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Jake Shears on the return of Scissor Sisters, mental health and coming out

Graham Robson November 12, 2024

Bimini has launched the latest episode of their podcast, with Jake Shears talking about the return of Scissor Sisters, mental health and coming out. A bold and fearless voice in music, Jake Shears has pushed boundaries and broken records. Both as the frontman of Scissor Sisters and with his solo records, Jake has sold millions […]

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Music

FILTHY/GORGEOUS: ‘Take your mama out’ next spring for the return of queer band, Scissor Sisters

Graham Robson October 31, 2024

Queer band Scissor Sisters are reuniting after more than a decade of not touring together for an arena tour of the UK and Ireland. The flamboyant US pop rock group, known for the songs Filthy/Gorgeous, I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ and Take Your Mama, have been on an indefinite hiatus since 2012 after they told […]

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Arts

MUSIC REVIEW: Everything You’ll Ever Need – Jake Shears’ flies solo

Craig Hanlon-Smith August 14, 2018

Jake Shears and his Scissor Sisters were the stealth queens of LGBT+ acceptance and progress upon these island shores now more than a decade ago. It was almost as if under the cover of darkness their uplifting brand of acceptable queer stage performance dragged the wider heterosexual music buying public unwittingly into the circus and our heterosexual brother in-laws and their mates were proud of their 02 Arena show tickets even though they’re a bunch of gays.

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Community News

Pride in the sky from Thomas Cook Airlines

Besi Besemar June 11, 2018

Holiday company celebrates Manchester Pride Festival this year with specially branded plane. Thomas Cook Airlines shows support for Manchester Pride from 35,000 feet in the air by emblazoning one of its long-haul aircraft with a special rainbow edition of the airline’s heart logo.

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Arts

Rita Ora to headline Manchester Pride

Besi Besemar April 26, 2018

Rita Ora, Jake Shears, Sigala, Alexandra Burke, Nadine Coyle and Louise head up Manchester Pride’s Big Weekend in August.

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Arts

BOOK REVIEW: Boys Keep Swinging: A Memoir by Jake Shears

April 4, 2018

All the way up and down, in and out and every which way he can Shears is searingly honest and this makes this autobiography a rare thing, a popstar who can write beautifully and entertain on the page as much on the stage. Sigh, he’s such a hottie!

Recommended.

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