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review To cut a long story short, the Scissor Sisters have come a long way in a relatively short amount of time. Perceived largely as both a novelty band and sacrilegious desecrators of untouchable rock classics following the release of the ‘Comfortably Numb’ cover, they’ve managed to cross over into the mainstream with another hit and an album which has barely left the top 20 in the last four months. They’ve managed to sell out the Concorde 2 on this, the final leg of their UK tour, to an audience that only goes to prove their crossover status. From dressed up queers to thirty-something straight couples, the Sisters seem to have drawn all sorts to their glammed-up sorority.From dressed up queers Blasting straight in with the aforementioned ‘Take Your Mama Out’ - a pure slice of ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’ era Elton John - the band cut a stylish dash, all trilbies, kilts and bare flesh. Frontman Jake Shears appears oddly subdued compared to previous appearances, although the spangly trews and magenta shirt (open to the waist) he’s clad in this evening are hardly sombre stuff. Fellow frontperson Ana Matronic bounds around the stage in bare feet and gown, clearly enjoying every minute. In fact it’s Matronic, more than Shears, who could lay claim to the position of front(wo)man of the band, regaling the audience with banter about foreskins, embarrassing moments meeting Simon le Bon, potted histories of the band and her shady past as the only girl in a drag show in New York. She’s filthy (and gorgeous). Shears makes the most of his go-go dancer past gyrating and stripping off to cries of delight from both boys and girls in the audience. Ana Matronic regales the ‘Comfortably Numb’ is all the better for being beefed up with guitar, and is casually tossed aside reasonably early into the set after the audience erupts hearing its familiar intro. While it’s a great cover it’s great to see that it’s not the high point of the evening. Its disco-on-helium style is not wholly representative of the Sisters, who aren’t afraid to follow cabaret influenced numbers with Bowie influenced glam tracks, with more contemplative, laidback, strummy stuff like ‘Mary’, and then it’s back to the Elton John comparisons with ‘Better Luck Next Time’. Of course more disco and cabaret influenced hits follow. After a couple of B-sides, both ‘Filthy/Gorgeous’ and ‘Tits on the Radio’ get a massive reaction from the audience, every word sung along in unison. Were it not for its risqué lyrics, the latter would surely be their next single. As it happens, we’ll just have to settle for the oompah of ‘Laura’ which begins the encore, following a rousing version of the anti crystal meth anthem ‘Return to Oz’. And then they’re done. After congratulating the audience on having such great taste for living in Brighton (their favourite venue, natch) we’re all invited back to Revenge for a bit of a bop to celebrate the end of the tour. Did Revenge know what was about to hit it? I doubt it. You want MORE Scissor Sisters? Here's REALBrighton's February Scissor Sisters review
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