On June 23, Lambert will perform the song live on Good Morning America and on July 1, he will headline London Pride.
Recently earning his fifth top 10 on Billboard’s Album Sales Chart with High Drama (BMG), Lambert’s latest solo album showcases songs ranging from the old to the new including Duran Duran's "Ordinary World," Bonnie Tyler-via-Jim Steinman's “Holding Out For A Hero” and more.
Sigala recently collaborated with James Arthur, David Guetta and Sam Ryder. Sigala has notched eight UK Top 10 singles, seven global Platinum singles, nine global Gold singles, seven million UK sales, 22 million worldwide sales, 4 billion audio streams and over one billion video views.
Also, Lambert’s limited-edition ORLY nail polish collection officially launched on ORLYbeauty.com. The Adam Lambert x ORLY: High Drama set is a bold and vibrant collection inspired by the solo album High Drama. Each shade was curated by Lambert and brings a different element to center stage. The colors range from a striking apple green; a black and silver glitter; gold, plum, and silver metallics; and lastly, a custom navy duo chrome shimmer Lambert first conceptualized and created at ORLY Color Labs in West Hollywood. Individual polishes retail for $10.50 and the six-piece collection retails for $63. Proceeds from the collection will benefit Stand With Trans, a non-profit organization providing critical support for trans youth and families.
The chart-topping Lambert has just been at the Cannes Film Festival to celebrate the premiere of Mad About The Boy - The Noël Coward Story, as he recorded the theme song for the feature documentary produced by Unigram. Additionally at Cannes, Lambert put on a powerful performance of “Ordinary World” from High Drama and Queen’s “Who Wants To Live Forever” at the 2023 amfAR Gala Cannes.
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"Folk music always has a menacing quality,” Wainwright explains. “It’s a genre that plays with both the light and the dark and the battle between those two. Unlike disco or most pop music, where you’re trying to create a whole new world that’s about escapism or crafting a fantasy land, folk music is rooted in the real, and therefore it’s timeless. It doesn’t belong to any particular era.”
LISTEN TO FOLKOCRACY
The new video The Mamas and The Papas song “Twelve-Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To The Canyon) (Feat. Susanna Hoffs, Chris Stills & Sheryl Crow)” was directed by Glass Battles and can be viewed HERE.
Folkocracy sees Wainwright joined by friends, family members, and other special guest artists including Brandi Carlile, John Legend, David Byrne, Sheryl Crow, Nicole Scherzinger, Chaka Khan, Andrew Bird, ANOHNI, Susanna Hoffs, Van Dyke Parks, Madison Cunningham and more.
Produced by longtime collaborator Mitchell Froom (Paul McCartney, Crowded House), the album includes first single, “Down in the Willow Garden (feat. Brandi Carlile).” It is accompanied by an official music video streaming now at YouTube HERE. Singles also include “Heading Home (feat. John Legend),” a rendition of the Peggy Seeger folk standard, and “Harvest (feat. Andrew Bird & Chris Stills),” a reinterpretation of the Neil Young classic.
This August will see Wainwright embark on a worldwide Folkocracy Tour while also marking both the 25th anniversary of his landmark debut album, 1998’s Rufus Wainwright, and the 20th anniversary of 2003’s award-winning Want One (and its 2004 companion, Want Two) with a series of orchestral shows featuring symphonic arrangements by Sally Herbert (Woodkid, Florence + the Machine) and Max Moston (Antony and the Johnsons).
A full slate of North American, EU, and UK dates will be announced soon. For complete details and remaining ticket availability, please visit rufuswainwright.com/tour.
“The older I get, the more I appreciate how valuable my folk knowledge is, to have had it ingrained in me as a child,” Wainwright says. “I’m from a bona fide folkocracy who mixed extensively with other folkocracies such as the Seegers and the Thompsons. I spun off into opera and pop. Now I’m back where it all began.”
Tour Dates:
JUNE
21 – Cleveland Heights, OH – Cain Park **
23 – Philadelphia, PA – Kimmel Cultural Campus **
24 – Vienna, VA – Out & About Festival **
25 – Red Bank, NJ – Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre at the Count Basie Center **
27 – Ridgefield, CT – Ridgefield Playhouse **
29 – Morristown, NJ – Mayo Performing Arts Center **
30 – Portsmouth, NH – The Music Hall **
JULY
1 – Bar Harbor, ME – Criterion Theater **
7 – Winnipeg, MB – Winnipeg Folk Festival **
9 – Mariposa, ON – Mariposa Folk Festival **
13 – Montauk, NY – Montauk Point Lighthouse †
16 – Beacon, NY – Towne Crier Café **
22 – Dublin, Ireland – National Concert Hall **
24 – Barcelona, Spain – Teatre Grec **
25 – Madrid, Spain – Teatro Real **
27 – Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain – Festival Pedra Viva **
29 – Cambridge, UK – Cambridge Folk Festival 2023 **
23 – Philadelphia, PA – Kimmel Cultural Campus **
24 – Vienna, VA – Out & About Festival **
25 – Red Bank, NJ – Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre at the Count Basie Center **
27 – Ridgefield, CT – Ridgefield Playhouse **
29 – Morristown, NJ – Mayo Performing Arts Center **
30 – Portsmouth, NH – The Music Hall **
JULY
1 – Bar Harbor, ME – Criterion Theater **
7 – Winnipeg, MB – Winnipeg Folk Festival **
9 – Mariposa, ON – Mariposa Folk Festival **
13 – Montauk, NY – Montauk Point Lighthouse †
16 – Beacon, NY – Towne Crier Café **
22 – Dublin, Ireland – National Concert Hall **
24 – Barcelona, Spain – Teatre Grec **
25 – Madrid, Spain – Teatro Real **
27 – Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain – Festival Pedra Viva **
29 – Cambridge, UK – Cambridge Folk Festival 2023 **
AUGUST
11 – Chicago, IL – Ravinia Festival ***
SEPTEMBER
5 – London, UK – Royal Albert Hall ***
19 – Nashville, TN – Schermerhorn Symphony Center ***
† 50 Isn’t the End: A 50th Birthday Concert with Rufus Wainwright & Friends
** Folkocracy Tour w/Six-Piece Backing Band
*** Want Symphonic Series
11 – Chicago, IL – Ravinia Festival ***
SEPTEMBER
5 – London, UK – Royal Albert Hall ***
19 – Nashville, TN – Schermerhorn Symphony Center ***
† 50 Isn’t the End: A 50th Birthday Concert with Rufus Wainwright & Friends
** Folkocracy Tour w/Six-Piece Backing Band
*** Want Symphonic Series
FOLKOCRACY TRACK LISTING
1. Alone (Feat. Madison Cunningham)
2. Heading for Home (Feat. John Legend)
3. Twelve-Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To The Canyon) (Feat. Susanna Hoffs, Chris Stills & Sheryl Crow)
4. Down in the Willow Garden (Feat. Brandi Carlile)
5. Shenandoah
6. Nacht und Träume
7. Harvest (Feat. Andrew Bird & Chris Stills)
8. Going to a Town (Feat. ANOHNI)
9. High on a Rocky Ledge (Feat. David Byrne)
10. Kaulana Na Pua (Feat. Nicole Scherzinger)
11. Hush Little Baby (Feat. Martha Wainwright & Lucy Wainwright Roche)
12. Black Gold (Feat. Van Dyke Parks)
13. Cotton Eyed Joe (Feat. Chaka Khan)
14. Arthur McBridge
15. Wild Mountain Thyme (Feat. Anna McGarrigle, Chaim Tannenbaum, Lily Lanken, Lucy Wainwright Roche, & Martha Wainwright)
TOVE LO has a new track, ‘I like u,’ out now. Listen HERE. Watch HERE. Speaking about the track, Tove Lo says, “I wanted to make another dance song that sonically felt like a nod to 90’s and Y2K dance music. I wrote this song with Timfromthehouse, we worked on it for months in between tours to figure the perfect arrangement. It’s not the usual pop structure but it’s perfect for this song, I think. Lyrically I’m telling the story of my thoughts the first time I saw the love of my life. They’re not clean but at least I never said any of them out loud.”
‘I like u’ follows the release of ‘DIRT FEMME (Stripped)’, a new 7-track EP featuring tracks from her fifth studio album, DIRT FEMME, plus a new version of her latest release, ‘Borderline.’ Listen to ‘Dirt Femme (Stripped)’ HERE.
This cover’s origin was born of tragedy, not from within GayC/DC’s realm but from producer Timothy Eaton (En Vogue, The Allman Brothers). “Seven months ago at midnight on a Sunday night, I received a call from a photographer friend, Ward Boult, who suggested that I contact the band GayC/DC, as he felt that I might be a perfect fit to produce them,” recalls Eaton.
3. Twelve-Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To The Canyon) (Feat. Susanna Hoffs, Chris Stills & Sheryl Crow)
4. Down in the Willow Garden (Feat. Brandi Carlile)
5. Shenandoah
6. Nacht und Träume
7. Harvest (Feat. Andrew Bird & Chris Stills)
8. Going to a Town (Feat. ANOHNI)
9. High on a Rocky Ledge (Feat. David Byrne)
10. Kaulana Na Pua (Feat. Nicole Scherzinger)
11. Hush Little Baby (Feat. Martha Wainwright & Lucy Wainwright Roche)
12. Black Gold (Feat. Van Dyke Parks)
13. Cotton Eyed Joe (Feat. Chaka Khan)
14. Arthur McBridge
15. Wild Mountain Thyme (Feat. Anna McGarrigle, Chaim Tannenbaum, Lily Lanken, Lucy Wainwright Roche, & Martha Wainwright)
TRIXIE MATTEL's new single, a cover of RuPaul’s “Looking Good, Feeling Gorgeous” will have its net revenue earned from the accompanying YouTube video during June donated to the Drag Isn’t Dangerous fund. In addition to the radio edit, the EP also includes the instrumental, acapella, and extended mix tracks. Listen HERE and video HERE. “This is my all time favorite Ru song!,” said Trixie. “Been playing it in my DJ sets for years and I always wished it had a rebuild to modernize it. So here I am b****.”
The well-known drag performer recently performed at the Stagecoach Festival, was nominated for two GLAAD Media Awards as well as two Critics Choice Awards, unveiled the Trixie and Katya Live livestream via Veeps, graced the cover of Los Angeles Magazine, and released multi-million-viewed video content via her YouTube channel featuring the likes of Orville Peck, Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, and Sally Field. The track comes in advance of her upcoming Solid Pink Disco DJ set at NYC’s Pier 17 on June 22, her return to serve as a judge on the second season of Paramount+’s “Queen Of The Universe”, and her upcoming performance at Outside Lands Music Festival this August.
TOVE LO has a new track, ‘I like u,’ out now. Listen HERE. Watch HERE. Speaking about the track, Tove Lo says, “I wanted to make another dance song that sonically felt like a nod to 90’s and Y2K dance music. I wrote this song with Timfromthehouse, we worked on it for months in between tours to figure the perfect arrangement. It’s not the usual pop structure but it’s perfect for this song, I think. Lyrically I’m telling the story of my thoughts the first time I saw the love of my life. They’re not clean but at least I never said any of them out loud.”
The Swedish singer, best known for the Top 10 pop hit "Habits" from 2013, will be donating a portion of her streaming proceeds from ‘I like u’ to The Trevor Project, the leading suicide prevention org for LGBTQ young people. For more information please visit www.thetrevorproject.org.
‘I like u’ follows the release of ‘DIRT FEMME (Stripped)’, a new 7-track EP featuring tracks from her fifth studio album, DIRT FEMME, plus a new version of her latest release, ‘Borderline.’ Listen to ‘Dirt Femme (Stripped)’ HERE.
North American Tour Dates:
09/05 – Palace Theatre – St. Paul, MN
09/06 – The Salt Shed – Chicago, IL
09/08 – Royal Oak Music Theatre – Royal Oak, MI
09/10 – The Rooftop at Pier 17 – New York, NY
09/12 – Roadrunner – Boston, MA
09/14 – The Anthem – Washington, DC
09/15 – The Atlantis – Washington, DC
09/17 – Music Midtown Festival – Atlanta, GA
10/07 – Austin City Limits – Austin, TX
10/14 – Austin City Limits – Austin, TX
09/06 – The Salt Shed – Chicago, IL
09/08 – Royal Oak Music Theatre – Royal Oak, MI
09/10 – The Rooftop at Pier 17 – New York, NY
09/12 – Roadrunner – Boston, MA
09/14 – The Anthem – Washington, DC
09/15 – The Atlantis – Washington, DC
09/17 – Music Midtown Festival – Atlanta, GA
10/07 – Austin City Limits – Austin, TX
10/14 – Austin City Limits – Austin, TX
LA-based tribute band GAYC/DC's new song and video “HOLD YOUR HEAD UP” is a cover of the 1972 Top Five hit by English rock band Argent. GAYC/DC is an all-gay band who pays tribute to AC/DC. They shift the song about a battered woman into a song of LGBTQIA+ and anti-bullying empowerment.
“This is a message of power - taking it back and standing up with your chin up. Getting stabbed, beat up, humiliated, jumped, ostracized ... many tried to 'beat the gay' out of me - you know what? It didn't stick,” says guitarist Steve McKnight.
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“[Boult] ended the call by telling me he loved me and I returned the warm salutation. A mere few hours later, I got a call from a Nashville detective who informed me that Ward had killed himself and, in fact, I was the last call on his phone.” The message that was said to Eaton didn’t fall on deaf ears, and, in fact, became a mission. In order to pay proper respects to his late friend, Eaton contacted GayC/DC.
“We met through a tragic experience but once Timothy saw one of our shows, he was smitten and asked us for a meeting,” explains vocalist Christopher Freeman. “He proposed an idea that he had to create a music video around the old Argent hit from the early '70s, ‘Hold Your Head Up,’ but putting it in a new context: a video about bullying. All of that would promote a nonprofit of the same name that would help to fund efforts to combat bullying and violence in the LGBTQIA+ community, like Inside Out Youth Services in Colorado Springs.”
The powerful accompanying video, directed by celebrated photographer Robert Sebree, is an age old tale of high school bullying. But instead of the standard trope of the nerd bashing, the camera is turned to a harrowing tale of transphobia within high school hallways. Watch: https://youtu.be/AYFpko7BCL8
“This song, like the very moving accompanying video, is a journey,” explains drummer Brian Welch, “and like what our current climate is for the LGBTQIA+ community, the scary part passes and Hope swells again. We’ve been down this road before, and we know that love will always win.”
Adds Eaton, “Much like Haley’s Comet or a Blood Moon, an artistic force of nature such as this band seldom manifests itself in the music industry anymore, fearlessly cutting a path through all the amateur artists and their congestion. The band recorded a riveting song and video entitled which is a clarion call to young and old to do just that, be brave in the face of adversity and prejudice.”
VINCINT has unveiled his new single "Take Me Home." Following earlier single, "Romance," the artist says “‘Take Me Home’ is the continuation of the best night of your life; it's the moment in the night when you’ve let go of reality taken the shot you shouldn’t have and start dreaming of a life with the person you’ve been dancing with for 10 minutes; it’s blind romanticism smothered in glitter and psychosis." Vincint's second studio album is set to be announced later this year. "Take Me Home" is available on all major streaming platforms.
VINCINT has unveiled his new single "Take Me Home." Following earlier single, "Romance," the artist says “‘Take Me Home’ is the continuation of the best night of your life; it's the moment in the night when you’ve let go of reality taken the shot you shouldn’t have and start dreaming of a life with the person you’ve been dancing with for 10 minutes; it’s blind romanticism smothered in glitter and psychosis." Vincint's second studio album is set to be announced later this year. "Take Me Home" is available on all major streaming platforms.
2023 PRIDE PERFORMANCES
JUNE
17 - Louisville, KY - Kentuckiana Pride Festival
20 - New York, NY - Garden Party
20 - New York, NY - Garden Party
And in LGBTQ film news:
Cinephobia Releasing has announced its inaugural release. After an acclaimed run on the global queer film festival circuit, SUBLIME will be available across North America starting June 20 on DVD, Cable and Digital VOD, including Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play and Vudu.
Filmed in Argentina, Sublime marks the feature length debut of writer/director Mariano Biasin and lead actor Martín Miller, in a portrayal of first love alongside co-lead Teo Inama Chiabrando.
Sublime made its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, kicking off a worldwide screening tour, includes BFI Flare, Outfest, Rainbow Reel Tokyo and AFI Latin American Film Festival. The film took home the Sebastiane Latino Award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival and the Grand Jury Prize in the Ibero-American Competition at the Seattle International Film Festival.
Synopsis: Shy 16-year-old Manuel (Martín Miller) comes alive when he, his best friend Felipe (Teo Inama Chiabrando) and other buddies form a garage rock band. The two boys, friends since childhood, have a close, easy relationship made even more intense with the band and their music making. Strains develop for Manuel when his best mate starts dating a girl. Manuel also begins to date a female classmate, yet all the while suppressing his nascent sexual feelings for Felipe. Confused, and fearful that his feelings are not mutual, he retreats into himself, eventually lashing out which forces him to confront his feelings head on.
Sublime: 100 minutes
Argentina / Spanish w/ English Subtitles
The DVD of Sublime (SRP $19.99) will come with a number of exclusive bonus features. These include:
• Interview with Mariano Biaisin
• Audio Commentary with Mariano Biaisin & Martín Miller
• Stills & Behind-the-Scenes Photo Reel
• 3 Music Videos
• The Making of Sublime Featurette
• Cinephobia Releasing Trailers: Amor Bandido, Fireworks, The Latent Image, Lie with Me
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