LANY Kept Coca-Cola Coliseum Locked In From Start to Finish

On the SOFT World Tour, Paul Klein and company brought dramatic visuals, crowd-level intimacy, and a string of full-room choruses to Toronto.

At Coca-Cola Coliseum on April 15, LANY used charisma, movement, and crowd connection to make a large arena feel surprisingly personal.

Before LANY took over, the night opened with sets from RIAH and Aidan Bissett. RIAH brought a slower, more atmospheric presence that highlighted her voice, while Bissett’s laid-back indie-pop connected more immediately, helping loosen the room before the headliner’s arrival.Opening with “Soft,” LANY made its entrance in front of a red curtain, with smoke rolling across the stage and Paul Klein emerging as a silhouette against a hard backlight. The moment was theatrical without feeling overdone, establishing the mood and atmosphere before the show fully revealed itself.

From there, LANY leaned into what they do best, emotionally direct songs, and crowd connection. Klein sounded strong throughout the set, delivering a polished vocal performance that still felt warm and present. More importantly, he never stayed fixed in one mode for too long. That sense of connection showed up in different ways throughout the set. “Good Girls” became one of the night’s most energetic crowd moments, with Klein leading fans as they jumped along with him, while “Know You Naked” featured one of the show’s more memorable visual touches, as he pulled out a handheld video camera and projected the audience onto the main screen.

That fan connection was the real engine of the night. “Stuck” and “Super Far” became full venue choruses, with the latter standing out as one of the set’s clearest highlights. During “Super Far,” Klein leaned fully into the performance, even laying back on a platform while the crowd carried parts of the song around him. It was one of several moments that gave the set more dimension than a straightforward run through of familiar songs.

Midway through the show, Klein moved to the B-stage in the middle of the arena, shifting the room’s energy in a way that made the performance feel newly personal. “Last Forever” and “13” played especially well there, with the crowd eagerly singing along to the latter’s catchy refrain. The B-stage sequence reached its peak with “ILYSB”, as fans swayed and sang nearly every word before Klein ran back through the crowd, picked up his guitar, and sent the show into its next rise.

That momentum carried into “Pink Skies”, where the lighting matched the song’s mood, and into “Sound o7 the Rain”, which featured a memorable guitar solo that Klein visibly enjoyed, dancing along as the band stretched the song outward. Slower moments like “Prettiest Thing I’ve Ever Seen”, “Cause You Have To”, and “Malibu Nights” gave the set space to breathe without losing the audience, who seemed to know every word to even the tempo dropped.

By the time LANY closed with “XXL”, the crowd was fully locked in. There was no encore, but none was needed. The show ended with enough energy and movement to feel complete without resorting to a false exit. Even though LANY’s performance was sleek and well executed, its biggest strength was that it still felt emotionally close and human.