Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes walked offstage after playing just three songs at a concert on May 22. Following the group’s rendition of “Dance And Sing”, “Lover” and “I Don’t Have To Love” at the White Oak Music Hall.

Following Oberst’s random walk-off, the band attempted to continue playing with the audience jumping in as a sort of karaoke. Later, according to stereogum, the venue began issuing refunds when Oberst did not come back to continue the show. The following emails stated, “Due to unforeseen circumstances, Bright Eyes was unable to perform.”

This is a disaster and I appreciate the attempt at triage but jesus pic.twitter.com/WIZDvXIs7C

— Caitlin Cruz (@caitlinrcruz) May 23, 2022

Bright Eyes has had success with recent music and had other performances, yet Conor Oberst had shown a pattern of being inconsistent on stage. Some nights he’s incredible and other nights he’s simply off.