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Jessie Murph at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver
On September 22, Jessie Murph brought her Worldwide Hysteria Tour to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver, and the night was anything but quiet. Rising from behind a giant round podium dressed in a yellow two-piece with a flowing cape, Murph set the tone instantly. With male dancers flanking her and a tight live band backing her, she launched into a fierce opening trio of “Gucci Mane,” “1965,” and “Touch Me Like a Gangster,” all from her breakout 2025 album Sex Hysteria.
The crowd did more than just sing along, they screamed every lyric back at her. The devotion on display seemed to fuel Murph, who flashed wide grins between verses and leaned into her mix of swagger and vulnerability. Her stage presence carries the same contradictions as her music: sweet on the surface, raw and unfiltered at the core.
The night also held a special surprise: it happened to be Murph’s 21st birthday. Midway through the set, her crew rolled out a cake and led the audience in a massive singalong of “Happy Birthday,” a moment that had Murph laughing and tearing up before jumping back into the performance. It was a reminder that while her songs often explore heavy emotions, she’s still at the start of a career with milestones ahead.
At only 21, Murph has already carved out a space where hip hop cadence, country twang, and bluesy grit collide. Sex Hysteria dives into messy, intoxicating love, and hearing those words echoed by hundreds of fans was striking.
Murph’s rise has been fast, from TikTok covers in 2021 to charting singles like “Always Been You,” “Pray,” and most recently “Blue Strips.” With sold-out shows and record-setting crowds already under her belt, it’s hard not to imagine her leaping from theatres to arenas on her next run. In Vancouver, she proved she’s ready for it.
Upcoming Tour Dates:
Sep 24 | Portland, OR | Theater of the Clouds
Sep 26 | Oakland, CA | Fox Theater
Sep 27 | Los Angeles, CA | The Shrine
Oct 08 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Melkweg
Oct 10 | Brussels, Belgium | Ancienne Belgique
Oct 11 | Hamburg, Germany | Grosse Freiheit
Oct 13 | Berlin, Germany | Huxleys
Oct 14 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Vega
Oct 16 | Cologne, Germany | Carlswerk
Oct 17 | Paris, France | Trabendo
Oct 19 | Birmingham, UK | O2 Institute
Oct 21 | Glasgow, UK | Barrowland Ballroom
Oct 22 | Manchester, UK | Manchester Academy
Oct 24 | London, UK | The Roundhouse
Oct 26 | Dublin, Ireland | 3Olympia
Nov 12 | Perth, Australia | Metropolis Fremantle
Nov 15 | Sydney, Australia | Enmore Theatre
Nov 18 | Brisbane, Australia | Fortitude Music Hall
Nov 20 | Melbourne, Australia | The Forum
Nov 22 | Auckland, New Zealand | Town Hall
More information here.
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JESSIE MURPH
STELLA LEFTY
All Photo Credit: Caroline Charruyer
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Dayseeker’s Pale Moonlight Tour Lit Up Vancouver
On May 25, Commodore Ballroom turned into a wall of distortion and singalongs as Dayseeker brought their sold-out Pale Moonlight Tour to Vancouver, in support of their album Creature In The Black Night released in November 2025. By the end of the night, the floor was shaking from circling mosh pits one moment and swaying phone lights the next.
The night opened with sace6 and Wind Walkers who we sadly missed.
By the time the third opener, Northlane, arrived, the room had already fully tipped into metalcore mayhem. Despite some technical issues, their industrial electronics and crushing riffs pushed the energy high with crowd surfers not stopping for the whole set. Marcus Bridge sounded massive live, and new single “Evian” was a hit with the audience.
Then came Dayseeker. Opening with “Pale Moonlight,” the band stepped into glowing purple and pink lighting while the crowd screamed every word back at Rory Rodriguez. His voice remains the centerpiece of the band’s live show: smooth, haunting, yet somehow still powerful enough to cut through the wall of guitars. Songs like “Burial Plot” and “Crying While You’re Dancing” turned the Commodore into one giant choir, with fans singing so loudly Rodriguez often stepped back from the mic entirely.
The production elevated everything without becoming distracting. Gothic visuals flashed behind the band while fog rolled across the stage and lighting shifted between neon colors and darker shadows. The funeral-inspired set pieces surrounding the stage fit perfectly with the mood of Creature in the Black Night, giving the performance a dramatic atmosphere without feeling overdone.
The pacing of the set was on point. Dayseeker moved naturally between massive breakdowns and quieter emotional moments, including a stripped-back cover of My Chemical Romance’s “The Ghost of You.” Later, Marcus Bridge of Northlane returned to the stage to join Rodriguez for “Bloodlust,” creating one of the loudest reactions of the night.
Closing with “Sleeptalk” before returning for “Neon Grave,” Dayseeker left the Commodore with exhausted fans still screaming the final lyrics back at the stage. For a band that started in small clubs playing to tiny crowds, this felt like another step toward something much bigger.
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Upcoming Dayseeker Tour Dates:
May 26 – Spokane, WA
May 28 – Wheatland, CA
May 29 – Pomona, CA
May 30 – San Diego
More information on the band’s website.
DAYSEEKER
NORTHLANE
All Photo Credit: Caroline Charruyer
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The Scratch Bring ‘Pull Like A Dog’ World Tour to the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver
Irish folk-metal chaos took over the Commodore Ballroom on May 22 as The Scratch delivered one of the loudest and most relentlessly energetic sets the venue has seen this year.
Fresh off the release of their third album, Pull Like A Dog, the Dublin four-piece arrived in Vancouver with the kind of reputation that makes people show up early and brace themselves for impact. Within seconds of opener “Pullin’ Teeth,” the floor split open into a swirling pit that barely stopped moving for the next hour and a half. The band’s mix of heavy riffs, acoustic guitars, trad Irish melodies, and raw punk intensity totally worked live.
Frontman and percussionist Daniel Lang spent most of the night perched on his battered cajón at centre stage, hammering away while barking vocals back at the crowd. Around him, guitarists Conor Dockery and Gary Regan and bassist Cathal McKenna pushed the room into full pub-session-meets-hardcore-show territory.
Tracks like “Pull Like A Dog,” “Cheeky Bastard,” and “Another Round” were highlights, turning the Commodore into a wall of jumping bodies. Yet the night wasn’t all chaos. A quieter run through Christy Moore’s “Joxer Goes to Stuttgart” and Dominic Behan’s “McAlpine’s Fusiliers” highlighted the band’s deep connection to Irish folk storytelling, giving the set some emotional weight beneath all the sweat and noise.
By the encore, which included a ripping cover of Motörhead’s “Ace of Spades,” the room looked completely spent. The Scratch created the feeling that the entire room was in on something together, somewhere between a punk show and a pub singalong.
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THE SCRATCH
All Photo Credit: Caroline Charruyer