What I Remember From Phoebe Bridgers’s Phoneless MSG Show

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Phoebe Bridgers asked her Madison Square Garden audience to surrender their phones and watches before her concert, creating a rare device-free performance. The singer, who has spoken publicly about her relationship with technology and social media, enforced the ban strictly enough to jokingly appeal for anyone who'd hidden an Apple Watch in their body to volunteer it. The show became an intimate experience shaped by the absence of screens and the promise that no footage would leak online, returning focus entirely to the live performance itself.