Christine and the Queens, the French singer whose debut Chaleur humaine reached number two in Britain, plays a small December show at Scala in King’s Cross.
Christine and the Queens, the French singer whose debut album Chaleur humaine reached number two in Britain, plays Scala in King’s Cross on Monday 7 December 2026.
Born in Nantes in 1988, the singer now known as Rahim Redcar began learning the piano at four. He first performed as Christine and the Queens at a small club in Lyon in 2010, the year he left drama school.
Chaleur humaine followed in 2014 and has sold more than 1.4 million copies worldwide. Its English single, “Tilted”, reached number 20 in Britain in 2016. Later albums include Chris in 2018 and Paranoïa, Angels, True Love in 2023, on which Madonna sings.
The name began in London. On a trip in 2010 he saw drag queen musicians perform at Madame Jojo’s in Soho, and the Queens in his stage name are a tribute to them.
Scala is one of four small rooms he has announced for December, between Brussels and Amsterdam, and the only one in Britain. They follow a new single, due on 4 November.