Tinashe Enthralls the Crowd at The Royale in Boston on a Cold February Night [Photos]

Tinashe lit up the stage on Monday, February 12th, at The Royale in Boston. The R&B/pop singer and dancer started the show with her hit song “Treason.” Which is the opening song off her new album BB/ANG3L and also the name of her tour.

BB/ANG3L is Tinashe’s sixth studio album and her third album since 2019 when she went independent. One thing that makes Tinashe so unique and different from other artists is the way she blends R&B and pop songs. She’s not worried about sticking to one genre and is not afraid to experiment with different styles and types of music, combining them to make truly unique songs.

Despite it being a cold Monday night in Boston, the crowd was queued up and ready for Tinashe, with eager fans in a line wrapped around the outside of the venue.  Once inside, it was packed with people and when the Tinashe countdown came on the screen you could hear the excitement building.

Performing with four extremely talented male dancers and a crazy electronic lighting setup, Tinashe came out with some serious heat and kept the Boston crowd hooked from her very first note. She jumped between performing new songs off of her BB/ANG3L album and old hits, such as fan favorite “2On,” the first single that brought Tinashe into the spotlight back in 2014. Tinashe and her background dancers shined with fun and creative choreography, which was one of the highlights of the show, in my opinion. The energy they all brought to the stage was palpable and was perfect for the club setting of The Royale.

In total, Tinashe performed 28 songs and was on stage for a little under an hour and a half. She had a few short monologues, but for the most part, she went right from one song to the next. She even performed a few mashups of her songs, such as one that combined her new song, “Gravity,” and an older song, “Superlove.” She finished her performance with her song, “Needs,” the most popular song off of BB/ANG3L, and this had everyone in the crowd bumping and grinding to the beat of the music and singing along with her.

Altogether, the show was high energy and a lot of fun. Tinashe has been doing this for ten years now, and her performance shows that she’s a seasoned vet who knows how to entertain. At the end of the night, I heard multiple people gushing about the show as they were leaving the venue, and I think the crowd would’ve stayed there all night to watch Tinashe perform if they could have.

Tinashe @ Royale (Boston, MA) on February 12, 2024

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