Julie Andrews once said, “A queen is never late; everyone else is simply early.”
Illuminated against Austin’s panoramic skyline at Auditorium Shores, Christina Aguilera greeted the Sips & Sounds spectators in a plunging red latex bodysuit, matching elbow gloves and thigh-high black boots. Her long platinum blond hair blew in the cool night air drifting off Lady Bird Lake.
Sips & Sounds, a South by Southwest-adjacent but separately ticketed event, felt like a mini-Austin City Limits Music Festival. Its expanded perimeter this year stretched from the Long Center lawn to the pond in Butler Park — and the space was needed. Attendance skyrocketed this year as fans rushed to buy tickets to this now sold-out fest…