Violet Chachki vs Gottmik

International drag superstars Violet Chachki and Gottmik come together for their first ever headline tour: KNOCKOUT. These queens have turned the fashion, drag, music, burlesque, and Pop culture worlds upside down and now they’re putting it all in a boxing ring on a large stage and bringing it to a city near you!

Fresh off a Crazy Horse Paris residency and All Stars Live! last year, audiences have come to expect exciting gender-bending burlesque and aerial performance from Chachki and riveting rock-inspired drag from the world’s most well known transmasculine drag performer Gottmik – and this show is no exception! Battling it out with a Boxing themed show, these queens will gag you with their over-the-top artistry and storytelling, its giving glamour vs. rock n roll. Their new show will feature them battling it out with debut live singing performances of their new albums (out in sept), show stopping costumes, dancers, original duets, aerial and an audience participation numbers you won’t want to miss!

The tour will travel to 48 of the most diverse and exciting cities in USA & Canada and will feature local LGBTQIA+ supporting acts at each show. With promotional materials showing the queens in classic athletic scenes training through blood sweat and glitter for the big glamorized boxing main event. Gottmik and Violet will create a campy athletic world like no one has ever seen before.

Pulling inspiration from the most famous boxing matches throughout history to create an over the top fabulous take on athletics, flipping both the sports and pop culture worlds upside down.

Gottmik is an LA based American Drag Queen, Trans rights activist, Makeup artist and Singer. He started as a celebrity makeup artist, working with the likes of Kaia Gerber, Tinashe, Paris Hilton, Heidi Klum and Lil Nas X. 

In 2021 Gottmik blasted into our social consciousness on Season 13 of Rupaul’s Drag Race (the highest-rated season in the show’s history) and became the first trans man to compete on the series, as Gottmik has famously said, “It’s time to crash the cis-tem.” In 2022 Gottmik one again made history as the first trans man to appear on the cover of British Vogue. He also starred in music video for Sam Smith & Kim Petras worldwide #1 hit UNHOLY performing the track with the duo on the Grammys

In 2023 he published his first book, The T Guide a comprehensive guide to transitioning, and appeared in fashion campaigns for Versace, Edie Parker, Betsey Johnson and KVD Beauty.

In 2024 Gottmik appeared on Drag Race All Stars season 9 & released 2 singles “SkullFucker” & “So Gorge”. This year Gottmik will release his first solo album and star in the Jean Paul Gaultier 2025 fragrance campaign for SCANDAL

Violet Chachki is an American Drag Queen, burlesque performer, model, and recording artist whose sophisticated performance art and entrancing visuals blend striptease, aerial acrobatics and fetish aesthetics, while distorting the gender binary. She is the Season 7 winner of Rupaul’s Drag Race

Violet has appeared in fashion campaigns for Prada, Jean Paul Gaultier 1, Jean Paul Gaultier 2, Pat Mcgrath Labs, Playful Promises Lingerie Campaign, Heretic Parfums: Dirty Violet, Moschino 1, Moschino 2, and Moschino 3

In 2019, she released her fourth single, a burlesque track titled “A Lot More Me” to accompany her sold out international tour “A Lot More Me.” She attended the Met Gala, where the theme was Camp: Notes on Fashion, wearing a glove-shaped Moschino dress becoming the first drag queen to ever attend. In July 2021, Chachki released the single “Mistress Violet” with pop singer Allie X Music Video HERE.

In 2022 Violet starred in music video for Sam Smith & Kim Petras worldwide #1 hit UNHOLY which they performed together at the GRAMMYS.

In 2024 Violet headlined in her own burlesque cabaret show with a summer residency at the world famous CRAZY HORSE in Paris In 2025 Violet will release her first solo album and star in the Jean Paul Gaultier fragrance campaign for SCANDAL