True Colors Tour: Erasure’s Gay Church Service

Backstage, this is the home of all things fabulous! Oh, l'amour indeed...

Rosie O’Donnell said that Erasure’s music takes us to “gay church.” And I think she nailed it. But at this church you worship sweeping, melodic, anthemic party-pop, with soaring emotion and twirly fabulousness. I just want to give major props to Andy Bell and his silent partner Vince Clarke. Their stint onstage at True Colors last night had everybody in the arena (gay and straight—and yes, there were straight folks there) on their feet, feeling fierce and dancing up a storm.

Erasure performed some of their totally solid new tunes (like “I Could Fall In Love With You”), but it was their classics like “Chains of Love,” “I Love to Hate You,” “Oh L’amour,” and “A Little Respect” that really made the show transcendent.

And OMG… Andy Bell onstage is a wild, queeny, amazingly fantastic, dancing, preening diva. Yay! Plus, the band’s backup singers are hot and totally on point. Props all around to one of the evening’s truly terrific highlights.

Andy Bell onstage: Shiny in silver! And bedazzled camouflage!

More Erasure show pics after the jump!

Even Andy Bell's shoes are sparkly!

Andy queens it up with his back-up beeyotches.

Up close with Mr. Bell. I'm taking this shot from just underneath the very front edge of the stage. Aaack!

Again, the totally lovely backup singers. Hurrah!

And when Erasure sings their classic hits, the crowd does this. Big gay dance party, y'all!!!!!