Pop star headlines MetroBall’s 15th anniversary
Tiffany Darwish, known to her legion of fans simply as Tiffany, has been singing since she first learned the words to Tanya Tucker’s hit, “Delta Dawn.” Although she started out singing country music — she was “discovered” in the early 1980s by Hoyt Axton who took her to Nashville — it’s as a pop star that she found fame.
Tiffany released her first, eponymously-named album in 1987 and in 1988, her second single from the album, a cover of the 1960s hit “I Think We’re Alone Now,” hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 list. That was followed up with two more giant hits — “Could’ve Been” and “I Saw Him Standing There” — which helped her set a record as the youngest female artist to top the Billboard charts with a debut album.
Tiffany has released at least one album in each decade since then, and these days she tours with her own band (after her Friday night, June 3 show at MetroBall in here in Dallas, she heads to Richmond, Ky., for a concert at the EKU Center for the Arts).
Despite her hectic schedule, Tiffany took time recently to answer a couple of questions for Dallas Voice in advance of her show here tonight.
— Rich Lopez
Dallas Voice: How does it feel to return to Dallas to play Metroball? Tiffany: It feels wonderful to return to the MetroBall. Last time, in 2016, was a blast, and this time we’re gonna have even more fun!
How have LGBTQ audiences been for you throughout your years as a performer? I love all shows, but my gay audiences are very special to me. I feel with my music, especially the retro stuff, those audiences really enjoy the shows. Most of us grew up together, and a lot of my early songs are about young love, feeling awkward, being scared and finding who you are. So a lot of true stories and real life played out to those songs.
Do you feel like any one song of yours (single or not) has either resonated with your gay fans more than others and why is that? I think some of the ballads, like “Could’ve Been” or “All This Time,” these are songs that still hit hard. Love that didn’t work out is hard on anyone at any age and any gender it never gets easier to go through love unwanted or broken.