The closest thing to a gay march in Toronto this weekend was easily Kylie Minogue‘s first-ever Canadian concert at the Air Canada Centre. The moment the pint-sized Aussie pop star descended from the ceiling atop a giant, glittering skull wearing a geometric John Paul Gaultier dress and Technicolor boa singing “Light Years”, the place practically went up in flames.
At 41, Kylie is a massive star in the UK and Australia, but her nice-girl image and disco pop have earned her little more than cult status in North America. If she commands a broader audience elsewhere in the world, it certainly was not apparent at this show. The many couture costume changes and purple-laser light displays seemed squarely targeted at her adoring, male admirers.
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