Victor Willis, the lead singer of The Village People, is threatening to sue anyone who suggests his band’s iconic hit YMCA has anything to do with gay sex. Willis was out of the band for several decades, but a few years ago he won a legal battle that gave him control of the rights to […]
Recording by The Village People, Tina Turner, Dusty Springfield and many others have been deemed culturally significant and added to the official record of the US Library of Congress. The Village People’s 1978 hit Y.M.C.A. has been acknowledged as a culturally important track. The song which has been performed with its dance moves all over the world […]
A new film project from the YMCA explores youth mental health, a series of short films will appear on public screens around the city this week. To support awareness for Mental Health Week, YMCA Change Agent Martin Johnson approached Youth Focus as part of a local project to give young people a platform to speak […]
Boy George has laid down a rendition of The Village People’s classic tune ‘YMCA’. The coach from The Voice teamed up with some of the contestants from the show to record a slow version of the disco tune to draw attention to the YMCA’s ‘Why Not?’ campaign. George told The Daily Telegraph that initially he was […]
The undisputed Kings of Disco Village People – are coming to Australia in May as part of their 40th Anniversary tour. Special guests on the tour will be ABBA obsessed pop favourites Björn Again. Having sold more than 100 million recordings, Village People were an unstoppable force in the 70’s and 80’s. Their characters and classic […]
