CULTURE CLUB RETURNING TO TOUR AUSTRALIA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 15 YEARS

CULTURE CLUB RETURNING TO TOUR AUSTRALIA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 15 YEARS

After more than 15 years, Culture Club are returning to our shores in June. These shows will see the original line-up on stage: singer Boy George, guitarist/keyboardist Roy Hay, bassist Mikey Craig and drummer Jon Moss.

Of all the exciting groups to come out of the alternative music scene in the early 80’s, Culture Club became the first to achieve arena headline status. The adulation from around the world and soaring record sales that followed the release of their classic single, “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me” saw Culture Club explode on a global level. Over the course of their career, they have 50 million record sales to their name. The band went on to achieve stunning success with their debut album Kissing To Be Clever, and in particular scored three Top Ten hits in the US – becoming the first group to hit that milestone since The Beatles. Time (Clock of the Heart) has also been included on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s list of 500 songs that shaped rock and roll.

Culture Club will be supported by Kids In The Kitchen at all four Australian shows. Kids In The Kitchen became a household name in the ’80s with their double platinum debut album Shine. The album saw them achieve 5 x Top 10 singles, including Change In Mood, Bitter Desire and Current Stand.

CULTURE CLUB AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES

Wednesday 8th June 2016 – HBF Stadium, Perth
Friday, 10th June 2016 – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Saturday 11th June 2016 – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
Tuesday 14th June 2016 – Riverstage, Brisbane

CULTURE CLUB NOTES:

Perth will be the first show of their worldwide tour.

The group achieved stunning success in the ’80s, scoring three Top Ten US hits from their debut album, Kissing to Be Clever and becoming the first group to hit that milestone since The Beatles

The album, Kissing to be Clever, went platinum in the US and Culture Club then went on to sell over 100 million singles, 50 million albums worldwide, with Top 10 hits in every country with smash hits including Karma Chameleon, Do You Really Want To Hurt Me, and Time

They are considered one of the most representative and influential groups of all time. In the 80?s they were the first multi-racial band with an openly gay front man, Boy George

They are the first band since Beatles to have 3 songs from their debut album 1982’s Kissing to Be Clever reach the Top 10 of Billboard’s Hot 100 – Do You Really Want to Hurt Me, Time (Clock of the Heart) and I’ll Tumble 4 Ya

Their second album Colour By Numbers, sold over 10 Million albums and went Triple Platinum in the UK and Quadruple platinum in the US. It currently sits at number 96 on Rolling Stone’s 100 Best Albums of the 1980s

Their second album Colour By Numbers, sold 4 million copies in the US and another 5 million worldwide at its time of release

Time (Clock of the Heart) included on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s list of 500 songs that shaped rock and roll

Karma Chameleon became best-selling single of 1983 in U.K. The song became one of the top 20 best-selling singles worldwide of the 1980?s

In November 2014 the band released, More Than Silence, their first single together since 1999 from their upcoming album Tribes, which is expected to released early 2016

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