative Songs list in August that same year. The band released their eighth studio album I Am Easy to Find in 2019 alongside a short film by Mike Mills . In 2023, the band released two studio albums, First Two Pages of Frankenstein and Laugh Track , with
1820-411: The band signed with Beggars Banquet Records . With the new label, they released their third studio album, Alligator , in 2005. The album received a positive response from critics, which exposed the band to a larger audience. In 2007, the band released their fourth album, Boxer , also through Beggars Banquet. Upon release, the album received widespread critical acclaim, and was named to "album of
1872-458: The brothers to join his band the National . With Devendorf and the Dessner brothers were Scott Devendorf , Bryan's older brother, and Matt Berninger . The band's self-titled first album was released in 2001 on Brassland Records, a label Dessner co-founded along with his brother Bryce and Alec Hanley Bemis . The band's second album, Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers , was released in 2003, also on Brassland. After some critical success with Sad Songs ,
1924-457: The experts in this moment". Abrams endorsed Kamala Harris in the 2024 United States presidential election . She performed at a Harris rally in Madison, Wisconsin , on October 30, 2024. Aaron Dessner Aaron Brooking Dessner (born April 23, 1976) is an American musician. He is best known as a founding member of the rock band The National , with whom he has recorded nine studio albums;
1976-502: The latter being a surprise album . Dessner has production credits on all of the band's albums since Alligator . The majority of both High Violet and Trouble Will Find Me were recorded in his garage studio behind his house in Brooklyn, and Alligator and Boxer were partially recorded in his attic and in his sister's attic, which is on the same street in Brooklyn. In 2008, Dessner sent Justin Vernon an instrumental sketch of
2028-805: The latter created alongside Aaron Dessner . In support of the EP, she embarked on the This Is What It Feels Like Tour, which started on February 2, 2022, in Salt Lake City and concluded on May 31, 2022, in Stockholm . Along with her headlining tour, Abrams opened for Olivia Rodrigo as the supporting act for her Sour Tour . Abrams released "Difficult", the lead single to her then-upcoming debut album in October 2022. On February 24, 2023, Abrams released her debut album Good Riddance . A deluxe edition
2080-596: The release of Folklore , the documentary film Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions and Evermore , artists such as Maya Hawke , Gracie Abrams , Ed Sheeran , King Princess , and Girl in Red expressed interest in collaborating with Dessner and recording songs at his Long Pond Studio. Dessner stated, "After Taylor, it was a bit crazy how many people reached out. And getting to meet and write songs with people you wouldn't have had access to… I'm so grateful for it." Dessner also co-produced British singer-songwriter Ben Howard 's fourth studio album, Collections from
2132-583: The show on March 6, 2023, in Chicago, Illinois, is not intended to represent all shows of the tour: Starting with the European leg, Abrams performed a surprise song every show. Abrams performed three acoustic shows titled "Good Riddance Acoustic Shows" across the US in fall 2023 with her co-writer and producer, Aaron Dessner . Setlist She was featured as an opener for the 2023 US leg of Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour , and
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2184-582: The song " Us ", which was released as part of the album, and later winning the award for Best Duo Pop Performance at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards. Abrams has cited Joni Mitchell , Simon & Garfunkel , Elvis Costello , Bon Iver , Elliott Smith , Kate Bush , The 1975 , James Blake , Taylor Swift , Lorde , Metric , The Killers , and Phoebe Bridgers as her musical influences. Swift, Bridgers, Lorde, Post Malone , Billie Eilish , and Olivia Rodrigo each expressed their admiration for Abrams. She has joined both Swift and Rodrigo on tours. In
2236-511: The soundtrack of The Buccaneers . She was nominated for Best New Artist for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards . Abrams was featured on a remix of the song " Everywhere, Everything " by Noah Kahan, which was released on December 1, 2023 and marked her first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 79. Late that year, Abrams featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. On April 29, 2024, Abrams announced her second album, The Secret of Us , which
2288-488: The world through the Red Hot Organization. Day of the Dead is the follow-up to 2009's Dark Was the Night (4AD), a 32-track, multi-artist compilation also produced by the Dessner brothers for Red Hot. Of the 59 tracks on the compilation, many feature a house band made up of Aaron, Bryce, fellow the National bandmates and brothers Scott and Bryan Devendorf , Josh Kaufman (who co-produced the project), and Conrad Doucette along with Sam Cohen and Walter Martin. The National have
2340-510: The year" lists. Several songs from the album appeared in TV shows and movies. In 2008, then-Senator Barack Obama used an instrumental version of the song "Fake Empire" in a presidential campaign video. Following the success of Boxer , the band began collaborating with other artists on various songs and compilation albums. In 2009, the band participated in Dark Was the Night , a charity album to benefit
2392-473: Was a surprise release that debuted to critical acclaim on July 24, 2020, and won Album of the Year at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards in 2021. Dessner continued his collaboration with Swift on her subsequent albums Evermore (2020), Midnights (2022), and The Tortured Poets Department (2024), as well as her re-recorded albums Fearless (Taylor's Version) (2021), Red (Taylor's Version) (2021), and Speak Now (Taylor's Version) (2023). After
2444-634: Was awarded a Doctor of Fine Arts honoris causa from The University of the Arts , for "his eagerness to seek out opportunities, to really be a thoughtful collaborator, and someone who would encourage every single student at UArts to explore with their peers across disciplines, new opportunities, and new ideas." Dessner, along with his twin brother Bryce , was named the 243rd greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone in 2023. Dessner grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio with his twin brother, Bryce Dessner . Dessner
2496-427: Was named to several year-end best-of lists. The album was nominated for Best Alternative Album at the 56th Grammy Awards . Later that year, Dessner and the rest of the band were featured in the documentary Mistaken for Strangers , which followed the band's tour for High Violet and early recording of Trouble . In 2017, the band released Sleep Well Beast , their seventh full-length album. The lead single from
2548-749: Was raised as Jewish and has Polish Jewish and Russian Jewish ancestry. Dessner has said that his Jewish background influences his music: "My brother and I have always been fascinated by liturgical religious melodies in Judaism ;... I don't like major chords. I like the meditative patterns in certain prayers, and I like music that repeats itself." Dessner attended high school at Cincinnati Country Day School and graduated in 1994. Dessner went on to study Modern European History at Columbia University . Aaron Dessner and his twin brother Bryce were childhood friends with Bryan Devendorf . In 1998, after Dessner's earlier band, Project Nim, broke up, Devendorf invited
2600-511: Was released in June of that year. Throughout 2023, Abrams performed as an opening act at selected shows of the US leg of Taylor Swift 's The Eras Tour , and is set to return as Swift's opening act for more US and Canadian shows in late 2024. She also embarked on the Good Riddance Tour , her third headlining concert tour. On November 8, 2023, she released the song "Cedar", which was featured on
2652-408: Was released on June 21, 2024. The first single, titled " Risk ", was released on May 1, 2024. To support the album, Abrams embarked on the Secret of Us Tour through the United States between September 5 and October 10, 2024. " Close to You " was released as the second single on June 7, 2024. The song was released after being previously teased seven years prior. She collaborated with Taylor Swift on
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#17328551349922704-399: Was supported by various singles, including " I Miss You, I'm Sorry ". On March 24, 2021, Abrams featured alongside Benny Blanco on "Unlearn". In May, Abrams released the standalone single "Mess It Up". In October 2021, Abrams announced her next EP, This Is What It Feels Like , which was released on November 12, 2021. The EP was preceded by the singles "Feels Like", and "Rockland"; with
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