The next night at Disgraceland Sydney I performed Telephone with Gaga’s dancers and crew in the audience, again wrapped in the Caution tape, and no, it was not the same Caution tape from the night before. A few days past and I was rehearsing for my show at Disgraceland Melbourne, I got a call asking if I wanted to perform at her birthday party. OH MY GOD. I was so excited to be performing for my queen, such an honour.

The big day arrived and we headed to Canberra, I did a little walk through of the picturesque Botanical Gardens which is where the party was to be held later that night and then back to the hotel to tizz my self up for the celebrations. I entered just after the main course wearing a gold bubble dress singing Sweet Transvestite. She sat watching with a big grin on her face as I danced through the crowd and played up to everyone. When I got to the second verse I danced over to Gaga and gave her a bit of a lap dance, I then jumped up onto the table and brought the song home, dancing on the dinner table top, for the final moment, her singers and dancers behind me filling in the backing vocals on “Sweet Transvestite”. It was pretty bloody gay! After that number I acted as the MC as the cake was brought out and I lead the crowd in an accapella version of Happy Birthday.

Later on it was my job to lead Gaga and her Dad down a little bush track to an out door cinema that had been set up. The path was dark and slippery and rocky. Gaga looked at me and said “Oh dear, this looks dangerous, should I take off my shoes?”. I was most relieved at this because i was concerned for my  self walking in my heels, let along her in her amazing 6″ Armani Privé, Swarovski encrusted, works of art! I didn’t want to be the person responsible for breaking Lady Gaga. So we took our shoes off and held hands as we walked down the path and chatted. We then arrived at the open air cinema where everyone sat down on beanbags and big comfy chairs and we all watch Avatar on the big screen. Quite surreal.

The whole night was so sweet and fun and strangely very normal. A whole bunch of people getting together to celebrate the birthday of their friend., Gaga might be the biggest star in the world right now, but at the end of the day she is still a fellow human being like you or like me. It was really humbling and wonderful to be apart of and a definite career highlight! I got a vibe from Gaga that was so warm and loving and creative. She seemed so genuine and every bit true to herself and her marvelous creation. She watched me perform with a beaming smile on her face, gave me a most genuine warm hug, and chatted so casually with me. She is a true entertainer and most definitely an inspiration to me and so many others around the world. Thank you Gaga for being you and thank you to the greater-good that I got to sing for you at your birthday party! What an honour!

From Sydney Confidential 15/4/10:

From Fox FM 15/4/10:

Disgraceland is every Friday night at Nevermind 169 Oxford St Darlinghurst Sydney Australia. Doors open at 10pm.

So yesterday was my first day skiing on the beautiful Whistler Mountain in Canada. Winter PRIDE has had such a vibe on the mountain and the apres have been packed

Aware of my official duties, performing at the Fashion Parade and Final of Mr Gay World, and of course my new FAKE show opening at the Shift on Friday the 13th and the debut of Gentlemen Prefer Bloke, I decided to take the green ski runs down the mountain (they are the beginners ones). I spent about 45 minutes going up the mountain in the gondolas and chair lifts in awe of the stillness and beauty.

I met some lovely fellow Gay Ski Weekers on the Peak to Peak Gondola and they invited me to join them, we were whizzing along on the brisk, fresh snow when I lost sight of them ahead of me. I wasn’t sure if they went right or left, they went right, I went left. Somehow i deviated off the Green trail and onto something a little more treacherous. Aware of the danger I tried to slow down, unfortunately my right ski twisted underneath me and broke my leg. Initially I was sure that it was just a bruise and i would be fine to get up after a few moments rest. Unfortunately that was not so and I was tobogganed on the back of a snow mobile all the way down the hill before being taken to the Whistler Medical Center in an Ambulance.

Once there I got something for the paid and some X-rays which revealed that I had   broken my lower right tibia and fibula. *Ouch*. I was then transported to a bigger hospital in Vancouver when I was operated on today and had metal plates put into my leg. I have managed to spike someone WiFi and am writing this post from my hospital bed. I am hoping that they will let me out on Saturday so I can make it back up to Whistler to fulfil my duties and perform at the final of Mr Gay World… albeit in a wheelchair. Fingers crossed.

The biggest lesson I have learnt from this is:: ALWAYS GET TRAVEL INSURANCE!!! Thank god my Father insisted on me renewing my yearly travel insurance before i went to Europe in July. I would not have bothered if Dad had not repeatedly brought it up. Thank you Dad!

*Warning* This post was written under the influence of Morphine, I will proof it again in the morning!

I have arrived in Whistler, Canada today for Gay Ski Week! It is so beautiful and there is soft snow falling. I flew over with the Australia & New Zealand delegates for Mr Gay World and Andrew Cregh, editor of DNA Magazine. I fell asleep before take off and only woke up at meal times! The perfect flight, direct from Sydney to Vancouver!

This is the first time I have seen snow falling! I have been to NZ Gay Ski Week and to Thredbo, but I have only seen already fallen snow, or man-made snow… not quite the same.

Day One entailed some looking around the Village, some grocery shopping, a quick trip to the welcome drinks followed by dinner with Eric, Carlos & Tore from Mr Gay World and the lovely Andrew, at a delicious Italian restaurant called Trattoria Umberto’s, after that we popped into ..? Bufalo Bills for a click and a shimmy. It was quiet until the DJ droped Beyonce Single Ladies  then all of a sudden the gays were off and dancing and you could not get them off the floor!

I will be performing on Thursday night at the United Colors of  Winter PRIDE Fashion Show and on Saturday night at the grand final of Mr Gay World! There is such an action packed week of events I can’t wait. Make sure you check out the delegates for Mr Gay World and go to Manhunt to vote for your favourite online!

I am very excited for the 2009 Mardi Gras Festival. The Festival Guide gets launched today and all of the exciting acts will be revealed. I know Joan Rivers, Alan Cummngs & Roberta Flack are all included in the line-up which sounds fabby!

Trevor Ashley and I are teaming forces as well to bring to the stage a very camp musical comedy titled Gentlemen Prefer Blokes. Trevor Ashley, Phil Scott, Tony Taylor and myself have been working on the show for months now, and we are just getting ready to film some camp video sketches to stitch the madness together.

We open in Parramatta at the Riverside Theaters on February the 19th (the day after my birthday) and then in Sydney at the Civic Hotel Underground on the 20th of February all the way through to the 6th of March. The Civic has undergone some very glamorous refreshments featuring state of the art lighting and sound, white leather, mirrors and perspex for days!

You can go to GentlemenPreferBlokes.com  to find out more and to book tickets. Or click below to skip straight to the booking page.

To book for Parramatta CLICK HERE

To book for Sydney CLICK HERE

The gorgeous Heath filled in last week for Daniel Slater, who is back this week much to the enjoyment of his appreciation society. We are already half way through our run so if you havn’t seen the shows yet please come on down. And for those of you who will never get the chance to see it live… here is a youtube link for you:

This Friday & Saturday night I am performing with the band at The Cairns Reef Casino. I can’t wait to get up to Cairns and it’s beautiful warm sunshine and I can’t wait to perform with the band again! It has been a while. I even have a support act! How excitement! See you there! Click here for the details 

My trip to the UK & Europe kicked off with a visit to Oxford for their Pride celebrations. Oxford was a beautiful place and it was so nice to get out and see different parts of England. It was like being on the set of a movie, cobblestone streets and Ye Olde Worlde Shoppe’s everwhere. The lovely Mazz Image was my host whilst I was there as she was head of the organising committee for Pride. She did a marvelous job pulling together Oxfords extended gay scene with a fun day in the park as well as Oxfords first ever Pride march. I performed in the park and also at the afterparty. Thank you to Mazz & Julian for taking care of me whilst I was there.

12/7/08 Oxford Pride – 5:20pm

16/7/08 Dusty O’s Birthday Ball – Soho Revue Bar – Late

27/7/08 The 2 Brewers – Clapham 9:30pm £3 entry – 40 minute set