• Boy George, Dome, Brighton

    Par dominic1 le 29 Avril 2010 à 10:11

    The Culture Club star can still entertain, but Lou Reed's attempt to show his metal falls flat

     

    There's a mum in the audience of Boy George's Up Close and Personal show with one gay son, one straight daughter, one straight son and two gay daughters: Brightonian pluralism encapsulated in one family.

     

    It's to her that a song with the words "You always knew, didn't you, mother?" is dedicated. "People don't celebrate what they are," the singer complains, "even in these so-called liberal times. I've done too much to apologise."

    No kidding. The angelic, genderless Boy George my 15-year-old self ran away from home and slept rough to follow (well, for one night) would later be replaced by a more flawed and realistic persona. But in recent years, through all his crimes and misdemeanours, he's attained a new nobility. And it's this battered-but-unbroken George who stands before us tonight in a lime green titfer and (hopefully) fake ermine stole, and he's all the more loved for it.

    "This is a song I wrote when I was on holiday last summer," he says to gales of knowing laughter from a crowd only too familiar with his bizarre 2009 sentence for false imprisonment and assault. The song is "Pentonville Blues", and features the refrain "HD7073, that's what they call me ..." – a reference both to Toots and The Maytals' prison memoir "54-46 (That's My Number)" and C33X, Oscar Wilde's number in Reading Gaol.

     

    These new compositions are scattered lightly in a set that spans the Culture Club years with "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me", "Karma Chameleon", "I Just Wanna Be Loved" and an ovation-grabbing "Victims", solo hits such as "Generations of Love" and "Everything I Own", as well as covers of "Blue Moon" and Marc Bolan's "Get It On".

    This hardcore atheist could live without the Krishna-pimping "Bow Down Mister" and the trad spirituals ("Down by the Riverside", "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen", "This Little Light of Mine"). That said, he delivers the best version of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" I've ever heard, as if Dylan's song had been waiting 37 years for the right voice to sing it...

    http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/boy-george-dome-brightonbrlou-reed-southbank-centre-london-1953394.html



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  • George helps out Culture Club drama

    Par dominic1 le 29 Avril 2010 à 10:11
    Boy George has helped stars of a new TV drama about his band Culture Club turn back the clock nearly 30 years.
    The cast of Worried About The Boy managed to look uncannily accurate partly thanks to George loaning his old outfits from the group's heyday as well as making new prints to recreate the clothing.

    Gavin And Stacey star Mathew Horne is among the stars of the BBC2 drama, to be screened next month as part of an 80s season.

    He plays Jon Moss, drummer with the band who briefly dominated the charts on both sides of the Atlantic with hits such as Karma Chameleon and Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?

    The film tells the story of a young Boy George as he become a huge star with his androgynous "gender-bender" look.

    Actor Douglas Booth, who plays George, revealed the singer contacted him out of the blue - and warned him not to be "camp".

    George contacted him via Facebook when the news emerged that he had been cast.

    "The title was 'Well!' - and then he just said 'I hear you're going to be playing me, I'm certainly not complaining... Just want to wish you all the best, I can't wait to see it - just don't be camp... I'm not camp'!"

    Christine Bateman and Donald McInnes, who worked on Booth's hair and make-up, have been friends of George for many years, and worked on up to five make-up changes a day for the film.
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    http://www.sunderlandecho.com/latest-entertainment-news/George-helps-out-Culture-Club.6252550.jp

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  • Funérailles Malcolm McLaren

    Par dominic1 le 25 Avril 2010 à 11:17

     

     

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    LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 22: A note from Boy George on Malcom McLaren's coffin at his funeral in North London on April 22, 2010 in London, England. Londres, Angleterre - 22 avril: Une note de Boy George sur le cercueil de Malcolm McLaren lors de ses funérailles dans le nord de Londres, le 22 avril 2010 à Londres, en Angleterre. The man, often called the 'architect of punk', died of cancer at the age of 64 earlier this month. L'homme, souvent appelé «l'architecte du punk, mort du cancer à l'âge de 64 ans plus tôt ce mois-ci. An absent Boy George sent an anarchy symbol arranged in flowers, with a card which read: "To Malcolm, rest in peace." Une absence de Boy George a envoyé un symbole de l'anarchie organisée dans les fleurs, avec une carte qui suit: «Pour Malcolm, repose en paix."


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  • NOUVELLE CHANSON : RIVER MAN

    Par dominic1 le 17 Avril 2010 à 19:47

    Ecoutez la nouvelle chanson de George "RIVER MAN" dans le futur album "Shhh!" de Nigel Kennedy !!!!

     http://www.myspace.com/nigelkennedy


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  • NEW ALBUM THE KINKY FILES QUI SORT EN JUILLET......

    Par dominic1 le 17 Avril 2010 à 19:42

    Boy George's new dance album "The Kinky Files" will be coming out in July or early summer. Also "Brand New" is going to be the next official single to kick off the album which is supposed to be released in June. There will be a video also made. Great news !

    Boy George a révélé que son nouvel album a été intitulé provisoirement un peu plus bas que les anges.

    However, George, who has already released single 'Amazing Grace' from the LP, said the title "might change". Cependant, George, qui a déjà publié unique "Amazing Grace" de la SEC, a dit le titre "pourrait changer".

    In an interview with Gay Times , the former Culture Club singer also spoke about his upcoming collaboration with Mark Ronson, which he described as "quite sexy". Dans une interview à Gay Times, l'ancien chanteur de Culture Club a également parlé de sa collaboration à venir avec Mark Ronson, qu'il a décrit comme "très sexy".

    He said: "That was a fluke. I knew Mark from DJ circuit in New York, we played together a lot, before he had his success with Amy [Winehouse]. It turned out he used to write to me as well, I found out recently, when he was quite young. Il a dit: «Ce fut un coup de chance. Je savais que Mark circuit de DJ à New York, nous avons joué ensemble beaucoup, avant qu'il ait eu son succès avec Amy [] Winehouse. Il s'est avéré qu'il écrivait à moi aussi, j'ai trouvé sorti récemment, quand il était tout jeune.

    "I was actually amazed at how much he knew about me. It was trainspottery." «J'ai été réellement étonné de voir combien il savait de moi. Il a été trainspottery."

    Boy George's album is expected to be released later this year album Boy George est devrait être publié plus tard cette année

    http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a215924/boy-george-reveals-new-album-title.html http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a215924/boy-george-reveals-new-album-title.html

     


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