Arts PREVIEW: Sandra Bernhard @Ronnie Scott’s Expect the unexpected from performer, actress, singer Sandra Bernhard who will be appearing at Ronnie Scott’s with her first UK performance in seven years. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Rainbow Chorus Christmas Concert Nothing marks the start of the Christmas season proper as clearly as a festive concert, and the Rainbow Chorus certainly declared the season well and truly open on Saturday night (December 9). By Andrew Kay • 2 min read
Arts MUSIC REVIEW: Steven Taetz – too cool for your yule? A look at Canadian Jazz-pop singer Steven Taetz’s newest work, just in time for Christmas. It may not be Christmas yet, but when I sat down to listen to Canadian Jazz-pop singer Steven Taetz’s new Christmas E.P it certainly felt like it. Straight away an uptempo rendition of the old favourite Cool Y By Ray A-J • 8 min read
Arts MUSIC REVIEW: Bananarama @The Brighton Centre Ladies, you’ve been gone too long! Flashing devil horns and baggy dungarees collided as the darlings of chaotic 80s pop, Bananarama, skidded into the Brighton Centre as part of their Original Line-Up Tour – the first, and possibly last, live tour featuring the three founding members! By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Pink Punk coronates a new Queen Up-and-coming LGBT pink punk band Queen Zee and the Sasstones released their newest single Idle crown on November 24 – two months after their debut album Eat my Sass. With their 2018 tour alongside the Mamozets, the Liverpool gang are breaking down gender barriers, sharing their dysphoria with the By Ray A-J • 1 min read
Arts Local LGBT+ singers come together for World AIDS Day concert tonight (December 1) Actually Gay Men’s Chorus, Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus and Rainbow Chorus join forces once again to organise the annual fundraising concert for World AIDS Day. Funds raised from the concert will be donated to Lunch Positive, the HIV lunch club, who will be on hand serving mulled wine and mince pies on By Besi • 2 min read
Arts OPERA REVIEW: Marnie @ENO Daughter. Liar. Wife. Thief. She has been running for so long, no one knows the real Marnie, least of all herself. A world premiere opera from composer Nico Muhly, with a libretto by Nicholas Wright, Marnie is based on the novel by Winston Graham although alludes to the Hitchcock film. It examines t By Eric Page • 5 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Pink Singers to raise the roof on World AIDS Day This year’s ‘World AIDS Day Concert’ in London with The Pink Singers will raise support for the National AIDS Trust, and will include guest singers and Rainbow Singers Across Borders. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts TRAUMFRAU: The queer migrant takeover party Borders are closing and migrants are being vilified across the UK, both systemically and on the streets. Traumfrau think it’s time to rebalance the power and give migrant friends a platform by throwing a party and celebrating everything migrants bring to the UK! By Besi • 2 min read
Arts MUSIC PREVIEW: Neon Moon by Matthew Callow Neon Moon is a gay love song and the title track of the new album by British synth-pop artist Matthew Callow. The album is due for release early in 2018 and features forty fives minutes of original material. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts MUSIC REVIEW: Jake Shears @Heaven There are gigs where you can feel a collective audience groan as the artist you’ve adored for years introduces another new song from their forthcoming solo album. Jake Shears was asking for a whole lotta patience from the crowd at Tuesday night’s London gig who had yet to hear a good 80% of his set By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 2 min read
Arts FEATURE: Friends Like These Carol Decker and T’Pau may seem an unlikely band of gay icons, but in 1987 they and their music were my gay teenage saviours. The album Bridge of Spies, now celebrating its 30th anniversary, saw me through my lonely angsty teenage years. I’d spend hours every week locked in my room “climbing the wal By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 4 min read
