Culture Club's 2024 tour will feature support from Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet) and Heaven 17
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UK pop insitution behind Karma Chamaleon and Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
Singer-songwriter Boy George joined bassist Mikey Craig and drummer Jon Moss to form a band called In Praise Of Lemmings in 1981. Within a year, they had changed their name to Culture Club, added Roy Hay on guitar and keyboards, and released three singles including the reggae-influenced Do You Really Want To Hurt Me. It went straight to No.1 on charts all over the world, quickly putting them on course to become one of the biggest bands of the ’80s.
At the end of 1982, Culture Club released their first full-length album Kissing To Be Clever, which featured those singles along with the huge hits Time (Clock Of The Heart) and I’ll Tumble 4 Ya.
Three more albums followed – 1983’s Colour By Numbers, 1984’s Waking Up With The House On Fire and 1986’s From Luxury To Heartache – before the new wave band’s dissolution in late 1986. They contained numerous chart-toppers including Karma Chameleon, Church Of The Poison Mind, Victims, The War Song and It’s A Miracle.
To date, Culture Club have sold more than 150 million records worldwide. As the first multi-racial band with an openly gay frontman known for his glamorous androgynous style, they broke stereotypes and challenged norms while establishing themselves as icons of British musical history and popular culture. Culture Club also won numerous awards including three BRITs for Best British Breakthrough Act, Best British Group and Best British Single (for Karma Chameleon), one Grammy for Best New Artist and two Ivor Novello Awards for Best Pop Song and Best Selling A-Side (both also for Karma Chameleon). Their song Time (Clock Of The Heart) was named No.107 on the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame’s list of 500 Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll.
Culture Club have reunited for several performances and projects since splitting up. After about 12 years, they got back together and released the 1999 album Don’t Mind If I Do before calling it quits again in 2002. They also returned in 2018 with their sixth studio album Life – containing their first original material in nearly 20 years – and went out on a huge tour to support it.
Culture Club performed a special livestream from The SSE Arena, Wembley in London called Rainbow In The Dark in December 2020.
In 2024, Culture Club announced a tour performing Kissing To Be Clever and Colour By Numbers in full and in order, with support from Tony Hadley and Heaven 17.
Kissing To Be Clever set
Colour By Numbers set
Encore
Excellent show, Boy George has still got a brilliant voice. The backing singers were amazing, what fantastic voices. The support acts were excellent also. All in all a brilliant night out
Great night at M&S Bank Arena Liverpool! Supporting acts Heaven 17 and Tony Hadley were better than supporting Acts playing all the old favourites. Both were musically fantastic with great backing! Boy George and "Culture Club" were just outstanding from start to finish with the lighting and visual displays amazing. Thoroughly enjoyed the old and new mix of the albums and the audience was thrilled. Well done well worth attending on a wet windy evening!
Boy George still looks and sounds amazing but the concert wasn't for me. Such a shame as we had been looking forward to it. Only recognised a few songs, he played a lot of obscure songs. We went expecting all the big hits we remember growing up in the 80s but a lot of the songs were from before that time. Great show if you are a hard core fan. The light show and set were fantastic. The area we were sat was very subdued, I think a lot of the fans were expecting the same, not much atmosphere.
Went to Liverpool on the 5/12/24, and was very disappointed with culture club Boy George is a pretentious ××××. Tony Hadley stole the show it should have been the other way round and culture club supporting him. Heaven 17 was what I expected ok for the 30mins that they did.
Fantastic quality performances from Tony Hadley and Culture Club… both Tony and George still have amazing voices…! Just a warning to everyone that still hasn't been - get there early - the doors open time was advertised as 6.30 but not a start time for the concert so by the time we got into the arena at 7.30 which is when we'd guessed the concert would start we had missed Heaven 17 which we were really disappointed about
Enjoyed every minute was up dancing and singing from the moment heaven 17 walked in the stage they were brilliant , Tony Hadley was just amazing and culture club the whole band were awesome Loved it 🥰
Heaven 17 were very good, Tony Hadley wwas brilliant and Culture club were just ok
