Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus have all played in town before but never as a band.
Shortly before 9 o’clock on Saturday night, at the Mann Center, the recorded voice of Phil Lynott, late singer of Irish rock band Thin Lizzy was heard to declare: “The boys are back in town.”
True enough, in a manner of speaking. The three women of boygenius — Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus — were about to take the stage. And though all three have played in Philadelphia before — and Dacus lives here — this was the first show the supergroup of indie songwriters has ever played in town, as a band.
Lynott’s introduction was followed by the three women appearing on a video screen while backstage, singing “Without You Without Them” in close harmony.Once that song was over, Baker, Bridgers, and Dacus ran to the stage. Greeted with a rapturous welcome by the sold-out crowd, they threw themselves into a gloriously hard-rocking rendition of “$20″ from their debut album,Here’s the set list for the 100-minute show, which included the first-ever live performance of the Baker-led new song “Powers.
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