That is not to say these women aren’t queer, just that as much as the LGBT community can sometimes cling to Katy as an ally and champion, it wasn’t as apparent as when I went to a recent Robyn show. I kind of expected Lady Gaga levels of LGBT representation, but I didn’t see that as much as I did teen and twentysomething women in colorful KP-inspired wigs. Second, it really didn’t feel as queer as I thought it’d might. First, there are a lot of young children with their parents. The Katy Perry crowd is significantly different from a typical Tegan and Sara concert. Instead the intimacy of the stage banter and confessional style of song sharing and storytelling was missing (Sara didn’t say much at all, letting Tegan introduce them), replaced with dedications of songs to Katy Perry and her fans for being so kind and welcoming as well as a performance of their song from The Lego Movie, “Everything is Awesome.” It’s not that Tegan and Sara didn’t command the sold out crowd-because they did. Tegan and Sara fans who prefer previous albums or perhaps just hoped to hear a specific beloved song from So Jealous or The Con would have probably not appreciated the hefty price tag that comes with the ticket to Katy Perry’s tour. Performing songs from their 2013 album Heartthrob, including singles “Closer” and “I Was a Fool,” it was definitely a very different kind of gig for Tegan and Sara, who have explicitly set out for this new kind of career, which is to say a more mainstream and a more lucrative one. Considering their smaller frames do suggest a younger age than they really are, it was likely some of the fans in the crowd might have believed them, and maybe even might think they’ve discovered a new act.
As the opening act for Katy Perry on her Prismatic World Tour, Tegan told the crowd they were, in fact, twin sisters and joked they were turning 16. After having performed on stages for 19 years (!!!), they spent last Friday night introducing themselves to new fans at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Tegan and Sara celebrated their 34th birthday in a very interesting way.
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