PARAMORE GAVE THE STAGE TO Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry at their This Is Why tour stop in San Francisco. Needless to say, the NBA star felt perfectly at home at the Chase Centre — but instead of hitting three-pointers, he was in the business of suffering.
“This is no longer a Paramore show the moment Steph gets the mic,” frontwoman Hayley Williams addressed the crowd on Monday night. “This is a Steph Curry show, all right?” Curry launched into the “Misery Business” bridge after a suspenseful countdown from the vocalist. When the big guitar solo of the song began, confetti rained down on the arena, and Curry joined Williams in a limb-flailing, head-banging dance break.
Since being pulled from their repertoire for four years due to its sexist lyrics, Paramore’s 2007 smash “Misery Business” has become one of the most joyous portions of their live act. During each concert, a fan from the crowd — or occasionally from backstage, like with Lil Uzi Vert in New York or Curry in San Francisco — joins the band on stage for the bridge.
“I’m not going to preach on it. “I’m just going to say thank you for being nostalgic about this because this is one of our show’s coolest moments, and it’s very nice to feel like there’s a positive reason to bring it back,” Williams said last year.
On this tour, the band has been full of surprises. Williams played the 2009 Brand New Eyes deep cut “All I Wanted” — which they premiered live for the first time in October — with special guest Billie Eilish during the encore at their Kia Forum gig last month.
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