Has Raye Already Broken Into the Pantheon of Great 21st Century Entertainers? This Year’s Smashing Tour Has Told the Tale
Variety | 17.05.2026 04:58
Adele was in the audience for the closing night of Raye‘s U.S. tour this week at the Greek Theatre, which naturally led to all kinds of murmurings about torches being passed. One imagines Adele being the type to give up a torch only when it’s pried out of her cold, dead hands, but it’s safe to say that a certain flame is now at least being shared. It’s not casual hyperbole to say that with this tour, the 28-year-old British singer has crossed some kind of threshold to earn a place in the pantheon of great 21st century entertainers. The barrier to entry may seem like it’s lower than it used to be, for what constitutes a first-rank diva, but in her current prime Raye meets all the bars, past and present.
