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Rating: 4.2 out of 5 based on 43 reviews

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Born in Sussex, England, Antony also spent his childhood in Amsterdam and the San Francisco Bay Area before moving to NYC at the age of 19. In 1992, he founded the performance collective Blacklips at the Pyramid Club, and spent the next several years developing his voice and ideas on late night stages around NYC.  

Antony emerged with his musical ensemble Antony and the Johnsons in 1998.  In 2005 Antony and the Johnsons won the UK's Mercury Prize for the album I am a Bird Now.  Ann Powers of the LA Times wrote upon the release of 2009's The Crying Light, "it's the most personal environmentalist statement possible, making an unforeseen connection between queer culture's identity politics and the green movement. As music, it's simply exquisite."  In 2010, The Sun gave Swanlights 5 out of 5 stars and called Antony "one of the greatest living vocalists."  The Daily News wrote, "in these intense and hushed pieces, he has created an exalted world entirely his own."

In 2006 Antony collaborated with filmmaker Charles Atlas on TURNING, a concert and live video installation. The Guardian called the Barbican's presentation of TURNING, "fragile, life affirming, and truly wonderful (five stars)." Le Monde hailed TURNING at the Olympia in Paris as "Concert-manifeste transsexuel." Since 2008, Antony has performed with symphonies throughout the world, including The London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican, The Chamber Orchestra of Sydney at Sydney Opera House, The Orchestra of St. Luke's at Lincoln Center, and the Brooklyn Philharmonic at BAM. Antony and The Johnsons' presentation of The Crying Light at the Manchester Festival 2009 was included in Klaus Biesenbach's 100 Years: A History of Performance Art, at MoMA PS1.  Last summer, Antony was the musical director and a performer in the critically lauded The Life and Death of Marina Abramović, directed by Robert Wilson.  This piece will tour Madrid, Amsterdam, Basel and Antwerp in Spring 2012.

Antony has collaborated with a wide-ranging group of artists and musicians including Björk, Boy George, Yoko Ono, Laurie Anderson, CocoRosie, and Lou Reed. Reed has said, "When I first heard him I knew I was in the presence of an angel." Anderson adds, "Two words and he has broken your heart. When he sings it is the most exquisite thing you will hear in your life."

Antony is also an accomplished visual artist and has exhibited his drawings at Palais Des Beaux Arts in Belgium, Isis Gallery in London, Accademia Albertina in Turin and the Triennale in Milan.  In 2009 he curated a group show entitled Six Eyes at Agnès B. Galerie Du Jour in Paris, which included work by Peter Hujar, Kiki Smith, and William Basinski.  In October of 2010, Antony released a book of collages and drawings, also called Swanlights, published by Abrams Image. Antony's drawings will be exhibited at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles in January 2012, curated by James Elaine. "A case could be made that Mr. Hegarty himself is following some uncharted lines as an artist and performer..." -New York Times

Reviews

Rating: 4.2 out of 5 based on 43 reviews
  • Rating: 3 out of 5

    Overambitious

    by Pilagarden on 3/29/12Radio City Music Hall - New York

    Amazing lightshow and suspended mobile, BEAUTIFUL scenography. Performance was ambitious but fell short of expectations - and I am a great fan of Antony's. Saw him in London at a smaller venue a few years ago and was mesmerized. He should play smaller venues.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Amazing !!!

    by Faby18 on 2/1/12Radio City Music Hall - New York

    Such a beautiful and moving concert! Unforgettable

  • Rating: 4 out of 5

    Antony stands alone

    by knitboy1 on 1/31/12Radio City Music Hall - New York

    Antony was the draw for me. His music, his voice and experience are unforgettable. I found the rest of the show too complicated - it was "art world meets real artist", so there is little wonder why a discord was felt. The art world didn't belong with him on that stage. He stands completely a world apart from the grandiose sculpture making (which looked cheap, I might add) or the "laser artistry". Admittedly, I know nothing about how the production of this show unfolded, but it appeared as if Antony was a victim of being placed in the ring with the other artists' overblown egos. I felt like I was being assaulted by these other mediocre forms of entertainment, merely to justify their place with him. All said, I would have been happiest without the sculpture and laser effects. I was, however, impressed with the venue. It was my first visit to Radio City Music Hall, and it was indeed spectacular.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    A transcendental experience

    by EnglishmanInNYC on 1/30/12Radio City Music Hall - New York

    An amazing experience - the lasers, the light show, the setting, the orchestra and Antony's voice combined to give an unforgettable evening.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Antony and the Johnsons : an angel on stage?

    by Isje on 1/30/12Radio City Music Hall - New York

    I flew from Paris to New York to attend the concert which was a truly unforgettable experience. I was so impressed by Antony's voice and by his incredible and almost surnatural presence on stage. His unique voice, when combined with the lights, the orchestra and the decorum moved me so much that I cried out of emotion several times during his performance. In the end, I could not help but wonder: Could Antony be an angel?

  • Rating: 4 out of 5

    johnsons' reveal

    by santepli on 1/30/12Radio City Music Hall - New York

    I'd enjoy to see the interaction between the artist and the band. Watching antony alone on stage was a little 'naked' for me, though i got the intention. But this 'polished naive' stage appearence ended up with a spectecular reveal that made me wish the concert to last for another hour more.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    i'm a new fan now

    by newfan23 on 1/30/12Radio City Music Hall - New York

    I had not heard of Antony and The Johnsons before working with a bright, cultured coworker in my office. When he expressed enthusiasm and intimate delight at the announcement of the concert I could not stop my curiosity and bought tickets for myself and my partner. What an honor to have witnessed such a beautiful performer, song writer and artist. Antony is the epitome of elegance. Antony's voice reached me in the audience and resonates still within my heart. The Johnsons of NYC, as Antony had introduced the orchestra, were highly skilled and did not miss a beat during the soulful performance. The conductor could be seen by silhouette during the later half of the performance. His presence and body language tastefully embellished Antony's song. This show was not only for the ears, but for the eyes. The laser light show helped me capture a memory of one of the best Aurora Borealis shows I have yet to witness. Nothing before this show had ever come close to the beauty I witnessed that night in Alaska so many years ago. Listening to Antony and The Johnsons while watching the Aurora Borealis like light show on the ceiling of the Radio City Musical Hall is now one of my favored memories. I will recall this treasured event each time I listen to Antony and The Johnsons. I have beens touched and moved.

  • Rating: 4 out of 5

    by DanaMG on 1/30/12Radio City Music Hall - New York

    Wish I could give a half star. Antony was so amazing, the set was spectacular, and the orchestra - unforgettable. It was such a joyous evening. My only qualm was that te entire audience yearned for just one more song... The "finale" didn't seem very final. It seemed to end suddenly and people stayed in their seats clapping and calling for an encore, which we never received. And boy did we try. The audience was pretty obstinate about it - never saw anything like it before. So either a more smashing end or an answer to our encore woul have made this a 5 star for me. Otherwise I will say 4.5 star - even though it's only showing the 4. I know that selfish of me - but I'm a performer too and I think if the audience wants it, you owe it to them to satisfy. It's the biggest possible compliment you can get! Thanks though - truly beautiful experience. Love when art forms merge.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Swanlights was singular

    by BananaWho on 1/29/12Radio City Music Hall - New York

    I've never seen anything like it before. It was soooooo beautiful.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    MOMA Presents: Antony & The Johnsons - Swanlights

    by Bratbear on 1/29/12Radio City Music Hall - New York

    Antony & The Johnson with a full Orchestra & a Laser light Artist was truly SPECTACULAR!