Ugly Betty is pretty in pink.
The nominations are in for the 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards and ABC appears to be leading the pack in presenting positive portrayals of gay...
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Rufus Wainwright will release CD and
DVD souvenirs of his live, song-for-song interpretation of Judy
Garland's 1961 concert at Carnegie Hall next month.
The double-disc...
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After staging one-off tributes to Judy Garland's 1961 Carnegie Hall concert in New York, London, and Paris, openly gay baroque-pop singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright...
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Cyndi Lauper, Erasure and Debbie
Harry will anchor a summer tour of 15 North American cities
designed to raise awareness of gay-rights issues.
The True Colors trek, which...
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The only child of pop songwriter
Burt Bacharach and actress Angie Dickinson has committed
suicide after a lifetime struggling with a form of autism, a
spokeswoman for the...
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As he did for the Grammy-winning
soundtrack to 2004's "Garden State," actor/director Zach Braff
has rounded up a range of rock acts for the soundtrack to his
new film, "The...
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Bono, Sting, Lou Reed and
Nick Cave are just a handful of the artists who have lent their
voices to "Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs &
Chanteys," due out August...
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Eclectic pop singer Rufus Wainwright
bridged musical generations on Wednesday with a daring
re-creation of Judy Garland's legendary 1961 concert at
Carnegie...
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Michael Stipe, Rufus Wainwright,
Moby and surprise guest James Iha marked the third anniversary
of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq Monday during a concert in New
York...
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R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe,
Bright Eyes, Rufus Wainwright, Fischerspooner, Public Enemy's
Chuck D, Devendra Banhart and Peaches have signed on for "Bring
'Em Home Now," a...
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Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan and REM frontman Michael Stipe will headline a New York concert to urge the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.
The concert, dubbed "Bring...
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James Levine has agreed to stay at the Metropolitan Opera until at least 2013, and incoming general manager Peter Gelb has given the conductor a lifetime invitation to...
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For an event about movies, this
week's Sundance Film Festival has featured a parade of
musicians, from Neil Young to the Beastie Boys, to offer new
insight into singers and...
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Coldplay, Kylie Minogue) and the White
Stripes are among the headline acts slated for this year's
sold-out edition of the Glastonbury Festival, to be held...
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Veteran TV
producer-director Ken Ehrlich's got a hit -- and, despite his
long history in the music business, it's no run-of-the-mill
event.
"I've spent my life promoting...
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The third chart entry proves to
be the charm for Mario, who rises to a new career peak on the
Billboard Hot 100 with "Let Me Love You" (3rd Street/J). The
single moves 3-2,...
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Snoop Dogg was too hot to drop
from the top of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart Thursday as
his hit tune "Drop It Like It's Hot" featuring Pharrell logged
a third week at...
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Since establishing himself as a solo
artist, Sting's tour's have become grand affairs featuring
large bands. That will change in April, when he launches the
Broken Music...
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Eminem has survived a date with destiny.
The
hip-hopster went head-to-head with Destiny's Child, and the Shady One
prevailed. For the second straight week, Eminem...
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New York public radio station WFUV
will on Nov. 24 issue the seventh edition in its "City Folk
Live" series of live performances.
The set sports tracks from the Thrills,...
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Singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright
will on Nov. 16 release "Want Two," the companion to his 2003
Dreamworks/Geffen album, "Want One."
Four of the 12 tracks -- "Gay...
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A word of advice from Elton John to up-and-coming musicians: Pay your dues.
"Bands today have to learn their craft by putting the hard work in that we did when we were...
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Ben Folds is pushing back the
release date of his next solo album to early 2005 in order to
give "Star Trek" veteran William Shatner 's upcoming collection,
"Has Been," his...
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David Byrne has confirmed the first
leg of a North American tour to kick off May 12 in Buffalo,
N.Y.
The former Talking Heads frontman will play 24 dates on
this leg,...
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Starbucks Corp on Tuesday
unveiled a new kind of coffee shop serving up custom music CDs
along with foamy coffee drinks.
Years of customer queries about the music piped...
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Elvis
Costello and Diana
Krall's latest duet ended with the pair saying "I do."
The bespectacled tunesmith and the jazz chanteuse tied
the knot this past weekend at a...
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Rufus Wainwright doubled down with music awards last week when he won outstanding music album at the 10th Annual GLAAD Media Awards on Saturday (April 17) and debut album...
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George Michael, Rufus Wainwright, Ani DiFranco, and Bob Mould are among the big-name nominees for the 1998 GLAMA Awards (the Gay And Lesbian Music Awards), which will be...
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