Lorde

If her smattering of festival performances this summer is any indication, Lorde’s forthcoming arena tour should be as ambitious and forward-thinking as her second album, Melodrama — EW’s favorite record of 2017. To mirror the album’s themes of social disillusionment, loneliness, and heartbreak, Lorde flitted around the interior of a clear shipping container on modulating risers, giving her a sense of eerie remove as she belted new gems (“Green Light,” “Homemade Dynamite”) and fan favorites (“Royals,” “Team”). And for this stint, the Kiwi sensation picked stellar openers: Hip-hop firebrands Run the Jewels and distortion-drenched indie-rocker Mitski will begin the festivities every night. —E.R.B

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