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Hayley Williams review – punk and R&B expertly intertwine on first solo tour for Paramore star

Roundhouse, London In her first European jaunt outside of her headbanging band, the singer uses humour to turn angsty songs into rowdy collective catharsis Hayley Williams swaggers on stage with a guitar and begins gleefully raging about her antidepressant of choice. Mirtazapine, a pop-punk ode to the drug that “makes me eat” and “makes me sleep”, swiftly rouses the audience into a boisterous singalong. Her chemistry with the crowd is so potent that it’s easy to forget this is Williams’s first London gig since supporting Taylor Swift on The Eras Tour with her band Paramore in 2024, and her first ever European tour as a solo artist. “I remember so many of you,” she says, beaming at the crowd. She points at someone in the front row: “You came on stage [for] Misery Business.” For years, Williams had vowed to never pursue solo music. In fact, when she landed a deal with Atlantic Records at 1

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Roundhouse, London In her first European jaunt outside of her headbanging band, the singer uses humour to turn angsty songs into rowdy collective catharsis Hayley Williams swaggers on stage with a guitar and begins gleefully raging about her antidepressant of choice. Mirtazapine, a pop-punk ode to the drug that “makes me eat” and “makes me sleep”, swiftly rouses the audience into a boisterous singalong. Her chemistry with the crowd is so potent that it’s easy to forget this is Williams’s first London gig since supporting Taylor Swift on The Eras Tour with her band Paramore in 2024, and her first ever European tour as a solo artist. “I remember so many of you,” she says, beaming at the crowd. She points at someone in the front row: “You came on stage [for] Misery Business.” For years, Williams had vowed to never pursue solo music. In fact, when she landed a deal with Atlantic Records at 1

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According to The Guardian’s linked item, Hayley Williams review – punk and R&B expertly intertwine on first solo tour for Paramore star, Roundhouse, London In her first European jaunt outside of her headbanging band, the singer uses humour to turn angsty songs into rowdy collective catharsis Hayley Williams swaggers on stage with a guitar and begins gleefully raging about her antidepressant of choice. Mirtazapine, a pop-punk ode to the drug that “makes me eat” and “makes me sleep”, swiftly rouses the audience into a boisterous singalong. Her chemistry with the crowd is so potent that it’s easy to forget this is Williams’s first London gig since supporting Taylor Swift on The Eras Tour with her band Paramore in 2024, and her first ever European tour as a solo artist. “I remember so many of you,” she says, beaming at the crowd. She points at someone in the front row: “You came on stage [for] Misery Business.” For years, Williams had vowed to never pursue solo music. In fact, when she landed a deal with Atlantic Records at 1

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