![]() George bounced back with a successful career as a solo artist in the late '80s, before reinventing himself once again in the '90s as a critically-acclaimed DJ.Ĭulture Club have reunited over the years and found success with their 1998 tour and album Don't Mind If I Do. ![]() George admitted he had a heroin problem and was arrested by British police for possession of the drug. In 1985, Culture Club's US tour was cancelled when Moss and George no longer wanted to be around each other. However the tensions caused by their rocky relationship continued to affect the group and George spiralled into a heroin addiction.īoy George as a judge on The Voice Australiaĭuring an appearance on Piers Morgan's Life Stories in 2015, George admitted that he once had a £400-a-day heroin habit. He would struggle with drugs for years before eventually becoming sober in 2008 - which he put down to practicing Nichiren Buddhism. Their second album, Colour By Numbers, sold more than 10 million copies and would go on to produce three top 10 hits.īut the pressures of non-stop touring took its toll and the pair eventually broke it off for good in 1985. Moss and George continued to clash while their band was enjoying global success. George told VH1 that 'all the early songs were about Jon', adding: 'I literally wrote about our relationship as it happened.' The world was largely unaware that the early songs that made the band so successful - and which often sounded happy - were actually a testament to George's torment. This, he said, 'pretty much set the tone for our relationship for the rest of Culture Club.' George once told VH1 that Moss had 'gone off with a girl' and that he would 'always come back, apologising and the rest of it.' Pictured in the early 1980sīut George and Moss soon began falling out. The Culture Club had immediate chemistry and were signed with Virgin Records less than a year after forming, releasing their first smash hit album Kissing To Be Clever in October 1982.įlashback: Boy George - who is known for hits including Karma Chameleon with Culture Club - joined The Voice Australia in 2017. I think ours is the great unresolved romance of the century.' 'When we'd watch television, he'd say, 'Oh, he's cute,' and I'd say, 'Why can't we just watch the programme?' That was the difference. Though I was obviously gay because I was with George, I wasn't gay in inverted commas. Moss added: 'It was the band that kept us together, plus the sexual relationship, but we didn't really get on. ![]() I loved him more than anything in the world, but in hindsight, it was a very dysfunctional relationship.' Speaking to The Independent in 1999, George said of their relationship: 'It's not like I ever really got what I needed from Jon. I wouldn't have said that ten years ago.' I care about him and would be really sad if anything happened to him, and I'm glad he's in my life. He added: 'We do love each other, but it's not like a sexual love or desire love. 'You learn over the years that some things are sacred, and that's why I'm glad I have a decent relationship with Jon now, otherwise it would rubbish everything we had.' Pictured with Debbie Harry in London in 1987 ![]() 1 hits Do You Really Want To Hurt Me? and Karma Chameleon. Throwback! Boy George burst onto the music scene in the early '80s with his band Culture Club, known for their No. 'Had I known that years ago, and not been such a foghorn about it, I probably could have had a healthy relationship with Jon. 'I've learned the hard way that some things are private, and I'm probably going to save myself a lot of heartache. I don't have to put everything in the public domain. George later told the Daily Mail: 'I've realised that, actually, some things are my own business. George later claimed that Moss was ashamed of their relationship, which he vehemently denied. George and Moss quickly became an item, although they chose to keep it private. The diversity of the new group - a gay, Irish lead singer, black bass player, Jewish drummer and English keyboard player - gave the band its name: Culture Club. George had been performing in the Blitz Club in Covent Garden, often singing with the group Bow Wow Wow, before he decided to create his own band. It was the latest chapter in the long-running, on and off again feud between Moss and Boy George, whose relationship began in 1981, the same year the Culture Club was formed. The court order, issued on Tuesday, states that the group had agreed that a judgment should be made in favour of Mr Moss, meaning the musicians will avoid a six-day trial which had been due to start next week. Moss had sued for lost earnings after claiming he was told to 'take a break' from the European leg of the band's 2018 world tour Life, meaning he missed out on £200,000 in profits.
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