< 1 min read As the Mr Gay Pride Australia competition heads toward its 2022 finale this weekend at Rainbow on the Plains Festival in Hay NSW, nine judges have been announced to help select this year’s winner.
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Steve Mason has announced that he will release his new album, ‘Brothers & Sisters’, next year. Alongside the announcement, he’s also released new single ‘No More’, featuring Javed Bashir.“To me, this record is a massive ‘fuck you’ to Brexit”, says Mason of the album.
“And a giant ‘fuck you’ to anyone that is terrified of immigration, because there is nothing that immigration has brought to this country that isn’t to be applauded. Can you imagine what this place would be like without [immigration]? I mean what would it be like? Cornish pasties and morris dancing?”Of the single, he adds: “This track is about imperialism and, in a subtle way, relative to some of my other work, references Australia, partition and Africa through a combination of lyrics and music.
I like to imagine the spirits of these cultures and people haunting the families who profited and were involved in their destruction down through the generations. Never giving them real peace”.“I can never square in my mind the idea of going to a new country with such horror in mind and struggle to believe that those who carry out such deeds are in fact human”, he goes on.
“Sitting in incredible splendour with everything around you, dripping in the blood of incredible and ancient civilisations”.“This subject has been gone over in depth by many highly intelligent people over the years and is of course nothing new”, he concludes, “but given the message behind this ‘fuck Brexit/pro immigration’ album I felt a little history and context was needed”.‘Brother & Sisters’ is set for release on 3 Mar. Mason also sets off on tour later this month and has announced new dates in April and May.
< 1 min read As the Mr Gay Pride Australia competition heads toward its 2022 finale this weekend at Rainbow on the Plains Festival in Hay NSW, nine judges have been announced to help select this year’s winner.
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