He’s not complaining about not getting to play straight characters YOU IDIOTS. In comedy, “straight-man” is the normal one in the sketch, the only one who lives in the same reality as the audience.
Seeing the tour clips and being reminded that the last live album was SOMEWHAT of a miss for me because there were no background singers… which is odd for someone who is such a vocalist.
It kinda sounded empty to me - a miss I was hoping Ariana would fix this tour