LP’s All Is Not Lost Tour lands at Place Bell in Laval on September 18 with a structure that does two things at once: it is an anniversary run for Lost on You, the 2016 album that reached #1 in 18 countries and made LP a phenomenon in markets that American radio mostly missed, and it is the launch vehicle for Room 12, their eighth studio album, releasing September 2 and barely two weeks old by show night. Playing a record you made ten years ago alongside the one you just finished is not always a coherent proposition. Here, it is the point.
About the Show
The All Is Not Lost Tour is LP’s first international tour in two years, announced in April alongside the lead single “Shelly.” In a statement at the time, LP described the intervening period: “I’ve been writing, living, healing and learning what it’s all about for me and my music right now.” The tour opened in Mexico City in May, moved through European summer dates, and entered its North American leg on September 2 in San Francisco. The Laval date follows Toronto by one night (Massey Hall on the 17th, Place Bell on the 18th) and closes out the Canadian run.
The set draws from both sides of the catalog. Songs from Room 12 appear alongside a complete performance of Lost on You in its entirety, a structure the tour has carried since its European dates. Two singles are out ahead of the album: “Shelly,” co-written with Mike Del Rio and PJ Bianco, which LP describes as “the first time I’ve done such an intimate portrait of a friend in a song,” and “Love Is All I Have,” also with Del Rio, which LP describes as capturing “the inconsolable desperation of wanting someone to stay and the relief that can come with leaving.” Before all of that, LP spent years as one of pop’s quieter craftspeople, penning “Cheers (Drink to That)” for Rihanna and writing for Christina Aguilera and Celine Dion, before Lost on You reoriented the story entirely. No support act is listed for the Laval date.
Venue & Logistics
Place Bell is an arena in Laval, Quebec, drawing from across the greater Montreal area. The show is all ages. Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
Tickets
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