‘A Wishbone never breaks even’ - The Wishbone World Tour comes to Birmingham
American pop artist Conan Gray made Birmingham dance, sing and cry on the second night of the European leg of the Wishbone World Tour.
Image from Isabelle Miller
Gray took to the stage at the BP Pulse arena in Solihull last night (7th May 2026) to a crowd of thousands of excited fans. Concert goers were decked out in sailor hats and nautical outfits to match the album aesthetic. Wishbone, Gray’s fourth studio album, was released on the 16th August 2025, and the accompanying tour was announced the following October.
He surprised fans by playing the deluxe track ‘Do I Dare’ for the first time live during his Conan’s Campfire segment. The deluxe edition of the album was released on the 24th of April, and Gray seems to be making his way through the new songs on tour. He added the single ‘The Best’ to the tour setlist and played deluxe songs ‘Door’ and ‘Moths’ in Dublin on Tuesday night.
His Wishbone surprise song segment, where Gray chooses a fan to pull a wishbone with him to select a song to play, has found traction online. Last night, fan Holly Rivers was chosen to pull the wishbone.
Image from Holly Rivers (@holspriv08_ on TikTok)
When asked about the experience, Holly said, "To be chosen was the most incredible feeling in the entire world. I have been a fan of Conan since I was 11, and he means everything to me. It just felt so surreal. If I’m being honest, like, I still don’t believe it was real."
Holly pulling the wishbone with Conan Gray - Image from Holly Rivers (@holspriv08_ on TikTok)
Holly chose the song ‘Lookalike’ from Gray's 2018 EP Sunset Season, over ‘Astronomy’ from the 2022 album Superache. Holly said, "Lookalike was the song that I chose because it holds a lot of personal value to me, it was one of the first songs of his that I heard, and it’s one of my absolute favourites. I also had never heard a Sunset Season song live before, so I wanted to change that."
She also spoke of the highlights of her night. She said, "obviously pulling the wishbone [was a highlight], but also getting to speak to so many like-minded people around me and meet so many people that share the same love for Conan means a lot."
The setlist has remained virtually the same from the first USA leg of the tour. The show features some of his most popular hits, including ‘Wish You Were Sober’ and ‘Heather’, the song that shot him into the mainstream thanks to its popularity on TikTok in 2020. Cult classics such as ‘The Cut That Always Bleeds’ and ‘Family Line’ are highlights for many fans and garnered some of the loudest crowd moments of the night.
Opener Esha Tewari is joining Gray for this leg of the tour, just days after completing her own headlining acoustic UK and EU tour. Gray is headed to the AO Arena in Manchester this Saturday to continue the European leg of the tour, which is set to finish in Lisbon this June.
Image from Isabelle Miller