Overview

• In a Rolling Stone interview, Carpenter said she plans to lock fans’ phones in pouches throughout her shows to enhance focus.
• She credited a Silk Sonic concert in Las Vegas for showing her the benefits of a phone-free environment.
• Musicians including Jack White, Bob Dylan and Ghost have already embraced phone bans to foster audience engagement.
• Carpenter’s album 'Man’s Best Friend' is set for release on August 29.
• A women’s charity criticized the album artwork as reinforcing harmful stereotypes and Carpenter has publicly dismissed those concerns.