WHEN YOU START BANKING WITH US, WE WON'T TALK DOWN TO YOU.

Rip It Up, Issue 78, 1 January 1984, Page 1

WHEN YOU START BANKING WITH US, WE WON'T TALK DOWN TO YOU.

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Boy George is not all that he seems, and that’s from a man who should know. Gary Lee is Culture Club’s tour manager and he’s currently holidaying in New Zealand, at his parent’s borne in Tauranga. He’s had a lot of experience in the music world, working with 10CC, Deep Purple and Thin Lizzy before joining Culture Club. He says the band is thoroughly professional they’re excellent musicians and concentrate more on their music than the high life. His comments apply to Boy George as much as any other band member and to George, Gary attributes special qualities be says are rare among top performers. On the one band, Boy George is everything he

I*7*' ‘"r* appears to be. He’s been dressing bis way since be was fourteen and was kicked out of school for it. He was a minor celebrity in London . before ever joining _..... Culture Club. His fame has spread to every comer of the world. Gary relates the story of when the band was in Cairo for publicity photos, and an old Arab man, complete with camel, stopped them in the street, pointing and saying, Boy George, Boy George... probably the only English words be knew. George can rarely venture out now, and at a recent Wham concert

in London, he totally disrupted the performance every time he peered out of bis theatre box, with the kids chanting, Boy George, Boy George. And it’s this man that Gary Lee calls an ordinary bloke. He says George will stop and speak to anyone. He doesn’t go nightclubbing nor go in for life in the fast lane. George receives about five thousand letters a week, and attempts to answer every one by hand. Boy George is currently in Ireland writing material for Helen Terry’s forthcoming album. Helen provides

backing vocals for Culture Club. In February and March the band records its new album. In April they’re off to America for a short tour, and in July, tour Japan and Australia. Gary says he’s been talking to promoters about bringing Culture Club on to New Zealand, but be says there’s no indoor venue big enough, and at that time of year, an outdoor venue is risky. But he says the band’s very keen to come, and if they can cover costs, New Zealand tvill see Boy George and Culture Club at the end of July. PETER LIEFTING