09-08-2025
- Entertainment
- San Francisco Chronicle
International superstar surprises fans during friend's Outside Lands set
Gen-Z pop sensation Role Model stunned San Francisco fans with a surprise guest during his performance on the first day of San Francisco's Outside Lands.
Australian singer and actor Troye Sivan ran onto the festival's Sutro stage to join Role Model on Friday, Aug. 8, and was immediately met with cheers from the packed audience of 20-somethings.
The 'Rush' artist danced and leapt around the stage before hugging the singer, whose real name is Tucker Pillsbury. Sivan then lifted up his striped shirt and shook his hips for the audience for the duration of the song's bridge.
Sivan's surprise appearance during the set was only the latest in a string of cameos that Role Model has highlighted toward the end of his shows.
Coinciding with his 2024 hit, 'Sally When the Wine Runs Out,' the pop star repeatedly yells 'Where's my Sally?' before his guest — often a celebrity or excited audience member — joins him onstage.
Role Model has welcomed everyone from actor Natalie Portman and comedian Bowen Yang to his own mother during performances of the song.
His nearly hour-long set on Friday also included a cover of Outside Lands 2023 headliner the 1975's song 'Somebody Else' and a slew of hits from his 2024 sophomore album, 'Kansas Anymore.'
