Boy George And Culture Club AnnounceThe Letting It Go Show 2023 Tour

Publish date: 2024-06-21

HOWARD JONES AND BERLIN TO JOIN ACROSS ALL DATES 

Tickets Available Starting Wednesday, April 19 with Citi Presale 

General Onsale Begins Friday, April 21 at 10 AM Local on LiveNation.com 

Today, music icons Boy George and Culture Club announced their 2023 tour, The Letting It Go Show, featuring very special guests Howard Jones and BERLIN across all dates. The prolific band will be performing all the hits, including “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me,” ‘Karma Chameleon,’ and ‘Church of the Poisoned Mind,’ right up to their current releases.  

Produced by Live Nation, the 25-city run comes fresh on the heels of Boy George and Culture Club wrapping up their sold-out Vegas shows. The Letting It Go Show kicks off on Thursday, July 13 in West Palm Beach, FL at iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre, with stops across North America in Atlanta, GA, Nashville, TN, Toronto, ON, Chicago, IL, Austin, TX and more before wrapping up on Saturday, August 20 in Concord, CA at Concord Pavilion.  

TICKETS: Tickets will be available starting with a Citi presale (details below) beginning Wednesday, April 19. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general onsale beginning Friday, April 21 at 10 AM local time at livenation.com

PRESALE: Citi is the official card of the Culture Club tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Wednesday, April 19 at 10 AM  local time until Thursday, April 20 at 10 PM local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com.  

THE LETTING IT GO SHOW 2023 TOUR DATES: 

Thu Jul 13 – West Palm Beach, FL – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre 

Sat Jul 15 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre 

Sun Jul 16 – Jacksonville, FL – Daily’s Place Amphitheatre 

Tue Jul 18 – Atlanta, GA – Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park 

Wed Jul 19 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion 

Thu Jul 20 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater 

Sat Jul 22 – Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts 

Sun Jul 23 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater 

Tue Jul 25 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center 

Wed Jul 26 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center 

Fri Jul 28 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live 

Sat Jul 29 – Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater 

Sun Jul 30 – Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion at the Mann 

Tue Aug 01 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage 

Thu Aug 03 – Tinley Park, IL – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre 

Fri Aug 04 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre 

Sat Aug 05 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center 

Tue Aug 08 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre 

Thu Aug 10 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion 

Fri Aug 11 – The Woodlands, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 

Sat Aug 12 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater 

Mon Aug 14 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP 

Fri Aug 18 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre 

Sat Aug 19 – San Diego, CA – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre 

Sun Aug 20 – Concord, CA – Concord Pavilion 

About Culture Club 

Few new wave groups were as popular as Culture Club. During the early ’80s, the group racked up seven straight Top Ten hits in the U.K. and six Top Ten singles in the U.S. with their light, infectious pop-soul. Though their music was radio-ready, what brought the band stardom was Boy George, the group’s charismatic, cross-dressing lead singer. George dressed in flamboyant dresses and wore heavy makeup, creating a disarmingly androgynous appearance that created a sensation on early MTV. George also had a biting wit and frequently came up with cutting quips that won Culture Club heavy media exposure in both America and Britain.  

By the time Culture Club’s second album Colour by Numbers was released in the fall of 1983, the band was the most popular pop/rock group in America and England. “Karma Chameleon” became a number one hit on both sides of the Atlantic, while the album reached number one in the U.K. and number two in the U.S. Throughout 1984, the group racked up hits, with “It’s a Miracle” and “Miss Me Blind” reaching the Top Ten. In the fall, the group returned with its third album, Waking Up with the House on Fire. While “The War Song” reached number two in the U.K., the album was a disappointment in America, stalling at platinum; its predecessor went quadruple platinum. 

Following a brief tour in February, Culture Club went on hiatus for 1985, with Craig, Moss, and Hay pursuing extracurricular musical projects in the interim. Though their comeback single, “Move Away,” became a hit in April, its accompanying album From Luxury to Heartache stayed on the charts for only a few months. 

George confirmed the group’s disbandment in the spring of 1987, and he began a solo career later that year. While his solo career produced several dance hits in Europe, he didn’t land an American hit until 1992, when his cover of Dave Berry’s “The Crying Game” was featured in the Academy Award-nominated film of the same name. In 1995, George published his autobiography, Take It Like a Man. Culture Club reunited in 1998, issuing the two-disc set VH1 Storytellers/Greatest Hits. 

A new album, Don’t Mind If I Do, appeared in 1999, reaching 64 on the U.K. charts; it did not receive an American release. Culture Club next celebrated their 20th Anniversary with a 2002 concert at Royal Albert Hall. 

Culture Club reunited in 2014 for a tour and the band also began work on a new album with producer Youth. The group scheduled the release of an album called Tribes in 2015, but the record never materialized. Instead, the recordings provided the foundation for Life, the 2018 album that marked Culture Club’s first new album in nearly 20 years. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi 

Connect with Culture Club: 

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About Howard Jones 
2023 marks the 40-year anniversary of the release of Howard Jones’ “New Song,” the ebullient hit that kicked off his career.  Howard Jones’ most recent album is DIALOGUE, which was released in September of last year.  DIALOGUE is the third album in a trilogy of electronic releases from Jones with multi-media project ENGAGE coming out in 2015 and studio album TRANSFORM out in 2019.  DIALOGUE garnered serious coverage in outlets such as Spin, Stereogum and more. Last summer’s headlining tour with his full band/electronic set-up, featuring special guest alternative music legend Midge received rave reviews.  LA Weekly declared Jones, “…poignant and perfect” and “absolutely superb”. 

Electronic music pioneer Howard Jones has been a constant presence on the international touring scene for the past four decades, playing live in a number of different configurations including intimate solo shows and dates with his full high-tech band set-up.  He first burst upon the contemporary music scene in 1983, with his very English songwriting and pioneering synthesizers with “New Song”. His first two albums HUMAN’S LIB and DREAM INTO ACTION were worldwide hits.  HUMAN’S LIB reached #1 in 1984 in the UK and featured the hits “New Song,” and “What Is Love?”  In 1985, Jones released the follow-up, DREAM INTO ACTION, which quickly became a Top Ten Platinum album in the United States and featured the smashes: “Things Can Only Get Better,” “Life In One Day,” “No One Is To Blame,” and “Like To Get To Know You Well.”  

Howard Jones has sold nearly 10 million albums worldwide and continues to make new music and tour the world.  Jones has performed on NBC’s top-rated morning and nighttime shows respectively, Today and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.  His ubiquitous hits can be heard in such high-profile television series and films such as “Stranger Things,” “Breaking Bad,” “Watchmen,” “The Carrie Diaries”, “Superstore” and “Bumblebee”.  

Connect with Howard Jones: 

Twitter | Facebook | YouTube | Website 

About BERLIN 

BERLIN will forever be recognized as the American progenitor of electro-pop artistry with sensually appealing lyrics.  Few bands emerging from the era of BERLIN have achieved as far-reaching and long-lasting an impact and, rarely, such a timeless array of musical grooves.  The Los Angeles-based band made its first national impression with the provocative single “Sex (I’m A…)” from the platinum-selling debut EP Pleasure Victim in 1982. “The Metro” and “No More Words” were also chart toppers, but it was the unforgettable, intimate, and strikingly beautiful love song, “Take My Breath Away” that took the band to another level.  The ballad’s defining role in the Tom Cruise film, Top Gun, helped solidify BERLIN’s everlasting place in American pop-culture.  The song was a #1 international hit and received both the Golden Globe and Academy Award for “Best Original Song” in 1986. 

BERLIN’s discography has yielded twelve gold and platinum album awards. The band—founded by Nunn, bassist John Crawford, and keyboard player David Diamond—made its everlasting place in American pop-culture. Nunn’s ongoing influence earned her the #11 spot on VH1.com’s “100 Greatest Women in Rock,” while, as an actress, she played leading roles in films including Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold with Kim Basinger, and Thank God It’s Friday with Jeff Goldblum and Debra Winger. Along with comedienne, Wendy Liebman, Nunn also previously hosted the critically acclaimed radio show Unbound with Terri Nunn on 88.5 FM KCSN Los Angeles. 

Connect with BERLIN: 

Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Website 

About Live Nation Entertainment 

Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is the world’s leading live entertainment company comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Sponsorship. For additional information, visitwww.livenationentertainment.com

MEDIA CONTACTS: 

Culture Club 
Shoshanna Stone | [email protected]  

Howard Jones 
Carise Yatter | [email protected]  

BERLIN 
Andy Lurie | [email protected]  

Live Nation Concerts 

Monique Sowinski | [email protected] 

Maya Sarin | [email protected]  

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