PREVIEW: Culture Club tour with guests Tony Hadley and Heaven 17 is heading this way

Culture Club UK tour heading his way | SJM Concerts

Boy George and Culture Club will celebrate their first two monumental albums on an arena tour with special 80s guests Tony Hadley and Heaven 17 - and it’s heading this way.

BUY TICKETS: Tickets go on sale Friday, June 14, at 9.30am via www.gigsandtours.com, www.ticketmaster.co.uk and www.ticketmaster.ie

The December 2024 tour - full venue and dates below - will visit Dublin 3Arena, Liverpool M&S Bank Arena, Leeds First Direct Arena, Newcastle Uilita Arena, Cardiff Utlita Arena, Nottingham Motorpoint Arena, Manchester Co-op Live, Glasgow Ovo Hydro, Birmingham Resorts World Arena, culminating at London’s The O2.

Culture Club UK tour with guests Tony Hadley and Heaven 17 | SJM Concerts

Fans can expect to hear all the classic Culture Club hits from Kissing To Be Clever and Colour By Numbers, such as Do You Really Want to Hurt Me, Karma Chameleon, Time (Clock of the Heart), Church of the Poison Mind, right up to their current releases.

Guest stars are former Spandau Ballet frontman Tony Hadley and synth-pop legends Heaven 17.

Tony will perform tracks from the two classic albums True and Parade, whilst Heaven 17 will play tracks from their first two renowned albums Penthouse and Pavement and The Luxury Gap.

Culture Club will perform iconic albums Kissing To Be Clever and Colour By Numbers in their entirety - including some tracks never before performed in public.

Kissing to Be Clever, Culture Club's chart-topping 1982 debut, propelled the band to international stardom. This Grammy-nominated album established their signature sound, a captivating blend of new wave pop and reggae, further enhanced by Boy George's soulful vocals. Thematically, the album explored universal themes of love, loneliness, and societal pressures.

Following the phenomenal success of their debut, Culture Club returned in 1983 with Colour by Numbers’ solidifying their place as pop icons. This critically acclaimed sophomore album, which garnered multiple awards and sold over 10 million copies worldwide, featured the band's biggest hit to date, Karma Chameleon. The infectious song topped charts globally and became the biggest-selling UK single of that year.

Boy George said: ‘I am calling this ‘The Zero Arguments Tour’ because we are performing our first two albums Kissing To Be Clever and Colour By Numbers exactly as they were made and in exact order. I love the idea of this because some of these songs are fan favourites and have never been performed. I think it will be really special for the fans.’

DECEMBER 2024 TOUR DATES

TUESDAY 03: DUBLIN 3ARENA

THURSDAY 05: LIVERPOOL M&S BANK ARENA

FRIDAY 06: LEEDS FIRST DIRECT ARENA

SATURDAY 07: NEWCASTLE UTILITA ARENA

MONDAY 09: CARDIFF UTILITA ARENA

TUESDAY 10: NOTTINGHAM MOTORPOINT ARENA

WEDNESDAY 11: MANCHESTER CO-OP LIVE

FRIDAY 13 : GLASGOW OVO HYDRO

SATURDAY 14: BIRMINGHAM RESORTS WORLD ARENA

SUNDAY 15: LONDON THE O2

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