Went to see Rufus Wainwright tonight. It was awesome, though, to be honest, not as awesome as I had hoped. I did have VERY high expectations though. I think that it was probably more to do with the venue than the performance itself though. Rufus's music is something that you need to be immersed in (god, that sounds wanky) and there wasnt much of an audience vibe. IMHO. That said it was still great. There was a bizarre moment when two people came out on stage, one with a santa suit and the other with a santa hat. Turned out to be Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. WTF? They talked a bit, hung out on stage for a bit, pushed the backing vocal girls out of the road, sang for a bit with Rufus and then headed off. Quite surreal. All in all a damn fine night. Thanks Rufus (and P for getting the tickets)
Rufus Wainwright
Went to see Rufus Wainwright tonight. It was awesome, though, to be honest, not as awesome as I had hoped. I did have VERY high expectations though. I think that it was probably more to do with the venue than the performance itself though. Rufus's music is something that you need to be immersed in (god, that sounds wanky) and there wasnt much of an audience vibe. IMHO. That said it was still great. There was a bizarre moment when two people came out on stage, one with a santa suit and the other with a santa hat. Turned out to be Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. WTF? They talked a bit, hung out on stage for a bit, pushed the backing vocal girls out of the road, sang for a bit with Rufus and then headed off. Quite surreal. All in all a damn fine night. Thanks Rufus (and P for getting the tickets)
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what? you got to see Rufus AND French&Saunders?
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Yes indeedy. One has to be very brave to invite French and Saunders to share the stage with you. You run the risk of being seriously upstaged!
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