Day: January 19, 2023

Containing six decades worth of hits, Farewell Yellow Brick Road is set to be one of the most iconic tours to ever reach New Zealand. To celebrate, express reveals the eye-opening back stories behind some of the biggest hits that Elton John will perform in his final farewell to Aotearoa.   Farewell Yellow Brick Road will […]

Ahead of his largest NZ tour to date, the iconic DJ Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim sat down with Auckland’s own DJ Jordan Eskra to spill the tea on his career, life, and love for rainbow communities.  In his own words, Norman is a 59-year-old father of two and quite a responsible member of society. […]

Historian Gareth Watkins unearths January dates from that past that have had a significant impact on today’s queer community. 8-9 January 1977 The first meeting of the National Gay Rights Coalition of NZ was held in Wellington. The diversity of activist and social rainbow groups had been growing since the early 1970s. The coalition offered […]

A disturbing recording of Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich describing himself as a “fascist homophobe” has been leaked by the country’s public broadcaster Kan. The recording features the finance minister and deputy speaker of the Knesset (Israel’s parliament), Smotrich, outing himself as a “fascist homophobe” while adding that he “won’t stone gays.” In the recording where […]