True Colors Tour 2007

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The first annual True Colors Tour 2007 was a music tour created by Cyndi Lauper. The tour stopped at fifteen cities between June 8 and June 30, 2007. The Human Rights Campaign received $1 from each ticket sold throughout the tour.

The program benefited HRC and other organizations that provide support to the GLBT community and to the straight friends and family who love them, including PFLAG Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays and The Matthew Shepard Foundation.

The True Colors Tour 2007 featured Cyndi Lauper, Debbie Harry, Erasure, and The Dresden Dolls, with Margaret Cho as MC. Other artists and special guests who appeared for specific tour locations included The Gossip, Rosie O'Donnell, The Cliks, Indigo Girls, Cazwell, Amanda Lepore and Rufus Wainwright.

Logo TV, was one of the partnering sponsors for the tour [1]. The channel aired a half-hour special on June 21, 2007 titled Shining Through: Behind the Scenes of True Colors. The special was hosted by comedian Margaret Cho at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. During the special, Cyndi Lauper explained the purpose of the True Colors Tour:

'...friends, family, plus the community is a lot of people and together, we make a very loud sound; and I believe that people don't know the facts. They don't know that you can be fired from your job in 33 states if you're gay and lesbian and transgender and bisexual. They don't know that the hate crime bill does not extend to everyone...Education is so important. So that's what we are trying to do - in a fun, loving way.

— Cyndi Lauper, [1]

This October,the US Congress had approved the Matthew Shepard Act into a law largely due to the great success of the True Colors Tour 2007.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Commemorative album

A True Colors commemorative album was released on June 12, 2007. It is available online and at the concerts. Here is the official tracklisting from TommyBoy entertainment.^[2]

1. Cyndi Lauper "True Colors" (Morel's Pink Noise Mix)
2. The Dresden Dolls "Shores of California"
3. The Cliks "Oh Yeah"
4. Indigo Girls "Rock & Roll Heaven’s Gate"
5. Rufus Wainwright "Gay Messiah"
6. Debbie Harry "What Is Love"
7. Erasure featuring Cyndi Lauper "Early Bird" (DJ Manolo's True Colors Mix)
8. Jeffree Star "Plastic Surgery Slumber Party"
9. The Gossip "(Take Back) The Revolution"
10. Cazwell "Watch My Mouth"

[edit] External links

• True Colors Tour official site
• The New York Times review of the show at the Radio City Music Hall on June 18, 2007
• GayLink News interviews Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls about the Tour
• Blogs about the Tour by Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls.

[edit] Notes