Culture Club announce new UK tour with Belinda Carlisle

Since their inception in 1981  Culture Club have sold more than 150 million records worldwide, recognised as a Grammy Award winning Uk institution with a stream of classic hits including; ‘Do You Really Want to Hurt Me’, ‘Karma Chameleon’, ‘Church Of The Poison Mind’, ‘Victims’, ‘It’s A Miracle’ and ‘The War Song’

The group are fronted by singer/songwriter Boy George, universally loved as one of music’s most iconic artists. Roy Hay, Mikey Craig and Jon Moss make up the remaining original line up for one of the most exciting tours of the decade!

The Life Tour: starring Boy George & Culture Club will also feature 80’s pop sweetheart Belinda Carlisle and new wave, synth pop artist  Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey, the tour will visit 11 cities across the U.K kicking off Nov 9^th  in Nottingham through to Nov 23^rd. Tickets for the tour will go on sale at 9am on Wednesday 11^th April following an announcement from George on Radio 2 breakfast with Fearne Cotton.

‘We put together an amazing show that is going to be filled with hits and fabulous memories, we know it will be hands down this summer’s best night out,”says Boy George.

After more than two decades and 150 million singles & albums sold globally, 2018 marks a new era for Boy George and Culture Club, as they are currently working on their first new music in 20 years. The tour setlist will celebrate some of their biggest hits and give fans a preview of their new songs.

As the first multi-racial band with an openly gay front man, Culture Club set many records and established themselves as icons of British musical history and popular culture.  The band reunited in 2014 and embarked on two worldwide sell-out tours over the following two years.  Looking ahead, 2018 marks a new era for Boy George and Culture Club, as they are set to commence a global tour throughout the Summer and release a new album later this year.

Belinda Carlisle will be supporting the band. Hailed as one of the most beautiful women in pop, Belinda was a former teen punk singer in the GoGos’s, during the 80’s she went solo and rocked both sides of the Atlantic, storming into the number 1 slot with her distinctive vocals on ‘Heaven Is A Place on Earth’ and hits such as ‘Leave a Light On’.               

The group and singer will also be support by the music and videos of the Thompson Twins, which became a fixture on hit radio and music television throughout the world in the eighties.

For nearly three decades fans of the Thompson Twins have been waiting for more live performances from one of the UK’s much loved bands of that era. Now The Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey, with a new band, will be touring and performing the Thompson Twins hits. The Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey features Tom Bailey on vocals, keyboards, guitar, harmonica and percussion. His all-female band feature Charlotte Raven on vocals and keyboards, Amanda Kramer (The Psychedelic Furs/Information Society) on vocals and keyboards and Paulina Szczepaniak on electronic drums.

Much to TT fans delight, Bailey began writing contemporary songs again in 2016 and will be releasing a new album in 2018. The first track ‘Come So Far’ was released as a single in June 2016. Written from the perspective of a refugee in the current crisis the song is a moving portrayal of moving into the unknown. The single was released through Cooking Vinyl and all proceeds went to refugee charity Médicins Sans Frontières. A special numbered and signed 7” vinyl version of the single was also released through Pledge Music.

LIFE  TOUR DATES

FRI 9^TH NOV       NOTTINGHAM            MOTORPOINT ARENA

SAT 10^TH NOV   CARDIFF                     MOTORPOINT ARENA

SUN 11^TH NOV   BOURNEMOUTH        INTERNATIONAL CENTRE

TUE 13^TH NOV   BRIGHTON                  BRIGHTON CENTRE

WED 14^TH NOV  LONDON                      SSE ARENA, WEMBLEY

FRI 16^TH NOV    BIRMINGHAM           ARENA

SAT 17 NOV      NEWCASTLE              METRO ARENA

SUN 18 NOV      MANCHESTER           ARENA

TUE 20 NOV      HULL                           VENUE

THU 22 NOV      GLASGOW                   SSE HYDRO

FRI 23 NOV       LEEDS                         FIRST DIRECT ARENA