Holly Humberstone @ Les Etoiles - Paris, France
February 17th 2025: Holly Humberstone @ Les Etoiles - Paris, France
Holly Humberstone - Photos Courtesy of: Manon Pothin
British singer Holly Humberstone brought her Cruel World European Tour to a close at Les Etoiles in Paris, France.
Just two months before the release of her second album, titled Cruel World, Holly Humberstone travelled Europe on a sold-out tour. Rather than bringing her entire band with her, the singer chose to perform more intimate shows, with solely Seth Tackberry accompanying her on the keyboard.
Opening the show with her latest single, “To Love Somebody,” Holly created a setlist delightfully mixing older fan favorites, like “Scarlett” and “Deep End,” and unreleased songs from her upcoming album. She wrote most of the latter on a small writers’ retreat in London with her opening act, Woody. Amongst those were “Beauty Pageant," "Lucy"—dedicated to her sister—and the eponymous “Cruel World”. Holly then went on to introduce the last unreleased song, “White Noise,” which she wrote in Nashville and described as a pop song with an infusion of country. The live version was a lot calmer than the studio one, given the lack of a band, and one thing’s for sure: fans can’t wait to hear it and dance to it.
Before closing the show with “Dive,” Holly teased another tour in Europe in the following fall, with a full band this time.
Holly Humberstone will next go on a small, intimate tour in the UK before heading to the US for a two-month-long tour, starting off with a bang at Coachella. Her second album, Cruel World, will be released on the 10th of April.
