{"id":2397121,"date":"2026-05-01T03:25:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T03:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2397121"},"modified":"2026-05-01T03:25:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T03:25:35","slug":"the-last-dinner-party-ignite-nyc-in-a-music-inferno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-last-dinner-party-ignite-nyc-in-a-music-inferno\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last Dinner Party Ignite NYC In A Music Inferno"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On Saturday, April 25, The Last Dinner Party sold out Manhattan\u2019s Hammerstein Ballroom<\/a> for their first of two nights in New York City. Having been two years since the U.K. band last played in New York, fans braved Saturday night\u2019s pouring rain to catch the group live on their From the Pyre Tour.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Abigail Morris of The Last Dinner Party by Kait Dugan @kaitduganart<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

The Last Dinner Party is an English rock band known for their baroque-pop, feminine rage hits. The band is composed of Abigail Morris (vocals), Lizzie Mayland (vocals, guitar), Emily Roberts (lead guitar, mandolin, flute), Georgia Davies (bass) and Aurora Nishevci (keyboards, saxophone, vocals). Taking an all-rounder approach, the members switch between singing lead throughout their discography and are all multi-instrumentals. The band uses biblical imagery and allegories \u2013 such as saints, scythes, floods, and infernos \u2013 to explore heavy emotions and modern society in a theatrical, Victorian style.<\/p>\n

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The Last Dinner Party at Hammerstein Ballroom by Kait Dugan @kaitduganart<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Walking out to \u201cAgnus Dei,\u201d the full band calmly took to the stage bathed under red light. At the cue of the drums, Roberts and Mayland began the recognizable electric guitar riff that led Morris into the first verse. Their modern twist on high-renaissance fashion and maximalist stage design are immediately eye-catching. Between Morris\u2019 deeply captivating, whimsical stage presence and her powerhouse vocals, she proves she\u2019s a leader in the next generation of art-rock bands.<\/p>\n

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Abigail Morris of The Last Dinner Party by Kait Dugan @kaitduganart<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cI\u2019m biased,\u201d singer Abigail Morris stated as she addressed the crowd for the first time, \u201cbut I love New York. It\u2019s one of my favorites.\u201d Asking fans if they attended their 2024 tour stops at Webster Hall and Brooklyn Steel, the house lights flashed over the packed floor filled with screams. The answer: a resounding yes. \u201cThanks for bringing reinforcements this time,\u201d Morris giggled.<\/p>\n

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The Last Dinner Party at Hammerstein Ballroom by Kait Dugan @kaitduganart<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

For the latter half of the From the Pyre Tour, bassist Georgia Davies is notably absent. After sustaining a back injury on their Texas tour stop, Davies is healing back home in London while the U.S. Tour continues with bass technician Max Lilley filling in. Commanding the audience to raise their glasses in the air, Morris dedicated \u201cOn Your Side\u201d to their healing bandmate and toasted to all in the crowd who attended their previous NYC shows.\u00a0While the band may be missing a bandmate, they\u2019ve gained another friend \u2014 a ghost from their Canada stop. Pianist Aurora Nishevci explained through a fit of giggles that ever since Canada, her in-ears have been plagued with ghoulish sounds. \u201cI banish the!\u201d yelled Morris, who encouraged their fans to help rid Nishevci of her ghost.<\/p>\n

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Aurora Nishevci of The Last Dinner Party by Kait Dugan @kaitduganart<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

The keyboardist got personal with the New York audience before leading the band into \u201cGjuha.\u201d A child of immigrants, Nishevci explained how she wrote the song due to her shame of not knowing Albanian, her mother tongue. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing more enriching than being around different cultures,\u201d she explained. \u201cFrom the outside looking in, diversity makes America great.\u201d The statement was met with cheers from the floor to the second mezzanine as the keyboardist took lead vocals on the deeply personal tune.<\/p>\n

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Lizzie Mayland of The Last Dinner Party by Kait Dugan @kaitduganart<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Before performing their most popular hit, \u201cNothing Matters,\u201d Morris had one simple request \u2013 to live in the moment. Asking fans to put away their phones for the length of the song, or at least until the last chorus if they were too eager, Morris spoke of how important it is to share moments with the people physically closest to you. With minimal to no screens glowing in sight, the rock band and their fans lived the \u201cNothing Matters\u201d mantra in real time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The Last Dinner Party at Hammerstein Ballroom by Kait Dugan @kaitduganart<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Not only does The Last Dinner Party put on a memorable show, but they also leave their mark on every tour stop through fan donations. Their charity campaign, Ribbons for Provisions, is an activism initiative to partner with a food bank charity on each leg of tour. Working directly with WhyHunger, the band takes monetary donations in exchange for band-branded ribbons. They give all donations to a local food bank at each night\u2019s stop. \u201cIt\u2019s a huge honor to facilitate this kind of thing,\u201d Morris said. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing to come to a city and do something with the people there that makes a physical, tangible good.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Abigail Morris of The Last Dinner Party by Kait Dugan @kaitduganart<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

The Last Dinner Party\u2019s caring nature exudes into their personal relationships with each other. Between members bowing to each other as they soloed on the raised center pedestal, to climbing onto the barricade during \u201cMy Lady of Mercy\u201d together, it\u2019s clear that the bandmates thrive when performing as a group night after night.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Emily Roberts of The Last Dinner Party by Kait Dugan @kaitduganart<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Fans especially look forward to the little bits they devise, with a favorite taking place during \u201cThis is the Killer Speaking.\u201d Returning for an encore, Roberts, Morris, and Mayland strutted in tandem, step by step. The three paced the length of the stage before quickly turning in the opposite direction. Breaking apart at the chorus to dance back into their original positions, Morris became a dance instructor straight out of an \u201980s dance video. \u201cIncluded in your The Last Dinner Party concert ticket was a three part instructional series on how to dance to \u201cThe Killer is Speaking!\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

Garnering the attention of the whole room, she brought out Freya and Elle, two massive TLDP fans from Ireland, to co-instruct the three-step routine alongside the frontwoman. First: legs. They kick right back. Second: arms. Move them back and forth in front of you, or, a Morris trick \u2013 just vogue. Third: legs and<\/strong> arms. \u201cMoving to the beat, by the beat, with the beat, give me a beat!\u201d Morris instructed as Roberts shredded the chorus. The Hammerstein Ballroom shook as the sold-out crowd mirrored the dance routine they\u2019ve just learned.<\/p>\n

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Abigail Morris of The Last Dinner Party by Kait Dugan @kaitduganar<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Wrapping up the night, Morris shared her gratitude for their entire crew and fanbase for making the North American tour possible. She explained, \u201cYou may feel like this is a gift or experience we give to you, but actually it\u2019s not a one way thing. You give us such energy, power, and beauty \u2013 thank you for being here. It\u2019s magical to be able to go on tour all the way to America. To meet us here \u2013 it doesn\u2019t go unnoticed. You make us feel like we\u2019re playing these songs for the first time. It\u2019s a magical gift.\u201d The band covered LCD Soundsystem\u2019s \u201cNew York, I Love You but You\u2019re Bringing Me Down<\/a>\u201d as a special encore and a final goodbye to night one in New York.<\/p>\n

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Abigail Morris of The Last Dinner Party by Kait Dugan @kaitduganart<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

The Last Dinner Party \u2013 Saturday, April 25 \u2013 Hammerstein Ballroom<\/strong><\/p>\n

Setlist:<\/strong> Agnus Dei, Count The Ways, The Feminine Urge, Caesar on a TV Screen, On Your Side, Second Best, I Hold Your Anger, Woman is a Tree, Gjuha, Rifle, Big Dog (Unreleased), Mirror, The Scythe, Sail Away, Sinner, My Lady of Mercy, Inferno, Knocking at the Sky (Unreleased), Nothing Matters<\/p>\n

Encore:<\/strong> New York, I Love You but You\u2019re Bringing Me Down (LCD Soundsystem cover), This is the Killer Speaking, Agnus Dei (Reprise)<\/p>\n

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Abigail Morris and Emily Roberts of The Last Dinner Party by Kait Dugan @kaitduganart<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n