Singer Sheena Easton rebrands as gay icon

Filed in archive Entertainment on May 21, 2008

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Scottish born singer Sheena Easton is inundated with bookings for gay events. The Bond theme chanteuse big in the 1980s with hits such as "Modern Girl" went down a treat at the recent Phoenix Gay Pride Festival. Imminent events include the Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride and a gay and lesbian cruise departing from New York.

However the idea of Sheena Easton performing at gay events such as Glasgay in her native Scotland is meet with ridicule with the event organiser describing Easton as a "washed up has been". Easton is seen as having betrayed her Scottish heritage by becoming a American citizen and adopting an American accent.

Well you can't win "em all and North America is a more lucrative market than Scotland.