Olivia Dean Performs TD Garden Show at 8:33 p.m., Closing With 2 Biggest Hits
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Updated · Boston.com · Aug 11
Olivia Dean Performs TD Garden Show at 8:33 p.m., Closing With 2 Biggest Hits
3 articles · Updated · Boston.com · Aug 11
Summary
TD Garden saw Olivia Dean turn her Aug. 10 Boston concert into an intimate, self-love-centered set, ending with “Dive” and “Man I Need” under pink confetti.
27-year-old Dean framed “The Art of Loving” around Bell Hooks’ ideas on love as mutual growth, telling fans they deserve that kind of care and that she now believes she does too.
8:33 p.m. marked her stage entrance behind a white curtain before she moved through crowd favorites including “Nice To Each Other,” “So Easy (To Fall In Love),” “Touching Toes,” “UFO,” “Echo” and “Time.”
Three brass players and later a stripped-back section with two guitarists gave the show both jazz-lounge polish and quieter intimacy, while opener Baby Rose set the tone with a retro-soul “Landslide.”
Boston’s largely female crowd sang along through stories about friends and family, reinforcing the concert’s broader message of connection, healing and self-acceptance.