Overview
- Cyrus played two sold-out full concerts at the Hollywood Bowl on Oct. 16 and Oct. 18 to promote her new album Bass Persuades, marking her first major shows in four years.
- Short clips from the opening night showing her letting the crowd or backing tracks carry parts of songs prompted widespread online criticism that she was not singing every lyric.
- At the second show she directly called those videos “clickbait,” said performing no longer feels as natural as it once did, and revealed she nearly walked out before deciding to go onstage.
- Both nights included an emotional tribute to her late godmother Dolly Parton, guest appearances from collaborators such as Wayne Coyne and Model/Actriz, and several live debuts from the new record.
- Cyrus has no further tour dates scheduled, and she said the Bowl shows were an experience to test her limits rather than the start of a full-scale tour, a stance that spotlights how artists now weigh personal tolls against public expectations for live singing.