Duncan James sports a diamanté encrusted leather corset as he takes to the Manchester Pride stage – Daily Mail
Duncan James looked incredible as he took to the Manchester Pride Cabaret Stage in drag on Friday night.
The Blue singer, 44, donned a leather corset with diamanté embellishing and a red leopard print panel for the performance, paired with a matching suspender belt.
Adding fishnet stockings and sequin fingerless gloves, the star appeared in high spirits as he gave the performance his all.
Dressed to impress: Duncan James, 44, sported a diamanté encrusted leather corset and suspenders as he took to the Cabaret Stage in drag during Manchester Pride on Friday evening
Duncan stepped onto stage with lashings of stage makeup on, including false eyelashes and a raven bouffant wig.
He showed off the impressive collection of tattoos sprawling across his chest in his barely-there number, adding a heavy duty silver choker and open-toed heels to the look.
The star has previously performed at London’s iconic Proud Embankment for their Vegas style Cabaret All Stars.
Done up: Duncan stepped onto stage with lashings of stage makeup on, including false eyelashes and a raven bouffant wig
Energetic: Adding fishnet stockings and sequin fingerless gloves, the star appeared in high spirits as he gave the performance his all
Running from Friday until Sunday, Manchester Pride featured a parade, street party and slew of events throughout the weekend.
And following Duncan’s successful performance on Friday, the star headed to Coventry Pride on Sunday to do another drag number.
Sharing a behind the scenes shot to Instagram on Sunday before his second appearance, he zoomed in on himself in the mirror as a hairdresser was seen prepping to place his statement wig on.
The performances come after the singer opened up about his sexuality, admitting that he tried to hide it and ‘be someone else’ for a number of years.
Inked: He showed off the impressive collection of tattoos sprawling across his chest in his barely-there number, adding a heavy duty silver choker to the look
Performer: The star has previously performed at London’s iconic Proud Embankment for their Vegas style Cabaret All Stars (pictured with pal Denise Van Outen at Proud)
After rising to fame in his early twenties as a naughties heartthrob in band Blue, the singer came out publicly as gay in 2014.
Appearing recently on Ravi Walia’s podcast, he shared: ‘Trying to hide my sexuality for so many years was something that I found exhausting. It was really stressful trying to pretend to be somebody else and pretend to be something that I wasn’t.’
‘And it got to the point where I turned around and just said I can’t do this anymore, I have to be me. I can’t pretend anymore. It was a tough decision but I think when I look back now it was a huge thing in my head but in reality it wasn’t big at all,’ further explained Duncan.
BTS: Sharing a behind the scenes shot to Instagram on Sunday before his second appearance, he zoomed in on himself in the mirror as a hairdresser was seen prepping to place his statement wig on
Boyband: After rising to fame in his early twenties as a naughties heartthrob in band Blue, the singer came out publicly as gay in 2014 (Blue pictured earlier this year, Duncan far left)
Opening up: Appearing recently on Ravi Walia’s podcast, he shared: ‘Trying to hide my sexuality for so many years was something that I found exhausting’ (pictured on the podcast)