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MGM Resorts International's UNIVERSAL LOVE album, a collection of reimagined wedding songs for the LGBTQ community, won five Lions last week at the 65th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity. The Cannes Lions festival, which this year drew over 32,000 entries representing 90 countries, is regarded as the leading global creative awards competition for innovative brand communications.

MGM Resorts International today announced the release of UNIVERSAL LOVE, a collection of reimagined wedding songs for the LGBTQ community, celebrating the enduring and overwhelming power of love and music to unite.

The second track to be unveiled from Claptone's second album 'Fantast' features London electronic duo TENDER (Partisan Records). In the impassioned 'Stay The Night', TENDER's James Cullen sings of the intense fervor and volatility of a new relationship, whilst pulsating electronics gather to create a thick cloud of tension. The track shows the depth to be found when peeling back the layers of Claptone's second full-length offering.

"ATOMIC BOMB! Who is William Onyeabor?," in which all-star lineup performs the elusive Nigerian artist's futuristic, synth-heavy electronic music from the 1970s and '80s, comes to the U.S. May 2 - 6 following tremendously acclaimed UK performances that took place April 1 at the Barbican in London and April 2 at Colston Hall in Bristol. The Stateside dates: May 2 & 3 at BAM in Brooklyn (U.S. premiere, co-presented by BAM, Luaka Bop and Red Bull Music Academy), May 6 at the Warfield in San Francisco, and May 8 at the Greek in Los Angeles, sponsored by KCRW. The events mark the first time Onyeabor's music is being performed live.

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the nation's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization, announced today the nominees for its 22nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards. By recognizing and honoring media for outstanding images of the LGBT community, the GLAAD Media Awards serve as a benchmark for the media industry and complement GLAAD's work to bring LGBT images and stories to Americans.

Tickets for Seattle Theatre Group (STG) summer concerts Big Head Todd at and Kale go on sale Friday, June 4 at noon. Tickets for Comedians of Chelsea Lately, August 13, at ShowBox Sodo are on sale Saturday, June 5 at 10am. For more information visit http://www.stgpresents.org/.