It's been said before - mostly in the UK press, because she's less known in her native USA - Beth Ditto is a superstar.Am I the only person who thinks she's as important as Janis Joplin? Comparing her to Tina Turner is fitting, but likely to send you off on an R&B tangent. At their peak last night, Gossip sounded like the Sex Pistols would've sounded in their heyday, if they'd had a female vocalist and enjoyed themselves a bit more. Got the picture?
With her shock of orange hair and expanse of white flesh, Ditto looked like a plus-sized match.
She apologized at the start for being hoarse, but the way she powered through their hour-long set belied that. They performed most of their latest CD, Music for Men (buy it now!), and encored with Standing in the Way of Control, with Beth thundering away from the top of a speaker-sized box on one corner of the stage.
The Regency was heaving, boasting an assortment of girls dressed like guys, guys dressed like girls, and three guys dressed like Dexy's Midnight Runners!
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