Lauv. He's written songs for Charlie XCX and Cheat Codes ft. Demi Lovato. He's performed on The Tonight Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Late Show and The Late Late Show. His debut single, "Like Me Better" has gone double platinum in here in the U.S. He's the artist regarded as "Pop's up and coming heartbreak king" by Rolling Stone Magazine and...he doesn't have an album out.
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Lauv @ The Fox Theater Oakland 10/16/2019
photo by Marc Fong
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That's about to change (hopefully) in March of 2020 when How I'm Feeling is finally released. Until then, the 25 year old, LA based singer/songwriter/producer is on his How I'm Feeling tour.
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Lauv @ The Fox Theater Oakland 10/16/2019
photo by Marc Fong
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The last time Lauv was in the Bay Area was when he played the Main Stage on Day 1 of Outside Lands 2018. A few months before that, in January, he played two shows at The Independent in San Francisco (the city where he was born). I'm not sure if both of those shows sold-out but I do know that at least one did and that the second show was added by popular demand.
Lauv just played two shows The Fox Theater in Oakland on October 16th and 17th and it was the same case: the first show was sold-out, the second show was added by popular demand and I'm not sure if both shows sold-out.
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Lauv @ The Fox Theater Oakland 10/16/2019
photo by Marc Fong
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Lauv @ The Fox Theater 10/16/2019
photo by Marc Fong
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Girlfriends with boyfriends, boyfriends with girlfriends, girlfriends with girlfriends, and boyfriends with boyfriends made up the young adult crowd.
When the house lights dimmed and Lauv appeared onstage, shrieks from Lauv fans filled the venue as if they were teeny boppers at an NSYNC concert in the nineties.
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Lauv @ The Fox Theater Oakland 10/16/2019
photo by Marc Fong
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Lauv @ The Fox Theater 10/16/2019
photo by Marc Fong
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Lauv performed Lauvsongs with a smile and charm that his fans ate up. Every song had fans cheering when they began and applauding when every song ended. His hit single, "Like Me Better" didn't come until the end of his lengthy set and fans were ok with that. He seemed to share his robust happiness with them throughout his performance, or maybe they shared theirs with him.
He looked and sounded great the whole time he was on stage in Oakland that night and I'm sure he did the following night at night two of Lauv at The Fox Theater Oakland.
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Lauv @ The Fox Theater Oakland 10/16/2019
photo by Marc Fong
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As the flyer suggests, Lauv should be on tour again sometime soon. Maybe we'll see a How I'm Feeling Spring tour?
His fanbase is big here and presumably it's only going to get bigger, so where will he play next time he comes to The Bay? The Greek Theatre in Berkeley, perhaps?
We will see.
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