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Lauren Mayberry is terrific – but it’s not music for middle-aged men

22 February 2025

9:00 AM

22 February 2025

9:00 AM

Lauren Mayberry

Union Transfer, Philadelphia

Thou

Underground Arts, Philadelphia

There are nights when one realises quite how much effort the business end of showbusiness must be. On a bitterly cold Monday night in Philadelphia, Lauren Mayberry – over from Glasgow, and halfway through a month of criss-crossing the USA – took to the stage to survey a crowd of maybe 500 people, in a venue that holds 1,200.

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