Vienna rocks with Elton John
G-stings and feathers replaced the usual staid gray suits and power ties at Vienna City Hall as Elton John took the stage for the Austrian capital’s annual Life Ball to benefit AIDS charities.
John dedicated “For the Boy in the Red Shoes” to a friend who died of AIDS, but the mood was far from somber as the event rollicked into the early hours Sunday.
Thousands of guests streamed in and out of the massive neo-Gothic building, clad in everything from tuxedoes to little more than body paint.
Glitter was abundant. So were outlandish headdresses a la Carmen Miranda and Josephine Baker that sometimes blocked the view as tens of thousands of nonpaying visitors ogled from across chain-link barriers set up at City Hall Square.
John accepted a check for more than $533,000 for his AIDS foundation to support projects in Africa. Singer Taylor Dayne and Neal Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys also performed.
From Associated Press
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