Musician April Harper Grey (Underscores) ends her Stonestown-named "Galleria Tour" with a sold-out homecoming show at The Regency Ballroom, tying her San Francisco upbringing to her music while the venue itself undergoes continued renovation.

On Van Ness Avenue Friday night, the marquee at The Regency Ballroom read a different kind of homecoming. April Harper Grey, who performs as Underscores, closed her "Galleria Tour" with a sold-out show at the venue, returning to the city where she grew up walking to Stonestown Galleria from Miraloma Park.

The tour takes its name from the mall where Grey spent her high school years. "I had gone to the Stonestown Galleria all my life," she told SF Gate. "In high school, I had a ritual where I would walk from my house to the mall while listening to a specific album. It was very sacred to me."

The Regency Ballroom, operated by Goldenvoice, completed a multimillion-dollar renovation in 2025. The venue sits at 1290 Sutter Street, where permits show ongoing alterations — including permit 202606304196 for $25,000 in work filed June 30 at 130 Sutter St.

While the tour's theme ties directly to specific San Francisco places, the homecoming show itself stayed within the venue's walls. No city permits were filed for amplified performances in Miraloma Park, and Stonestown Galleria's official site shows no tour-related events on its calendar.

Grey, who attended an all-boys Episcopalian private school in the city, began producing music as a tween. Her 2024 album "U" was inspired by those teenage mall walks, with cover art by Japanese illustrator Shohei Ochiai depicting a warped interior of the Galleria.

Tickets for the June 26 show reached $251 on the resale market, and the crowd waved LED glowsticks during the set — a far cry from the dubstep shows Grey recalled attending at the same venue as a kid. "We would get in the pit, and we would smoke a non-nicotine vape," she remembered.

The Western Addition neighborhood, where the Regency stands, filed six eviction notices in the last 90 days and logged 419 311 requests in the past week. But Friday, the block outside was just music fans waiting for a local artist to bring her mall-named tour home.