On a blustery evening in Boston, Massachusetts, a sold-out crowd packed into the intimate Brighton Music Hall to catch a glimpse of one of the most promising new acts in music: Sienna Spiro.
Wearing a 60s shift dress, Spiro ascended the stairs to the stage as the crowd roared in eager anticipation of her set and her first performance in Boston ever. Under the glow of the spotlight and grounded by a circular orange shag rug, she delivered an 11-song set that spanned nearly her entire discography. Jaidon Regis, her drummer, and Eddie Lopes, her pianist/bassist and long-time friend, accompanied her on her transcendent set.
The timing couldn’t have been more poignant. Just days earlier, Spiro had released her single “The Visitor,” the namesake of the tour, and what Spiro teased as “the blueprint for something bigger.”
Spiro revealed that the inspiration for the song emerged from a conversation with a friend. The words stuck with Spiro, feeling “like a visitor just describes me perfectly,” she confided. “I’ve always felt the temporary nature of things. I’m so scared of people leaving me and things ending. And it’s really, honestly, been debilitating at moments. It’s taken over my whole life. You know, when you’re younger, and if you feel like you don’t make an effort, you don’t text first, you don’t try, that relationship will end.” By the way the crowd sang the lyrics back, it was clear that the sentiment resonated, and for a moment, that isolating feeling connected 500 strangers.
The sheer volume of the Boston audience’s voices seemed to catch the singer off guard. Spiro remarked that they were the loudest crowd she had faced “by a country mile,” noting that their passion easily overpowered her sound-canceling in-ear monitors.
Other songs on the setlist included “You Stole The Show,” “MAYBE.,” and “Dream Police.” All performances that felt reminiscent of the soulfulness of Raye and the timelessness of the late Amy Winehouse.
Spiro ended the set with a song that she credits as life-changing. She explained how her breakthrough hit “Die on This Hill” is “about sticking around people who honestly don’t give a f*ck.” She continued, “I wrote this song about passion and care, and I think that’s just the most important thing, to be honest, to me.”
Knowing its meaning and hearing “Die on this Hill” in a room packed wall-to-wall, with every single person singing the lyrics back, felt truly cinematic. It was an emotional crescendo that signaled the definitive start of what promises to be an incredible career. Based on the energy of that Boston crowd, it’s abundantly clear that “The Visitor” singer has found a permanent home in music.
For tickets to “The Visitor Tour,” visit https://www.officialsiennaspiro.com/
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