RUFUS WAINWRIGHT - WAINWRIGHT: 'I WAS IN JUDY GARLAND HELL'

WAINWRIGHT: 'I WAS IN JUDY GARLAND HELL'

American singer/songwriter RUFUS WAINWRIGHT feared for his sanity towards the end of his JUDY GARLAND tribute tour - because he was sick of hearing the diva's hits. Wainwright - who famously packed out New York's Carnegie Hall in 2006 with a performance of the iconic star's best-loved songs - went on to perform the show, in full Garland costume, at a string of venues around the world, as well as releasing a CD and DVD of the concerts. Now he admits he's relieved to have returned to performing his own material. He says, "It did become almost like a Terry Gilliam movie, like Brazil. "I'd be placed in this torture chamber where I'd have to sing Judy Garland songs for 20 years non-stop, it was getting surreal."