Rufus Wainwright News

Duration: 51:26 CC Stereo TVPG In 2006, singer Rufus Wainwright set out to accomplish an unusual and audacious musical feat - to replicate, live on stage, Judy Garland's 1961 album "Judy at Carnegie Hall." Wainright thrilled both his own fans and those of the late icon with stellar performances that sold out houses in Paris and London.

Seattle Symphony has announced its Popular Culture series for the 2009a '2010 Season.

He may be famous, but that hasn't allowed Rufus Wainwright a life of luxury. Says the musician: "When you're with a major label, they really pump you up with visions of riches and bi-coastal residences and all this stuff, and I kind of fell for it hook, line and sinker when I started out, and that hasn't really transpired." To the casual observer, ...

Let us put it plainly: this is 2009's 'I saw them when' show. We suspect that in a few years, both of tonight's acts at The Parish Room will be turning up again at Stubb's or the Austin Music Hall, and many will kick themselves for missing the opportunity to catch this double bill of pretty and intelligent pop and Americana.

"I'm gonna see some folks who have already been let down. I'm so tired of America," sang Rufus Wainwright, opening his concert with the melodic strains of his popular song "Going To A Town." As the audience erupted into applause, Wainwright shook his head and tweaked the words for his next line: "They never really seem to want to tell the truth.

Rufus Wainwright needs new socks. To that end, he's playing a solo show at the Mahaiwe Center for the Performing Arts tonight.

QSo, you're coming to Yale [Wainwright performed Thursday night], the "Gay Ivy." By the way, did you know that we have that nickname? The maxim is, "One in four, maybe more." Anyway, you're here to perform a benefit concert as part of the first Yale LGBT alumni reunion.

Rufus Wainwright's first-ever opera, "Prima Donna," will have its North American premiere in Toronto next spring.

Every Friday at 11:00 a.m., XPN and NPR bring you a lunchtime concert to help you into the weekend.

Ida Maria Fortress Around My Heart Rachael Yamagata Faster Elephants Rilo Kiley Does He Love You More Adventurous Hoots & Hellmouth New Shoes Unleashed 3 Ian Thomas A Young Man's Blues Live at Rockwood Music ...

Worthy talents fearful of getting lost in the year-end deluge of superstar album releases are finally coming out to play.

Progeny of the smart, comic songwriter Loudon Wainwright III and the female version of Shrek, Rufus Wainwright , mid 30s, strode on stage at the Uptown dressed in clashing casuals, an Obama bandana upon his ...

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For Rufus Wainwright, being gay can be a bit of a distraction. Wainwright, who has been open about his homosexuality since the release of his eponymous debut album in 1998, acknowledges that he isn't the only ...

His new opera and musical family: Rufus Wainwright revealed all when he spoke to the Oxford Union.

Singer Rufus Wainwright is willing Amy Winehouse to pull through her troubles after they forged a friendship when she turned to him in one of her darkest moments.

In an intimate festival atmosphere, the colourful Rufus Wainwright performs a show-stopping gig, proving his vocal ability, his captivating stage presence and his legs for tights! Don't miss this sensational ...

Caption: Rufus Wainwright The Metropolitan Opera Season Opening Night Gala Performance at Lincoln Center.

At its Dry Ice benefit, the Museum of Contemporary Art treated its top supporters to an intimate Rufus Wainwright concert and plenty of bubble wrap.

Even as they sipped Obama-tinis and danced to Melissa Etheridge, the revelers at the LGBT ball on Tuesday night questioned whether Obama's soaring rhetoric about equality will be backed up by his policies on ...