KT Tunstall has apparently told The Mirror that she is a big hit with lesbians. "I have a massive lesbian following," she says, "there's always a gay crowd up the front at my gigs. It's a huge compliment. No one thinks Katie Melua is gay. I think it's because I'm a singer-songwriter with a personality - balls and some sassiness."
She also thinks, however, it might be a result of the fact that she accidentally sent out a certain message about her sexuality when she wore a pair of rainbow-patterned braces, a gay symbol, apparently, on an image for her record cover, only understanding the implications of the garment when a US friend texted her to say "The girls in San Francisco are loving your braces."
KT also threw in the following lesbian-related-misunderstanding anecdote: "I was on stage in Dublin when I heard a girl in the crowd shout: "KT, you're a lesbian!" What the hell do you say to that? I didn't want to upset the lesbians but I didn't want to make out I was one. I said: "You can't say that!" Then I realised that none of the other 1,500 people there had heard her. So I said: "That girl just called me a lesbian." At the end of the gig, a roadie handed me a note from the woman. It said: 'KT, I was saying 'legend'."