The cutting edge

Scissor Sisters’ Scott Hoffman is proud of the US band’s gay appeal and its massive following in Ireland and Britain, Ed Power reports

SCISSOR Sisters’ Scott Hoffman is pleading ignorance. “Oh, the power,” he says, shrugging. “I don’t know anything about the power. Maybe we blew everybody away.”

In the corner of a cavernous hotel banqueting hall, the guitarist (stage-name Babydaddy) is doing his best not to answer questions about the band’s controversial appearance, the previous weekend, on the UK version of The Voice.