Jehnny Beth at the Dome

North London’s Tuffnel Park Dome is a squeeze tonight, brimming with dark-clothed fans of the London-based ex-Savages singer, Jehnny Beth. Originally from France, Beth has embarked on a successful solo career since her band Savages called it quits in 2017. During tonight’s show, she wears her heart on her sleeve, revealing to the audience that her first solo gig in Melbourne was special to her because it was the first time she was sober enough to experience it properly.

Since 2020, the 41-year-old has been releasing music on her own, including a high-profile collaboration with Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie, to much critical acclaim.

Back in the Dome, Beth’s vocals immediately pierce the atmosphere with their trademark scream, as she bursts into the venue with 2025’s intensely fierce breakout single Broken Rib. It’s clear she’s buzzing with energy, making use of the entire stage and the audience throughout the show, even entering the crowd early on in the set to perform. This is apparently a “signature move” of hers, according to one overheard audience member.

Beth constantly interacts with fans during her set, whether it’s simply talking to them or actively encouraging participation. At one point, during the punk-infused track Push Ups, she beckons any audience member to come and have a go at doing some push-ups onstage, after she impressively does some herself. Miraculously, there is a willing participant from somewhere at the front who ends up doing an eye-watering 50 press-ups in front of everybody, much to the amazement of the singer.

As well as her intensely raw goth-punk tracks such as No Good for the People and Out of My Reach, Beth also mixes in a couple of covers, a heavy rendition of Björk’s 1990s hit single Army of Me and the late David Lynch’s In Heaven, which originally appeared on the film Eraserhead. Beth opts for nodding the Lynch cover more towards the Pixies version of the tune, erupting into metal as she menacingly screams, “In Heaven Everything is fine / You got your good things / And you’ve got mine.”

Tonight’s just over an hour-long set ends with I See Your Pain, taken off the singer’s latest album, You Heartbreaker, You. As Beth assures, “I see ya, I see ya, I see your pain”, her vocals, despite their strenuous workout, remain ever on point.

Beth is a magnificent performer, with a never-ending energy that seeks to explore every inch of her boundaries. As the audience cries for an encore that soon proves to be non-existent, rest assured: Jehnny Beth is far from finished.