Rock on with REBEL REBEL

DAVID Bowie’s song Rebel Rebel has been covered by Bruce Springsteen, Rickie Lee Jones and even the Bay City Rollers.

Ballarat is about to hear it like never before when the Melbourne Gay and Lesbian Chorus brings its show REBEL REBEL to the Mining Exchange later this month.

The performance will feature the hits of David Bowie as well as Annie Lennox in what Musical Director Drew Downing describes as the Choir putting its own spin on well-loved classics.

“The works of Bowie and Lennox are a great vehicle for MGLC, offering musical legacies which continue to inspire and empower,” Mr Downing said.

The choir sees the songs of Bowie and Lennox as rule breaking, earth shaking music made by two rock outlaws unashamedly different.

“For a lot of people, they made it okay to step outside of the norm, to bend gender stereotypes, to be different,” said Stephanie Teh, the choir’s Assistant Musical Director.

The choir has been using music to champion diversity for three decades.

MGLC President Rob Grimmer said it is significant that the show is accessible to members of the LGBTIQ+ community living outside the city.

“It’s so important to us that we reach out to the LGBTIQ+ community right across Victoria,” he said. “Having said that we welcome all comers to our shows.”

REBEL REBEL is at Ballarat Mining Exchange, 8 Lydiard Street North, Ballarat on Saturday, 22 June at 5pm.

Tickets from $20 are available online at mglc.org.au.