Who would have expected
that one of the biggest ‘80s pop groups, Boy George and the Culture Club, are
back together for a major concert tour? This news doesn't get much cooler for
all their Filipino fans with the announcement of a Philippine Leg slated on
June 17 and 18, 8PM at the Araneta Coliseum. As the title of their song says,
“It’s A Miracle”!
Formed in 1981 in
London, Culture Club is known for smash hits “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?,”
“Time (Clock of the Heart),” “Karma Chameleon,” “Miss Me Blind,” “The War
Song,” “Love is Love,” among other chart-toppers. The group
achieved worldwide success in the Eighties, scoring three Top Ten U.S. hits
from their debut album, Kissing to Be Clever, and becoming
the first group to hit that milestone since the Beatles.
Composed
of Boy George (lead vocals), Jon Moss (drums), Mikey Craig (bassist) and Roy
Hay (guitar), Culture Club rode a wave of pop hits and sold more than 10
million copies of their album Colour By
Numbers and captured the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. The said album
is included in Rolling Stone’s 100 Best Albums of the 1980s.
The band broke up in 1986 and got back together in 1998.
Their last album, Don't Mind If I Do, was released in 1999. In November 2014 the band
released “More Than Silence”, their first single from their upcoming album
called Tribes, expected for release
this year.
“There wouldn’t be any point in doing it if it wasn’t everybody.
I think when bands try to come together and they got like a different singer or
a different drummer, it’s never quite the same. There’s
a kind of magic about those four people that created the band,” says the
flamboyant Boy George about Culture Club’s reunion.
After
all these years, Culture Club has not missed a beat! The group kicked off with
their tour last year and their fans are really happy to see them back on stage.
Boy
George, who is now regularly seen as a judge in The Voice U.K., is excited to
perform for their Filipino fans. He expects it to be one big party and a
celebration of one’s individuality.
George
said, “We’re rewriting the story of Culture Club. This concert tour will be a
new chapter and will definitely be part of the band’s history. And we’d like
all our supporters, fans, and everyone to be part of that story.”
Culture
Club Featuring Boy George is a must-watch concert as it
happens live for the first time in Manila, presented by Royale Chimes Concert
& Events Inc. Tickets are now on sale at Ticketnet (911-5555). For more
info, call (0918) 497-2121 and (0906) 418-0786.
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