Chappell Roan’s dazzling ascension to superstardom is a remarkable one. After a decade of largely unnoticed work in the music industry, the slow-burning US artist from Willard, Missouri found herself on everyone’s tongue with her electrifying debut album ‘The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess’ from 2023. A spectacular breakthrough that, according to Roan herself, happened when she decided to “stop trying to impress the music industry and start trying to impress gay people”. And her maximalist, pulsating pop is without a doubt unapologetically queer. It’s playful, vibrant, urgent, emotionally intelligent, sexually forthright and often cheekily funny. With her extraordinary stage presence and her ambitious live performances, Chappell Roan has built a reputation as one of the most magnetic artists around, and this summer she is coming to Way Out West!