This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Don’t bother trying to capture Banks in a photo during one of her concerts. Whether Banks was aware of the online upheaval or not, she confirmed “This Is What It Feels Like” is here to stay. In between tracks of her dynamic performance Banks disappeared and reemerged around the stage to a background of contemporary dancers held together in stew of shadows, smoke, and strobe … The artist, born Jillian Banks and reared in the San Fernando Valley, took a break a few songs into her set to share the poem “Ode to the Grey Zone.” “I initially wanted to call my album [that],” she said. They had arrived at 8am and bought $200 meet and greet tickets. The choreography is bold, intense and perfectly timed for each song. She took the stage with her two dancers and instantly launched into the dark, emotional, and captivating world that is her show. The prancing silhouette is always accompanied by her two dancers, Allison Fletcher and Nadine Olmo, as their long blond locks brushed against Banks’ body during their beautifully bizarre routines for two mesmerizing hours on Tuesday night (at the Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood, Calif., for her latest III Tour stop. At a BANKS show the darkness isn’t a consuming monster, but a facet of your being to celebrate. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. All rights reserved.Billboard is part of MRC Media and Info, a division of MRC. That’s how early people lined up to see BANKS croon into the microphone at her 2019 homecoming show. Banks brings out a string quartet for “Contaminated”. “This petition stands to get BANKS (@hernameisbanks) to reconsider so her fans can continue having their ears blessed and souls exorcised,” superfan Claudia Dayani wrote. Here's Why, Post Malone, Black Keys, Muse, Lil Uzi Vert to Appear On 'WWE 2K20' Soundtrack, Luke Combs Performs ‘Better Together’ at 2020 Billboard Music Awards | Billboard News. When fans on social media found out the song was no longer being performed during her shows, they petitioned for its return via Change.org. But she never remains in one place once she hits the stage, and when “Till Now” -- the intro track of III, thunderously played from the venue’s speakers and her microphone to start the show, it signaled the chase fans would have to brave just to capture a memorable glimpse of their favorite alternative R&B singer. “But then I was like, ‘That’s kind of fucking pretentious,’” she teased to a chorus of laughter from the crowd. “Preach the word of the Lord!” one of her dedicated fans shouted at the “Goddess” singer. Banks’ lavish show Tuesday night at the Hollywood Palladium was a lot of things — a celebration of her acclaimed new album “III,” a hometown blowout and, as it turned out, a poetry reading.