Rufus Wainwright tickets

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Rufus Wainwright was born in 1973 in Rhinebeck, NY to two folk singers and began studying piano at six years of age, first touring at 13 with his family. At 14 years of age, he received his first music award nomination, a 1989 Best Original Song Genie Award for his tune I'm a-Runnin from the movie

Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller

. Over his career, Rufus Wainwright has released nine studio and three live albums along with three compilation albums, three Extended Plays, four video albums, nine music videos and nine singles. He has also contributed to 78 other albums as well as toured extensively around the world, and

Rolling Stone Magazine

chose him as the Best New Artist of 1998.

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'The Rufus Wainwright Rainbow'

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An openly gay and politically active performer, Rufus Wainwright has received several nominations and awards from outside the music industry, including major organizations representing the LGBT community, including the Gay & Lesbian American Music Award in 1998 for Best Debut Artist, and five of seven Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) awards for which he was nominated. Rufus Wainwright also won the Juno Awards for Best Alternative Album in consecutive years:

Rufus Wainwright

(1999) and

Poses

(2002). In 2008, Rufus Wainwright was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for

Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall

, which was one of 35 major award nominations Rufus Wainwright has received, of which he has won 10.

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'Where can I buy Rufus Wainwright tickets?'

'You can buy your Rufus Wainwright tickets and check his upcoming performances at StubHub.'

'What can I expect from Rufus Wainwright?'

'Rufus Wainwright plays a blend of rock, baroque and operatic pop, indie pop and opera. He has a tenor singing voice with a warm timbre. In addition to singing, Rufus Wainwright plays guitar and keyboards and often switches back and forth between them in live performances. When on piano, Rufus Wainwright only plays Steinway pianos. Many of his songs feature rich orchestration and musical accompaniment, including horns, strings, ragtime beats and opera-like choruses. The topics of Rufus Wainwright's songs range among themes of literature, opera, politics, pop culture and love.'

'What are the names of some Rufus Wainwright songs?'

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At any Rufus Wainwright show, you're likely to hear several of his singles, including Across the Universe, Going to a Town, Hallelujah, I Don't Know What It Is, Me and Liza, Oh What a World, Rules and Regulations, Sword of Damocles, The One You Love and Tiergarten as well as other tracks off his studio albums like

What One

and

Want Two

,

Release the Stars

,

Songs for Lulu

,

All Days Are Nights

,

Out of the Game

,

9 Shakespeare Sonnets

and

Take All My Loves

.

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'Who has played with Rufus Wainwright live before?'

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Rufus Wainwright's sister Martha Wainwright often performs live with him on backing vocals. Rufus Wainwright has opened for

Sloan

,

Roxy Music

,

Tori Amos

,

Sting

,

Keane

,

Cyndi Lauper

,

Erasure

and

Debbie Harry

.

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'Where can I see a Rufus Wainwright show?'

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Rufus Wainwright has headlined nine tours, most recently the

All These Poses Anniversary Tour

in 2018 and 2019. This tour hit sites throughout the US, Canada, Europe, Japan and Oceania. Within the US, stops include the

Masonic Auditorium

in San Francisco, Calif., the

Vic Theatre

in Chicago, Ill., and the

Beacon Theater

in New York City. Among the Canadian stops include the

Queen Elizabeth Theater

in Toronto, Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier in Montreal and Southern Hall in Ottawa.

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'Who are Rufus Wainwright's influences?'

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The musical influences you may detect in a Rufus Wainwright performance include

Leonard Cohen

,

Randy Newman

and

Burt Bacharach

.

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