Big Thief in Calgary

Big Thief is an American indie rock band formed in Brooklyn in 2015, led by singer, songwriter and guitarist Adrianne Lenker alongside guitarist Buck Meek and drummer James Krivchenia. The band became known through albums including Masterpiece, Capacity, U.F.O.F., Two Hands and Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, as well as songs such as “Not,” “Paul” and “Vampire Empire.” The band’s 2022 tour took its full-band performances through North American and European theatres and concert halls, including London’s Eventim Apollo. Big Thief also performed at Glastonbury that year, then headlined Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago in 2023.

Beverly Glenn-Copeland is a Canadian singer, composer and keyboardist born in Philadelphia in 1944. His work ranges across folk, jazz and electronic music, and he is best known for the 1986 cassette album Keyboard Fantasies and its song “Ever New,” which found a new audience decades after their release. His first European tour in 2018 featured Indigo Rising, the band assembled for his return to concert performance. That run included Beverly Glenn-Copeland and Indigo Rising performing at Le Guess Who? in Utrecht.