Patrick Wolf loves theatrics and set a baroque atmosphere at Bowery Ballroom yesterday with his flamboyant costumes and a band of violin, upright bass, and keyboard. He also had a new drummer. Patrick changed from body suits to cut-off shorts and tank tops three or four times last night, all strung with scarves, neckties, or suspenders. But glitter was his main accessory. He came out wearing black wig, which he yanked off in the climax of the first song and the crowd gasped when they saw his firecracker red hair. Keeping with the baroque theme, I imagine somebody fainted in the back. "The Magic Position" was his anthem yesterday. There were some technical difficulties with his laptop during the encore so he played "Hounds of Love" at the piano. Patrick also tried to explain the drummer situation by saying that the old one claimed he fell asleep because he was on "stackers," which is slang for steroids. Patrick even seemed skeptical of this excuse but at least the new drummer was awake and vital the whole show. Also, Patrick did not mention anything about giving up music and said he would be back to New York soon.

[photo credit: thatgreenplant]