Alternative pop trio MUNA dropped by the first day of Newport Folk Festival 2024 in Rhode Island to check out some of their favs. They were also there to perform and, actually first and foremost, did just that. In fact, they performed their asses off. Katie Gavin performed some acoustic solo tracks as well. Thankfully, Eric Tsurumoto grabbed some highlights for us.
MUNA brought their Saves The World tour to Mercy Lounge in Nashville on October 4th–just a month after their album of the same name was released. They opened the show with lead single “Number One Fan,” an anthem about coming to terms with being your own biggest fan. A MUNA show is a celebration of self-love, self-care, and self-preservation. In their words, saving yourself is the key to saving the world. They performed all but two songs on their new album, along with crowd favorites “I Know A Place” and “Loudspeaker” from their 2017 debut About U, and in between songs, the crowd rarely stopped cheering long enough for the band to get a few words in–until bassist Naomi McPherson declared triumphantly, mid-show, that they are “the greatest band in the world.” I wholeheartedly agree.
