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Hayley Williams Is the Fierce, Fun, Finely Tuned Rock Star We Need, as Her ‘Bachelorette Party’ Theater Tour Winds Down at the Wiltern: Concert Review

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Hayley Williams has some mixed feelings about both Los Angeles and Nashville, evidently. Kicking off a three-night stand at the Wiltern Wednesday night to conclude her “Hayley WIlliams at a Bachelorette Party” spring tour, she waxed enthusiastic about L.A. But not so enthusiastic that she wants to take up residence again.

“This is one of the venues in this country that I probably have the most memories in,” she told the crowd, referring to Paramore shows at the Wiltern in 2007, 2013 and 2022. ” “And it’s definitely the first time I’ve been back in a while that I’ve been really excited to come back. I tried to live here three fucking times, and it never stuck. The last time I tried to come live here, there was a fire… Now I’m just a tourist in L.A. But, oh my fucking God, do I love it here. And it’s really cool to be in the place where all these songs began. It is a very full-circle moment,” she said, seeming to spill the beans that the entirety of her recent 20-song “Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party” album — which she is playing in its entirety on this tour — was born in her experiences in L.A. prior to the beginning of last year.

Hayley Williams Is the Fierce, Fun, Finely Tuned Rock Star We Need, as Her 'Bachelorette Party' Theater Tour Winds Down at the Wiltern: Concert Review