Jake Shears: Last News

The Scissor Sisters are embarking on a UK reunion tour next year and the general sale gets underway today.

Scissor Sisters have announced two intimate warm-up shows ahead of their UK and Ireland arena tour this spring.The band will play at Brighton’s Concorde 2 and Bristol’s SXW on May 7 and 8 respectively, marking their return to the stage for the first time in over a decade. Tickets will go on sale at 10am on Friday (March 28) – you can buy yours here.The string of dates is in celebration of the 20th anniversary of their self-titled debut album.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor was joined by Jessie Ware and Scissor Sisters‘ Jake Shears for her New Year’s Eve Disco BBC special. Check it out below.The pop star brought in 2025 with a huge headline set on BBC One and iPlayer.

Sophie Ellis Bextor's New Year's Eve TV special on the BBC drew mixed reactions, with some viewers describing the show as 'breathless, awkward and cringe. '

Elton John and Jake Shears’ new musical Tammy Faye has announced it will close just weeks after opening in New York City.The curtain will fall on the Broadway show for the last time on December 8 after receiving a number of poor reviews. It opened on November 14 at the Palace Theatre, while previews began on October 19.With music from John, lyrics by Scissor Sisters’ Shears and a book by James Graham, the show tells the story of the American televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker, who was imprisoned for fraud and conspiracy in 1989.By the time of its closure, the show will have run for 24 previews and 29 regular shows.

Tammy Faye, the Elton John-Jake Shears musical about televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker that opened last week to negative reviews, will close on December 8, less than a month after its official November 14 opening.

Scissor Sisters have spoken to NME about plans for their upcoming reunion tour – including their dreams of a Susan Boyle collab, thoughts on new material, the absence of Ana Matronic, and being labelled as a “gay band” in the past.The New York pop icons announced last week that they are returning as a trio comprising singer Jake Shears, bassist Babydaddy and guitarist Del Marquis. The group’s second vocalist, Ana Matronic, will not be joining the tour due to her podcasting commitments.Their 2025 UK arena tour will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their self-titled debut, home to hits including ‘Take Your Mama’, ‘Filthy/Gorgeous’ and ‘Laura’, which became the UK’s best-selling LP of 2004.In addition to performing the classic album in full among other hits, Scissor Sisters revealed that they intend to play ‘I Believe In You’, the 2004 Kylie Minogue single that Shears and Babydaddy co-wrote and produced.“We’ve never played it before in our sets, but I think it’s going to be fun to do,” Shears told NME.Babydaddy added: “She’s probably busy.

Scissor Sisters‘ upcoming UK comeback tour.The iconic New York pop-rock band announced their UK reunion tour today (October 31), where they will play their self-titled 2004 debut in full in honour of its 20th anniversary.Founding members Jake Shears, Babydaddy, and guitarist/bassist Del Marquis are set to perform together for the first time in over a decade. However, Ana Matronic (who also founded the band) was noticeably absent from the lineup; Scissor Sisters have said they would “honour” the vocalist on their upcoming tour.Speaking about her decision to not participate in the tour, Ana took to social media to write: “People familiar with my story and career arc will know that in the heart of this Showgirl lies a giant Nerd.

Scissor Sisters have announced their return with a huge 2025 UK anniversary tour of their self-titled debut album.The New York pop-rock band will reunite on stage for the first time in over a decade to perform a string of live dates across arenas in the UK and Ireland. Jake Shears, Babydaddy and Del Marquis will return on the comeback tour; vocalist Ana Matronic will not join due to being occupied with other projects.They are set to perform their debut album ‘Scissor Sisters’ in full for the first time ever in honour of its 20th anniversary.

Scissor Sisters are teasing their return, as well as some potential UK shows.The New York pop-rock band haven’t released an album since they went on an indefinite hiatus after 2012’s ‘Magic Hour‘. Since then, they haven’t performed together, although they briefly reunited to share a charity single ‘Swerlk’ – in collaboration with electronic singer MNDR – in 2017.Now though, it seems they might be coming back.

Lord of the Rings marathon on March 22, 2025 at the BFI IMAX which will be introduced by three-time Oscar-winning composer Howard Shore.Shore will also join Canadian film director and screenwriter in introducing screenings of the 1996 film Crash as well as 1998’s Dead Ringers.

Two-time Tony winner Michael Cerveris will play Rev. Jerry Falwell in this fall’s Broadway production of the musical Tammy Faye, which features music by Elton John, lyrics by Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears and a a book by Ink playwright James Graham.

Andrew Rannells was planning on reprising his role as Jim Bakker in the new Broadway musical Tammy Faye, but he dropped out after contract negotiations fell through.

St. Vincent has opened up about her 2018 video for ‘Fast Slow Disco’ and said that the gay actors were actually having sex in the video.The track was a reworking of her 2017 song ‘Slow Disco’ from her 2017 album ‘Masseduction’ and the video was inspired by Madonna‘s ‘Like A Prayer’, Annie Clark said in a new interview on the Queer The Music With Jake Shears podcast.“I always thought the song had more life and more potential than what it needed to be on the album. So I was like ‘why don’t I just do it again’ and ‘Like A Prayer’ is the very obvious tip of the hat,” she said.

Mae Muller and Self Esteem are set to perform as part of this week’s Club NME event. Grab free tickets here and find all the details below.The legendary Club NME series returned last September with Courteeners playing in London before Blossoms delivered a special show in Manchester earlier this year.On Friday (April 12) Club NME will take over London’s Scala in King’s Cross, with Muller due to deliver a live headline set at the venue.

Rufus Wainwright performed at London’s Royal Albert Hall this week for the BBC Proms – honouring Jeff Buckley as well duetting with Jake Shears as he played his classic albums ‘Want One’ and ‘Want Two’ in full.Joined by the BBC Concert Orchestra on Tuesday (September 5) to deliver two separate sets to mark the 20th anniversary of his breakthrough third album ‘Want One’ from 2003 and the 2004 sister record ‘Want Two’, the night saw a fittingly opulent, full-bodied and sumptuous delivery of Wainwright’s most essential work.Towards the end of the second set for ‘Want Two’, Wainwright invited the billed special guest of Scissor Sisters‘ Jake Shears to the stage for closer ‘Old Whore’s Diet’, and noted how they used to date.“I do have to tell you a little story about the two of us, many years ago,” Wainwright began.“We went to a concert – Ween in Philadelphia. We made out in the car, it was lovely.

If you weren't at Manchester Pride this weekend, you missed out. Big time.

Manchester Pride 2023 is finally here and with it brings four days of activism, party, protest and fun.

Manchester Pride 2023 has arrived in the city-region just in time for the August bank holiday weekend and it’s jam packed full with plenty of things to do.

Manchester Pride 2023 is just around the corner and it is set to be a weekend to remember.

Jake Shears and Self Esteem have joined the cast of the West End production of Cabaret – watch the official preview video below.Soloist and Scissor Sisters vocalist Shears will join the ‘Prioritise Pleasure’ singer-songwriter (real name Rebecca Lucy Taylor) onstage at the Playhouse Theatre’s Kit Kat Club from September 25 to January 20.The pair are stepping into the lead roles of Emcee and Sally Bowles, respectively. They’ll take over from current cast members Maude Apatow (Euphoria) and Mason Alexander Park (Quantum Leap).In a statement, Taylor said: “I’ve never made a secret of my love of theatre and I couldn’t be more excited about getting to make my stage debut as one of the greatest leads of all time.“I’ve joked for years that there is no need for a Self Esteem musical because Sally’s story covers most of the points.