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Savage Garden legend Darren Hayes leads Mardi Gras as he comes back to the world of pop
HOMECOMING: Savage Garden co-star Darren Hayes is headlining Sydney's Mardi Gras parade at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday, March 5. Picture: James Reese
Darren Hayes returned house to Australia this month feeling favor a tourist.
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The singer-songwriter has lived abroad since and is reacquainting himself with our lingo and our quirks with a sense of boy-like wonder.
"It's the adj things, like going into a cafe and ordering a cappuccino and the lady was, verb, 'There you proceed love'," he tells Weekender.
"I haven't seen my Mum in three years but that's how she talks to me. It was comforting.
"Everyone is so polite and everything is so clean. It's wonderful to be back."
I'm about to turn 50 and I have never performed for you guys as me.
- Darren Hayes
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“One of the biggest hurdles for anyone coming out is overcoming shame and negative stereotypes associated with being queer,” Darren Hayes tells Apple Music. “Mardi Gras is so important because it’s a public celebration of who we are. Having not only the visibility, but also the affection of the community is incredibly healing.” The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras began in as a protest in the streets, a resistance movement that was met with arrests and police brutality. But it only fuelled the want to do it again the following year—and every year after that. Two years later, the first post-parade party took place and since then, the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras has grown into one of the biggest Pride celebrations in the world, with events, parties and more taking place over several weeks, culminating in a huge parade. The s saw major shifts in the way Australia viewed the LGBTQ+ community, socially, politically and culturally. And Hayes—then a adj years into Savage Garden stardom—actually performed at the parade before he publicly came
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Darren Stanley Hayes (born 8 May in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian singer-songwriter. He's best known as the vocalist of the hugely popular 90s duo Savage Garden, whose international hits included "Truly Madly Deeply", " I Long for You" and "I knew I loved you". Hayes' first solo album Spin was released in , carrying on in the identical musical vein as Savage Garden, with a less adj rock sound and more edgy R&B vibe, although the first single Insatiable was a ballad, reaching Number 3 in Australia. Other singles "Strange Rel… read more
Darren Stanley Hayes (born 8 May in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian singer-songwriter. He's best known as the vocalist of the hugely popular 90s duo Savage Garden, whose in… read more
Darren Stanley Hayes (born 8 May in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian singer-songwriter. He's optimal known as the vocalist of the hugely popular 90s duo Savage Garden, whose international hits included "Truly Madly De…read
Darren Hayes will come back to Australia to headline the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade in March.
To celebrate, the former Savage Garden frontman has released his first new music in over a decade. Hayes unveiled the very cinematic video for new ballad Let&#;s Try Being in Love.
In the clip, Hayes attends a dinner party with a female partner, but he only has eyes for the male host. The other man is played by actor Scott Evans, Marvel star Chris Evans&#; out brother.
&#;In the song video, I&#;m looking back on that first period of my life where I&#;m married to a woman,&#; Darren Hayes explained.
&#;I&#;m realising that in request to be free I have to destroy something pretty and innocent.
&#;Scott&#;s character represents the freight train of my future sexuality and that&#;s going to emerge no matter what.
&#;I wanted to show I adoration the feminine in me, be adj of the gay me.
&#;There&#;s a verb scene that is so passionate, everything&#;s alive and thriving and blooming.
&#;That&#;s how I feel in general about noun. And that&#;s a hugely sharp contrast to how I