39th Annual Concerts Under the Stars
Dawes with Phosphorescent
Thursday, July 10, 2025
VIP Doors: 5:15 PM | GA Doors: 5:30 PM | Show: 6:30 PM
Outdoors at Upper Merion Township Park in King of Prussia
Produced by Rising Sun Presents in partnership with Upper Merion Township
PLEASE NOTE:
> This show is All Ages!
> Kids 1 & younger may attend for free (No ticket required)
> All persons aged 2 & older must have a ticket
> This Show is Rain or Shine (No Refunds)
> The concert will feature upgraded sound, lighting and staging to accommodate this special artist lineup and provide a more immersive audio and visual experience for our patrons!
> VIP tickets include access to VIP Prime Viewing Area at the Stage + Covered VIP Tent w/ exclusive access to Private VIP Bar & Restrooms, Complimentary Water and Early Entry (15 Minutes before GA Doors)
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Concerts Under The Stars - Know Before You Go!
🅿️ Paid, Guaranteed, On-Site Parking & Limited ADA Parking is available in the Township Building Lot (Look for the prompt after adding show tickets to your cart)
🚗 Free Parking is available a short walk from the venue at the corner of Ross Rd & Henderson Rd (See below for more details)
🍻 The RSP Beer Garden features panoramic views of the stage and surrounding park and offers food and craft vendors
🧊 Local Craft Brews & Cocktails (*No outside alcoholic beverages will be permitted)
🍟 Food Trucks with delicious eats
🪑 Blankets and chairs are allowed in designated “seated” areas
❌ Prohibited Items: Coolers, outside beverages, glass of any kind, illegal drugs, weapons of any kind, drones, tents, etc. Please CLICK HERE for the full list
👍 Allowed Items: Lawnchairs & blankets (in designatd areas), One 20 oz. factory sealed water bottle (per person), small umbrellas, strollers, registered service animals, breast pumps & milk coolers. Please CLICK HERE for the full list
🎟️ All shows in this series are all-ages (21+ to drink)
♿️ The Upper Merion Township Park is accessible with ramps from the upper parking lot down to the lower concert grounds, as well as ADA bathrooms
🙏 We thank our generous sponsors, old and new, small and large! View all of our sponsors HERE
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For more information:
Visit our Website or reach us by calling or emailing the Ardmore Music Hall Box Office: 610-649-8389 | info@risingsunpresents.com
Tickets can be purchased without service fees at the AMH box office, M-W-F from 12PM - 5PM, and during shows
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About Dawes
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For the first time in almost a decade, brothers Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith grace the cover of a Dawes record. It’s just the two of them this time, and as such, Oh Brother marks a distinctive new chapter for the California rock band — one that is both introspective and accessible, all while maintaining their beloved sense of sincerity.
After the amicable departure of two bandmates last year, Taylor realized that the group’s natural evolution was nothing to hide from Dawes’ dedicated fans. He likens it to looking back on The Rolling Stones’ career — eras with Brian Jones versus Ronnie Wood — or Dire Straits’ lineup with and without brothers Mark and David Knopfler together, or The Cure’s fluctuating cast encircling Robert Smith. People change. Music evolves. But a band is still a band.
“We’re not shying away from this information, because then it just seems cowardly or something,” Taylor says. “Rather than try to hide something, let’s celebrate it. Let’s call our record Oh Brother.” The title of Dawes’ ninth LP serves as a sort of double entendre too, an exasperated sigh acknowledging that change can still be challenging. “We’re gonna miss our dudes,” he says. “They’re still brothers.”
Still, Oh Brother steers Dawes decidedly forward, honoring 15 years of Taylor and Griffin’s musical relationship, as well as the next era of their band. That spirit informed much of the album’s writing and recording, too. Each of the nine songs began with just Taylor on guitar and vocals and Griffin on drums. They initially tracked each one live together, before adding in additional instrumentation and collaborating with touring guitarist Trevor Menear in the studio. Additionally, Oh Brother is the first record the brothers have co-produced, working alongside longtime friend Mike Viola.
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About Phosphorescent
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“I got tired of sadness/ I got tired of all the madness/ I got tired of bein’ a badass all the time,” Matthew Houck sings on “Revelator,” the opener and title track of his latest Phosphorescent album. Houck was actively looking for something new, an epiphany, when the old ways stopped working. And just as the album Revelator only revealed itself to its author along the way, so too did real life revelations take their time answering the plaintive mission statement with which Houck reintroduces Phosphorescent.
The last time we heard from Phosphorescent, it was after a five year gap between Houck’s 2013 breakthrough Muchacho and 2018’s C’est La Vie. His life had changed drastically: He had left New York City for Nashville, had children, survived a nearly fatal bout of meningitis, and re-built his recording studio from the ground up. Now, another half decade has passed, a period that while quieter, has proven no less complex, with Houck traversing murkier spaces and the blurry mists of time.
“This record is a lot more open-ended and ephemeral,” Houck explains, noting the more plainly autobiographical documentation of C’est La Vie has been upended by something less knowable, more unsettled. The underlying melancholy of Phosphorescent’s music remains, reframed by the weird headspace of long-term fallouts from the last few years. Revelator might promise a fresh outlook, another horizon, but first the album wrestles with an ongoing, ambient sense of dread.
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