Last November, Perfume Genius’ Mike Hadreas announced his Spring 2026 “Duo Tour,” nine dates in notably intimate rooms that would feature Hadreas alongside only his partner, collaborator, keyboardist, and co-writer Alan Wyffels. While we’re lucky enough to have snagged one of those dates, April 1st in The Sanctuary of the First Unitarian Church, word on the street (and R5 website) is that tickets are almost sold out, so we would recommend getting yours ASAP (ticket link below). Here are Three Reasons why…
*While you’re at it, listen to these bonus tracks from Glory (Extended), which dropped last month via Matador Records. (They have little to do with the Duo Tour… That’s a hint…)
1. A RARE CHANCE TO SEE PERFUME GENIUS AS A DUO
While we love Perfume Genius’ live band (with maybe some extra special love directed towards Meg Duffy/Hand Habits…) and their Union Transfer show last June was stellar, the Chicago Tribune described the first night of the “Duo Tour” as something that you really wouldn’t want to miss: “Perfume Genius’s show felt like a trip back in time to the quiet moments when these songs were first written — just a man and his voice and a piano. No flourishes or production tweaks or excessive instrumental imaginations. No, it was just a show of warmth and openness, a journey to the heart of the music.”
2. THE SETLIST
Not only did the Chicago show — the only duo show thus far, which took place this January at Lincoln Hall — feature a drastically different collection of songs than audiences have heard in quite some time, including only three numbers that were played at the full-band show at Union Transfer last summer, but it opened with two tracks that hadn’t been played in over a decade. I won’t give spoilers (although feel free to spoil it for yourself via setlist.fm), but I will say that the first two full-lengths are very well represented.
3. THE SETTING
The Sanctuary of the First Unitarian Church is not only the most intimate space Perfume Genius has played in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection in over a decade, but the nearly-150-year-old building has provided a nearly-impossible-to-replicate setting for beautifully haunting and similarly stripped-down performances from the likes of Courtney Barnett and Angel Olsen over the years that have become legendary in their status amongst the Philadelphia indie community as “Concerts I Wish I Could’ve Gotten Into.” Don’t miss your opportunity to see Perfume Genius as a duo in the same room while you still have the chance…
*Get your tickets here.
