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Brighton Pride , Bananarama & Todrick Hall confirmed

today27th February 2020

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Brighton & Hove Pride, the UKs biggest Pride, are thrilled to announce pop-royalty Bananarama on Saturday 1st August and Todrick Hall in a UK Pride Festival Exclusive on Sunday 2nd August at FABULOSO Pride In The Park!

For the past three decades, Bananaramas Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward have been one of pops most influential and revered groups. Their hit packed career happened because they were the mould-breakers. Their success on both pop and dance charts saw them listed in the Guinness World Records for achieving the world’s highest number of chart entries by an all-female group. Between 1982 and 2009, they had 28 singles reach the Top 50 of the UK Singles Chart and memorable Top 10s hits such as “Nathan Jones”, “Robert De Niro’s Waiting…”, “Cruel Summer”, “Really Saying Something”, “I Heard A Rumour”, “I Can’t Help It”, “Venus”, and “Love in the First Degree”. 2019 saw the launch of a new album In Stereo that went Top 30 in the UK.

Bananarama are appearing on the main stage at FABULOSO Pride in the Park on Saturday 1st August 2020 with headliner Mariah Carey.

Todrick Hall is currently a dance captain on BBC Ones The Greatest Dancer in the UK. American singer, songwriter, actor, director, choreographer and YouTuber Todrick first gained national attention as a semi-finalist on the ninth season of the TVs American Idol. He is also known as the resident choreographer and guest judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race USA and has released multiple viral videos including original songs. Todrick starred as Lola in Kinky Boots on Broadway, as Billy Flynn in Chicago on Broadway and in the West End as well as The Color Purple, Memphis, and Waitress on Broadway.
In 2019 Todrick won Video for Good VMA as co-executive producer on Taylor Swifts LGBTQ+ anthem You Need to Calm Down and has choreographed flash mobs for Beyonc.
Todrick Hall is making a UK Pride Festival Exclusive appearance on the main stage at FABULOSO Pride in the Park on Sunday 2nd August 2020 with headliners The Pussycat Dolls.2020 is the 30th anniversary of Brighton & Hove Pride culminating in a weekend of campaigning, celebrating and fundraising for LGBTQ+ and community projects in Brighton & Hove over 1st & 2nd August 2020. Pride is a celebration of how far we have come but it is also an ongoing campaign for those marginalised communities at home and abroad who still suffer persecution on a daily basis. Our fundraising events will ensure that we continue to raise vital funds for our local LGBTQ+ and community projects.

Written by: GlitterBeam

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