Watch Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst reunite as Better Oblivion Community Center

22 March, 2024

Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers

Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst instigated a surprise Better Oblivion Community Center reunion when she made an appearance at one of his shows.

The pair released a self-titled album together in 2019, which they then took out on tour, before the Bright Eyes frontman made an appearance on Bridgers’ 2020 album ‘Punisher’. They hadn’t done anything since, sparking rumours of a change in their relationship.

Now, the pair reunited during a show at LA’s Teragram ballroom, which formed part of Oberst’s ‘Conor Oberst And Friends’ residency tour. They performed three songs together – a rendition of Bright Eyes’ classic ‘Lua’ and their Better Oblivion Community Center song ‘My City’ (for which Bridgers needed a lyric sheet passed over), before they wrapped up the show with a performance of Oberst’s 2014 song ‘Double Life’.

Check out fan-filmed footage of their performance below:

Bridgers has spent a large part of the past year being part of another supergroup, Boygenius, alongside Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker.

Dacus shared a message earlier this month, coinciding with the group’s first BRIT Award win, in which she reflected on the trio’s hugely successful past 12 months.

“This day marks six years since [Dacus’ 2018 album] ‘Historian’ was released, a year since [Boygenius single] ‘Not Strong Enough’ came out, a month since the Grammys, and BG won a BRIT Award today, so I’m feelin reflective and wanted to say thank you to everyone that cares about my music and Boygenius,” she wrote.

“It is not lost on me what a rare experience I’m getting to live.”

Dacus continued: “The past year has been unbelievable, more like a dream than reality. But I have kept some of the carnations you threw during ‘We’re In Love’ and they are very real to me. I hold them tightly.

“I have vivid memories of people singing along, blue lights during ‘True Blue’, Phoebe crowdsurfing, and Julien throwing her birthday cake into the audience. We shared the stage with some of my favourite musicians of all time and played every venue I would’ve put on the most far reaching bucket list.”

Earlier this year, the trio announced their hiatus at a secret show in LA. “We’re going away for the foreseeable future,” fans quoted them as saying. “This is our last show, and we’re feeling it.”

 

 

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