American-Canadian singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright speaks to Jim Mora ahead of his upcoming dates at the Auckland Town Hall and the Wellington Opera House in March.
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Life’s changed a lot for Rufus Wainwright in the two decades since he released his debut self-titled album and its acclaimed follow-up Poses.
These days the American-Canadian singer-songwriter is a devoted father who says his worst vice is reading too much news about Donald Trump.
Back then he was nursing a burgeoning addiction to crystal meth, and living - by his own confession - extremely debaucherously.
While he has no plans to return to those wilder times in practice, Wainwright is revisiting the surprisingly understated songs they produced in his Poses world tour, which will see him performing dates at the Auckland Town Hall and the Wellington Opera House in March.
