Giorgio’s At The Globe Theatre Brings Cerrone, Dita Von Teese & Lady Bunny To The Disco

Giorgio’s Turned The Globe Into A Disco Wonderland

In support of Orlove Entertainment and L’Affaire Musicale, It’s Not You It’s Me had the privilege of covering the 2019 installment of Giorgio’s at the Globe Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles on April 27.

After attending last year’s massive inaugural event, which celebrated the birthday of disco pioneer and club namesake Giorgio Moroder, we could not miss out on what was set to be another amazing musique-meets-art spectacle.

This installment of Giorgio’s brought new and old nightlife legends to the stage as French disco drummer, composer, and record producer Cerrone graced us with a rare West Coast live DJ set from the theater’s side balcony box overlooking the dance floor.

In a flood of impressive laser lights, Cerrone’s disco-percussion sounds moved the room until a fever climax was reached when his signature track, the 8-million-selling “Supernature,” consumed the theater. Cerrone, now 66, danced along to his biggest hit until the stage curtain opened and American synth-pop duo Holy Ghost! perfectly flowed into the set.

The full band performed new and old tracks, including their 2011 standout “Do It Again” and “Say My Name,” until the front-of-house sound inexplicably could not, well, do it again. The mishap derailed the mid-set moment, leaving the audience without tracks like “Dumb Disco Ideas” or the 2019 nu-disco-laden single “Escape From Los Angeles” from the then-upcoming album Work, due out in June on West End Records.

We were left wanting a bit more from Holy Ghost!, but could not complain. The band played tightly through the six songs they got to finish, with vocalist Alex Frankel apologizing for the mishap and remarking that they would be back very soon.

The Dance Floor Was Already In Motion

Before the night tipped into full spectacle mode, Giorgio’s had the room glowing with disco movement, theater drama, and a crowd dressed like the weekend understood the assignment.

As the curtain closed and DJ Adam 12 of She Wants Revenge fame jumped balcony-side for a quick reset, a Go-go Juice refill was needed. Dita Von Teese was next on the former vaudeville theater stage — fittingly.

Back on the dance floor, the drinks flowed and the music was perfectly tuned. Classics like Machine’s 1979 anthem “There But for the Grace of God Go I” pulsed through the room, while a mega mix of Mighty Ryeders’ “Evil Vibrations,” Chicago’s “Saturday in the Park,” and De La Soul’s “A Roller Skating Jam Named ‘Saturdays’” kept the energy warm and fun.

Then the venue went dark. Sparkles of light emerged from an opening in the stage curtains. Dita Von Teese was about to flip the record and shut it down.

The burlesque queen, who we had only had the privilege of seeing in person at one of her vintage expo sales booths, was a totally different creature on stage. She sauntered, gleamed, and exuded the type of old-Hollywood stage presence rarely seen unless you were right there at the Globe.

Flanked by two harnessed dancers, the dame opened to her track “Bird of Prey” (Bullion Remix) and began a glamorous disrobement as her well-dressed fans clamored for a better look at the modern-day pin-up. She finally saddled up on a giant mechanical MAC lipstick and disappeared in a shower of sparkles, silver streamers, and flashes. Dita Von Teese is a queen.

As the curtain closed, we caught our breath only for the music to gear back up with the uplifting disco classic “Boogie Wonderland” by Earth, Wind & Fire. Then, as an extra cherry on the night, drag legend Lady Bunny exploded onto the stage to give us one final climax — dancing, spinning around in her bigger-than-life platinum ’60s hair bump and glamorous caped gown while dodging giant white balloons like a pro.

As we counted down the final minutes of Giorgio’s and continued down the dance floor to Donna Summer’s “Heaven Knows,” we looked around in our liquored haze and observed the faces around us: the young who were born too late but danced in the nostalgia as if it were 1979, and the older attendees smiling ear to ear like the era never faded. For the night, it was a Giorgio’s Disco Wonderland for all at the Globe Theatre.

Giorgio’s At The Globe In Images

More flashes from the night: Cerrone energy, Holy Ghost! heat, Dita sparkle, Lady Bunny drama, and the crowd that kept the disco fever moving.

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