There are at least a few more Sonoma trip posts to come (sorry, but true!), but I think it a little nice to break them up with other things. Because other than recovering from COVID (hey! I walked to Starbucks this morning!), there were a few things going on since the Sonoma trip.
Like, for example, the first concert of the year for us: Kylie!
Some years are great for concerts, some are not. And also, let's acknowledge this: concerts are getting pricey. Add in parking or transport, perhaps refreshments, perhaps tshirts or other swag, and it really adds up. And hey, you know that we can afford to enjoy ourselves. I say that not as a flex but owning that among us, we have the means to do things. And yet sometimes we balk at buying tickets. But yes, some years are better for concerts - I have Oasis and Pulp yet to come this year, which thrills me. Add Kylie to that, and what we're lacking in quantity of concerts we're making up for in (I hope) quality.
Let me also admit that I am not an ardent Kylie fan. I am a very casual fan, knowing and liking a handful of the hits. But come on, how fun would this be? Why not go? So it was that three homos set off down the 110,
perhaps the only gay men who would be at what would surely be a very very very hetero evening.
Right.
I joked to Conrad and Van that there must not have been any gays in WeHo last Friday night when Kylie played at the crypto.com Arena.
Wow, I really don't like typing that name! There were plenty of family in evidence, and all of them dressed so much more sparkly and prettily than we were.
It's weird feeling like I'm the drabbest gay in the room, but I was just back from over a week away - that's my excuse, and I'm sticking to it. We played Spot the Concertgoer while having a pre-show meal at Fleming's nearby, then made our way to the arena and our seats.
Opening act Rita Ora was fine.
Allison saw the tour in Toronto a month ago, and she got to have Romy as the opener. I would have loved that. But even though I didn't know Rita's music at all, I have to say, she did a tight little 30-minute set that set the right mood for Kylie to come.
And then it was Kylie's turn. 2-hours with multiple costumes, part of the set in the middle of the arena floor (and a little closer to us, though we hardly had bad seats), and all the hits that I knew. The crowd LOVED her, and she loved us.
So, here you go: some photos from the concert.
I've found that video clips don't load to this platform like I would want them to, at least not from an iPhone, so I shan't do so. Alas. A great night, though. I hope the images clearly show that!
I am still set to see Moby with Van tomorrow, though I may yet send Conrad in my place. I really hate the timing of being sick like this!
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