Unfollow The Rules

Rufus Wainwright has announced that he’s had to postpone the release of his upcoming 10th studio album, "Unfollow The Rules", due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The singer songwriter explained to fans that physical product is extremely important to him and revealed that the CD and vinyl versions of the album are currently stuck in the warehouse as they had to shut down. The album was originally scheduled for an April 24th, 2020, release.

“I hope everyone is doing well in these difficult and very existential times”, he says. “After a lot of thought and discussion, I am sorry to inform you all that the release date for my upcoming album ‘Unfollow The Rules’ is being postponed to July 10th, 2020”.

“I am incredibly proud of this album”, he continued, “and the way I want you to experience it ideally is listening to it from front to back in the comfort of your living room, reading the lyrics, and looking at the booklet that I carefully designed”.

Touching upon the coronavirus and its impact on society, he added, “I hope we take some lessons from what is happening at the moment with us into the future, to be better prepared, to decrease the speed with which we lead our lives and to increase the way we care for each other and the environment. We are all in this together”.