Maya Hawke Brought the Maitreya Corso Tour to the Crystal Ballroom on Album Release Day

On May 1st, singer-songwriter and actress Maya Hawke graced the stage at Crystal Ballroom in Somerville for the Maitreya Corso Tour. The album of the same title debuted on streaming the same day, yet the audience already seemed to have memorized it in its entirety. The crowd spanned all ages, from preteens to 20-somethings to middle-aged parents. Hawke’s acting career could be the cause of this range in the fanbase, but the crowd was certainly not present for this reason alone. Indeed, for many younger audience members, this was their first concert, and some even burst into happy tears as Hawke walked on stage, just a few feet before their adoring and disbelieving eyes. 

One fan printed out and cut hundreds of crown hats for other audience members, and Hawke noticed immediately when she came onstage, thanking the fan and accepting the crown made for her, which read “Maitreya” in glitter-sticker letters. She wore the crown for the rest of the show.

Hawke performed nearly every track on Maitreya Corso, her fourth studio album, with accompaniment from fellow musician Christian Lee Hutson. The two artists got married this past Valentine’s Day. As the intimate set came to a close, Hawke performed two fan-favorites from her 2022 record Moss, “Luna Moth” and “Thérèse.”

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