"All star charity concert for trans rights"

[FuriousAndFrustrated]

Spotted on the Guardian today:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/nov/28/sugababes-sophie-ellis-bextor-wolf-alice-and-more-to-play-all-star-charity-concert-for-trans-rights

Raising money for the kimono-clad fox-killer's "Good" Law Project.

Definitely one to avoid!

You made me listen to Adam Lambert! Sounds like routine pop to me. Not a bad voice.

For £12.50 it's almost tempting but the prospect of a giant Jolyon Maugham trying to be down with the kids on a mahoosive screen is the off-putting bit for me tbh. It's bad enough when he's pontificating and the size of a large postage stamp on my phone.

Adam Lambert does have an incredible voice. American Idol used to be a favourite in this house, and although he came second for some reason he's the best performer/singer I've ever seen on there, he could do anything.

I wonder if this was s to do with their management. They may have contracts that release them to do personal appearances for causes that they believe in but they have to happen outside of their contracted promo work/ gigs?

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will he wear a crisp collared shirt with a rolled up sleeve, do you think?

and will Shone Faye spend the whole evening backstage trying to avoid eye contact with Jolly after the cringe ‘slide into your DMs’ incident?

Adam Lambert has been on Instagram, Youtube, Bluesky and Facebook bigging up the Wembley event.

Not recently. I can't see where he has posted anything about it on Instagram. He's not even on on Bluesky. Facebook doesn't show him saying anything about it. Can't see anything on YouTube either. Do you mean that adverts for it have been showing up? Because he hasn't been posting about it, afaics.

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Pink news is probably your best bet isn't it? Theyve got a report on Olly Alexander the Barnaby made real speaking to the independent

https://nitter.net/PinkNews/status/2031101504245936262#m

Given that their management almost certainly run their SM - that's standard contract stuff - it's is quite the conundrum that a sector so long so full-bore behind all things QT is being so coy about their turns appearing at this bunfight.

Only tickets available now are the "ambulatory" or else it's goes straight to VIP tickets package.

Now starting at £117

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Now I look at the dates of the reels, they are all mid December.

I can see tickets available in N9, N11, S7, S9 and S11. And some resales dotted about.

Yep, most of the blocks are about half sold, I think. Which is still a decent audience. If they'd gone for a smaller venue it would have been a perfectly respectable gig. Wembley was a bit daft.

It’s the “Live Aid” delusion, innit.

I guess for.people who think it's possible to change sex, a Wembley-sized delusion is positively modest.

Surprised they didn't go for Knebworth

Knebworth is outside London.

There is an interview - NotAPhase comms person talking to Olly Alexander for QueerAF - here

I gave up half an hour in, but if you fancy it...

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/transmission-the-story-behind-the-concert-fighting-for-trans-rights/

Hubris. Entitlement.

I bet JM will spend the rest of his life telling people that he did a show at Wembley (and leave them to imagine Stadium rather than Arena).

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Live Aid was held in the old Wembley Stadium (capacity 72,000) not Wembley Arena (capacity 12,500).

Fair point but I think the name still suggests that level of concert.

Tbh I didn’t know and many other people won’t make that distinction.

Absolutely - I wouldnt have known the difference! I guess thats a good way to say you've 'sold out wembley', and give the impression of a vast enormous show.

I wonder if it will be possible to find out how much it has raised (clue: it will be a minus amount of money). Presumably as a private company the Good Law Project won't have to release any figures. All that money they raised to take the government to court will instead be offsetting a music event.