Bishop Briggs returns to Pennsylvania for XL Live headline show

October 24, 2021

Bishop Briggs finally arrived to Harrisburg for a special one-off headline show after numerous postponements during the pandemic - but the wait was well worth it for her fans.

With each album cycle Bishop Briggs has seemingly marked a new chapter in her creative career as her music has thematically evolved heavily over the years. Her show at XL Live this October was scheduled at an interesting crossroads as it was her last show of the year before returning home and was not part of a major tour either. Bishop Briggs has always seemingly found a way to never let her creative go stale as she continues to find the secret to blossoming in a very competitive music scene both on and off the stage. After months without live shows, coupled with her return for an intimate show at the XL Live set the cards for the night to be a very special one for the many fans in attendance.


Though Harrisburg sits well outside of Philadelphia many fans in attendance spoke about traveling in from the city and a good amount even made the trek up from DC area to catch Briggs perform on a Saturday night. While it certainly wasn’t a hometown show there is no denying that our market loves Bishop Briggs and the crowd had created a dynamic atmosphere that rendered a much different feeling than many other shows hosted at XL Live.

The stage was left open for Briggs to make use of through out the night as she is known for her dynamic live performances sprinting across the stage while maintaining solid vocal delivery while doing so. As the house lights went dim the venue's LED screen that spanned the length of the stage flickered to life as Bishop Briggs logo was displayed to a roar of approval from the Harrisburg crowd. Bishop Briggs waived to the crowd the side of the stage before she sprinted out in a yellow wash of light as she began the show with a dramatically lit “The Way I Do” before the rest of her production burst to life at the start of the first chorus. The set blended together a variety of her material including the single "Champion," which found new life on TikTok during the pandemic.  While Briggs focused heavily on the present with powerful performances of “Dark Side,” “Hi-Lo” and of course “River” she also treated fans to incredible cover medley of Twenty One Pilots, Panic at the Disco and My Chemical Romance blended together. Whether in the brief moments she was standing still or the ample time spent sprinting around the XL Live stage, every note was delivered in key and with a subtle air of passion in each lyric.


Bishop Briggs truly is a once in generation type of artist – she continues to innovate the alternative genre with songs but also maintains an incredible relationship with her fans while doing. The XL Live show may have marked the beginning of a new era for Bishop Briggs as new material is certainly on the horizon, Pennsylvania was lucky to have shared on more show with Briggs before the next era of her career.


Article Written By:

Matt Christine

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