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Wide of dancers on stage2. SOUNDBITE (English) Kelly Rowland, Musical Artist:\"I love celebrating, I love celebrating life.  I love celebrating,...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003emusic/video/performance rights must be cleared\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eSydney, Australia, 6  March 2010\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of dancers on stage\u003cbr/\u003e2. SOUNDBITE (English) Kelly Rowland, Musical Artist:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I love celebrating, I love celebrating life.  I love celebrating, for me being a woman, and my sexuality, and my sensuality and my life, and all the blessings that come with it.  And I think Mardi Gras is all about that.  It''s freedom, it''s celebration, it''s love of self and others-and I think it''s beautiful.  I''m excited,\"\u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide of partygoers in costume\u003cbr/\u003e4. VOX POP (English) Graeme Cox, Partygoer:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Celebrating Mardi Gras, of course.  Celebrating the freedom to express what we want to express.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e5. Setup shot of Kelly Rowland and David Guetta\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE (English) David Guetta, Music Producer:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well I''m excited.  It''s funny, because I played the gay pride for many years in France. I started my career in gay clubs, because house music was being played only in gay clubs-not that I was gay-but it was the place where I could play the music that I loved.\"\u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide shot crowd of people dancing\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (English) Kelly Rowland, Musical Artist:\u003cbr/\u003e\"My gay fanbase is completely loyal.  I think my gay fanbase has been around since the beginning of Destiny''s Child.  And it''s been really beautiful to grow with my fan base as well.  So I think that''s the really cool part.  And the loyalty to me is just unbelievable, and I just fall even more in love.\"\u003cbr/\u003e9. Close up David Guetta and Kelly Rowland \u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE (English) David Guetta, Music Producer:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It makes me very happy to think that some people will remember a moment of happiness in their life that goes with my music.  And this is enough to make me very happy.\"\u003cbr/\u003e11. Various, Kelly Rowland performing \"When Love Takes Over\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE (English) Kelly Rowland, Musical Artist::\u003cbr/\u003e\"When love takes over, anything can happen.  I think about the night that I met David at La Palette in the South of France.  And when love took over, I was dancing for nine hours straight.  I walked home in the daylight, and in heels like these, where they''re like this tall, and you party all night to where you completely lose yourself.\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. Various, Kelly Rowland performing \"When Love Takes Over\"\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE (English) David Guetta, Music Producer:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well it''s love.  Love is everything you know.  And for me, even when I play as a DJ, it''s a lot of that love energy. \"\u003cbr/\u003e15. Wide of dancers performing mock same-sex marriages on stage\u003cbr/\u003e16. VOX POP (English) Bronny Adams:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Love.  Everyone. Everyone is just all about friendship, love, everyone''s just loving each other, it''s great.\" \u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE (English) David Guetta, Music Producer:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Listen, I''ve got to be honest, this tour in Australia it''s really crazy. It''s like one of the good, good, moments of my year, really.  So you good party people, Australians.\"\u003cbr/\u003e18. VOX POP (English) Casey Frankhan:\u003cbr/\u003e\"So I think it''s really important for people like George Michael and David Guetta to come out to Sydney and support the gay community.\"\u003cbr/\u003e19. Close up Adam Lambert walking on Sydney street waving\u003cbr/\u003e20. Various, Adam Lambert performing\u003cbr/\u003eSydney Mardi Gras ended with a bang, as some of the biggest names in popular music performed in support of one of the largest gay parties in the world.\u003cbr/\u003eMore than 18,000 revellers danced the night away, as stars including Kelly Rowland, David Guetta, Adam Lambert and George Michael dished out dance hit after dance hit to a crowd eager to party.\u003cbr/\u003eThe night drew to a close the 15-day gay and lesbian cultural celebration.\u003cbr/\u003eFive-time Grammy award winner Kelly Rowland said she was excited to be playing the event.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I love celebrating, I love celebrating life.  I love celebrating, for me being a woman, and my sexuality, and my sensuality and my life, and all the blessings that come with it.  And I think Mardi Gras is all about that.  It''s freedom, it''s celebration, it''s love of self and others-and I think it''s beautiful.  I''m excited,\" said Rowland.\u003cbr/\u003eRowland performed her chart-topping hit \"When Love Takes Over\" alongside David Guetta, who produced the track.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I started my career in gay clubs,\" said Guetta, \"because house music was being played only in gay clubs - not that I was gay - but it was the place that I could play the music that I loved.\"\u003cbr/\u003eGuetta played a two hour set, and was the mainstay of the party, closing with \"I Gotta Feeling\" the number one hit he produced for the Black Eyed Peas.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well it''s love.  Love is everything you know.  And for me, even when I play as a DJ, it''s a lot of that love energy,\" says Guetta.\u003cbr/\u003eBoth Guetta and Rowland say their collaboration has increased their popularity with gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender listeners - though they say they were always well liked amongst the community.\u003cbr/\u003e\"My gay fanbase is completely loyal. I think my gay fanbase has been around since the beginning of Destiny''s Child. And it''s been really beautiful to grow with my fan base,\" Rowland said.\u003cbr/\u003eGuetta received his first Grammy award for \"When Love Takes Over,\" which has become a staple in Sydney''s gay nightclubs.\u003cbr/\u003ePlaying Mardi Gras, along with his Australian tour, has been quite a memorable experience for Guetta:   \u003cbr/\u003e\"Listen, I''ve got to be honest, this tour in Australia, it''s really crazy. It''s like one of the good, good, moments of my year, really.  So you good party people, Australians,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003eUnder intense media blackout restrictions, George Michael took the main stage, draped by dancers in slightly clad police uniforms, performing only two verses of his 1998 hit \"Outside.\"\u003cbr/\u003eMichael was the biggest surprise of the night, confirming his presence only two days in advance.  \u003cbr/\u003eOrganizers say the artist was keen on keeping the performance from the press, as the artist''s voice was strained from his first Australian tour in 22 years.\u003cbr/\u003eAdam Lambert closed the event, taking to the stage at 8:00 a.m, playing to a still large and partying crowd. \u003cbr/\u003eLambert, who is in Sydney to launch his new album \"For Your Entertainment,\" greeted fans and conducted a signing earlier in the day.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Sydney Mardi Gras Party marks an end to the city''s thirty-third Mardi Gras, an event that started as a large-scale gay rights protest in 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