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Houston celebrated a sexual seduction last Saturday night when they brought out the cone bras and the all-time hottest diva. Just a few days before the record release of Madonna’s Hard Candy one of the biggest events took place at SouthBeach nightclub.There were drag performances throughout the night and a club premier of the next single of Give It To Me. There was a hottie wearing a shirt that said Sticky and Sweet which are they lyrics to another guaranteed 2008 club hit Candy Shop.

April 26th must be one of the biggest club nights of the year or maybe the 4th weekend in April. Every club in the nation was throwing some sort of event this weekend. I even saw a Chris Ryan promotion for the Splash club in NYC that had a Madonna giveaway that was 18 to enter last weekend.

Now that the party in Houston is over I now remember what I wanted to bring with me… a lollipop. It would have been the hard candy that I forgot to bring.

JR’s bar and grill in Dallas plans on doing it’s own “MadonnaRama” this Friday but it should be held at Station 4 not in a tavern.  JR’s is free admission but a bar setting and no dancefloor.  Here are some pics from the Houston Southbeach event:  (more pics can be found over at Seeowl.net)

Here is the list of the hottest circuit and club events to rock 2008. Bookmark this page because we will try and update this regularly. This is just a preview of what is to come.

The Babylon club tour will be strong this year again as well as the True Colors Tour with Cyndi Lauper / B-52’s. Also, do not miss Cher performing in Vegas starting in late May and the Masterbeat world tour. Check your local ticket sources.

Saturday, May 3, Illuminate Blue Ball, Ages 18-25 only have to pay their age, Philadelphia, PA

Monday, May 5, Cinco De Mayo

Friday, May 23, 2008 to Monday, May 26, 2008 - Memorial Day Weekend Pensacola, FL

Saturday, May 24, Last Splash weekend, Austin, TX

May 31 - True Colors Tour Kicks off starring Cyndi Lauper and headliners Rosie O’Donnell and the B-52s. Carson Kressley from “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” will host the 24-city event ending in Morrison, Co., on July 5. Joan Jett, the Blackhearts, Regina Spektor, the Indigo Girls and Wanda Sykes will perform at various cities throughout the tour.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008 to Monday, June 9, 2008 - Gay Day’s at the Parliament House (event listings coming soon) and Disney World

June 29 - Houston, NYC, San Francisco Celebrate Gay Pride

July 1-5 SummerCamp Fourth of July, Provincetown, MA

Friday, July 18 - Sunday July 20 San Diego Pride - producer Bill Hardt has lined up DJ Kimberly S, DJ Chris Cox, DJ Manny Lehman, and Rosabel.  Saturday will be the Zoo Party at the World Famous San Diego Zoo with DJ Phil B and Wayne G.

August 29 - September 1st - Labor Day Weekend: Splash Days Austin (splashdays.com) DJ Roland Belmares, DJ Seth Cooper, and DJ Cary Stringfellow.

Email us or comment below with any party updates in your area that should be listed. Feel free to view last year’s events. Below are the events that you missed this year or need to go comment on if you attended:

March 15 - Club One Re-opens - One More Night - Dallas, TX

March 22 - Jungle Party, Warehouse Club with DJ Mark Anthony, Houston, TX (ALL 18+ events)

April 18 - 20 Dallas Purple Party featuring Deborah Cox and DJ Alyson Calagna at the House of Blues in Dallas, TX

April 16 - 20 White Party Palm Springs, CA (ALL 21+ events)

April 26 - Madonna-Rama - Madonna girlie show and house music all related to Madonna played throughout the night. Southbeach nightclub in Houston, TX.

April 29 - Madonna album release of Hard Candy (final Warner Bros. studio release)

It has been some time since we had so many good hits out at once. People have complained for the last year that the clubs have went too much on the hardcore hip-hop side or too much on the jungle/trance side (not enough in between). Nothing gets the club crowd underneath the mirrorball faster than some good diva music. This is maybe why the music we have been begging for is finally coming out.

Madonna and Mariah Carey recently broke Elvis Presley in the record book this week with their new singles. Mariah’s new song “Touch My Body” made her 18th chart-topper on Billboard. “Touch My Body” is a very hot club hit. A song we have been hearing in clubs like wildfire is Madonna’s new song with Justin Timberlake which also beat out the records of Elvis with a jump of 68 to number three. This would be Madonna’s 37th top 10 with “4 minutes (to save the world).”

Janet Jackson the dancing diva is also getting lots of club play which peaked at number two on the hot dance club play charts. It also peaked at number one on the billboard 200 album chart. Kylie Minogue is also back this month with “X”.

What about the other Divas who frequently support the Gay community such as Deborah Cox and Kristine W? Kristine W. is doing great with “The Boss” where she scored a number one and Deborah Cox recently topped XM Music 2007 BPM annual dance chart with “Everybody Dance”.

You can hear most of this good music on the Beat (ch. 36) on Sirius radio. I have also heard some good beats lately from Chris Cox (Boys Night Out - Thursdays) and DJ Johnny Budz on XM Radio.

Madonna’s new cd “Hard Candy” comes out April 29. If you are a big Madonna fan you will not want to miss the biggest Madonna-Rama of the year with DJ Ed Bailey at Southbeach in Houston April 26th. It is an event that is big in multi-media proportions and the party will probably be the biggest ever. Let’s hope the local radio stations do not hear of this event… I tried to get the Madonna event in Dallas but never heard back from anyone (I suppose they do not want to book it in other cities or just have a contract with Houston?)…

Speaking of Divas we noticed today that Taylor Dayne has topped the Hot Dance Club Play this week on Billboard magazine. You can catch Taylor Dayne who was recently announced as the headliner of One Mighty Party at Disney’s MGM Studios (event is 18+) held on Saturday, June 7, 2008.

I almost named the title Gay Days WaterSports but some might get the wrong idea so lets just call it pool parties or “Mighty” pool events.

Springtime always goes by so fast that we barely have time to get ready for summer. There is just not enough time for all the preparing for the fun events coming our way. One of the hottest events of the Summer include the Beach Ball at Typhoon Lagoon during the Gay Days at DisneyWorld.

Beach Ball is just one of the number of events held during Gay Days…. I learned of the Reunion Pool Party last year and it was just incredible. So incredible I had to book my hotel stay this year at this resort. The One Mighty Weekend group also plans to offer an expo area similar to the Gay Days host hotel. Check out a write up from last year and some pics to follow: Note that the pics below do not do the pool parties any justice but it gives you not even a tenth of what went on during the daytime…

My favorite event of the year was a crazy rain forest of different fun at Typhoon Lagoon. The real Beach Ball. Last year I saw some of the most beautiful bodies on the planet all in one place… and we did this year but it was kind of wet and rainy. The rain kind of made it erotic though because everyone was dripping and no one had to worry about their hair.  It was one big wet no-t-shirt, wet boxer contest.

The wave pool was packed because the water was warm. I do feel bad for the party producers who will deal with the wet lighting and soaked equipment while everyone else is playing in the rain. There must have been thousands and thousands of dollars of lighting outside in the rain — with a dripping wet mirror ball. Yes, a big dripping wet ball above all the dancing boys.

Tropical storm Barry decided to come to Florida and intrude on Gay Days but the sun came out the next day at the pool party. This was my first year of staying at the circuit host hotel (One Mighty Weekend hotel) Buena Vista Palace. I am so impressed by the pool parties here. Johnny Chisholm knows how to do an event and do it right.

We had outside pool concerts with Billie Ray Meyers who sings that song “Kiss the rain” and many others. Even our sister who sings that Cha-Cha heels song (in which I love the Rosabel mix). The pool area is decorated with florescent flowers and fabulous energizing ornaments.  The concerts during the daytime pool parties at Buena Vista were amazing and I hope they have them again in 2008.

Too many pool parties to choose from? Here is a comparison of the pool parties during the Disney Gay Days events:

Fri June 6 - DJ Don Bishop @ Buena Vista Palace12N-6pm / DJ Ronny Boy + DJ Hazmat @ Royal Plaza ($10 / Free admission as hotel guest)

Sat June 7 - DJ David Knapp @ Buena Vista Palace 12N-6pm / DJ Randy Bettis (12N to 6pm) @ Royal Plaza - DJ Juan Rocha 6pm -10pm - DJ Andy Ajar 10pm - 2am

Sun June 8 - DJ Phil B @ Buena Vista Palace 12N-6pm / White Pool Party with DJ Josh Riptide 12N-6pm - DJ Seth Cooper 7pm-2am / Parliament House normally also features a pool party and many model contests Sunday. Or just skip the pool party Sunday and dive in the foam at the P-house. What goes on in the foam stays in the foam..j/k…

You can buy Reunion Pool Party tickets at CircuitTicket.com for $60 for all three parties or purchase the Royal Plaza tickets at GayDays.com. The Parliament House events can be purchased here.