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Hollywood Stars

Louder Than War, a leading UK mu- The LOVELOUD Foundation invited The next month, he was back
sic magazine, placed “The New Alpha” Ricky and other celebrity guests in the USA to appear on the red carpet
at #67 on their coveted Top 75 Albums to attend the LOVELOUD Festival, at the GRAMMY Awards followed
of 2017 list and the Huff Post dubbed with headliners Imagine Dragons, by an appearance the next morning
the album “explosive and compelling.” at the Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt La- on FOX & Friends. ELLE magazine
ke City, UT. also named Ricky, as well as David
Ricky took “The New Alpha” on the Bowie and Madonna, to their Most
road with performances at the South Ricky would also begin to design Outrageous GRAMMYs Outfits in His-
By Southwest Festival (SXSW) in Aus- the “Ricky Rebel Renaissance” collection tory list.
tin, Texas, as well as a concert se- by Astrophytum, a high-end custom
ries in the UK and a performan ce jewelry line. Following the GRAMMYs, Ricky toured
at the Cannes Film Festival, Cine moi Japan for the “Champion” concert
Fashion Charity Concert in Cannes, 2019 began with a global buzz when series including the Global Village Fes-
Fran ce, to raise money for orphaned “The New Alpha” music vi deo was tival in Fukuoka. In Oita, Japan, a tea
children. He also co-headlined “The an official selection at the New Re- ceremony was held in his honor with
Artist One Tour” with JAX (“American naissance Film Festival in Amsterdam Master Watanabe Tsutomu, the top
Idol”) and YouTube star Carl Chaze for best music video. tea master in Japan.
and performed with Alisan Porter,
winner of “The Voice” (Season 10),
at the American Influencer Awards.

Between 2015 and 2017, Ricky
played with GRAMMY-nominated
and GRAMMY-winning artists Kesha,
Mya, Switchfoot, Patti Labelle, Colbie
Cail lat and Toby Keith as well as se-
lected tour dates with O-Town, Blood
On The Dance Floor and appea ran ces
at Matinee Las Vegas and Ma tinee
San Diego.

In 2018, he performed at New York
Pride on the Univision TV Network
float during the annual parade that
drew an estimated 50,000 fans with
special guests including Lady Gaga.
Ricky would go on to bring “The New
Alpha” Summer Pride Concert Series
to festivals in Los Angeles, San Die go

and New Jersey.

“The New Alpha” album would also
be considered by the GRAMMY Foun-
dation for a GRAMMY Nomination
and his hit “Boys & Sometimes Girls”
was featured in the Facebook origi-
nal series, “Queen America”, starring COLIN ANGUS
Catherine Zeta Jones. Styling: Elena Nazaroff
Hair & Makeup by Ricky Rebel

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