"The city went all out for her arrival, lighting up many of its downtown buildings in pink, a la "Pink Pony Club," painting a mural of the "Midwest Princess" across from the city's Hamburger Mary's, where she saw her first drag show, creating special menu items at local bars and restaurants, and even covering its streetcar in a special "Pink Pony Express" wrap to mark the occasion."
"During the show, the singer spoke about how she knows it can be hard growing up queer in the Midwest, and that with all that's going on in the world, bringing the queer community joy is the most important thing to her at the moment. She said seeing how her home state showed up for her over the weekend was meaningful to her, and that it affirmed that she was doing exactly what she was meant to be doing."
Chappell Roan stopped in Kansas City, Mo., as part of her Visions of Damsels and Other Dangerous Things pop-up tour that included only New York, Los Angeles and Kansas City. The city lit downtown buildings pink, painted a "Midwest Princess" mural, created themed menus, wrapped a streetcar as the "Pink Pony Express," and hosted events at Hamburger Mary's where Roan saw her first drag show. Roan performed two sold-out nights to about 30,000 people on the lawn of the National WWI Museum and Memorial. Local drag performers opened, and musical guests included Japanese Breakfast and Baby Tate. Queer Midwestern pride and joy were prominent throughout the weekend.
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