Lawrence to Play Live Concert at Nickel Plate District Amphitheater Aug. 27

The Nickel Plate District Amphitheater (NPD AMP) and MOKB Presents today announced that soul-pop group Lawrence will be live in concert in Fishers on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Tickets for the Lawrence show go on sale this Friday, April 8 at npdamp.com.

The fifth show announced as part of the venue’s new summer series, the Lawrence concert will follow opening show Houndmouth on Saturday, June 18, Colony House featuring Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers on Saturday, July 16, Waxahatchee on Friday, Aug. 5, and The Main Squeeze on Friday, Aug. 19. Additional summer shows and events will be announced soon. The NPD AMP will continue to host the Fishers Farmers’ Market, kicking off in May, along with local community concerts and national tours. Updates on the 2022 summer schedule can be found at npdamp.com.

As NPR writes, “siblings Clyde and Gracie Lawrence are not your typical pair.” Clyde Lawrence and Gracie Lawrence have been writing songs and listening to countless Stevie Wonder, Randy Newman, and Aretha Franklin records in their family’s New York City apartment since they were little kids. After years of playing together, they officially created Lawrence, an eight-piece soul-pop band comprised of musician friends from childhood and college. The band has since gained a devoted following for its high-energy, keyboard-driven sound, which features tight, energetic horns and explosive lead vocals.

In July 2021, Lawrence released their new album, “Hotel TV,” and became the first band to release music under Beautiful Mind Records, the label of Grammy-winning producer/songwriter/artist Jon Bellion, who co-produced and co-wrote the songs on the album along with Clyde, Gracie and their bandmates Jordan Cohen and Jonny Koh. The tracks on “Hotel TV” have garnered tens of millions of streams across all platforms and have had multiple viral moments on Tik Tok and Instagram. Most recently, the album’s lead single, “Don’t Lose Sight,” is currently featured in an international Microsoft commercial, which has propelled it into the Top 20 on the USA Shazam Pop Charts and has led it to begin receiving airplay on Top 40 radio stations across the country.

Touring has been a key component of the group’s rise to success: the release of “Hotel TV” was supported by the Hotel TV Tour in fall 2021, a 30-city tour across major cities in North America, including sold out shows at Terminal 5 in New York City, House of Blues in Chicago, and two nights at the Royale in Boston, among others. The group has toured with acts such as Lake Street Dive, Vulfpeck, Jon Bellion, Jacob Collier, Soulive, O.A.R., and Bernhoft, and has appeared at major festivals including Bonnaroo, Outside Lands, Firefly, Okeechobee, Hangout, and Summerfest. They will be performing at Coachella in April 2022.

The signing to Beautiful Mind followed the release of Lawrence’s sophomore album, “Living Room.” Upon its release in September of 2018, “Living Room” promptly reached No. 2 on the iTunes R&B/Soul chart, earned a featured placement on Spotify’s “New Music Friday” playlist, and led the band to its late-night television debut on NBC’s “Last Call with Carson Daly.” The album ranges from R&B/funk, feel-good pop songs to soulful and cinematic ballads. Co-produced by Brooklyn-based producer Eli Crews, “Living Room” chronicles the trials and tribulations of growing up, including break-ups, make-ups, a family loss, and the attempt to find harmony between excitement, anxiety, melancholy, and empowerment. Sonically, the album combines elements of Lawrence’s old and new influences by mixing live with electronic, analog with digital, and meticulousness with spontaneity.

Lawrence first rose to prominence in 2016 when they released their debut LP “Breakfast” (2016), which received attention and praise from a variety of sources ranging from NPR’s All Things Considered to Steph Curry’s social media. Produced by Grammy-winner Eric Krasno (Lettuce/Tedeschi Trucks/Soulive), Breakfast includes guest performances by NYC soul/funk mainstays Adam Deitch (Lettuce), Cory Henry (Cory Henry & the Funk Apostles, Snarky Puppy), and Maurice “Mobetta” Brown (Anderson Paak, Tedeschi Trucks Band).

In addition to the band, Clyde and Gracie have also amassed considerable resumes with other artistic pursuits. Clyde has written songs and scores for film and television, including Disney’s “Noelle” (2019), Steven Spielberg’s “Animaniacs” (2020), “Landline” (2017), “The Rewrite” (2015), “Music and Lyrics” (2007), and even “Miss Congeniality” (2000), for which he wrote the theme song at age 6. Gracie is an accomplished actress, appearing most recently in the “Showtime” drama Billions and the CBS All-Access murder mystery “One Dollar.” Gracie has also appeared on Broadway in “Brighton Beach Memoirs” (2009), in films such as “The Sitter” (2011) and “Did You Hear About the Morgans?” (2009), and in TV shows including “The Good Wife” (2012), “The Americans” (2014), and “Younger” (2015).

Tickets for the Lawrence show go on sale this Friday, April 8 at 10 a.m. and will be available at npdamp.com and mokbpresents.com. For ticketed shows, the venue is an all-ages facility and children ages two and under are permitted for free. Fans can also bring their own lawn chair and blankets. Additional information is available on the venue website.