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Boy George And Culture Club Announce ‘The Letting It Go Show’ 2023 Tour

HOWARD JONES AND BERLIN TO JOIN ACROSS ALL DATES

Tickets available starting wednesday, april 19 with citi presale , general onsale begins friday, april 21 at 10 am local on livenation.com .

Today, music icons Boy George and Culture Club announced their 2023 tour, The Letting It Go Show , featuring very special guests Howard Jones and BERLIN across all dates. The prolific band will be performing all the hits, including “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me,” ‘Karma Chameleon,’ and ‘Church of the Poisoned Mind,’ right up to their current releases.

Produced by Live Nation, the 25-city run comes fresh on the heels of Boy George and Culture Club wrapping up their sold-out Vegas shows. The Letting It Go Show kicks off on Thursday, July 13 in West Palm Beach, FL at iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre, with stops across North America in Atlanta, GA, Nashville, TN, Toronto, ON, Chicago, IL, Austin, TX and more before wrapping up on Saturday, August 20 in Concord, CA at Concord Pavilion.

TICKETS: Tickets will be available starting with a Citi presale (details below) beginning Wednesday, April 19. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general onsale beginning Friday, April 21 at 10 AM local time at livenation.com .

PRESALE: Citi is the official card of the Culture Club tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Wednesday, April 19 at 10 AM local time until Thursday, April 20 at 10 PM local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com .

THE LETTING IT GO SHOW 2023 TOUR DATES:

Thu Jul 13 – West Palm Beach, FL – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre

Sat Jul 15 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre

Sun Jul 16 – Jacksonville, FL – Daily’s Place Amphitheatre

Tue Jul 18 – Atlanta, GA – Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park

Wed Jul 19 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion

Thu Jul 20 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater

Sat Jul 22 – Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts

Sun Jul 23 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater

Tue Jul 25 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center

Wed Jul 26 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center

Fri Jul 28 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live

Sat Jul 29 – Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater

Sun Jul 30 – Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion at the Mann

Tue Aug 01 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage

Thu Aug 03 – Tinley Park, IL – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

Fri Aug 04 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre

Sat Aug 05 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center

Tue Aug 08 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre

Thu Aug 10 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion

Fri Aug 11 – The Woodlands, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Sat Aug 12 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater

Mon Aug 14 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP

Fri Aug 18 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre

Sat Aug 19 – San Diego, CA – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre

Sun Aug 20 – Concord, CA – Concord Pavilion

About Culture Club

Few new wave groups were as popular as Culture Club. During the early ’80s, the group racked up seven straight Top Ten hits in the U.K. and six Top Ten singles in the U.S. with their light, infectious pop-soul. Though their music was radio-ready, what brought the band stardom was Boy George, the group’s charismatic, cross-dressing lead singer. George dressed in flamboyant dresses and wore heavy makeup, creating a disarmingly androgynous appearance that created a sensation on early MTV. George also had a biting wit and frequently came up with cutting quips that won Culture Club heavy media exposure in both America and Britain.

By the time Culture Club’s second album Colour by Numbers was released in the fall of 1983, the band was the most popular pop/rock group in America and England. “Karma Chameleon” became a number one hit on both sides of the Atlantic, while the album reached number one in the U.K. and number two in the U.S. Throughout 1984, the group racked up hits, with “It’s a Miracle” and “Miss Me Blind” reaching the Top Ten. In the fall, the group returned with its third album, Waking Up with the House on Fire. While “The War Song” reached number two in the U.K., the album was a disappointment in America, stalling at platinum; its predecessor went quadruple platinum.

Following a brief tour in February, Culture Club went on hiatus for 1985, with Craig, Moss, and Hay pursuing extracurricular musical projects in the interim. Though their comeback single, “Move Away,” became a hit in April, its accompanying album From Luxury to Heartache stayed on the charts for only a few months.

George confirmed the group’s disbandment in the spring of 1987, and he began a solo career later that year. While his solo career produced several dance hits in Europe, he didn’t land an American hit until 1992, when his cover of Dave Berry’s “The Crying Game” was featured in the Academy Award-nominated film of the same name. In 1995, George published his autobiography, Take It Like a Man. Culture Club reunited in 1998, issuing the two-disc set VH1 Storytellers/Greatest Hits.

A new album, Don’t Mind If I Do, appeared in 1999, reaching 64 on the U.K. charts; it did not receive an American release. Culture Club next celebrated their 20th Anniversary with a 2002 concert at Royal Albert Hall.

Culture Club reunited in 2014 for a tour and the band also began work on a new album with producer Youth. The group scheduled the release of an album called Tribes in 2015, but the record never materialized. Instead, the recordings provided the foundation for Life, the 2018 album that marked Culture Club’s first new album in nearly 20 years. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

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About Howard Jones 2023 marks the 40-year anniversary of the release of Howard Jones’ “New Song,” the ebullient hit that kicked off his career. Howard Jones’ most recent album is DIALOGUE, which was released in September of last year. DIALOGUE is the third album in a trilogy of electronic releases from Jones with multi-media project ENGAGE coming out in 2015 and studio album TRANSFORM out in 2019. DIALOGUE garnered serious coverage in outlets such as Spin , Stereogum and more. Last summer’s headlining tour with his full band/electronic set-up, featuring special guest alternative music legend Midge received rave reviews. LA Weekly declared Jones, “…poignant and perfect” and “absolutely superb”.

Electronic music pioneer Howard Jones has been a constant presence on the international touring scene for the past four decades, playing live in a number of different configurations including intimate solo shows and dates with his full high-tech band set-up. He first burst upon the contemporary music scene in 1983, with his very English songwriting and pioneering synthesizers with “New Song”. His first two albums HUMAN’S LIB and DREAM INTO ACTION were worldwide hits. HUMAN’S LIB reached #1 in 1984 in the UK and featured the hits “New Song,” and “What Is Love?” In 1985, Jones released the follow-up, DREAM INTO ACTION, which quickly became a Top Ten Platinum album in the United States and featured the smashes: “Things Can Only Get Better,” “Life In One Day,” “No One Is To Blame,” and “Like To Get To Know You Well.”

Howard Jones has sold nearly 10 million albums worldwide and continues to make new music and tour the world. Jones has performed on NBC’s top-rated morning and nighttime shows respectively, Today and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. His ubiquitous hits can be heard in such high-profile television series and films such as “Stranger Things,” “Breaking Bad,” “Watchmen,” “The Carrie Diaries”, “Superstore” and “Bumblebee”.

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About BERLIN

BERLIN will forever be recognized as the American progenitor of electro-pop artistry with sensually appealing lyrics. Few bands emerging from the era of BERLIN have achieved as far-reaching and long-lasting an impact and, rarely, such a timeless array of musical grooves. The Los Angeles-based band made its first national impression with the provocative single “Sex (I’m A…)” from the platinum-selling debut EP Pleasure Victim in 1982. “The Metro” and “No More Words” were also chart toppers, but it was the unforgettable, intimate, and strikingly beautiful love song, “Take My Breath Away” that took the band to another level. The ballad’s defining role in the Tom Cruise film, Top Gun , helped solidify BERLIN’s everlasting place in American pop-culture. The song was a #1 international hit and received both the Golden Globe and Academy Award for “Best Original Song” in 1986.

BERLIN’s discography has yielded twelve gold and platinum album awards. The band—founded by Nunn, bassist John Crawford, and keyboard player David Diamond—made its everlasting place in American pop-culture. Nunn’s ongoing influence earned her the #11 spot on VH1.com’s “100 Greatest Women in Rock,” while, as an actress, she played leading roles in films including Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold with Kim Basinger, and Thank God It’s Friday with Jeff Goldblum and Debra Winger. Along with comedienne, Wendy Liebman, Nunn also previously hosted the critically acclaimed radio show Unbound with Terri Nunn on 88.5 FM KCSN Los Angeles.

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Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is the world’s leading live entertainment company comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Sponsorship. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com .

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Boy George and Culture Club announce 2023 North American tour

The group will be joined by Howard Jones and Berlin on their 25-city-run this summer

Boy George and Culture Club have announced details of their upcoming ‘The Letting It Go Show’ North American tour starting this summer. Check out the dates and ticket information below.

The 25-city run comes fresh on the heels of Boy George and Culture Club wrapping up their sold-out Vegas shows and will kick off on July 13 in West Palm Beach, Florida with support from Howard Jones and Berlin. The tour will be making stops in Nashville, Philadelphia, Toronto, and Dallas then ends in Concord, California.

Tickets go on sale Friday April 21 at 10am local time, but fans can purchase them a day earlier with the Live Nation pre-sale. The pre-sale begins on Thursday April 20 at 10am local time. Visit here for tickets and more information .

It’s a Miracle! We’re hitting the road this summer for The Letting It Go Show featuring Howard Jones and Berlin, and we CANNOT WAIT to see you there. Tickets are on sale Friday, April 21 at 10AM local! 🎟 pic.twitter.com/6aAILZYcTd — Culture Club (@RealCultureClub) April 18, 2023

Led by the charismatic Boy George, Culture Club dominated the 1980s music scene with hits such as ‘Do You Really Want to Hurt Me’, ‘Karma Chameleon’, ‘I’ll Tumble 4 Ya’, ‘Miss Me Blind’, and ‘Church Of The Poison Mind’,

After the group’s break-up in 1987, frontman Boy George began a solo career, releasing nine studio albums. His 1992 cover of the Pet Shop Boys’ ‘The Crying Game’ became a hit in the US peaking at Number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

In other news, last month, The Lottery Winners released their single ’Let Me Down’ featuring Boy George .

In a interview with NME , The Lottery Winners’ frontman Thom Rylance shared: “George’s voice on ‘Let Me Down’ is chilling. I get goosebumps hearing it. I was supposed to sing the second verse, but George sang it all. I thought: ‘I can’t delete Boy George’s vocal and put mine on instead. Obviously not!’ I’m in the background somewhere instead.”

Recently, Boy George and his Culture Club bandmates agreed to pay £1.75million to their ex-drummer Jon Moss over lost profits .

Moss had brought legal action against the band’s lead singer Boy George, guitarist Roy Hay and bassist Michael Craig following his alleged expulsion by their manager in September 2018 after 37 years of playing together.

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Boy George and Culture Club have announced their 2023 tour, The Letting It Go Show, featuring very special guests Howard Jones and BERLIN across all dates.

The prolific band will be performing all the hits, including “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me,” “Karma Chameleon,” and “Church of the Poisoned Mind,” right up to their current releases.

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Tickets will be available starting with a Citi presale beginning Wednesday, April 19. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general onsale beginning Friday, April 21 at 10 AM local time.

Citi is the official card of the Culture Club tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Wednesday, April 19 at 10 AM local time until Thursday, April 20 at 10 PM local time through the Citi Entertainment program.

Visit Boy George and Culture Club’s official website for more information.

The Letting It Go Show Tour Dates: Thu Jul 13 – West Palm Beach, FL – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre Sat Jul 15 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre Sun Jul 16 – Jacksonville, FL – Daily’s Place Amphitheatre Tue Jul 18 – Atlanta, GA – Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park Wed Jul 19 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion Thu Jul 20 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater Sat Jul 22 – Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts Sun Jul 23 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater Tue Jul 25 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center Wed Jul 26 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center Fri Jul 28 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live Sat Jul 29 – Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater Sun Jul 30 – Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion at the Mann Tue Aug 01 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage Thu Aug 03 – Tinley Park, IL – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Fri Aug 04 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre Sat Aug 05 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center Tue Aug 08 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre Thu Aug 10 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion Fri Aug 11 – The Woodlands, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Sat Aug 12 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater Mon Aug 14 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP Fri Aug 18 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre Sat Aug 19 – San Diego, CA – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre Sun Aug 20 – Concord, CA – Concord Pavilion

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Monthlong trek runs this summer

Music icons Boy George and Culture Club have announced their 2023 tour, The Letting It Go Show, featuring very special guests Howard Jones and Berlin across all dates. The prolific band will be performing all the hits, including “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me,” “Karma Chameleon,” and “Church of the Poisoned Mind,” right up to their current releases.

Produced by Live Nation, the 25-city run comes fresh on the heels of Boy George and Culture Club wrapping up their sold out Vegas shows . The Letting It Go Show kicks off on Thursday, July 13th in West Palm Beach, FL at iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre, with stops across North America in Atlanta, GA, Nashville, TN, Toronto, ON, Chicago, IL, Austin, TX and more before wrapping up on Saturday, August 20th in Concord, CA at Concord Pavilion.

Tickets will be available starting with a Citi pre-sale beginning Wednesday, April 19th. Additional pre-sales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on sale beginning Friday, April 21st at 10 am local time via Ticketmaster .

Few new wave groups were as popular as Culture Club. During the early ’80s, the group racked up seven straight Top 10 hits in the UK and six Top 10 singles in the US with their light, infectious pop-soul. Though their music was radio-ready, what brought the band stardom was Boy George, the group’s charismatic, cross-dressing lead singer. George dressed in flamboyant dresses and wore heavy makeup, creating a disarmingly androgynous appearance that created a sensation on early MTV. George also had a biting wit and frequently came up with cutting quips that won Culture Club heavy media exposure in both America and Britain.

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Boy George and Culture Club Announce 2023 Tour

With Howard Jones and Berlin across all dates

Boy George and Culture Club are headed out on a 2023 tour of North America with fellow new wave artists Howard Jones and Berlin .

“The Letting It Go Show” tour will span 25 cities and kicks off on July 13th in West Palm Beach, Florida. From there, it will stop in Atlanta, Nashville, Toronto, Chicago, and Austin before wrapping in Concord, California on August 20th.

Tickets are available via StubHub , where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program. StubHub is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

Boy George and Culture Club’s last album was 2018’s Life , their first studio LP in nearly 20 years.

Boy George and Culture Club 2023 Tour Dates: 06/24 – Plymouth, UK @ Home Park Stadium * 06/28 – Northhampton, UK @ Cinch Stadium * 06/30 – Durham, UK @ Seat Unique Riverside * 07/02 – Bristol, UK @ Badminton Estate * 07/04 – Hull, UK @ Sewell Group Craven Park Stadium * 07/13 – West Palm Beach, FL @ iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre 07/15 – Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre 07/16 – Jacksonville, FL @ Daily’s Place Amphitheatre 07/18 – Atlanta, GA @ Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park 07/19 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion 07/20 – Nashville, TN @ Ascend Amphitheater 07/22 – Bethel, NY @ Bethel Woods Center for the Arts 07/23 – Wantagh, NY @ Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theatre 07/25 – Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center 07/26 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center 07/28 – Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live 07/29 – Darien Center, NY @ Darien Lake Amphitheater 07/30 – Philadelphia, PA @ TD Pavilion at the Mann 08/01 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage 08/03 – Tinley Park, IL @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre 08/04 – Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre 08/05 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center 08/08 – Kansas City, MO @ Starlight Theatre 08/10 – Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis Pavilion 08/11 – The Woodlands, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 08/12 – Austin, TX @ Germania Insurance Amphitheater 08/14 – Rogers, AR @ Walmart AMP 08/18 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre 08/19 – San Diego, CA @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre 08/20 – Concord, CA @ Concord Pavilion 08/25 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl 08/26 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl

* = w/ Rod Stewart

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A udacy host Annalisa at Chicago's 93XRT got a chance to speak with music, fashion, and LGBTQ+ icon Boy George this week about his upcoming Culture Club tour dates, as well as his biggest inspirations, the impact his late mother had on his life, and more.

LISTEN NOW: Boy George talks with XRT's Annalisa

Boy George and Culture Club are heading back out on the road this summer with fellow new wave favorites Howard Jones and Berlin , as well as a number of U.K. concerts with Rod Stewart , before heading back overseas for even more dates in Australia. Quite a busy time for the band, but an exciting one for sure.

"It's a lot more fun now," Boy George says. "There's just a different vibration that was always there but I think is just more now, about connecting with the audience and having that relationship with people that you've known for a long time. These people have followed you for years, some of them and it's really nice to go back... I would say, 'Everything is better when you arrive smiling.'"

Growing up a music lover in the '80s, Annalisa looks back on how she would use her clothing and records the same way kids do today as a sort of armor, while remembering Boy George as one of the most up-front proponents of self-love, individualism, and pro-LGBTQ+ messaging.

"I will say to my audience, as a kind of joke, I'll say, 'Everybody's OK, right? Nobody's had a funny time following me... Has anything happened to anyone? You're still married? The kids are good?' The audience laughs because they know what I'm saying; that we have less influence than you think. I was raised in a world that was very heteronormal, but I was still always gonna be who I was. My brothers and I ate the same food, drank the same water but I was born gay and I was always gonna be gay."

"A lot of my audience is not gay," he acknowledges. "I don't go on stage and think, 'How many homosexuals...?' I think Culture Club has always been this real eclectic mix of everyone. Lots of girls, lots of women -- the girls love me and I love them back," he smiles.

Family has always been at the heart of his support network. Although unsure of what to make of his personality at the very beginning, he says it was his mother, Dinah -- who passed away at the age of 84 in March of 2023 -- who first recognized that "it came from a really creative place. It was about self-expression. Once she realized that -- because my mother had been held back in a way by society and by my father -- allowing me to kind of sparkle was so important to my mother."

"As a son, I have no regrets. My mother was a beautiful, beautiful woman. I love talking about her, I celebrate her. I probably tell her every day I love her now more than I did when she was around, which is a shame. I think my mom really facilitated me being freer because she wasn't able to do it."

David Bowie , he explains, was also a huge inspiration in his life and life's work. "He was the light at the end of the grey, suburban tunnel for me," Boy George says. "When I discovered Bowie, I first heard him through my brother's bedroom door, 'The Man Who Sold the World,' and then 'Ziggy [Stardust]' came along. I think my brother moved on to Rod Stewart and The Faces , who I also loved, but Bowie was the one that I adopted because I suddenly realized that there were other people like me out there. Interestingly, Bowie wasn't weirdly gay, I just think he was very open-minded, and even if he was a bit, it wasn't complete. He just played with all those boundaries."

"I think people aren't interesting because of their sexuality or their gender," he adds, "they're interesting because of their imaginations and he used a very wide palette in terms of what he wrote... I suppose his way of writing really influenced me because now I realized you could write a song about anything and you can decide what it's about after you've written it. There isn't really some formula to writing music, it's about so many things."

"I feel as a writer, you've got to keep pushing yourself, and also looking back at what you did instinctively in the beginning," Boy George says. That's why these shows are always fun because you really get to see what certain writing does."

Listen to Annalisa's full talk with Boy George above, and stay tuned for more conversations with your favorite artists right here on Audacy.

Boy George and Culture Club 's upcoming The Letting It Go Show 25-city tour with Howard Jones and Berlin , kicks off on July 13 in West Palm Beach, FL making stops in Atlanta, Nashville, Toronto, Chicago, and Austin before wrapping on the west coast in mid-August. Tickets are on sale now via Live Nation. Check out the full list of upcoming North American dates below.

Boy George and Culture Club 2023 Tour Dates:

07/13 – West Palm Beach, FL @ iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre

07/15 – Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre

07/16 – Jacksonville, FL @ Daily’s Place Amphitheatre

07/18 – Atlanta, GA @ Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park

07/19 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion

07/20 – Nashville, TN @ Ascend Amphitheater

07/22 – Bethel, NY @ Bethel Woods Center for the Arts

07/23 – Wantagh, NY @ Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theatre

07/25 – Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center

07/26 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center

07/28 – Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live

07/29 – Darien Center, NY @ Darien Lake Amphitheater

07/30 – Philadelphia, PA @ TD Pavilion at the Mann

08/01 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage

08/03 – Tinley Park, IL @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

08/04 – Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre

08/05 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center

08/08 – Kansas City, MO @ Starlight Theatre

08/10 – Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis Pavilion

08/11 – The Woodlands, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

08/12 – Austin, TX @ Germania Insurance Amphitheater

08/14 – Rogers, AR @ Walmart AMP

08/18 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre

08/19 – San Diego, CA @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre

08/20 – Concord, CA @ Concord Pavilion

08/25 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl

08/26 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl

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Boy George and Culture Club Announce ‘The Letting It Go Show’ 2023 Tour

HOWARD JONES AND BERLIN TO JOIN ACROSS ALL DATES

Tickets Available Starting Wednesday, April 19 with Citi Presale

General Onsale Begins Friday, April 21 at 10 AM Local on LiveNation.com

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THE LETTING IT GO SHOW 2023 TOUR DATES:

Thu Jul 13 – West Palm Beach, FL – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre

Sat Jul 15 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre

Sun Jul 16 – Jacksonville, FL – Daily’s Place Amphitheatre

Tue Jul 18 – Atlanta, GA – Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park

Wed Jul 19 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion

Thu Jul 20 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater

Sat Jul 22 – Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts

Sun Jul 23 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theatre

Tue Jul 25 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center

Wed Jul 26 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center

Fri Jul 28 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live

Sat Jul 29 – Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater

Sun Jul 30 – Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion at the Mann

Tue Aug 01 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage

Thu Aug 03 – Tinley Park, IL – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

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Boy George Will Join MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL on Broadway as 'Harold Zidler'

He begins performances Tuesday, February 6, 2024 for a limited engagement through Sunday, May 12.

Boy George is making his return to Broadway in Moulin Rouge! The Musical. The Tony Award-winning musical will welcome the global icon and Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and trailblazer in the role of “Harold Zidler” beginning Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at Broadway’s Al Hirschfeld Theatre. He will play a limited engagement through Sunday, May 12, 2024.

Tituss Burgess continues his limited engagement as “Harold Zidler” through Sunday, December 17, 2023, and Eric Anderson returns to the role Tuesday, December 19, 2023 through Sunday, February 4, 2024.

About Boy George

Born George O'Dowd in 1961, Boy George rose to fame as the lead singer of the iconic band Culture Club. First appearing on Top of the Pops with Culture Club in 1982, he instantly had people talking. The pop sensations went on to achieve seven UK Top 10 singles, nine Top 10 singles in the USA, and nine Top 20 singles in Australia - including “Karma Chameleon” and “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me,” and have sold in excess of 100 million singles and 50 million albums. Attracting high praise from a variety of publications that include Rolling Stone and MTV and having gained truly global recognition, the Grammy Award winning singer has created a World-wide presence that transcends age, race, colour, creed, nationality and even religion. George remains the most colourful pop star in British History. He’s ever present and relevant in today’s World with sell out worldwide tours, a new Album, numerous TV shows and a global audience who love the British National Treasure and Global Icon that is Boy George .

Boy George also wrote the music and lyrics for the musical Taboo, in which he also starred in 2003.

About Moulin Rouge! The Musical

Moulin Rouge! The Musical is the winner of ten 2021 Tony Awards® including Best Musical, two Drama League Awards including Outstanding Production of a Musical, five Drama Desk Awards and ten Outer Critics Circle Award Honor citations including New Broadway Musical.

Moulin Rouge! The Musical opened to critical acclaim at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in the Summer of 2019 and reopened in September 2021 following the shutdown of Broadway due to the pandemic.

“Spectacular! Euphoric! In Moulin Rouge! The Musical, life is beautiful,” raves The New York Times. “Moulin Rouge! The Musical is a fabulous new musical. The high begins the instant you walk into the theatre,” said the New York Post. Entertainment Weekly concludes that “it’s easy to believe that Moulin Rouge! The Musical could run for 50 years.”

Moulin Rouge! The Musical is directed by Tony Award® winner Alex Timbers and with a book by Tony Award® winner John Logan, choreography by Tony Award® winner Sonya Tayeh and music supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by Tony Award® winner Justin Levine .

The design team for Moulin Rouge! The Musical includes Tony Award® winner Derek McLane (sets), Tony Award® winner Catherine Zuber (costumes), Tony Award® winner Justin Townsend (lighting), Tony Award® winner Peter Hylenski (sound), Drama Desk Award winner David Brian Brown (wig and hair design), Sarah Cimino (Make-up design) and Tony Award® winner Matt Stine (Music Producer). Casting is by Jim Carnahan and Stephen Kopel .

Enter a world of splendor and romance, of eye-popping excess, of glitz, grandeur and glory! A world where Bohemians and aristocrats rub elbows and revel in electrifying enchantment. Pop the champagne and prepare for the spectacular spectacular...Welcome to Moulin Rouge! The Musical.

Baz Luhrmann ’s iconic film comes to life onstage, remixed in a new musical mash-up extravaganza. Moulin Rouge! The Musical is a theatrical celebration of Truth, Beauty, Freedom, and - above all - Love. Moulin Rouge! The Musical is more than a musical; it is a state of mind.

As in the film, Moulin Rouge! The Musical celebrates over 160 years of music – from Offenbach to Lady Gaga . The stage musical features many of the iconic songs from the movie and also includes recent hits released since the movie premiered 20 years ago.

Moulin Rouge! The Musical is produced by Carmen Pavlovic and Gerry Ryan OAM for Global Creatures and Bill Damaschke. General management is by Foresight Theatrical .

Co-producers of the Broadway production include Aaron Lustbader , Hunter Arnold , Darren Bagert , Erica Lynn Schwartz / Matt Picheny / Stephanie Rosenberg , Adam Blanshay Productions / Nicolas & Charles Talar , Iris Smith , Aleri Entertainment, CJ ENM, Sophie Qi/ Harmonia Holdings , AF Creative Media / International Theatre Fund, Baz & Co. / Len Blavatnik , Endeavor Content, Tom & Pam Faludy, Gilad-Rogowsky / InStone Productions , John Gore Organization, Mehr-BB Entertainment GmbH, Spencer Ross , Nederlander Presentations / IPN, Eric Falkenstein / Suzanne Grant , Jennifer Fischer , Peter May / Sandy Robertson , Triptyk Studios , Carl Daikeler / Sandi Moran , Desantis-Baugh Productions, Red Mountain Theatre Company / 42ND CLUB, Candy Spelling / Tulchin Bartner , Roy Furman and Jujamcyn Theatres .

Released by 20th Century Studios, Baz Luhrmann ’s MOULIN ROUGE! premiered at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. At the 74th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for eight Oscars, including Best Picture, and won two.

The Moulin Rouge of Paris, managed by Jean-Jacques Clerico (CEO), is a dazzling and spectacular universe, the symbol of the Parisian way of celebrating since 1889. Starting life as a popular cabaret and dance hall, the venue became an iconic music hall in the Roaring Twenties, and then a theatre where numerous famous French and International Artists stepped out into the limelight. Today, the Moulin Rouge and its 60 artists present the Féerie revue show: two hours of amazement between cabaret and music hall styles where dance scenes and surprise acts intersperse – without forgetting the Moulin Rouge’s most emblematic dance, the French Cancan! Since its creation, the Moulin Rouge of Paris has always been an invitation to live and share all the emotions and effervescence of a unique party extravaganza.

The Grammy-nominated Moulin Rouge! The Musical Original Broadway Cast Recording, produced by Baz Luhrmann , Justin Levine , Matt Stine & Alex Timbers , is now available by Baz Luhrmann ’s label, House of Iona, and RCA Records . The album debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Cast Album chart.

The book Moulin Rouge! The Musical: The Story of the Broadway Spectacular, a glittering backstage pass to Moulin Rouge! The Musical and its journey to Broadway, is now available from Rizzoli.

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Boy George on Broadway in "Moulin Rouge!"

Boy George returns to Broadway in "Moulin Rouge! The Musical” - he plays Harold Zidler from Feb. 6 to May 11. His first, and last time on Broadway, was over 20 years ago and the show was not well received. This time Boy George is joining a successful play that won 10 Tony Awards in 2021. Yet, lots of tickets are still available for when Boy George joins the show at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. How audiences react to George will provide insight into the age old question: will Boy George ever be a star again in America ? Vegas odds say no.

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Karma: My Autobiography

By boy george.

US release date 1/9/24

This is the third autobiography by Boy George, following Take it Like a Man in 1995 and Straight in 2005.

I can't help seeing Boy George as the lonely relative at Christmas, you know the drunk uncle telling the hero stories of days gone by - his days gone by. Do you see that too? Really the question we should be asking ourselves here is “why?”. As in why is Boy George rehashing the same stories over again from his two previous memoirs? That's right, this is Boy George’s third autobiography, and the second one he co-wrote/ghost wrote with Spencer Bright.

The autobiography I want to read is Spencer Bright's … imagine the golden stories - I demur.

So why is Boy George constantly clamoring for our attention? More to come.

Boy George - Fast Facts

Full Name : George Alan O'Dowd

Born : June 14, 1961

Birthplace : Bexley, Kent, UK

Resides : London & Los Angeles

Fame : Singer, Culture Club, Prison

Married : No

Partner : Last known - Michael Dunne

Children : None

Religion : Nichiren Buddhism

Net Worth : $50,000,000 (est)

Height : 6'0"

Weight : varies, but gaining

Shoe Size : 10

Karma Chameleon : movie cancelled

Karma: My Autobiography : US release Date 1/9/24

Harry Styles Did Not Want to Whip Auden Carlsen?

BoyGeorge.com is getting reports the real reason Harry Styles backed out of the Boy George movie is Styles was uneasy and reluctant to portray the chaining, whipping and beating of model Auden Carlsen, which sent Boy George to prison. Totally understandable.

Karma Chameleon Movie Update Harry Styles OUT No Boy Band to Boy George Transformation

After Covid delays it appears casting delays are pushing back Boy George's movie "Karma Chameleon" production date as leading man candidate Harry Styles has pulled out of the running. Losing Styles is a big loss as the media and fan favorite would have been a huge draw for the film. Boy George said “There was talk of Harry Styles, but I think he ran. He was too scared .” The rumor is apparently Styles was fearful that playing Boy George would firmly put him in the "softboy" camp and create confusion about his sexual identity. Dumbfounding as Styles is currently dating the brilliant and beautiful Olivia Wilde, who ironically, if she put a Boy George hat on could also play the part.

Enter Pansexual UK singer Yungblud (never to be confused with being Hungblud) into the running and apparently doing promo tests. “They are looking at a kid called Yungblud. He is a big English sensation. He is quite young and he has been auditioning" Boy George said cheerfully putting Harry Styles behind him. But replacing Styles with a rising, but lesser, D-List star like Younblud does not help soften the blow as Styles would be a ticket draw on both sides of the pond for the Millennium production as most Americans know nothing of Yungblud (spelled with a Y, not an H.) Yungblud might actually welcome the gender discussions Harry Styles seems to be scared of. If you step back and think about it, embracing gender fludity is a much neater fit with Boy George's lifestyle as George kick-started those conversations back in the 80's. So maybe Styles showing his "fear" now is a good thing - someone fearless is needed to portray Boy George .

Poem for Boy George

I am incognito No village or any screen So proud of Tesco Just like his majesty its for EVER green. 30 years and no rust New recruits and no lack Never going to bite the dust Not even if a dragon attack. Are you looking down Can you see pain is so close to pleasure You are my sister got me into the crown Freddie look after the other George he too is treasure. Got a new pace No poetry as had to draw the line Spreading the queen is the bicycle race I am sure farrokh will be remembered on the vine. -- UK UK UK UK sent in this poem hoping Boy George would enjoy it. We here at BoyGeorge.com sure as shit did!

Searching for Actor to Play Boy George

"There's only one problem, and it's quite major - who's going to play me?" said Boy George as he launched a casting search for an actor to play the lead in his upcoming biopic titled Karma Chameleon . "I want to be impressed" Boy George stated.

Who will play Boy George? Fans have been posting suggestions on our site : Adam Lambert Sophie Turner Harry Styles It won't be Keanu Reeves in the staring role, the A-list star's agent said Reeves won't be staring in the film.

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Jon Moss - the forgotten founder of Culture Club.

Boy George & Culture Club at Royal Albert Hall

Boy George & Culture Club are performing a live stream at Royal Albert Hall on 11/22/20. But is that correct to say - can we still call them Culture Club today, in light of the lawsuit by Jon Moss , and mean it? Is it really Culture Club that will play at Albert Hall? And by that we mean the current configuration of the band - you know, minus Jon Moss .

Nightmare of Band Names

The messages from Boy George's camp about his band's name is getting almost as frantic and chaotic as Donald Trump's tweets about fake news - the way that Boy George refers to his band keeps evolving and changing - almost on a weekly basis - something is rotten in the state of Denmark. When they toured in 2018 the band was called Culture Club. Then after tossing out Jon Moss the name changed from Culture Club to Boy George & Culture Club. Now, with the most recent announcement of a show at the Royal Albert Hall, the band is back to calling itself Culture Club? Which one is it? Maybe only the rotund 'mastermind' PK knows. But hey, turns out the rest of us can play this game too.

Boy George plus 2

Is there a better name for the threesome Boy George now fronts? Would Boy George & the Wee2 be a better fit? Does Boy George & The Leftovers sound best? Or is Culture Club Minus1 (Culture Club -1) more accurate? Seems like an endless variety of names - and at this rate PK might cycle through them all in 2020 and 2021. Got a winner-winner-chicken dinner of a new name for Culture Club? Add your Voice

Calling Auden Carlsen

Auden Carlsen - We Want Your Story Reach out Touch George - we, along with millions of others, want to know your side of the story. We will post it here Auden. Reach Out - Auden Carlsen

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Love your eyes.

Dear Boy George, What a fool I have been, so glad to have 'found' you (your music). During the summer I got the Culture Club greatest hits DVD for my son John to keep him in high spirits and he loves music and rhythm. He is 8, I am 49. Straight away he loved it of course. Immediately we both became obsessed with playing it (and watching it!) and now a month or so later we've got 5 or 6 more CDs & DVDs ( Boy George's and Culture Club 's).

The two we really love and play a lot right now are "This Is What I Do" album and "Culture Club Live at Wembley" from 2016/7. I so wish we had been there. Hopefully in the future. ... my son is fully into your music from all the years now and I can't put into words how it makes me feel.

I married an abusive man. We left him in January and live at Womens' Aid refuge at the moment. 'King Of Everything' means so much to me. My son deserved better. The ordeal isn't over but it is a new life for us. I can't list all the ways we are mad about you, your voice; songs, but you have opened up a new world of music for my son, and it makes us happy, thank you George. Zoe Xxx

Who Fired John Moss?

Who asked John Moss to leave Culture Club? BoyGeorgeCultureClub.com

What happened with Boy George?

Heroin and addiction issues prematurely cut short the successful period of Boy George's musical career with Culture Club, while a conviction and prison term for abusing (whipping) and imprisoning (chaining) a male model have marred Boy George's later years.

Boy George a B-list Star?

The Daily Frail labeled Boy George a B-list star, quoting a source from Channel 7 Australia (the new owners of The Voice Australia) implying that the old owners of the Voice Aussie style were paying too much for a bunch of B-listers. Is Boy George a B-list star? Do fans of his really care what the Daily Frail has to say? That did not stop Boy George from having a romp on Twitter about this: "I've never been "dumped" by a network. My nipples are hard!" Tweet "They can't afford me darling!" Tweet

Boy George is “under maintenance”

Boy George deserves better Who is leading Boy George's online presence? It seems like no one is in charge. Or they do not have a working plan. First Boy George's main site was BoyGeorgeUK.com – a horrible site that smelled like it was created by a corporate, middle-aged man bent on milking Boy George fans out of every penny it could – it was a joyless, soulless, corporate site that was a stark contrast to the whimsicalness that is Boy George. For the last few weeks BoyGeorgeUK.com has been “undergoing maintenance” - the now blank screen that greets visitors is really a step up from what the site was before.

BoyGeorgeUK.com not main site anymore

So what is? Two years ago Boy George's management was branding him online as Boy George and Culture Club so they brought out BoyGeorgeandCultureClub.com – which was a great site and seemed like a big improvement over the lackluster BoyGeorgeUK.com. But now BoyGeorgeandCultureClub.com forwards to BoyGeorgeUK.com – so both sites are pointing to a dead page that says “undergoing maintenance.”

Getting confused? It gets worse

Apparently the new site is BoyGeorgeandCultureClub.net – not even a .com but a .net is how Boy George is being presented to the world? Really, this is as good as it gets for our man George?

Who is responsible for this mess? Not Boy George – he is an artist and rightly spends his days being creative, writing, coming and going and speaking of Michelangelo. Boy George is not the person in charge of marketing nor is he the problem here. His job is to be Boy George .

Who is to blame?

His management? Boy George is managed by PK, or Paul Kemsley who is famous in America for being on RHOBH and for having debt and money issues according to the show's story-lines – good grief apparently someone who can’t manage his own money is in charge of managing Boy George's career? Perhaps if PK and his wife Dorito were not on RHOBH he would have time to fix this web mess. Maybe PK is thinking more about Dorito's career than Boy George’s. Who knows at this point but it is a messy web of online failure .

You deserve better Boy George - much better

Boy George – make these people earn the money they take from you – have all your dead sites forward to the one site you are using – its not rocket science.

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Make up question.

Good Evening, My name is Leesa Fairclough and I’m a qualified make up artist. My dream is to do Boy George’s make up just one time. He always inspires me with his bold beautiful colour and outfits.

My face book and Instagram name is called flawless beauty by Leesa. All my work is on there. I love using bold colour as you will see.

If you could make this dream come true for just one day I would be so grateful.

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Artwork inspiration.

Canvas portrait of Boy George by Rebecca Toth, 2020

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Letter from a brazilian fan.

Hi boy george, how are you? My name is Guilherme S I am 18 years old and I am a big fan of yours I live in Brazil and I love your music My favorite is Karma Chameleon I love doing your makeup I think it’s amazing I’m very inspired by you hug Guilherme S please answer this email

George reach out or have Doritos breath's buddy, Erin M, reach out to us again for Guilherme's 411.

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Project with boy george.

Mel from Reunion Island wrote in Will Boy George sing his song?

My name is Mel (AKA Chaff Chaff Gambler) and I’m a French artist - actually a singer. I live in Reunion Island near Madagascar and Mauritius. I’m also an author, composer. I wrote and composed a song and I wanted to know if Boy George would be interested in singing it?

I’ve always been a fan of Culture Club but I have always been seduced by the ambivalent personality of Boy George and his voice of course.

I write in French and in English.

If Boy George is interested and wishes to embark on this project, just let me know and I will send you the demo.

It’s an honest and extremely serious proposition.

I apologize in advance for the spelling errors.

I wish you a good day and remain at your disposal for more information.

ChaffChaffGambler.com

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Will Boy George reach out to Mel? Only the Boy knows!

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Unfinished conversation from 1989.

Dominic from Australia wrote in

Hi George, I’d love to say, "Hi" and we have an unfinished conversation that we started on the steps, inside the foyer of The Fridge in Brixton in 1989.

It was regarding an interview you did on Radio 1, when you spoke about Gladys Knight connecting with your soul and also opened up a lot about very personal stuff, which was so admirable and really groundbreaking at the time.

I was hoping to finish the conversation at John Richmond’s party at the end of London Fashion Week, in Marlborough St, but I was leaving Just as you were arriving with Bananarama lol.

Are you still in Australia? I moved to Australia 26 years ago and for the last 5 years I’ve been living in an old rectory, in a rural part of Tasmania. It’s a magical place, which I share with my dog and resident ghost “Ida”. I purchased this house but since meeting Ida, I realise I’m simply it’s custodian.

You’ll be wondering who the heck this is and I’m sure you won’t remember me; Simon will probably remember me for taking over his decks at Bill Stickers!

If you are still in Australia and if you get this email, I’d love to finish the conversation. I’ve been sober now for almost 6 years (October 27th is my AA birthday).

If, by chance, you find yourself in Tassie, I hope you’ll take a leap of faith and accept an invitation to come and stay. I’ll leave it there for now, but happily chat more and send photos etc (don’t worry: I’m gorgeous), once I know I’ve connected with George.

Hope to hear from you 😘 Dominic

Dominic goes on to give his mobile and email address which we won't print here now - George, we know you read this site just reach out to get Dominic's 411 - Reach out - Touch George

Boy George turns 59

Kristal from Australia wrote in wishing Boy George a Happy Birthday Hi George, Happiest 59th Birthday to you from Australia. I’m 34 and have loved your music since I was old enough to remember! I love how you’ve never given up and grown stronger through everything you’ve endured. You’re not perfect; none of us are... but you own your shit. You seem to be proud, yet also striving to change/learn/grow. Just wanted to let you know you are admired. I sincerely hope you have been well and happy through the covid situation. I hope your mum is on the mend too! All the best, Kristal

Happy Birthday Boy George

Who plays boy george in the new film.

The news is out that MGM is preparing a movie about Boy George, directed by Sacha Gervas, with Sophie Turner expressing an interest in playing the part of Boy George in the film. Awesome, right?

But can one actor really play the role of Boy George? Our man George has not only aged over the years since his early success but also dramatically changed his body depending on what substances he was consuming or how much food he was eating.

Clearly Sophie Turner and Kristen Stewart are doppelgangers for a young Boy George but who will play the older Boy George - or a bloated, boozed and drugged Boy George? Such a dilemma. Both Kristen Stewart and Sophie Turner are too thin - in body and face - to pull it off. A skinny person will struggle with the role.

Enter Katy Perry. Perry has the face that would allow her to play both a young Boy George and the more rotund Boy George of the last 15 years. The bonus with Perry is she has the vocal chops to crush it singing Boy George and Culture Club's work. If the producers decide to re-record the music - a la Taron Egerton in "Rocketman" and Val Kilmer in "The Doors", Katy Perry is simply made to order.

Since PK, or Paul Kemsley is co-producing the Boy George biography movie, the betting odds are that he will have a voice in who plays Boy George in the film - PK's views and desires here could make things harder for Sacha Gervas to pick the right person to play Boy George. Stay tuned. Thoughts?

The Boy George Movie The Star or the Person?

We, like many, are curious what the new Boy George film will be about - the star or the person behind the star? Will it be a story of myths and urban legends as told by the media or the hero story of an artist and cultural figure who helped pave the way for a completely modern way of viewing gender.

How edited will Boy George's life be in the new film?

Will it just be about Culture Club and stardom and his "Persona" - or will it cover the entirety of his life including the ugly side of addiction, arrest and prison? We can hardly wait for Hollywood.

It's Official Sophie Turner wants to play Boy George

And Boy George wants Sophie Turner to play him in the planned movie about his life. We can't wait to see the casting call.

Buddha Gone?

Boy George was very un-Buddha like on the Voice Australia after a row with contestant Daniel Shaw - George had a mini-snit storming off the stage during the show leaving his fellow judges stunned. While we are all used to the public battles of George's addictions, it is interesting to see the public battle George fights trying to be a better Buddhist and more Zen-like is his every day life. On this day, Boy George was more Diva than Buddha. We believe in you George, be the Buddha, not the Pouter.

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Experience Boy George?

Want unfettered access to the mind and quirkiness of Boy George? The best way to experience Boy George online is on Twitter - Boy George's Twitter account is an absolute hoot.

There is no filtering on Boy George's twitter account, no business executive saying no, or promoter poo-poohing Boy George's shenanigans - just pure Boy George being Boy George. Compared with his Tweets, Boy George's commercial site comes across as cold, soulless and reeking of an old businessman because it is run by an older businessman, whereas on Twitter Boy George is an active, cheeky and lively tweeter - his personality is unchained and shines brightly.

Twitter lets you get real close to Boy George and his personal sense of humor comes through. Boy George is extremely approachable and full of banter - fans seem to connect easily and effortlessly on Twitter and Boy George appears to enjoy the interactions. Here are some great exchanges: FAN: Shouldn't it be "Man George" at this point? BG: Wouldn't you like to find out! Tweet FAN: Hi George - very very I'm sad because yesterday I sent to you tweet and you didn't answer It BG: Get used to that! Lol! x Tweet FAN: wow, I thought boy george was dead BG: What a lovely tweet? Tweet FAN: I don't like Bernie Sanders BG: What about Colonel Sanders? Tweet

Boy George Impersonators on Twitter

There are some Boy George impersonators on twitter too but the are pretty easy to spot; the first clue is they reach out to you; the second is they are trying to sell you something or asking for money - the real Boy George does not ask for your money, just your love and appreciation; the third, and the easiest way to tell, is they do not have Twitter's blue verified badge next to their name. At the top of our site we link to Boy George's twitter account as well as throughout our site - https://twitter.com/BoyGeorge

"Every single article at an airport always say's 'Boy George was unrecognisable' and yet they still managed to take my picture." - Boy George

Is Boy George a Pirate?

As in a digital pirate? In December Boy George admitted on Twitter to downloading a pirated copy of the movie Bohemian Rhapsody : "I downloaded a copy of @BoRhapMovie but it was a terrible bootleg. All I could see was 'a little silhouette of a man!!!!"

Now granted, our man George is being funny with the "little silhouette of a man" line - it's a Queen thing, the lines are straight outta of the song "Bohemian Rhapsody." But what are you teaching your fans, Boy George? "Will you do the fandango" and use the Fandango site to pony up and buy a ticket just like the rest of us working stiffs? We're sure you were being cheeky in your tweet, and certainly wouldn't want anyone to pirate your own or Culture Club's records, so please don't be a pirate of Queen's work. It's not good for anyone's record sales, and it certainly isn't good karma.

Celebrate the Season of George

If you listen to the radio, streaming music, or shop in stores during the holiday season it is hard not to hear the song "Do They Know it's Christmas". Recorded in 1984 the song was a huge success musically, and culturally became one of the best-selling singles with the proceeds going towards famine relief in Africa. Additionally, it signaled a group of musicians ability to enact positive change in the world. At the forefront of the recording was one the hottest musician in the world in 1984 - Boy George - who sings the 2nd stanza of the song:

And in our world of plenty we can spread a smile of joy Throw your arms around the world at Christmastime

Two things are evident when revisiting this video again in 2018 - Sting, aka Gordon Summer from the Police, was incredibly gorgeous in his youth and man Boy George can really freaking sing - from the get go he makes this song his own as he belts out his lines (as well as additional backup throughout the remainder of the song).

Adding the Boy to Culture Club

Things have evolved in 2018 for the band Culture Club - sometime during the year Culture Club changed from being called Culture Club to being called Boy George and Culture Club. Bravo. We at BoyGeorge.com do not have a problem with that, nor we do we think anyone in the US buying tickets to the Life Tour or buying the new music will either. And that seems just about right in the second decade of the 21st century - while Boy George is still recognizable and a known entity who passes both the grandmother test (hey I remember him) and the millennial test (hey I saw him on the Voice) sadly his three band-mates in Culture Club do not pass either test nor make the attention dial move - at all. So bring on Boy George and Culture Club - we wouldn't want it any other way. Well, Boy George did tweet "We are now known as 'Roy Hay And Culture Club!" Cheeky monkey.

"You are not a real man unless you have walked through a gang of skinheads in stilettos." - Boy George

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Denise Richards is gaga for Boy George

"I am so excited to join the cast of (RHOBH) as I am a huge fan of the show. I am looking forward to spending time with all the ladies ... and hopefully meeting Boy George !!" - Denise Richards - BravoTV.com

If you haven't already heard, actress Denise Richards is joining the cast of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills this season, and the above statement makes one assume she is thrilled to not only be the newest member of the show, but also how excited she is to meet the fabulous Boy George.

On September 8, 2018, Denise was married to her boyfriend, Aaron Phypers, and the RHOBH ladies (and cameras) were in attendance. Was Boy George able to make it? He was scheduled to perform in Englewood, CO on the evening of her wedding, so perhaps not. We'll have to wait for the new season of the show to air to find out if Denise gets to meet Boy George, but it may be a safe bet he'll turn up at some point in the season and we'll finally get to see another Housewife go gaga for George. Can you blame her? Oh, to be Denise!

Boy George's New Single

"Let Somebody Love You"

First New Songs in 20 years with Culture Club

On August 1, 2018, Boy George and Culture Club released thier first single from the forthcoming album, Life , slated to be released in October 26, 2018. Life will be the first album the band has released since 1999. The track, "Let Somebody Love You" is described by Boy George as follows: "This song is about the risk of loving. It talks about how you always seem attracted to people who are trouble. Ultimately, you've got to take the risk to allow yourself to be loved."

From the opening chords, one immediately knows this IS Boy George and Culture Club . One hears tastes of Jamaican reggae, ska, British New Wave, soul, and Latin influences , all of which have defined the band's "sound" for over three decades. Immediately, it makes you want to get up and dance, and they have added some nice touches with a few record scratches mixed in.

The lyrics are uplifting, with George's familiar voice, perhaps older and wiser, yet still as smooth as honey, coming through to blend beautifully with the instruments. The lyrics and beat make one connect with the song, and finding your toes tapping to the beat shouldn't be a surprise. Upon hearing the track the first time, it was apparent that Boy George and Culture Club still have the magical "it", and one hopes that this will not only excite fans from the band's early days, but also help them reach out and find new audiences for their work.

It's a great song for the summer of 2018.

Love is revolution... Let somebody love you...

I am a poet in New York City You can see your face in my shoes I'm young and I'm alive, I've got nothing to lose A dream, a broken lie, a kiss, so much to resist And then I find you I am fire, you are water, nothing we can do I walk into the room and light your fuse Love is revolution War and famine too Feed the hunger in your heart Let somebody love you Let somebody love you ...

Boy George - The Good

Boy George and Culture Club's music is a blend of British new wave with American soul and Jamaican reggae, in addition to calypso, salsa, and country that is both visually stunning and musically enticing - his soulful voice earned both Boy George and Culture Club great success. Boy George has challenged stereotypes and has not been afraid to go against the norm and continues to work to break gender stereotypes. In 2015 he received the prestigious Ivor Novello Award from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors for Outstanding Services to British Music.

There's this illusion that homosexuals have sex and heterosexuals fall in love. That's completely untrue. Everybody wants to be loved. - Boy George

There's no better time than now to be who you are. - Boy George

My life hasn't always been a disaster, it's just that when it has, it's been a spectacular disaster. - Boy George

Boy George - The Bad

No one is perfect - far from it - but those who are often exposed to sudden fame and the glories that come with it can find themselves falling into destructive tendencies. Whether it is to escape the pressures of their careers, demons that may haunt them from the past, or merely as a distraction, few are immune. Boy George, himself, can relate. As he said in an interview in 2016 with The Evening Standard, Boy George admits "I thought I was really worldly. I thought I knew everything. Ha! I didn't know shit."

Boy George's troubles began after the demise of his band, Culture Club in 1986, where he emerged as a gaunt junkie, addicted to heroin. He cleaned up, but in early 2000's, he fell off the wagon once more, using the drugs that had tormented him in the 80's. From an article published in The Independent in 2010, while residing in New York City he reported to police that his apartment had been broken into. There was no evidence of this burglary, but when officers arrived, they did find 13 bags of cocaine. Boy George was slapped with court-ordered community service for these transgressions and "he ended up sweeping ... the open streets of Chinatown" creating a media circus, until he was allowed to finish the sentence inside the Sanitation Department grounds.

Boy George is now sober and living a clean lifestyle. He practices Nichiren Buddhism and says: "My appetite for self-destruction and misery is greatly diminished. I'm not interested in being unhappy." Boy George has been in recovery for years and is doing very well. Wisely, he told the interviewer at The Evening Standard, "An addict is an addict. But until you can say, 'I'm an addict,' you can't start to make peace with those demons."

And as for Boy George's head tattoos? He gave them up when he gave up alcohol. Boy George said, "When I stopped drinking I lost the desire to be tattooed on the head." As for his present and future, living a sober lifestyle? He told The Independent, "There are many people in recovery all the time, and a great many of them manage to stay clean, to do good, to sort out their lives. I should know. I am one of them."

We hope Boy George's wisdom and what he has learned through his years of turmoil and getting to the other side of it will serve him and his fans well for many, many years to come.

Boy George - The Ugly

Sadly, trouble returned to Boy George's life and he was arrested after a male model was shackled to a radiator and attacked by the singer and an accomplice in 2007, according to an article from the Independent. George was sentenced to 15-months, serving 4 months for good behavior (he wore an ankle monitor and had a curfew for the remainder of his sentence).

Asked by The Evening Standard if he felt the punishment fit the crime, he replied "It's something that happened, and sitting here worrying about whether it was the right thing and 'Did I deserve it?' ... it happened. And I dealt with it." When first reading the above quote, it seems that he has come to terms with this episode from his past.

Yet, there is another side to this coin. Auden Carlsen, the man who was handcuffed and beaten, has come out to speak about his side of the story. In both the article from the Independent and one from The Sun , he speaks of how he was hired by George twice, to be photographed by the singer. During the second visit to his flat, the aforementioned incident occurred - Boy George thought the model had stolen photographs from his computer - and Boy George and another man beat Carlsen and chained him to a radiator while high on cocaine. Panicked, the model was eventually able to free himself and flee into the streets, nearly naked and bleeding. The incident scarred Carlsen, who admitted he spent years in therapy for the trauma this event caused him, as depression and anxiety followed in the wake of the attack.

Now, Boy George is clean and sober again, and his image is on the rise. He has participated in The Voice UK, The Voice Australia, Celebrity Big Brother, as well as releasing new music and touring. Carlsen told The Sun, "the BBC should be ashamed of themselves for employing Boy George after everything he did to me. He shouldn't be allowed to be a mentor - they should axe him. He is a criminal who has been to prison. If a male celebrity beat up a woman with a chain, handcuffed her to a wall and threatened her with a sex toy, there would be a public outcry if he was given a high-profile job at the BBC. But because I am a gay man they think it's OK. It's outrageous."

This is an important point, one that in this day of the #metoo movement deserves a pause. As the Independent states, only 3 - 5 % of male victims of abuse in the U.K. report crimes against them. How do we view male victims of sexual violence in our society, whether their perpetrators are famous or not? We have seen how scores of famous (and once revered) men have fallen from grace in the last few years, due to the uprising of victims voices that will remain silent no more.

As of May 2018, over 86 men in the field of arts and entertainment had been accused in one way or another of sexual harassment or assault. Some of the names include: Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Bill O'Reilly, and the list goes on. Most of the names have been accused by female victims, yet others, like Spacey and Bryan Singer have been accused by males. This shows that the abuse does not have a gender preference, simply a need for power and the opportunity to let the mistreatment occur.

Although Boy George deserves a great deal of respect for his life's work, as well as how he has succeeded in rehabilitating himself over the last decade, Auden Carlsen's words underscore that violence does happen to men, and can be just as damaging to their lives as it is for women victims. As a huge Bravo fan, I was thrilled to see Boy George had become an on-again, off-again feature on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills . Who wouldn't want this eccentric man as their best friend and houseguest? It added an element to the show that was thrilling for those of us who grew up watching his career and being awed by his oversized personality.

Yet, now one wonders what people like Andy Cohen (producer of the Bravo show and an openly gay man who is a very strong gay rights activist in his own right) think of Boy George's past deeds and how George came to terms with them, if indeed we can compare Boy George's indiscretions to those of other men who have been accused? It would be an interesting question to ask on Watch What Happens Live .

Everyone deserves a chance to redeem themselves. In the court of public opinion, it seems that Boy George has done just this. Yet, at the same time, it would be unfair to ignore the plight of the victim and the continuing anguish they may feel when turning on the television, radio, or reading the newspaper and seeing their aggressor in front of their eyes. Especially when Boy George takes a rather flat-line approach to the crime having admitted that "it happened. And I dealt with it."

Yes, he did deal with it - in the high courts, with his sentence and rehabilitation. But where does it leave the victim, and the trauma of the event that changed his life? And where does it leave our view of Boy George - how do we incorporate this horrible act and crime and reconcile it with this new public persona of an apparently benign and Buddha-like man?

"I went to prison; therefore, I've been rehabilitated, and now I want to get on with my life. I have paid for what I did, end of story." - Boy George

There are no easy answers. Does it make one less appreciative of the magic that is Boy George? No. However, it makes one see the "man behind the curtain", the incredibly human, fallible side of him.

No one can or should expect perfection, from themselves or their idols. What we can expect is that public figures (and anyone else) accept their misdeeds and work on bettering themselves and the world around them. One can hope that Boy George continues on that path.

Accepting your faults - and the wrongs you have done - is part of the path to both enlightenment and recovery.

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Boy George Biography:

Boy George - born June 14, 1961, is a British songwriter, singer, fashionista and DJmaster. Boy George has a successful solo musical career and is most famous for being the star and headliner of the seminal English pop band Culture Club. Boy George and Culture Club were at their zenith in the 80's - both musically and culturally. Since winning his addiction battles, Boy George's fame and influence has increased meteorically in the last few years as evidenced by his run on TV's The Voice Australia (The Voice AU) and also with frequent appearances on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (RHOBH.) Boy George is 57, single (Boy George is not married) and lives in both England and Beverley Hills, CA.

Boy George entered the music scene in the early 1980's with the band Culture Club. The lead singer was considered by many to be part of the "New Romantic" pop culture movement, which emerged in the nightclub scene in England. It was characterized by flamboyant, eccentric fashion and glam rock, inspired by musicians such as David Bowie and Roxy Music. Boy George and Culture Club were associated with the Second British Invasion and in the early days of MTV, their videos featuring Boy George's androgynous looks dominated television screens.

Throughout his career, both with the band and as a solo artist, Boy George has challenged stereotypes and has not been afraid to go against the norm. Besides his work as a musician, he has been a successful songwriter, author, clothing designer, and photographer. In 2015 he received the prestigious Ivor Novello Award from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors for Outstanding Services to British Music.

Although raised as a Catholic, later in life Boy George embraced Nichiren Buddhism and has said that spiritual people have had a strong influence on his life - "I think we are all a work in progress; life is a work in progress. I think the important thing is to kind of focus on being happy and positive."

In 2017, Boy George rerecorded the Village People's hit "YMCA" in partnership with the Australian branch of the YMCA, as part of the "Why Not?" campaign, to shine a light on issues that are important to Australian young people: marriage equality, mental health and youth unemployment. George's version is distinct and slower than the original disco track making it possible to properly hear the lyrics, which contain a message of outreach.

Boy George continues to work to break gender stereotypes - the YMCA Australia posted on Facebook when the track was released, "It's a song about finding your place in the world and being part of something meaningful. It's a song about the struggle every young person has, to fit in." In additon to his work with advocacy groups George has been a judge on the Australian version of the popular television show, The Voice Australia.

There was an ould geezer called trump Who's hair was all caught in a clump He wore a red tie with a glint in his eye And gave his poor wife the right hump! - Boy George

A Big Fan with a Short Note by Lynne from Atlanta, GA I have liked your music since you first started. I hope you have a Happy Birthday. You are a great coach on American Idol. Keep up the good work.

"We were fighting about nothing important while dreaming of the same things." - Boy George

I grew up a child of the MTV generation. My parents did not allow cable in our house, so I lived for the weekends, when I could have sleep-overs at my friends' houses and we would stay up until all hours of the night, our eyes glued to the screen, watching videos. Boy George and Culture Club were awe inspiring to a small-town girl from the United States. I was still naive about sexuality and gender identity. He was the first person I saw who was unafraid to be himself, with the makeup, the hair, the in-your-face "this is who I am" (besides David Bowie, who by then had morphed from his Ziggy Stardust persona into his "Let's Dance" more mainstream identity).

Along with numerous other bands and soloists, my best friends and I quickly became WHAM! fans, and our adoration for "the other George" (Michael in this case) knew no bounds. It would be years and albums later before he was "outed" in the 1998 bathroom incident. I had listened to him mature as an artist through the years, but had never thought of him as gay - not that this would have mattered to me. As Boy George stated after Michael's death, "What a beautiful voice he had and his music will live on as a testament to his talent. I can't believe he is gone."

I think most of his fans couldn't either.

But as I researched their relationship as they both rose to fame in the '80's and continued their careers through ups and downs, scandals and successes, they went from rivals to friends. As I read an article from Boy George's appearance on Watch What Happens Live , which aired a day before the one-month anniversary of Michael's death, he stressed how private the late singer was, and in many ways this is a shame, as perhaps if he had reached out to people who were undaunted to break the stereotypes and stigma surrounding LGBTQ community, Michael may have felt more comfortable and some of his demons may have been released. Perhaps his story would have had a different ending.

Yet, Boy George continues to amaze me. As I left MTV and became a fan of Bravo, it was incredible to see his return to the small screen as a recurring presence on the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills . As I have matured, I have gained more respect for this ground breaking singer, who refused to hide who he was to the masses who watched him perform, and continues to follow the beat of his own drum. To me, this is a person who is comfortable in their own skin, who has grown from their experiences, and who can be an advocate for those who are seeking someone they can relate to, and feel less isolated as they venture on their own journey to fully embrace themselves for who they are.

In the same WWHL interview, Boy George explained that "in the '80s, everyone - Peter Burns (Dead or Alive), me, we all used to be really bitchy about each other. It's like the thing that you did in the '80s with the pop magazines. Now it's the Housewives who do it!"

As a fan of the RHOBH, I couldn't agree more, and his presence on the show, as well as the reaction he receives from the women when he performs or interacts with them is fabulous. He is a person unafraid to be who he IS. That is something that has not changed in the 30+ years he has been in the public eye, and I hope it never will. Thank you Molly from USA for sharing. Add Your Voice

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