{"id":620462,"date":"2026-05-03T04:37:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T04:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/620462\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T04:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T04:37:07","slug":"kesha-plays-surprise-set-at-tunnel-tops-park-says-shes-moving-to-sf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/620462\/","title":{"rendered":"Kesha plays surprise set at Tunnel Tops park, says she’s moving to SF"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday was a cold, blustery night. Especially so at the Presidio Tunnel Tops<\/a>\u00a0park, where the San Francisco Bay\u2019s chilly winds blew hair in faces and left\u00a0goosebumps on bare arms. That didn\u2019t seem to bother fans of pop star\u00a0Kesha, though, who flocked to the park to catch the singer give a 30-minute DJ set as the day turned to night.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The singer, whose autotune-heavy, hedonistic pop songs were 2010s radio staples, took to the stage with a full entourage. Surrounding her were a posse of drag queens, a photographer, a videographer and several other people, possibly ordinary fans, who danced along as best they could. Dressed in a cow print fur coat, Kesha stood behind the decks with\u00a0electropop duo MGNA CRRRTA<\/a>, who occasionally lent a helping hand on the DJ mixer.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s speed this bitch up,\u201d she said after transitioning into a \u201cTimber\u201d remix, pushing a slider on the decks to accelerate the track.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kesha\u2019s appearance was something of a surprise. Live Nation, the promoter behind Kesha\u2019s upcoming tour, announced the show<\/a> the previous night. She performed on a small stage on a grassy area that had been encircled by pop-up barricades. (While the Presidio Tunnel Tops may seem like an unusual venue for Kesha, the East Meadow<\/a> hosts outdoor events.) The crowd \u2014 several hundred people, probably \u2014 was unusually intimate for the artist; when\u00a0Kesha returns to the Bay Area at the end of the month, she\u2019s scheduled to\u00a0play the 12,500-person-capacity<\/a> Concord Pavilion.<\/p>\n

Aside from working the decks and dancing around on stage, Kesha only occasionally sang along to the EDM remixes of her songs. She rapped along to a verse on \u201cYour Love Is My Drug\u201d and \u201cSleazy.\u201d She also debuted a new track, \u201cOrigami,\u201d which went over well.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s some new words to this song,\u201d Kesha announced as she transitioned into \u201cTik Tok,\u201d arguably her biggest hit. She took the microphone to dub over her original line: \u201cWake up in the morning like, f\u2014k P. Diddy.\u201d (The original line was \u201cWake up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy.\u201d)<\/p>\n

At several moments in her half-hour appearance, Kesha alluded to plans to relocate to the city. \u201cI\u2019m moving to San Francisco,\u201d she said in the middle of \u201cYour Love Is My Drug,\u201d prompting cheers.<\/p>\n

\u201cAre you guys ready for Kesha in San Francisco or what?\u201d she asked at another point.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After dedicating her last song, \u201cWe R Who We R,\u201d to her queer community, Kesha asked the crowd where the best gay bars in San Francisco were. She resolved to head to the Castro, much to the chagrin of one vocal man in the audience, who urged her to drink in the Mission instead. But if Kesha is serious about moving to the city, she\u2019ll have plenty of time to explore.\u00a0<\/p>\n