Joining RuPaul, Sneaky Sound System, Chicane and a variety of local and international acts and DJs at the Mardigrasland official Mardi Gras Party this year will be hot Aussie singer-songwriter Sam Sparro.

With his song Black and Gold in 2008, the Sydney-based openly gay artist shot to fame and toured the globe.

He’s been working hard on his new album Return to Paradise, due out later this year. The first single from it, The Shallow Ground, is shown below…

Sparro has also confirmed a tour of America in April, but before that, you can catch him at the Mardi Gras Party on March 3, or at these shows the following week:

Thursday 8 March- The Toff In Town, Melbourne
Friday 9 March, 2012- Oxford Art Factory, Sydney

See you at the party Sam!