These days, with more and more public figures coming forward about their sexuality, it was only a matter of time that we here at TheBacklot.com put together a list of the most influential and intriguing openly gay and bisexual male musicians of the past century. Compiling a list like this was no small feat.
While we’ve limited this to only 50 musicians, the number of openly gay artists far surpasses that number, and we’re sure you will likely spot an artist near and dear to your heart that we left out. Trust us that it was not done in malice. We simply tried to assemble a list of those artists we feel have been both successful in their careers while also raising awareness toward gay rights issues and giving back to the community in which they belong.
A PARISH clerk in wellies and a man with a hip replacement have been praised after helping thwart a street mugging. The drama unfolded in Atherton Street, Durham, while the city’s parish clerk Adam Shanley was on a walkabout on Wednesday of the area with residents and Durham County Council officers. Mr Shanley said: “I heard a young woman screaming they’ve stolen my purse and these guys ran up the hill. “The neighbourhood warden Paul Rutherford immediately ran out and caught one of them. “Myself and resident Mike Costello ran after the other man and caught him. I got a picture of him but he managed to escape before the police arrived.
Welcome to the pleasuredome. Updated on 13 December 2020
By early 1985, Liverpool pop band Frankie Goes To Hollywood could do no wrong. Having just released the fourth cut from their debut album, Welcome To The Pleasuredome in March, and with a new album incoming, the future of this stylish and overtly sexual group seemed assured. While the world of videogames was grasping the promotional power of riding on another property s coat tails, a game focused on this most idiosyncratic of bands was hardly a natural fit. But that didn t appear to worry Manchester software house Ocean.
At this time, Ocean was still using its favoured developers, Denton Designs, for many of its projects. Forged from the fallout of the collapse of Imagine Software the previous year, Denton Designs was swiftly establishing a reputation for original and inventive games. Everybody knew the band, and working on the Spectrum version was veteran coder John Gibson.
How three ordinary heroes stepped in to stop Durham city centre mugging
Adam Shanley, Paul Rutherford and Mike Costello ran to the aid of a woman on Atherton Street
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Three men have been hailed “heroes” after catching an alleged mugger in Durham city centre.
Best Frankie Goes To Hollywood Songs: 80s Pop Masterpieces
Best Frankie Goes To Hollywood Songs: 80s Pop Masterpieces
Frankie Goes To Hollywood were the epitome of 80s excess, the singular sound of a band trying to push the sound of pop music into the future.
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From the moment their first single “Relax” was banned by the BBC for its explicit sexual content,
Frankie Goes To Hollywood became the biggest music stars in Britain. And while the group’s fame proved to be fleeting, they left behind a run of groundbreaking songs that are among the most creative, provocative, and successful of the 1980s.