Guardian Music — They can creep, they can crawl, and in some cases you can accidentally swallow them. What's bugging you?The subject of first love threw up a lot of questions. Mainly, would songs that remind you of your first love count? Well, no. No they wouldn't. W... more info

Perez Hilton — Singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright's first opera, Prima Donna, is set to premiere in the UK this July! After being turned away from the Metropolitan Opera in New York (the singer refused to change the language of the libretto from French to English)... more info

Guardian Music — Biennial event highlights electro pioneers, Lou Reed and new Wainwright operaThey're both as Manchester as you can get and both immensely respected for their artistic excellence, so there was a sense of appropriateness when yesterday it was announced... more info

The Independent — An opera by the singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright is to have its world debut in Manchester after being turned down by the New York Met. The Canadian's first foray into the world of opera, Prima Donna, was commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera in N... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — words & photos by Jacob Blickenstaff At the City Winery last week (3/4), Rufus Wainwright put together an acoustic, unamplified show lit only by candle light to promote BlackoutSabbath, a kind of grass roots conservation thing inspired by the improvi... more info

Idolator — One of the benefits to surrounding yourself with friends obsessed to a greater or lesser degree with pop culture is that you're rarely lacking for agreeably inane chitchat during late-night bull sessions or trips to the bar. When they're smart people... more info

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Buzzgrinder — When I listen to Michael Zapruder's latest solo effort (is it a solo album if you have 15 people on the album?), I get a lot of stuff. There's some Rufus Wainwright, Arcade Fire, Vic Chesnutt, and maybe even a little Beck. Then there's the wide ran... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Effortless and acrobatic are two words that could describe Martha Wainwright [ tickets ]'s singing voice--which isn't surprising when one considers her lineage: father Loudon Wainwright III [ tickets ] and mother Canadian folk singer... more info

All About Jazz — By: Dennis Cook Cut me in quadrants Leave me in the corner Oh now it's passing Oh now I'm dancing There's a resounding otherness to Antony Hegarty. Suspended between maleness and femininity, his voice cuts with the diamond edge of Edith Piaf or Mar... more info