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On April 23, 1961, Judy Garland took the stage at New York City's Carnegie Hall and, by all accounts, tore the roof off the sucker. The performance is the stuff of legend: Just ask Rufus Wainwright, who's spent the past years performing a tribute to the performance and to the memory of Garland herself. A CD/DVD set collecting a pair of Wainwright's recent performances of Garland's material will be released December 4 from Geffen.

Featuring musical direction by noted Broadway maestro Stephen Oremus, the Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall CD finds Mr. Wainwright taking the same stage as his late muse in an October 2006 performance. The accompanying DVD, Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy! Live at the London Palladium, captures Wainwright's antics in the UK earlier this year. Both were reportedly inspired by the comfort Wainwright took in Garland's music following the September 11 attacks, a rejection of "this blissful ignorance of the state of America" which Wainwright felt took over in the wake of that tragedy.

Wainwright, currently touring Europe, has quite a few gigs all over the world in the next few months. Those dates after the jump.

Rufus Wainwright:

11-15 Basel, Switzerland - Avo Sessions
11-16 Brussels, Belgium - Cirque Royal
11-18 Nantes, France - Auditorium 800
11-19 Paris, France - Casino De Paris
11-20 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Heineken Music Hall
11-22 Grenoble, France - Maison De La Culture
11-23 Vienna, Austria - Arena Vienna
11-24 Milan, Italy - Milan Conservatorio
11-26 Munich, Germany - Herkulessaal
11-27 Frankfurt, Germany - Alte Oper
11-29 Hamburg, Germany - Kampnagel
11-30 Berlin, Germany - RBB Sendesaal
12-02 Stockholm, Sweden - Cirkus Arena
12-03 Oslo, Norway - Konserthus
12-05 Aarhus, Denmark - Musikhuset Aarhus
12-07 Lille, France - Theatre Sebastopol
12-20 Stroudsburg, PA - Sherman Theater
12-21 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
12-22 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
12-29 Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues
12-31 Los Angeles, CA - Walt Disney Hall *
01-03 Pittsburgh, PA - Carnegie Music Hall
01-04 Wilmington, DE - Grand Opera House
01-05 Tarrytown, NY - Tarrytown Music Hall
01-10 Aspen, CO - Belly Up Aspen
01-12 New Brunswick, NJ - State Theatre
01-20 Nagoya, Japan - Diamond Hall
01-21 Osaka, Japan - Namba Hatch
01-23 Tokyo, Japan - International Forum Hall
01-27 Brisbane, Australia - The Tivoli
01-29 Sydney, Australia - State Theatre
02-01 Melbourne, Australia - Hamer Hall
02-02 Melbourne, Australia - Hamer Hall
02-04 Auckland, New Zealand - The Studio
02-07 Adelaide, Australia - Norwood Concert Hall
02-09 Perth, Australia - Perth Concert Hall

* with Belinda Carlisle