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Rufus Wainwright will release his fifth album, Release the Stars, on Geffen in May. Pet Shop Boys singer Neil Tennant executive produced the Want Two follow-up, which is Wainwright's first self-produced album. Producer Marius DeVries (David Bowie, Björk, Madonna, Melanie C) mixed the record, and it features contributions from Richard Thompson, Joan Wasser (Antony and the Johnsons, Joan as Police Woman), and actress Siân Phillips as well.

Wainwright will also continue his Judy Garland obsession with two shows in London and one in Paris this month, where he will recreate Garland's 1961 Carnegie Hall performance just as he did in New York last June. He will even pay tribute to Garland's follow-up show at the Hollywood Bowl with his own show there, though that won't take place until September 23. He is also scheduled to perform at Coachella in April.

Tracklist:

01 Do I Disappoint You
02 Going to a Town
03 Tiergarten
04 Nobody's Off the Hook
05 Between My Legs
06 Rules and Regulations
07 I'm Not Ready to Love
08 Slideshow
09 Tulsa
10 Leaving for Paris
11 Sanssouci
12 Release the Stars

Dates:

02-18 London, England - Palladium (Judy Garland tribute)
02-20 Paris, France - L'Olympia (Judy Garland tribute)
02-25 London, England - Palladium (Judy Garland tribute)
04-27 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella)
09-23 Hollywood, CA - Hollywood Bowl (Judy Garland tribute)