Maggie Rogers is playing a tiny show in Philadelphia this weekend. Then she’ll be back for an arena show this fall.
“I’m going to be in person selling tickets directly to you at the box office,” the singer said.
Maggie Rogers will release her third album, Don’t Forget Me, on Friday, and she’ll celebrate this weekend with an intimate show in Philadelphia in a venue much smaller than those she’s accustomed to.
The Maryland-born singer first came to fame when she wowed Pharrell Williams with her song “Alaska” in a master class at New York University. She will perform at the Theatre of Living Arts on South Street on Sunday.
The 1,000-capacity TLA is far smaller than the 14,000-seat Mann Center, where she played last summer, or the 20,000-capacity Wells Fargo Center, where she’ll perform when the “Don’t Forget Me, Part II” tour returns to Philadelphia on Oct. 15.
The TLA show is one of four scaled-down dates — she’s also playing New York, Boston, and Chicago. Tickets will be on sale in-person only on the day of the show. In Philadelphia, tickets will go on sale at the box office of the Fillmore Philly in Fishtown at 10 a.m. Sunday for $25 each with no additional fees. Tickets will be limited to two per person.
And not only that: In a statement, Rogers explained that she will personally be working the box office in each of the cities where she is playing the intimate shows.
“On the last album, Surrender, I decided to go old-school and sell tickets in-person in an effort to reduce fees, combat bots, and get tickets directly into the hands of fans,” Rogers said. “That process was so fun, this year I’m hosting ‘Box Office Week,’ where I’ve set some special prices for fans who want to come purchase tickets in-person.”
That night, she said she and her band will perform Don’t Forget Me for the first time.
Don’t Forget Me was produced by Rogers with Ian Fitchuk, with whom she wrote eight of the 10 songs. The album was mixed by Shawn Everett, who has worked extensively with Philadelphia’s the War on Drugs.
With Don’t Forget Me, Rogers said: “I wanted to make an album that sounded like a Sunday afternoon. Worn in denim. A drive in your favorite car. No make up, but the right amount of lipstick. Something classic. The mohair throw and bottle of Whiskey in Joan Didion’s motel room … I wanted to make an album to belt at full volume alone in your car, a trusted friend who could ride shotgun and be there when you needed her.”
Tickets for the October date at the Wells Fargo Center will be sold through more conventional means. Presales begin at 10 a.m. on April 22 and tickets go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. on April 26. Details can be found at shop.maggierogers.com/pages/tour.