By Malia Radcliff ‘29 and Kenzie Kibler ‘28
Conan Gray kicked off his “Wishbone World” tour in February 2026. This is his second arena tour, this time featuring Esha Tewari. His concerts are unique, from the wishbone-shaped stage to the sets telling different stories. During his concerts, he often does outfit changes to fit the mood of his next few songs. He also interacts with the audience a lot, pointing out peoples’ outfits, and even giving them a chance to pick the next song with his famous wishbone break.
Esha Tewari opens for Conan Gray. She is a 19-year-old rising alternative singer and songwriter from Australia. She is known for her bedroom pop and viral TikTok hits like “with ease” and “you were mine.” She typically begins around 8 pm, an hour before Conan Gray begins.
We attended the Wishbone show in Philadelphia at the Xfinity Mobile Arena on March 2, 2026. The go-to time to get merchandise is always before the show. We both got tour shirts, along with silver wishbone necklaces. We both got to our seats by the time Esha had started her performance. Watching her helped set the mood and excitement for the rest of the concert. After an hour of her performing, Conan eventually arrived with bright lights and his introduction. He rode out on a bike, opening with “My World,” setting the joyful mood to start the night.
Around the midpoint of his show, he has a segment called “Conan’s Campfire,” where he sings a surprise song. For our show, he sang “Crush Culture,” a song from his EP “Sunset Season,” which was surprising because of it being one of his older songs, and it was amazing to witness. He then announced that he would sing an unreleased song, which was to come out a few weeks later called “The Best.” It’s always so exciting to experience when he sings an unreleased song at his concerts.
Next, he had his wishbone break. He gets a wishbone and chooses a lucky fan in the crowd to break the wishbone with him. He chose a fan dressed up as a carrot because of his deep love for carrot cake. The two song choices were “This Song” or “Sunset Tower.” The fan chose “Sunset Tower” for him to sing, which is a more underrated song of the album, so we’re glad the fan chose it.
He played “Vodka Cranberry” as his “last song,” before going offstage and changing outfits to perform the final two songs. He sang “Memories,” a popular song from his album “Superache.” He finally concluded with “Caramel,” ending with confetti everywhere to leave off with the perfect vibe to conclude the night.
