Phoebe Bridgers to debut Lost Weekend inside planetariums worldwide ahead of album release next week.
Screenings run from Monday August 10th through the album’s release on Friday August 14th, paired with visuals from National Geographic photographer Babak Tafreshi or Laser Fantasy, alongside over 300 midnight listening parties.
Each session pairs the album with one of two original visual accompaniments: a custom dome show from night-sky photographer Babak Tafreshi, filmed across nearly 20 countries with no CGI, taking in Madagascar’s skies, Iceland’s Northern Lights and storms over Texas; or an immersive laser show from longtime planetarium visual outfit Laser Fantasy. The sessions are phone and camera free, with devices secured in Yondr pouches for the duration.
Participating planetariums span the US, Canada, Europe, the UK and Ireland, and Australia and New Zealand, including Armagh Observatory and Planetarium which recently hosted this Music for Domes project featuring music from Róis. That screening is August 11th and tickets are here (3 timed events but all seem sold out already).
Full listings and ticket details are available at planetariumexperience.phoebebridgers.com.
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Midnight listening parties also
Bridgers and Spotify are also hosting an over 300 midnight listening parties are scheduled worldwide for Thursday August 13th, including events across the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland and much of Europe, Asia, Australasia and Latin America but there is no Irish date. Details are available at phoebebridgers.lnk.to/midnight-parties.
Lost Weekend is Bridgers’ third solo album, and follows lead single ‘Lost Boys’, out now.
The number of planetarium showings and available tickets vary per venue. Participating planetariums are:
USA & Canada:
Boston, MA – Museum of Science
Bozeman, MT- Museum of the Rockies – Taylor Planetarium
Bridgeport, CT – SHU Discovery Science Center and Planetarium
Chicago, IL – Adler Planetarium
Columbus, OH – COSI Planetarium
Costa Mesa, CA – Orange Coast College Planetarium
Dayton, OH – Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
Des Moines, IA – Science Center of Iowa – Star Theater Planetarium
Detroit, MI – Michigan Science Center
Eugene, OR – Eugene Science Center
Fort Worth, Texas – Jane & John Justin Foundation Omni Theater
Grand Rapids, MI – Chaffe Planetarium
Jersey City, NJ – Liberty Science Center
Kansas City, MO – Union Station
Laramie, WY – UW Physics & Astronomy
Las Vegas, Nevada – CSN Planetarium
Miami, Florida – Phillip & Patricia Frost Museum of Science
Nashville, TN – Sudekum Planetarium
Newport News VA – Virginia Living Museum
Orono, Maine – Versant Power Astronomy Center & Jordan Planetarium
Peoria IL – Peoria Riverfront Museum – Dome Planetarium
Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Science Center – Dorrance DOME
Pleasant Grove, UT – Christa McAuliffe Space Center
Richmond, VA – Science Museum of Virginia – The Dome
Rochester, NY – RMSC
Rowan NJ -Edelman Planetarium
Sacramento, CA – Museum of Science and Curiosity
Salt Lake City, Utah – Clark Planetarium
San Francisco, CA – Morrison Planetarium
Seattle WA – PacSci
Spruce Pine, NC – Earth to Sky Park
Tallahassee FL – Challenger Learning Center of Tallahassee FL
Tucson AZ – Flandrau Science Center
Vancouver, Canada – The H.R. MacMillan Space Centre
Wichita KS – Exploration Place
Europe:
Luzern, Switzerland – Verkehrshaus der Schweiz
Paris, France – Planétarium de la Cité des sciences et de l’industrie
UK & Ireland:
Armagh, N. Ireland – Armagh Observatory and Planetarium
Glasgow, Scotland – Glasgow Science Center
Australia & New Zealand:
Auckland, New Zealand – Te Whatu Stardome
Dunedin, NZ – Tūhura Planetarium
Melbourne, AUS – Scienceworks – Melbourne Planetarium
Wellington, NZ – Space Place
Wollongong, NSW – UOW Space Space
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
