Rufus Wainwright will release both a separate CD and DVD of his Judy Garland Carnegie Hall performance, where he imitated the late actress/singer at the renown venue with a pair of shows back in June of 2006. Wainwright performed Garland's entire 1961 concert and was often backed by a 39-piece orchestra.The first night of the two-night stint at NYC's Carnegie Hall will now be released as the CD...
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Rufus Wainwright has released details of his forthcoming album, 'Release the Stars'.The troubadour produced his fifth studio album himself, with Pet Shop Boys' Neil Tennant handling executive production duties.The follow up to 'Want Two' is scheduled to come out in May via Geffen Records.Wainwright, a big fan of Judy Garland, has also announced that he will recreate the actress' 1961 Carnegie H...
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Rufus Wainwright will be slaving away at his piano everyday this summer. The singer/songwriter’s world tour includes stops at various European festivals and a string of dates on the Cyndi Lauper and Friends True Colors tour. Beginning July 25th in Edmonton, Alberta, Wainwright will tour North America headling as a solo artist. Openers and special guests include Sean Lennon, Neko Case, The Mag.
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"Rules & Regulations." Shot by director Petro Papahadjopoulos Rufus sings in the midst of some mustached vaudeville men dressed down to their old school tighty-whiteys.Wainwright is currently on a major tour world tour that and will hit the USA on July 29th in Seattle.Wainwright has been selecting fans each night on his World Tour 2007 to perform the spoken word part from his song '"Between My ...
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Rufus Wainwright's new album, Release The Stars, will be released May 15, but you can listen to the entire album right now at MuchMusic:http://www.muchmusic.com/music/firstspin/rufuswainwright/The album was produced by Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys.
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The piano man had begun work on his first ever opera, but he's composing it in French, and his would-be commissioners at the Met and Lincoln Center prefer English for new operas. That's why he's looking to find it a new home -- that, and because the Met can't even fit it in 'til 2014 and Rufus "added wryly, 'I'm an impatient pop star.'"~~
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MUSIC NEWS- Singer/song writer, Rufus Wainwright is set to premiere his first opera, Prima Donna , at the 2009 Manchester International Festival in the UK, a showcase of new and original works, after plans to stage it in New York City fell through. It follows the festival's much-lauded premiere in 2007 of Monkey:Journey to the West , which saw another popular music act turn to opera; the b...
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