Chelsea Wolfe Brings Darkness To Nashville
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - October 14: Chelsea Wolfe performs at Marathon Music Works during her world tour. (Photo by Yui Breedlove for Pretty Nifty)
Although she has long captivated audiences, this latest chapter of Chelsea Wolfe’s career feels newly spell binding and more timely than ever. Her work on this earth continues as she transmutes experience into sound with softness delivered alongside the accompanying sharp sword. The way her haunting vocals wrap, float, and dance around and through her music is nothing less than iconic. She brings it all with her in her latest album release, 2026’s The Dark.
Primal wisdom through song. That is an evening with Chelsea Wolfe. In support of The Dark, the singer brought her tour to Marathon Music Works (Nashville, TN) on Wednesday, October 16th, and so soothed the midweek terrors. Chelsea’s sincerity in her performance tethers the room to the moment and validates all who resonate with her. She is present in ways that feel set apart. Illuminated and drawn out of the darkness by lighting that matches the mood.
The show opened with the title track “The Dark.” The comfortably seated audience became immediately transfixed and followed her into ‘these violet dreams.’ Starting acoustic notes of the song give way to sounds that carry you deeper into it’s own world. Next in the set, “Whispers In The Echo Chamber” and “Iron Moon” painted their heavy reminders from earlier albums into the airwaves.
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - October 14: Chelsea Wolfe performs at Marathon Music Works during her world tour. (Photo by Yui Breedlove for Pretty Nifty)
“Turn The Key” lit the room on fire with its softly powerful vocal tone and heavy guitar punctuated by spookier sounds from the keyboard. The night continued in consistent dedication to showcasing all era’s of the artist. Playing songs “Feral Love,” “Pale on Pale,” and “Flatlands” brought us back to her roots, while “Death Is Not The End” took us to the edge of a future cliff most treat with trepidation. Chelsea and her band left the stage after delivering the parting gift performance of “16 Psyche” off of her seminal 2017 album Hiss Spun.
Setlist
The Dark
Whispers In The Echo Chamber
Iron Moon
Turn The Key
The Liminal (acoustic)
Tunnel Lights (acoustic)
Dusk
House of Metal
Seethe
Humours
Feral Love
Pale on Pale
Wandering (acoustic)
Flatlands (acoustic)
Cold
The Culling
Death Is Not The End
16 Psyche
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - October 14: Chelsea Wolfe performs at Marathon Music Works during her world tour. (Photo by Yui Breedlove for Pretty Nifty)
With only a few dates left in the U.S. leg of her tour, Chelsea Wolfe is gearing up for an extensive run across Europe. Dates across the Nordic region, the Baltics, Central, and Southern Europe, it is set for a massive ride.
You can find tickets to all of Chelsea Wolfe’s tour dates here.
2026
Oct 16 – Dallas, TX – The Texas Theatre
Oct 17 – Austin, TX – Emo’s
Oct 20 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre
Oct 21 – El Cajon, CA – The Magnolia
Oct 23 – Los Angeles, CA – The Orpheum Theatre
Nov 21 – Utrecht, NL – TivoliVredenburg
Nov 23 – Berlin, DE – Admiralspalast
Nov 23 – Hamburg, DE – Grosse Freiheit 36
Nov 25 – København, DK – VEGA
Nov 27 – Oslo, NO – Betong
Nov 28 – Stockholm, SE – Vasateatern
Nov 30 – Tallinn, EE – Helitehas
Dec 2 – Vilnius, LT – Loftas
Dec 3 – Warsaw, PL – Progresja
Dec 5 – Praha, CZ – ARCHA+
Dec 6 – Viena, AT – Budocenter
Dec 7 – Budapest, HU – Akvárium Klub
Dec 9 – Mannheim, DE – Capitol Mannheim
Dec 11 – Fribourg, CH – FRI-Son
Dec 12 – Trezzo Sull’adda Mi, IT – Live Club
Dec 13 – München, DE – Isarphilharmonie
Dec 15 – Antwerpen, BE – Trix
Dec 16 – Paris, FR – Casino de Paris
Dec 17 – London, UK – O2 Forum Kentish Town
Dec 19 – Athina, GR – Floyd
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - October 14: Chelsea Wolfe performs at Marathon Music Works during her world tour. (Photo by Yui Breedlove for Pretty Nifty)