Boy George
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Report and Interview by Dave Rimmer, Smash Hits, 23 December 1983
A TYPICAL SUNDAY afternoon in New York's Central Park. Horse drawn carriages sweep by full of tourists. Armies of joggers with headphones stream down every ...
Boy George: The Boy Who Fell From Grace
Interview by Tom Hibbert, Q, September 1987
THE PRESS OFFICER has pleaded, in the nicest possible way. "You're not going to ask him about drugs, are you?" Maybe. Maybe not. In the ...
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Boy George: The Face Interview
Interview by Fiona Russell Powell, The Face, November 1982
I FIRST MET George O'Dowd about two years ago, shortly after I had moved down to London from Sheffield. George had just vacated his room ...
Interview by Cynthia Rose, Creem, June 1984
Were they rebels? Were they artists? Were they outcasts from society? They were all of these. They were the Bohemians. These bohemians, Mr. and Mrs. ...
Essay by Ian Penman, New Musical Express, December 1984
2003 note: I don’t know about this: "this" being the original 2,000 words I handed in at the very last minute to a poor, frazzled ...
Interview by Lesley White, The Face, December 1984
The friendly but frozen smile of Boy George has been served up, like a cake fresh from the refrigerator, all over the media. It has ...
Boy George: The Face Interview
Interview by Fiona Russell Powell, The Face, 1986
George O'Dowd on fame, drugs, wealth, sex, George Michael, Alice Temple, Martin Degville… ...
Boy George: Chasing the Dragon
Report by Jon Savage, The Observer, 13 July 1986
JON SAVAGE reports on the rise and fall of Boy George ...
Boy George: From Culture Club To Vulture Club
Comment by Paolo Hewitt, Don Watson, New Musical Express, 26 July 1986
Boy George's romance with the Fleet Street scandal sheets came to an abrupt end when they turned on him in an hysterical anti-drugs campaign. But ...
Report by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 28 August 1986
A SPECIAL REPORT ON THE FALLEN POP IDOL'S BOUT WITH HIS DRUG ADDICTION ...
Boy George: Flying nun back on the runway
Interview by Jon Savage, The Observer, 22 February 1987
Boy George talks exclusively to JON SAVAGE about heroin, cold turkey and death ...
Review by Rob Tannenbaum, Rolling Stone, 13 August 1987
AFTER INITIATING one of the most successful publicity juggernauts of the decade, Boy George had a hard time adjusting to the consequences of fame. The ...
Report and Interview by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 8 October 1987
Boy George Straightens Up His Act ...
Jesus Loves You: The Last Temptation of Boy George
Report and Interview by Lucy O'Brien, Select, April 1991
Four years ago BOY GEORGE'S world crashed, his career in shreds as he struggled to come off heroin. He became a bitter, paranoid recluse, shunning the same media he'd once courted. In this rare interview, ...
Interview by Tom Hibbert, Details, July 1993
The comeback queen talks to Tom Hibbert about losing his virginity and finding his religion ...
Boy George: Hammersmith Apollo, London
Live Review by Simon Price, Melody Maker, 15 January 1994
"IT'S NICE to be appreciated on your own manor," croaks George, choked up at the waves of love crashing over him, "cos there was a ...
Boy George: Is This His Last 15 Minutes Of Fame?
Comment by Fiona Russell Powell, Daily Express, 1995
IT WAS going to be the party of the year — so far. In the event, it turned out to be the party of the ...
Culture Clash: The Return Of The 50 Foot Gender Benders
Report and Interview by Dave Thompson, Alternative Press, 1998
"LIAM GALLAGHER is so sexy! There’s not much irony in the things Liam says, it’s just pent up rotweiler frustration. But honey, I ...
The iJamming! Interview: Boy George
Interview by Tony Fletcher, iJamming.net, September 2000
I CAN only imaginewhat some of the rockists will be thinking when they come to this site and see a Boy George interview as a ...
Book Excerpt by Paul Gorman, Century Books, 2005
GEORGE ISN'T GOOD in the mornings. He strides out of his room, straight back, arms paddling by his side, in black. He catches your eye. ...
Live Review by Tim Cooper, The Independent, 12 June 2006
IF EVER A FALLEN idol was in need of reinvention, it's surely Boy George, whose last public appearance was in a New York courtroom. His ...
A World Of Dreaded Fear: Band Aid's Unforgivable Crimes
Retrospective by Wyndham Wallace, The Quietus, 10 December 2013
Band Aid raised awareness of a disastrous famine, as well as huge sums of money to try ease it. But, one year ahead of its ...
Boy George & Culture Club: Bournemouth International Centre
Live Review by Stephen Dalton, The Times, 14 November 2018
The singer's soul-infused, reggae-inflected vocals have deepened and ripened in middle age, acquiring a jazzy sophistication. ...
see also Culture Club
see also Jesus Loves You
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