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'TURN 2 DUST' RELEASE

August 22nd sees George's anthem 'Turn 2 Dust' released by Decode as a digital download fest!.

Already popular amongst fans the song has been remixed by the likes of rising superstar DJ/Producer David Jones, up and coming producer Bootik (Bartosz Brenes) and Kris Di Angelis who delivers his own diverse slant on George’s original.

Boy George - Turn 2 Dust (BOOTIK Remix) by Decode Records

Find snippets of all mixes on Decode's soundcloud page >click here<

Download links here soon!

Released by: Decode Records
Release/catalogue number: DC007
Release date: Aug 22, 2011

YELLO/MYNT CANCELLATION !

Due to illness unfortunately Boy George was not able to attend the Gay Pride event at Yello, (Mynt Club) Belfast on the 30th July.
We sincerely apologise to fans, Mynt patrons and especially the management at Yello/Mynt for inconvenience that this caused, and we will endeavour to re-arrange a date for George to play at the club in the near future.

VOTE FOR GEORGE!!

Please take the time to vote for Boy George in the annual DJ Mag Top 100 DJ's poll.M

As most folk know George is one of the countrys foremost and profilic DJ's, working hard to delight crowds both at home and at over the globe.

There is'nt a week that goes by when George doesnt DJ somewhere, and his DJ and personal style exudes so clubs book George to play again and again.

George is also currently doing a 1 hour DJ slot for Salford City Radio on Saturday nights which can be heard online here!

>VOTE HERE!!!<

Also, please consider voting for DJ Marc Vedo, who works with George on a number of projects and is also George's sole DJ manager.
Marc is an excellent DJ in his own right, playing to delighted crowds week after week, and also sharing the bill with George at many of George's DJ events.

>VOTE HERE!!!<

SUNSHINE INTO MY LIFE
feat. Sharlene Hector
MARC VEDO/BOYGEORGE

To be released Mon 30 May 2011 is the debut release from Marc Vedo and George's joint venture label Very Good Records.

George and Marc have collaborated with the incredible sounds of Sharlene Hector, to produce a sun kissed track that’s destined for Global success. Sunshine Into My Life has already notched up full support, and Vedo’s Tribal mix is set for every dance floor in the land.

Sharlene Hector rose to fame as ‘The Coca Cola Girl’ – laying down her vocals to produce one of the company’s most memorable ads of all time. Since then she has worked with Basement Jaxx and tracks for Defected, Purple and Warner. George fans may remember that before all of this Sharlene produced backing vocals at numerous George concerts - most memorably at George's Ronnie Scott's gigs in 2003.

Pre-release Sunshine Into My Life has already been championed by key players in Roger Sanchez, Chris Lake, Tom Novy, Robbie Rivera and Swedish House Mafia’s very own, Axwell.

1. Sunshine Into My Life (Original Mix)
2. Sunshine Into My Life (Dub Mix)
3. Sunshine Into My Life (Vedo Tribal Mix)
4. Sunshine Into My Life (Chill Mix)

The single will be availabe on Beatport from Monday 30th May.

Check out these links:

VG Records Facebook Fan Page
www.myspace.com/marcvedo
www.twitter.com/Marcvedo
www.koolwaters.com
www.sharlenehector.com

Q&A WITH GEORGE
THE TEMPERAMENTALS
GREENWICH THEATRE

George will be taking part in a question and answer evening taking questions from the audience after a performance of the award-winning play The Temperamentals at Greenwich Theatre on Thurs 2nd June.

Set in late 1940s America, the play tells the story of the founders of the Mattachine Society, the first gay rights organisation.

George will be joined by the director of the play and politician Brian Paddick.

The Temperamentals forms part of Greenwich Theatre’s Emerging Artists festival, which aims to showcase some of the most exciting new talent around.

To book tickets and for more information on The Temperamentals call 020 8858 7755 or visit
www.greenwichtheatre.org.uk

GET TESTED!
HEPATITIS C TRUST
PHOTO EXHIBITION

The GET TESTED! evening held at London's Jazz cafe on 31st March was a great success, and all together raised £15,000 for the Hepatitus C trust!

An Evening With Boy George... also featured guests including Adam Ant, Paloma Faith, Josh Weller, Joe Worricker and a special appearance by Matt Horne who helped auction off George's 80's Icon photographs.

A great night was had by all, and the HEP C trust would like to thank everyone that took part, especially those who gave so generously to the cause.

ANIMAL CHARM
George appears in
new movie!

Animal Charm is a brand new film directed by celebrated young director Ben Charles Edwards, starring Sadie Frost, Sally Phillips and Emily Beecham and also featuring George in a short speaking roll as, of all things, a policeman!!

Plot outline:
During her performance in a tasteless musical based on Animal Farm, ex fashion designer and fur fanatic, Anne Thrope (Sadie Frost) is kidnapped by a group of animal activists led by her nemesis, Audrey Hoober (Sally Phillips). However, have the activists bitten off more than they can chew? With the help and hindrance of Thrope’s put upon assistant, Verdell, the police close in on the kidnappers. But is too late? And is it Anne that needs salvation…?

The film is set to be released this summer!

Screenshots of George in the film:

Videos:

Check out these links:

GET TESTED!
HEPATITIS C TRUST
PHOTO EXHIBITION

As mentioned previously on this site, George produced photographs for an exhibition in aid of the GET TESTED! campaign/Hepatitis C Trust, in which various celebs appear as various 80's pop icons.

The photographs we're exhibited for a limited time at:
HMV, 360 Oxford Street, London,

::SEE FULL SET OF 11 PHOTOS HERE NOW::

Also, there are a series of Youtube videos on the Hepititis C Trust Youtube channel about the project here!

Soon you will be able to own prints of these photos and help the Get Tested Campaign by buying them. Links to this will be here shortly!

and thats not all...
The original photographs, signed by George, will be auctioned of at a special evening at end of March.
The evening will be held at London's Jazz Cafe, and George will perform a set of jazz classics, along with other guests including Josh Weller, Paloma Faith and Adam Ant.
An evening not to be missed!

Get Tested! An Evening with Boy George
with special guests
Jazz Cafe, London
March 31st 2010

NOW TRAX & DJ MAG
REMIX COMPETION

Here's you chance for all you budding remixers out there to remix George's 'Pentonville Blues' and win a DJing trip to Asia!!

Just click the link below to find out the rules of the competition and download the tracks you need.

www.nowtrax.com

Entries close March 25th

ALSO

Vote here for the 'Pentonville Blues' video on randrworld.com My Band/Your TV

'TURN TO DUST'
RADIO REMIX

Here is a snippet of an exciting new mix of Turn To Dust, mixed by the talented Kevan Frost.

Turn To Dust is one of 100% Boy's favourite tracks from the current 'Ordinary Alien' album and is possibly going to be George's next single release, although there are no firms plans yet.

What' d'ya think? Good uh?

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ORDINARY ALIEN
31ST JAN 2011 (UK)
1st FEB 2011 (US )

The long awaited and much talked-about general release of the 'Ordinary Alien' album will be 31st Jan 2011 (UK), 1st Feb (US).

It will be available on CD (UK) and mp3 download.

UK
>Order CD<
>Order Digital Download <
US
>Order Digital Download <

Tracks are:

• Turn 2 Dust
• Yes We Can
• Brand New
• Amazing Grace
• Don't Wanna See Myself
• If I Were You
• Go Your Own Way
• Time Machine
• Here Come The Girls (feat Ave D) * Not on US version
• Seconds (feat Phiilip Something)
• Psychology Of The Dreamer
• Sanitized
• After Dark
• Kill The A&R
• Human Racing
• Look Pon U

The album is also available in many other countrys:
Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Russia, Taiwan

PHUNK INVESTIGATION
vs BOY GEORGE
GENERATIONS OF LOVE 2011

Italian producers Phunk Investigation, who released a successful remix package of Generations Of Love in 2008, have done it again with another 4 remixes for 2011.

The remixes are:

• Reworked 2011 Mix
  
• Original Reworked Mix
  
• Noferini Remix
  
• Da Fresh Remix
  

Release date 9th Dec 2010

Available at present on mp3 download only from:
www.beatport.com

Da Fresh rmx

NEW WEEKLY RADIO SHOW
SALFORD CITY RADIO

George has a new weekly dance music radio show on Salford City Radio, Saturdays at 7pm, starting 11th Dec.

If your in the Salford/Manchester area you can tune in on 94.4fm.

Otherwise you can listen to the show on www.salfordcityradio.org

NIGHT OF THE PROMS
CD RELEASED

A CD has been released of this years Night OF The Proms concerts, featuring George.

It includes George singing Victims live, and Karma Chameleon accompanied by violinist Charlie Siem.

Also available on mp3 download.

>>ORDER NOW FROM AMAZON.DE<<

WORRIED ABOUT THE BOY
WINS 3 RTS AWARDS

The brilliant TV drama all about George that was televised earlier this year, has won 3 awards in the prestigious Royal Television Society Awards.

• Best Production
• Best Performance (Douglas Booth)
• Best Single Drama

Congratulations to Douglas Booth and all those who were involved in making this terrific televisual feast!

Dont forget, you can get Worried About The Boy on DVD now!
>>BUY DVD<<

VERY GOOD RECORDS/
DJ MAG

George and Marc Vedo have founded a new label to release there work that they do together and called it Very Good Records!.

Taking the initials V from Vedo and the G from George they came up with the excellent name for the new venture.

VG Records will release DJ mixes by Marc and George as well as the work that the pair do producing and mixing there own and other peoples tracks.

To celebrate the setting up of the label DJ Mag will include a cover mount CD with a DJ mix from George and Marc in its December issue.

Missed DJ mag.... listen to the mix now here:



The first proper release from VG will be 'Sunshine Into My Life' featuring Charlene Hector, which is already well on its way to being a dance floor smash. Look out for this release very soon.

SOMEBODY TO LOVE ME
THE SINGLE

The fabulous track 'Somebody To Love Me' will be the next single from Mark Ronson and the Business Intl's album Record Collection, and because of media interest the single will now be released on the 29th November 2010.

The release promises to have lots of exciting remixes of the song, which Ronson himself has said to be the best track from the album, and probably the best he has worked on!

Tracklist:
01. Somebody To Love Me (Single Mix)
02. Somebody To Love Me (Herve 'Very Vox' Remix)
03. Somebody To Love Me (Holy Ghost! Remix)
05. Somebody To Love Me (Congorock Remix)

>ORDER HERE< MP3 DOWNLOAD
>ORDER HERE< 12" SINGLE

View cover art here!

VIDEO produced by Saam Farahmand


Listen to this great remix by Red Amber Green:

PENTONVILLE BLUES
GLIDE & SWERVE ft. BOY GEORGE

Electronic duo Glide & Swerve have teamed up with George to release the deeply personal 'Pentonville Blues', which has been a live favourite since George first performed it in recent concerts.

Glide & Swerve – Pentonville Blues featuring Boy George will be available from all good digital retailers from 18th October 2010.

News just in: A limited run of CD singles is available from Amazon UK NOW!!!
>ORDER CD SINGLE HERE<

Release includes:
01. Pentonville Blues (Original Sin Remix)
02. Pentonville Blues (Jozef Mihalik XP7073 Remix)
03. Pentonville Blues (Dubversive Subversive Remix)
04. Pentonville Blues (Jay Chappell On Parole Remix)
05. Pentonville Blues (Jay Kay Freedom Remix)

>See E-flyer<

>ORDER DIGITAL DOWNLOAD HERE<

CULTURE CLUB 2012

George has this week publicly spoken about the rumours that Culture Club will reform to tour in 2012.
The year will be the bands 30th anniversary.

George said:
"We’re definitely doing it, in 2012. Our D-Day is April 30, which is the same day as our first ever single release, ‘White Boy’....it’s going to be great fun. If we don’t do it now we’ll do it when we’re 60, which will be really tragic. "

With talk that Mark Ronson has agreed to produce a new Culture Club album, it could be that George and the boys will work on the album next year with Ronson, and promote it with the 2012 tour.

All is very hush hush at the moment, and obviously in very early planning stages, but its definitely something to look forward to.

GEORGE & MARK RONSON COLLABORATION

George has collaborated with Mark Ronson's for Mark's new album to be released later this year. The album will be called 'Record Collection' by Mark Ronson and The Business Intl.

The song, called 'Somebody To Love Me', is said to be the best track on the album by Ronson himself when he launched the album at The Ivy, London, on Thurs 29 April.

'Record Collection' is out 27 Sept 2010
>ORDER THE ALBUM HERE!<

Press:
BBC News | 09.07.10
The Sun | 26.02.10
The Sun | 01.05.10
The Guardian | 30.05.10

GREATEST SONG
OF THE 80'S

Culture Club scored a double whammy in the MTV Greatest Song Of The 80's competition!

Both of the Culture Club songs that were entered into the competition came out tops, proving yet again that George and Culture Club really were the voice of the 80's.

Here is the top 10, as voted by MTV viewers, Absolute 80's Radio listeners, and YOU the 100% Boy visitors!

1. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me? LISTEN NOW
2. Karma Chameleon LISTEN NOW
3. Need You Tonight - Inxs
4. Take On Me - A-Ha
5. Thriller - Michael Jackson
6. Billy Jean - Michael Jackson
7. Vienna - Ultravox
8. Living On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
9. Prince Charming - Adam and the Ants
10. Like A Virgin - Madonna

Thank you very much to those that voted!

GREATEST HITS
REPACKAGED

Virgin Catalogue are releasing a re-packaged edition of Culture Club's Greatest Hits with include the CD plus the DVD in one 2 disc set.

The disc content is the same as when the CD and DVD were released seperately in 2004/2005.

So for all you Culture Club completists, or anyone that did'nt buy these fabulous discs when they were first released you can
>ORDER NOW<

Release date: 23 Aug 2010

TAKE US TO THE DISCO
BYLLI CRAYONE ft. BOY GEORGE

George has lent his voice to the latest single by Bylli Crayone.

The CD single will be out on 14 Sept from www.amazon.com and on digital download from Itunes and other digital music stores.

The song will also feature on Bylli's upcoming album 'Presto: Element Of Surprise' available this winter. Other guest artists on the album include Samantha Fox, Nu Shooz, Lisa Lisa, and Salt N Pepa's Spinderella.

Go to www.byllicrayone.com to find out more about Bylli, the single and the album.

WORRIED ABOUT THE BOY
new BBC drama

The 90 minute drama 'Worried About The Boy' will be premiered on BBC2 on 16th May. Focusing on George's early career and how he leapt from being a cloakroom attendant to a cultural icon.

Newcomer Douglas Booth (pictured) plays the role of George.
Matthew Horne (from Gavin & Stacy, Catherine Tate Show etc) play Jon Moss.
Other legendary characters include Steve Strange played by Marc Warren (best know for Hustle), and Malcolm McLaren played by Mark Gatiss (League Of Gentlemen).

Controller of BBC drama commissioning Ben Stephenson said: "Worried About The Boy will be an evocative and visually enticing drama about one of our most iconic British pop stars."
The BBC Two film, commissioned as part of the channel's 80s series, has been written by Tony Basgallop, who has worked on Hotel Babylon.

For more info visit: www.bbc.co.uk

Press:
BBC PROGRAMMES
BBC NEWS | 14.05.10
BBC TV BLOG | 13.05.10 (interview with George)
Metro | 13.05.10
Manchester Evening News | 13.05.10
Sunday Express | 02.05.10
[also see the NEWS SCANS page]

AND THATS NOT ALL...
WORRIED ABOUT THE BOY DVD

There will be a DVD/CD LTD Edition box set including the whole film on DVD and 'At Worse The Best Of Boy George & Culture Club' release on 5th July 2010

The DVD will also feature interviews with the actors, as well as George himself, and behind the scenes footage.

You can order the DVD online now:
>>Order DVD here!<<

'AMAZING GRACE' release

'Amazing Grace', George's new single EP was released on March 22nd 2010 on Decode Records/MN2S.

The release includes mixes by Sharp Boys, Filo & Peri, and Mac & Taylor and will be out on CD single, digital download and also a collectors ltd edition vinyl picture disc!

Buy digital download:
>Amazing Grace (Bonus Version) - EP <
>Amazing Grace (Club Mixes Vol.1) <
>Amazing Grace (Club Mixes Vol.2) <

Buy the collectors vinyl picture disc here!

Download the acoustic mix here!

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latest AG news... Italian release

The single has now been released in Italy on 11 track CD single CD and 4 track 12". (Released 24th May 2010).

To BUY Italian CD single click here!
To BUY Italian 12" single click here! or here!
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The video for 'Amazing Grace' was made by the talented Ladypat, who was also responsible for George's video for 'Yes We Can' video.



>For stills from the video click here<

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• BY GEORGE, HE GOES TO SHUL!
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• BOY GEORGE TO BRING UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL CONCERT TO LEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE www.theatermania.com | 01 Oct 09
  
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• BOY GEORGE RETURNS TO LEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE www.playbill.com | 01 Oct 09
  
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• CONCERT RETURNS BOY GEORGE TO TABOO BIRTHPLACE www.whatsonstage.com| 01 Oct 09
  
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• THE DRUMS ARE LIKE THE SMITHS
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• BOY GEORGE ON HIS CLOTHING LINES
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• WHY BOY GEORGE CAN'T WAIT TO GO BACK TO PRISON
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• BOY GEORGE SHOWS US SOMETHING VILE
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• BOY GEORGE'S BIRTHDAAY WEEK
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• INTERVIEW: BOY GEORGE
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VIDEO

• GEORGE I-CHAT ON PEREZ HILTON
  perezhilton.com | 1 july 08
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• GEORGE TREATS MOSCOW CLUBBERS
  Russia Today | 24 Dec 07
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• GEORGE @ THE WEEK, BRAZIL (1)
  Mixbrasil | 17 July 07
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• GEORGE @ THE WEEK, BRAZIL (2)
  Mixbrasil | 17 July 07
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• FULL LENGTH VIDEO INTERVIEW
  TV3 | 22 Feb 07
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• JACQUIE BROWN MEETS GEORGE VIDEO
  TV3 | 22 Feb 07
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• UNDER THE PINK CARPET
  BlipTV | 26 Feb 07
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