Western Springs

REVIEW: With Covid-forced postponements in the rearview mirror, the Kiwi star dazzled a moonlit Western Springs with her already classic discography on ...

[Joni Mitchell](https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/300506748/joni-mitchell-joining-neil-young-in-protest-over-spotify) and [Kate Bush](https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/300615270/ethereal-evocative-and-inventive-why-the-music-of-kate-bush-spans-generations). [last played her native Tāmaki Makaurau in 2017](https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/98699064/lorde-intimate-melodrama-concert-pure-dynamite) after the release of her critically acclaimed [sophomore album Melodrama](https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/96981690/lorde-life-was-crazy-while-i-wrote-melodrama-songs). [My Boy](https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/128538297/need-a-smile-marlon-williams-reveals-new-song-for-nz-music-month). [Lorde reigns at Neudorf Winery with Solar Power concert](https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300818111/lorde-reigns-at-neudorf-winery-with-solar-power-concert?rm=a) [Review: Lorde finally kicks off Solar Power tour in Wellington](https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/131297114/review-lorde-finally-kicks-off-solar-power-tour-in-wellington?rm=a) [the turbulent weeks Aucklanders have faced](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/weather-news/300814756/the-numbers-which-show-how-bad-cyclone-gabrielle-was) in the lead up to this Solar Power tour stop, inviting the crowd to let out their “pent-up summer frustration”. [Fazerdaze](https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/89595900/fazerdaze-a-beautiful-distortion) followed another hour later with an energetic performance, before [Marlon Williams](https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300788394/marlon-williams-at-the-civic-the-man-is-pure-magic) took the stage at 7. The hour and a half long performance sweeps through her already classic discography, from Supercut to Secrets From a Girl (Who’s Seen it All), to encore performances of early hits Royals and Team. Those who fell in love with Lorde with her first album (this reviewer included) had a full-circle moment of their own tonight. [Lorde donates $120,000 to fund three scholarships into research on Antarctica](https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/131323389/lorde-donates-120000-to-fund-three-scholarships-into-research-on-antarctica?rm=a) [Riiki Reid](https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/129759046/riiki-reid-talks-music-identity-and-inspiration) kicking off the show at 5pm, the concert is a sort-of half festival, with food trucks and families lounging on picnic blankets planted across the venue’s field. [Lorde’s](https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/ensemble/131174841/lorde-reflects-on-10-years-of-stardom) return to Auckland was a psychedelic tour-de-force of the star’s stellar catalogue in a moonlit Western Springs on Saturday night.