As part of our new album "Rainbow Riots India", Rainbow Riots' founder, Swedish musican Petter Wallenberg has been in Mumbai collaborating on music with India's first LGBT choir Rainbow Voices Mumbai! This project started when same-sex love was a crime in India, and by the end of it -...
"Historic performance at Stockholm Pride: "It's like experiencing Stonewall. This weekend Petter Wallenberg's Rainbow Riots India performed at Stockholm Pride. Their performance will be historic as the first time Indian performers performed at an International Pride." Thank you Sweden's biggest gay magazine QX for this wonderful article...
Thank you so much Sweden's biggest news show TV4 Nyheterna for making this wonderful feature about our new project Rainbow Riots India and calling our show at Stockholm Pride "historic". Watch here: ...
Today at 12 we are doing a seminar about our project Rainbow Riots India at Pride House during Stockholm Pride in Sweden. Come down and hear India's LGBT pioneers talk about life after decriminalization of same-ex love in the worlds largest democracy! More info here: ...
Sweden's biggest tabloid Aftonbladet interviewed our founder, Swedish musician Petter Wallenberg and his Indian collaborators Tropical Marca and Dancing Queens and it looks pretty fab! Read article and see TV feature here: ...
Our new single and video is out! Petter Wallenberg & Rainbow Riots' ”I’m Coming Out” featuring India’s first gay celebrity Sushant Divgikar and India’s first LGBT choir Rainbow Voices Mumbai! ”I’m Coming Out” is a a soulful disco anthem that mixes gospel and sitars in celebration of the new freedom for...
Rainbow Riots India LIVE at Stockholm Pride 2019! Saturday 3 August at 20:30: Rainbow Riots' founder, Swedish musician Petter Wallenberg invites his Indian collaborators to Sweden and together they will perform the music from their collaboration Rainbow Riots India LIVE on the main stage at Stockholm...
This year marks the 50 year anniversary of the Stonewall riots, which was the start of the modern LGBT movement. Our new project is part of the Stonewall of our time, In India - where same sex love has just been legalized after more than...
“The battle for full equal rights is not over yet,” Wallenberg added. “The abolishment of 377 was just the beginning. Now India’s LGBT people have to fight for equal marriage rights, protection against discrimination, and so on. “This is not going to happen overnight, but I...
"As a gay man, you are constantly seen as less of a human. But this won’t stop me. I hope my work with Rainbow Riots shows people that we are all connected, across every border. We can fight hatred with creativity and by sticking together....