POPPED IDOL
It's this very contrariness that has made him an icon. With his band Culture Club in the early 1980s, he shocked and delighted in equal parts, attacking stereotypes and rejigging boundaries. With his pigtailed hair and come-to-me eyes, he looked like a girl but took it like a man. Big hands, a genetic inheritance from his father, Jerry O'Dowd, the boxer and builder whose volatility, machismo and sweetness he also inherited. George looks like his mother, Dinah. They have the same penetrating eyes, which speak of sadness and courage. Both suffered physically at the hands of his father, who punched Dinah in the stomach when she was pregnant.
George left school in his early teens (at 13 or 15, depending on who you ask) to work in a clothes shop in Soho. He lived in a squat, worked as a cloakroom attendant at Blitz club (where he stole cash from the till and met Malcolm McLaren), was a model and briefly joined the band Bow Wow Wow before forming his own. His glory period was 1982-6, when Culture Club sold 35m records. Do You Really Want to Hurt Me and the jaunty Karma Chameleon were the hits, but it was songs like Victims that showcased his lyrical talent and his gift to articulate pain. As a butch man who could appear as a beautiful girl, he made his fans believe that they too could transform themselves. But by the time the album From Luxury to Heartache appeared in 1986, the luxury had gone and the heartache was gaining pace.
L'idole de sa comédie musicale de Broadway est effondré,
il n'a pas fait parler de lui musicalement pendant des années, et la seule
médiatisation qu'il est eu récemment était pour balayer les rues de New York.
Boy George ne peut-il jamais revivre les joies de son succès passé ?
14-11-2006 dans PRESSE | Lien permanent

THURSDAY 19th NOVEMBER '09 - Beach Babylon Blanket, Shoreditch, London, UK - Fee £15 on the door - Info @ www.beachblanket.co.uk
BOY GEORGE & FAT TONY DJ EXCLUSIVE SET IN AID OF
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FRIDAY 20th NOVEMBER - CHICAGO ROCK - HOUSE SESSIONS PRESENTS BOY GEORGE - NORTHAMPTON - UK - http://www.chicago-rock-cafe.co.uk/northampton
SATURDAY 21st NOVEMBER - BEDUIN - LONDON UK - http://www.beduin-london.co.uk/
THURSDAY 26th NOVEMBER '09 - COVER TO COVER, Paradise Pub, London, UK - This is an Charity event to raise awareness for The Hepatitis C Campaign 'Get Tested'. Boy George is one of many artists who will be there. Info @ www.ents24.com
FRIDAY 27th NOVEMBER - JUMPING JACKS - HOUSE SESSIONS PRESENTS BOY GEORGE - HALIFAX UK - http://www.jumpinjaks.com
SATURDAY 28th NOVEMBER '09 - THE DOT COTTON CLUB -Dot Cotton 18th Birthday Party feat. Boy George-The Junction, Cambridge, UK
Info @ www.dotcottonclub.com

FRIDAY 4th DECEMBER - TIGER TIGER - PORTSMOUTH - UK - http://www.tigertiger-ports.co.uk/
Info @ www.thewhitehouselondon.co.uk
SATURDAY 5th DECEMBER '09 - DUSK - HEREFORD - UK - http://www.dusknightclub.com/
SUNDAY 6th DECEMBER'09 : WILD FRUIT RED PARTY 09 - BRIGHTON - UK - http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=134784978164&ref=mf

MONDAY 7th DECEMBER - CHICAGO ROCK - HOUSE SESSIONS PRESENTS BOY GEORGE - AYELSBURY -UK - http://www.chicago-rock-cafe.co.uk/events-and-tickets/aylesbury

WEDNESDAY 9th DECEMBER '09 - ROYAL ALBERT HALL, London, UK - Guest appereance at Rufus Wainwright family Christmas Concert.
Info & tickets @ www.anotsosilentnight.net
FRIDAY 11th DECEMBER - CLUB 107 - CRAWLEY- UK - http://www.the107club.co.uk/

SATURDAY 12th DECEMBER '09 - KOOLWATERS - Passion, Suderland, UK www.passionsuderland.com
FRIDAY 18th DECEMBER - GIBSONS with MARC VEDO - OSWESTRY - UK
SATURDAY 26th DECEMBER - GARLAND'S - LIVERPOOL - UK - http://www.garlandsnightclub.com/08/index.php
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THURSDAY 31th DECEMBER - CREAM ARENA - CHESTER - UK & FLAMINGO'S - BLACKPOOL - http://www.flamingoonline.co.uk/
20,21,22,23,27,28,29,30 December 2009.
Boy George needs little introduction…he shot to international stardom in the 80’s as the front man of one of the UK’s biggest exports Culture Club and has remained one of the world’s most recognisable iconic figures…however George himself says…’I am sometimes recognised for all the wrong reasons’. In advance of his 2010 European Tour George will perform a set of exclusive intimate shows at Leicester Square Theatre…stripped down, acoustic, unplugged whatever cliché you want to call it this set of exclusive concerts lies bare George as an artist, singer, lyricist and musician – this is simply ‘The Man and his Music’… performing his biggest hits from Culture Club, his solo career, new writing and covers from his own music heroes. DON’T MISS ONE OF THE BEST SOUL VOICES AND MOST COLOURFUL PERSONALITIES BRITIAN AS EVER PRODUCED!
£35.00-£45.00

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