Telegraph.co.uk – Neil
From obscurity to the biggest concert of all time ? in one year the Scissor Sisters rode an extraordinary wave of adulation. But even as the cheers of Live 8 died away, trouble was brewing. Neil McCormick meets them
With a live show whose gaudy spectacle seemed to stand in direct opposition to the sombre orthodoxy of indie rock, Scissor Sisters lit up 2004 ? the pop band that rock audiences could love.
Their rise from the obscurity of New York’s transvestite club scene was dazzling, and following four hit singles, three Brit Awards and a Glastonbury headline spot, they found themselves among the rock music elite at Live 8 – the biggest concert in history.