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Osheaga 2009 Showcases La Roux, New Wavers

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By Erik Leijon (CHARTattack) August 4, 2009 2:32 pm
It's a combination of the long lineups, the omnipresent enclosures, rigid schedules and overpriced wares, but nothing awakens my animalistic tendencies quite  like Osheaga, Montreal's massive weekend musical bash. It's not really a "music and arts festival" because a festival would imply there's some sort of cultural celebration...
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Come Together

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) November 11, 2008 3:16 pm
This tribute concert was originally held at New York City's Radio City Music Hall in the days following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. It's amazing what a difference seven years makes, because many of the performers and presenters at this show would have been considered big names at the time, but have since fallen into obscurity. Leelee Sobieski (who...
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Rufus Wainwright — Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall

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By Natalia Manzocco (CHARTattack) August 11, 2008 12:32 pm
Since her death in 1969, legendary Broadway songstress Judy Garland — along with her Carnegie Hall live album — has become a gay icon. Who better to perform a tribute to Garland’s 1961 "comeback" show than Rufus Wainwright, a man with enough musical pedigree and rampant fabulousness to tackle a string of beloved Broadway hits? On Rufus Does Judy...
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Rufus Wainwright — Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy!

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By Shannon Whibbs (CHARTattack) January 8, 2008 4:22 pm
Rufus Wainwright's recreation of Judy Garland's 1961 Carnegie Hall show went over so well that he took it to London and had it filmed for DVD release. If you're not a fan of Wainwright or show tunes, this film really, really, really ain't for you. However, if you enjoy either of these things, then this is just a little bit of heaven, baby....
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Rufus Wainwright Sparkles On The Danforth

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By Shannon Whibbs (CHARTattack) June 13, 2007 11:30 am
Built in 1919 and bearing a history of musical theatre and vaudeville, the newly refurbished Danforth Music Hall was the perfect setting for consummate showman Rufus Wainwright. The show opened with a short but packed performance by Andrew Rodriguez (ex-Bodega) and his band playing tunes from his new album, Here Comes The Light. The sound was...
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Rufus Wainwright — Release The Stars

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By Shannon Whibbs (CHARTattack) May 15, 2007 2:15 pm
With his penchant for excess, one would fear that in self-producing a record for the first time, Rufus Wainwright would cross the thin line from multi-layered complexity into ridiculous self-indulgence. However, this is happily not the case with Release The Stars. Maybe it's due to the influence of executive producer Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys),...
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I Read The News Today... For April 14, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 14, 2011 3:30 pm
Rihanna leads the nominees for this year's Billboard Music Awards, while Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars and Justin Bieber are also among those with ridiculous amounts of nominations. You're not alone if that makes you puke in your mouth a little. —Billboard LCD Soundsystem's final show earlier this month at New York City's Madison Square Garden will be...
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I Read The News Today... For March 24, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 24, 2011 4:21 pm
Quick! Start practicing your falsetto! Bon Iver's long-awaited sophomore album is coming out sometime in June. —Rolling Stone Rufus Wainwright is releasing a box set later this year for all your Judy Garland-inspired needs. —rufuswainwright.com MUTEK's annual Avant_MUTEK series is coming to Toronto, Vancouver, Chicago and New York. International...
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Rufus Wainwright, Leonard Cohen's Daughter Have Baby

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 22, 2011 2:11 pm
Rufus Wainwright is now a daddy. And that means Leonard Cohen is now a grandfather.That's because the mother of Wainwright's child is Lorca Cohen, who happens to be Leonard Cohen's daughter. Yeah. Basically, this child has "musical genius" written all over her genes. That, or pansexual poet adventurer. The baby, Viva Katherine Wainwright Cohen,...
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I Read The News Today... For Sept. 28, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) September 28, 2010 11:47 am
Revealed (by The Onion): Justin Bieber is a "well concealed 51-year-old pedophile." —The OnionAnother day, another Pete Doherty drug arrest. This time it's for cocaine possession, and it's linked to a filmmaker's death. —NME Rufus Wainwright has announced some dates in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, the U.S. and Europe to take place during October...
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I Read The News Today... For Sept. 15, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) September 15, 2010 12:16 pm
Woodhands have just released a new mixtape, The No Feelings Mixtape, which is available for free download. —Paper BagCancer Bats will spend November touring southern Ontario in support of this year's Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones. —Listen HarderGirl Talk will release a short film on Sept. 21. It was shot in HD at Milwaukee's Congress Theater...
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I Read The News Today... For June 3, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff June 3, 2010 3:26 pm
Rush want Kentucky Republican senatorial candidate Rand "I'm really, really scary" Paul to stop using their music in his campaign. No wonder — who'd want their music to be associated with this? (Besides Ted Nugent, of course.) —World Entertainment News Network Wilco are sponsoring little league teams throughout Chicago and Northampton...
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Rufus Wainwright Declares His Shows Temporary No Clapping Zones

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) April 22, 2010 10:55 am
Rufus Wainwright has given his fans orders not to clap during his shows... part of them, at least. Don't worry, he's not just being difficult and turning into some kind of prima donna. It turns out he's asking his fans not to clap because he's got something specific planned for the gigs and doesn't want their clapping getting in the way. "...
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Rufus Wainwright Thinks 50 Cent Is Gay

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) April 13, 2010 3:10 pm
50 Cent's drawn attention before for saying he thinks Kanye West is "tri-sexual" because of some of his fashion choices, saying you only saw "[those kinds of clothes on] gay people" last year. So it was only a matter of time before someone turned Fiddy's shtick around on him and threw the "gay" label his way. That...
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Rufus Wainwright Now Battling For Gay Marriage

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) April 6, 2010 1:25 pm
Rufus Wainwright must have woken up to the fact that he won't be able to marry his boyfriend in the United States because he now says he's joined the fight for equal marriage. In 2008, Wainwright said he wasn't "a huge gay marriage supporter" and revealed he hadn't protested Proposition 8, the 2008 constitutional amendment that...
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Rufus Wainwright Salutes His Inner Lulu

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) February 16, 2010 2:08 pm
Rufus Wainwright's built his career writing simple pop songs, but he's much more high-minded than you'd think. The singer, who wrote an opera called Prima Donna last year, has written a new album inspired by Shakespeare's sonnets. All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu is out March 23 in Canada, April 5 in the U.K. and April 20 in the United States...
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Ten Reasons Kate McGarrigle Was Cool

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 19, 2010 11:25 am
Canadian folk singer/songwriter Kate McGarrigle has died of cancer at age 63. McGarrigle lost her battle with a rare form of cancer, clear cell sarcoma, and passed away Monday (Jan. 18) night in Montreal after going into a coma on Saturday (Jan. 16). Rather than dwell on the sadness of this artist's passing, we here at CHARTattack prefer to...
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Rufus Wainwright Plans To Tour U.K.

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By Mark Teo (CHARTattack) December 15, 2009 5:11 pm
This spring, it seems like piano troubador (and Zach Galifianakis favourite) Rufus Wainwright can't get enough of the United Kingdom. Wainwright has announced an April tour of the U.K., where he'll play songs from his upcoming album, All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu. He's reportedly putting the finishing touches on the disc, which will...
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Zach Galifianakis Says Rufus Wainwright Makes Him Want To Be Gay

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) December 2, 2009 4:24 pm
Comedian and actor Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover, What Happens In Vegas) has released his own iTunes playlist. There's a good deal of indie rock on it, including some Canadian content like Broken Social Scene and Rufus Wainwright. All of the tracks come with Galifianakis' explanations about why he chose them, which of course contain many...
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Rufus Live CD/DVD Coming

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) August 10, 2009 12:06 pm
Rufus Wainwright will release live CD and live DVD entitled Milwaukee At Last!!! Sept. 22 through Decca Records. The set was recorded on Aug. 27, 2007 at Milwaukee's Pabst Theater when Wainwright was touring behind 2007's Release The Stars. Most of the tracks on the CD are from that album. The DVD features the same tracks as the CD, plus an...
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