Tag: music
Strike A Pose
For many Madonna fans the peak of the musical career for the diva and superstar was in the 1990’s about the time when she was traveling the globe with her Blond Ambition World Tour which thrilled the audiences crammed packed into stadiums with the same vehement passion that it was also condemned by The Catholic…
Rufus Sings Shakespeare
Just a few days to go until Rufus Wainwright’s fabulous new album is released as April 22nd sees the launch of ‘Take All My Loves “ Wainwright’s homage to Shakespeare. Wainwright chose 9 of Shakespeare’s (154) sonnets that inspired the tracks he composed for a stage production that the avant-garde theater director Robert Wilson mounted for the Berliner…
We Are Twisted F—ing Sister
Filmmaker Andrew Horn’s overly long paean to the 1970’s/1980’s outrageous heavy metal band Twisted Sister will be welcomed with open arms from all their hoards of fans who stuck by them religiously through the group’s very rocky musical career. It has less appeal to people who never warmed to their unorthodox style, for in the…
The Gayest TV Program In The World
The most watched TV program in the world is also the most unintentionally gayest one too. The annual Eurovision Song Contest is watched by over 195 million people ( to keep it in perspective this years Super Bowl managed a mere 114.5 million viewers). It’s a real music anomaly. For starters the countries that send…
The Pet Shop Boys: Super
35 years on since they formed, The Pet Shop Boys are listed as the most successful duo in UK music history by The Guinness Book of Records. Three-time Brit Award winners and recepient of their special Outstanding Contribution to Music Award, and six-time Grammy nominees, these openly gay musicians recently announced that they will release their…