LIVE REVIEW: MYLES SMTIH @ COCA-COLA ROXY, ATLANTA, GA – SEPTEMBER 10, 2026

There is nothing quite like the energy of a final tour stop, and Myles Smith brought an incredible blend of emotion, connection, and sheer joy for the closing night of the North American leg of his My Mess, My Heart, My Life. Tour. Across the perfectly-paced evening of folk-pop anthems, the crowd sang, danced, cried, and celebrated together, from the floor to the balcony.

When it was time for Myles Smith, the stage was bathed in fog and warm orange light as his backing band took their positions across the multi-tiered set for a dramatic instrumental intro. Smith ran out to immediate cheers as they launched straight into his hit “Stay (If You Wanna Dance),” getting the room jumping right out of the gate before keeping the momentum up with “Wait for You.” The members of his band ran around the stage smiling, bringing up the energy even further, before Smith paused to address the room, expressing just how thrilled they were to spend the final night of the run in Atlanta.

Callouts and personal moments continued throughout the set, drawing the audience deeper into Smith’s world. Following “Hate You,” he paused to reflect on his origins, writing songs since he was 10 or 11 years old, and admitted how surreal it felt to perform those stories halfway across the world (from his hometown of Luton, England). Stripping things back, he sat on the stage steps and shouted out his close friends and original bandmates, Joe Devine and Elliot Herrington, sharing memories of sneaking into pubs to play free shows. That story led into a slightly older track, “Whisper,” which began with quiet intimacy before building up and getting the entire room clapping along.

The mood shifted into deeper emotional territory with “Grandma’s Place,” a slower, raw performance that left the audience spellbound under Smith’s earnest vocals, complete with a beautiful piano solo by Herrington. Pausing to connect with the crowd, Smith gave a birthday shoutout to a fan on the balcony and acknowledged a sign from an audience member who had traveled a massive distance to be there before launching into “My Home.”

Smith then took time for an open and vulnerable speech, sharing that before this album came together, he felt somewhat lost despite the global success of massive hits like “Stargazing” and “Nice to Meet You.” He felt the songs lacked enough of his true self, realizing that while he had fallen in love with storytellers in music, he kept own story hidden. Seeking guidance, his mother gave him a powerful piece of advice: “Looking forward starts with looking backwards.” He walked the crowd through his journey between ages 18 and 23, a dark period where he questioned continuing with music or even with life itself. Through looking through old journals and going to therapy, he discovered hope and beauty in the gray areas: the spaces between black and white, happy and sad. He offered three cheeky takeaways: 1) For the kids: to anyone making your life harder, tell them to “fuck off”; 2) For the adults: go to therapy; 3) For the men: listen to women. The band then kicked into “My Mess,” leading the audience to sing along with the album’s and tour’s central motif and name during the bridge: “This is my mess, my heart, my life.”

A dramatic guitar intro, played by Smith, led into “River,” complete with an energetic call-and-response segment. Joking that he knew roughly 30% of the room was likely dragged there by their partners, Smith promised some crowd-pleasers. Keeping the “River” beat pulsing beneath him, he sang Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep,” followed by a request for the band to get funkier as he segued into Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You.” Amid the ongoing groove, Smith spotted a fan-made blanket in the audience, had it passed up, and proudly wore it like a cape. Band introductions followed as the beat continued via fan interaction. Smith had various audience members point at individual band members to trigger extended solos, starting with bassist Izzy Burnham tearing into a riff from “Seven Nation Army.” Following humorous introductions, each member took their spotlight moment: Joe Devine on guitar, Daniel Said on drums, Julia DiGrazia on fiddle, Flynn Tanner on guitar, and Elliot Herrington on keys, before the band seamlessly brought the mega-medley back home to finish “River.”

It was then time for one of Myles Smith’s aforementioned biggest hits, “Nice to Meet You,” where Smith was handed an envelope with the names of a few lucky fans who were then brought on stage to watch the performance from a yellow couch. Mid-song, an audience member named Madison, holding a microphone, began singing along with Smith. He later explained he had discovered her on TikTok and invited her up to share the stage. Following that up with “Gold,” Smith called for maximum energy, and the band delivered a swinging, heavy-hitting performance. Before the final chorus, he gave a cheeky statement: “If you’re not moving, you’re racist,” sending an extra burst of energy through the crowd to close the song.

Before concluding the main set, Smith took a quiet moment to acknowledge that he grew up in a destructive home where he rarely felt safe, sharing that now, standing in room singing with people from all walks of life, he felt more seen than ever. While fans often message him saying his music saved their lives, he insisted he didn’t save them, they saved themselves, and he was simply providing the soundtrack. He then asked everyone to put their turned off phones in the air, and then to turn on the lights if they resonated with anything he was about to list. He asked if anyone’s felt alone, if anyone’s felt hurt, if anyone’s felt depressed. One by one, the room lit up until every light was shining. Asking the crowd to look around at the community they built together, he led the room through an emotional, heartfelt performance of “Dying Days” to end the main set.

Following a lot of cheering, the band returned for an encore, with drummer Daniel Said cartwheeling back onto stage. Smith explained he was playing the next song for two reasons: first, he had messed it up in VIP and felt he needed to redeem himself, and second, a fan DMed him threatening to stop listening if he left it off the setlist, adding with tongue-in-cheek charm how much he loves his monthly listeners, before launching into “Dublin Lights.” It was then finally time for his multi-platinum smash, “Stargazing.” However, after the first chorus, the band stopped and Smith walked offstage. His mic still live, he reminisced about times when crowds experienced hits in the moment rather than through a phone screen recording it. Requesting a reset for the final night of tour, the audience happily obliged, putting their phones away as the band restarted the track to an explosive reaction. For the final chorus, Smith stepped back to let the audience sing the words entirely on their own, closing out the tour on a perfect high note of shared emotion and unforgettable energy.

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Setlist

• Stay (If You Wanna Dance)
• Wait for You
• Hold Me in the Dark
• Hate You
• Whisper
• Grandma's Place
• My Home
• My Mess
• River / Rolling in the Deep / Shape of You / Seven Nation Army
• Nice to Meet You
• Gold
• Dying Days
• Encore:
• Dublin Lights
• Stargazing

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