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It was a little weird, but that's what the W Hotels have been doing all year, holding their W WonderLust Live lobby concerts to promote their CD series produced by SONY Music. Natasha Bedingfield played NYC; so did Swedish pop stars Peter,
Beth Ditto
The self-proclaimed "gender-bending post-punk rock trio" is lucky to have the hot-pink maned Ditto at the mike. Backed by male guitarist Brace Paine and female drummer Hannah Blilie, the Arkansas-born poster girl for plus-sized punks writes her own lyrics and belts the crowd with her powerful voice -- and her body.
The normally flamboyantly dressed singer went with a low-cut black jersey dress, kicking off her heels before jumping off the stage into the well-lubricated and delighted audience at the W Hotel. Wiggling her way around the eclectic gang she found other BBWs dressed to the nines, skinny cross-dressers, suited execs, and bemused Baby Boomers who just happened to be staying at the hotel. Everyone with a room at the place was invited, which might explain the wacky mix.
Whatever. The band's openly lesbian drummer Hannah Billie says the Gossip are making their way to fame and fortune with their latest CD "Music for Men" because they have figured out how to "not care" who their "sort of punk, sort of R&B-ish" music appeals to. Beth giggled and agreed.
"I think you have to not care, because what if you don't make it really big? We've never had that kind of goal. We just want to not have a real job!" she laughed, remembering those jobs she had at Subway and A&W. "It's a great motivator. So we just do what we like and hope the fans come along."
The short set they did for this last stop on the W WonderLust Live tour made their fans (old and new) scream for more. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, they won't let us play any more," Beth Ditto sobbed. "You know we want to go on and on!"
