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Big Gay Deal: Erasure’s Andy Bell
It’s been more than twenty years since Andy Bell and bandmate Vince Clark joined forces under the banner of Erasure. Twenty five million albums later, the duo is still going strong with a new collection of pop hits and a touring schedule that is as full as ever. In this GayWired.com interview, reluctant gay icon Bell talks about his upcoming Dallas Pride performance, his new album and why being a DJ makes him far more nervous than singing ever could.
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Fresh Sounds: Eric Hutchinson
Fusing elements of pop, soul and acoustic rock, Sounds Like This, the groove-laden new disc from debut recording artist Eric Hutchinson, is a wonderful surprise of an album. In this interview, the pop wunderkind talks about his soulful sound, pressing on in the face of fear, the unexpected blessing of being dropped from a major label and just how much an endorsement from Perez Hilton changed the course of his career.
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Dolly Parton Wows Em' at Los Angeles' Greek Theater
A woman whose heart is a big as her cup size, Dolly Parton, the endlessly entertaining force of unadulterated light and life wooed the crowd at under the stars at Los Angeles’ Greek Theater Sunday night. And what better way to end the weekend or kick off the work week than with a healthy dose of Dolly’s down-home philosophy?
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Big Gay Deal: Darren Hayes
As one half of the multi-platinum duo Savage Garden, Darren Hayes rose to international fame in the late '90s singing the kind of sweet, melodious pop music Top 40 audiences crave. But success was a mixed blessing for Hayes. From his home in London, Hayes opened up to Gaywired.com about his daring new live DVD, finding love and life on the other side of the closet door.
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Celebrity Travelogue: Tami Chynn
Her new single may be titled 'Frozen' but I would dare anyone to use that term to describe red-hot, up and coming pop sensation Tami Chynn. From her home in Kingston, Jamaica, the girlishly introspective Chynn talked about her new album Primadonna, her Caribbean birthplace, food, sleep and her feelings about Jamaica's homophobic image.
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Boys of Summer: Ferras
At the tender age of 25, up-and-coming recording artist Ferras has seen Hollywood from all sides and it is reflected in nearly every song of his brilliant debut CD Aliens and Rainbows. In this GayWired.com interview, the hit making singer/songwriter opens up about Hollywood's dark side, how Britney Spears nearly derailed his career and being elligible and available for Mr. Right.
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Chante Moore: On Love, Relationships and Her CD ‘Love The Woman’
It's been nearly a decade since Chante Moore released a solo CD. Now, the woman who declared 'Chante's Got a Man' is back. In a phone conversation, Chante talked about surviving in the biz, love and relationships using her self-described 'baby-making' album to set the mood... no matter who your partner is.
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Celebrity Travelogue: Lady GaGa
A precocious young girl who grew up to perform performing 'shock art' on Manhattan’s Lower East Side dressed in hot pants and a bikini top, pop princess in waiting Lady GaGa was born with a taste for the theatrical. Here GaGa tells GayWired.com about her single 'Just Dance', coming up in the clubs, her ‘couture’ new tour, how she came to love drama and some of her favorite places around the globe.
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Website PosorNot.com Reignites AIDS/HIV Talks
At first I thought it was a joke. In the vein of guilty pleasure HotorNot.com, PosorNot.com asks users to vote and see whether or not the people they’re looking at are HIV+. Appalling. Or is it? Anyone can be positive, and as the site shows, the gay community's increasingly relazed view of HIV could well be our downfall.
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Celebrity Travelogue: Erika Jayne
Dance music phenom Erika Jayne's fate was sealed at the tender young age of three when she asked to be introduced before making an entrance from a closet. In this GayWired.com exclusive, Erika talks about her new album, driving fast, why women are sometimes a pretty mess, and some of her favorite places around the globe.
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Pride Guide: San Francisco Pride
Come on, folks... this is San Francisco. Home of the gay rights movement. And with the city literally turned upside down earlier this year to recreate the Castro in its hey day for the forthcoming biopic Milk (based on 'mayor of Castro Street' Harvey Milk) plus the recent Supreme Court descicion legalizing gay marriage in California, expect the typically political pride to be teeming with gay spirit.
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Lollapalooza 2008 Announces Kanye West and Radiohead Among Headliners
It started in 1991 as a small music gathering intended to reach underground music enthusiasts with performers like Nine Inch Nails, Jane's Addiction and Siouxsie & the Banshees. Now, 17 years later, Lollapalooza has become one of the biggest and most lucrative music festivals in the world, and this week announced the incredible headliners for the 2008 event.
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GLBT Organizations Build Bridges Between Generations of GLBT Storytellers
The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Transgender (GLBT) Historical Society and the Lambda Literary Foundation have joined forces to celebrate the contributions of three generations of GLBT Storytellers. The two organizations will host a series of conversations, entitled 'Passing On The Pen,' designed to pair some of the pioneers of GLBT literature with today's emerging GLBT storytellers.
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Manchester Gay Pride Prepares to ‘Come of Age’
Manchester’s Gay Pride ‘comes of age’ this year. And organizers hope that the 18th festival will be part of the biggest celebration so far in the city. The 2008 Manchester Pride Parade will take place on the afternoon of Saturday August 25, creating a carnival of color as it weaves through the streets of Manchester city center.
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True Colors Tour Partners with GLBT Community Centers
The True Colors Tour will hit the road again this summer with an exciting new line-up of legendary and up and coming artists, including headliners Cyndi Lauper, The B-52s, Rosie O’Donnell, Carson Kressley and many more. This year the tour is partnering with Center Link, the National Association of GLBT Community Centers, to highlight the important work of GLBT Community Centers across the country.
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Philadelphia Announces Gay Summer Event Line-up
Increasingly gay-friendly Philadelphia recently announced a veritable stampede of events aimed at attracting LGBT visitors to the City of Brotherly this coming spring and summer. The upcoming Philly series of new and annual LGBT events includes the Liberty Stampede Rodeo and the Liberty Bell Classic, two major sporting event, along with five Pride events and other annual favorites.
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Schedule for 2008 Telluride Gay Ski Week Announced
Charlie David and Reichen Lehmkuhl will be among the celebrity guests and emcees at the Fifth Annual Telluride Gay Ski Week which takes place Saturday, February 23, 2008 thru March 1, 2008. With returning events like the annual Oscar Night Party and the hi-energy White Night Party as well as a new Mad Hatters Ski Party the 2008 Telluride Gay Ski Week promises to be one of the hottest events on the gay ski/party circuit for the upcoming yer.
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Sydney Mardi Gras 2008 Plans Announced
Plans for Sydney Mardi Gras 2008, one of the most highly anticipated annual events on the gay social circuit, have been announced and they include performances by pop diva Cyndi Lauper and comedienne Margaret Cho who will present the world premiere of her brand new show Beautiful in Australia.
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West Hollywood Carnival Marks 20th Anniversary
Southern California’s friskiest ghouls, goblins, drag queens in training, leather fanatics and basically anyone who has ever loved playing dressing up are all gearing up Los Angeles' second largest event. The annual West Hollywood Halloween Costume Carnival is returning for its 20th year in West Hollywood, California on October 31st, 2007.
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Instinct Magazine and Andrew Christian Inc. Announce Summer Black Out Tour
A seductive shadow of darkness will descend over premiere gay nightclubs across the country this summer as Instinct Magazine and Andrew Christian Inc. present DJ Seth Gold's The Black Out Tour. In each event city, Gold Productions will transform dance floors into underground caves of blackness. The only source of light will be from glow in-the-dark visors and bandanas provided by Andrew Christian, and glow sticks hung from the bodies of club goers.
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