Watch Clairo, Bleachers, St. Vincent and more perform at Ally Coalition Talent Show
nme.comClairo, Bleachers, St. Vincent, Jason Isbell and more have performed at the 9th annual Ally Coalition Talent Show.On December 19, Jack Antonoff hosted his ninth star-studded fundraising concert for the non-profit organisation he started with his sister Rachel, The Ally Coalition, which supports at-risk LGBTQ+ youth.
Surprise performers included Clairo, St. Vincent, Jason Isbell, Bartees Strange, and more.Antonoff opened the show with a piano-led version of Bleachers’ ‘Goodmorning’, before joining his band for an unreleased holiday song, ‘Merry Christmas, Please Don’t Call’.
Later in the show, Claud appeared for her second Ally Coalition Talent Show in a row, performing ‘Soft Spot’ from her 2021 sophomore album ‘Super Monster’ with Antonoff’s father on guitar, and covering Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’ cut, ‘Betty’.Watch Claud perform ‘Soft Spot’ and Taylor Swift’s ‘Betty’ below:Bartees Strange performed ‘Boomer’ from his 2020 debut album ‘Live Forever’, before being joined by his mother Donna, who provided opera vocals to a cover of George Gershwin’s ‘Summertime’, from his 1935 opera ‘Porgy And Bess’.
Jason Isbell also covered John Prine’s ‘Hello In There’, before Clairo took the stage for a cover of Vashti Bunyan’s ‘Winter Is Blue’, and an acoustic rendition of her ‘Sling’ highlight, ‘Blouse’, alongside Antonoff and Bartees Strange.Watch the performances below:Finally, St.
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