The always outrageous Scissor
Sisters will open Lady Gaga's third North American leg of her
Monster Ball Tour.
Scissor Sisters will join Lady
Gaga in Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall on February 19 when the Born
This Way singer returns to the stage after taking a two-month
break from touring.
The group kicked off their campy Fairy
Tale Tour in August in Atlanta to rave reviews. Spin Magazine
said the show was “the Scissor Sisters at their best.”
Scissor Sisters' third studio
album, Night Work, has been described as the band's gayest
yet.
“Before they were suggestive; now
they're as straightforward as possible with homosexuality in all its
forms,” Sputnikmusic.com
said.
Members of the Scissor Sisters
insist the group is not a gay band, but its three openly gay members,
Jake Shears, Babydaddy and Del Marquis, have clearly influenced its
music. Tracks often deal with themes that resonate with the lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender community.
Lady Gaga performed her new single Born
This Way off her upcoming studio album at Sunday's Grammy Awards,
where she took home three prizes. Born
This Way
has already been hailed as the gay anthem for the next generation.
She
launched her MAC Cosmetics lipstick line to benefit HIV/AIDS causes
with a Thursday appearance on ABC's Good
Morning America.