Scissor Sisters frontman Jake Shears sat down with the iconic Holly Johnson, front man of Frankie Goes To Hollywood, for a festive edition of Queer the Music to discuss the 1984 UK number one single and enduring Christmas song, The Power of Love, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this Christmas. The Power of Love came […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 list.
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