Lucy Dacus closes her sold-out Castro Theatre run in San Francisco

Lucy Dacus plays the second night of her sold-out Castro Theatre run in San Francisco on 19 May, closing one of the clearest indie live-music stories of the day. The two-night run on 18 and 19 May is part of the Forever Is A Feeling tour, and the quick sellout says a lot about where Dacus now stands. She has grown from a beloved songwriter with a cult following into one of the defining voices of modern indie rock, helped by her solo catalogue and the massive visibility of boygenius.

But what makes the demand feel earned is that the core of her work has not disappeared. Dacus still writes like someone making precise emotional observations in a room where everyone suddenly goes quiet. The Castro Theatre setting also gives the event more character than a standard tour stop. The venue has deep cultural significance in San Francisco and recently returned as a major live-performance space, making Dacus’ appearance part of both an album cycle and a local venue story.

For a 19 May digest, this is a strong live-news item: one of indie’s most important current songwriters ending a two-night Bay Area run with demand high and the songs still feeling personal. Source: https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/music/article/lucy-dacus-castro-san-francisco-22240779.php