Boy George heads for Phuket

**dirtydog** · 13-05-2010, 06:30 PM

Boy George heads for Phuket

Heads up all you 40-somethings: androgynous Culture Club icon Boy George will be deejaying in Phuket on May 26, at Seduction disco, just off Soi Bangla.

The Boy – real name George Alan O’Dowd – has recently been making up for lost time following his release from prison in the UK on 11 May last year, after doing four months of a 15-month sentence for assault and false imprisonment.

After his release he was tagged with an ankle monitor and placed on curfew for the remained 11 months of his sentence. Last month, as soon as the tag was off, so was he, on an exhausting world tour, deejaying in 27 countries in just over four months.

On May 23, he’ll do a gig at Lima Lima club in Pattaya, followed by Phuket and then a night at Bed Supper Club in Bangkok on the 27th.

Down in Bangla, with its myriad persons of indeterminate gender, he should be a big hit – one of his main claims to fame is his own dubious orientation, though it took him quite a while to admit he was gay. In one interview, with chat show host Russell Harty, he famously ducked the question, saying that he preferred “a nice cup of tea” to sex.

His recent spell behind bars was not his first brush with the law. He was arrested a couple of times in the UK on suspicion of drugs possession in the 1980s, and spent five days doing community service in New York five years ago for falsely reporting a burglary.

Despite what he once referred to as his “dark periods”, he has been, and remains, a prolific artist. Since Culture Cub disbanded in 1986, he has released eight studio albums, six deejay albums, four EPs and 56 singles. His most recent single, Amazing Grace, was released in March and he has another, The Pentonville Blues, due out any time. He also wrote the lyrics and co-wrote the music for a stage musical, Taboo, which was performed in London and New York in 2002.

Oh yes, and he still found time to write two autobiographical books, Take It Like a Man and Straight, both best-sellers. And he has his own fashion label, B-Rude.

Next month is his 49th birthday, but there’s no sign he’s slowing down at all. The one night in Phuket will be a must-go. To get on the guest list go to the Seduction Facebook page or call +66 (0) 8 1188 1230. Boy George’s MySpace page is here.

Boy George heads for Phuket | Phuket Observer

**Davis Knowlton** · 13-05-2010, 06:33 PM

I thought he/she/it was long dead. Should fit in well in Phuket.

**Chairman Mao** · 13-05-2010, 06:39 PM

Went to see the freak DJ about 12 years ago.

Was shit then, seriously doubt much has changed.

**Beadle** · 13-05-2010, 06:43 PM

Karma chameleon is a bitch.

**mediamanbkk** · 13-05-2010, 07:04 PM

He must be getting paid, surely he needs a work permit or are there special rules for "entertainers"

**patsycat** · 13-05-2010, 07:05 PM

Toffees? What a creepozoid this person is. He's fat, and covered in strange tatoos.

**slackula** · 13-05-2010, 07:08 PM

Why would somebody pay to go and see a DJ?

Jukeboxes that do the same job (without all the annoying yabbering) have been around for years and are much more reliable.

**Beadle** · 13-05-2010, 08:38 PM

Originally Posted by patsycat

He's fat, and covered in strange tatoos.

So are most male visitors to Thailand these day. And bald, you forgot bald.

**mediamanbkk** · 13-05-2010, 08:40 PM

Hey! I am fat and bald - no tattoos and been here 12 years so not really a "visitor"

**Perota** · 13-05-2010, 08:55 PM

I voted "a poof" then I realized you're talking about this guy from the 80's .

Anyway, still a poof.

**Fuzzy Bob** · 13-05-2010, 08:57 PM

Toffee?

**Smug Farang Bore** · 13-05-2010, 09:26 PM

^^^ Don't worry so is he.....

...........and me but I cut mine.

**maraudingscot** · 13-05-2010, 09:28 PM

ok he was ok back in the 80's and that is where he should have stayed. He is rude arrogant and just plainly a tosser. Would not even cross the street to see "IT", come to think of it, would probably cross the street, but that is only if "IT" was on the same side of street as me!

Nope I agree with the 58.***% of the votes.

**The Gentleman Scamp** · 13-05-2010, 09:54 PM

Originally Posted by slackula

Why would somebody pay to go and see a DJ?

Jukeboxes that do the same job (without all the annoying yabbering) have been around for years and are much more reliable.

How can this be ignored?

So true.

**Bogon** · 13-05-2010, 10:49 PM

Why come to Thailand?
We don't have any radiators to chain rentboys to (unless he can hang them from the air-com unit?).
This dude is a big no no for me and hope that some big Ruskie bums him silly and sings "Do you really want to hurt me?" while in the act.
BOY GEORGE YOU 80'S THROWBACK!

**Loy Toy** · 13-05-2010, 11:02 PM

I suppose if DJPat could do and get paid for it it in Thailand anyone could pull it off.............

Anyway who the fvck is DJGeorge?

**Rascal** · 13-05-2010, 11:27 PM

fuck him who gives a shit about this head lice.

**toslti** · 14-05-2010, 12:18 AM

Has been turd burglar heads to the last place on earth that needs more bumbandits... obviously didn't get enough in the slammer in the US and UK.....

Next thing will be..... Famous British Pop Star arrested for possession of drugs..... well, I suppose it draws the attention away from Gary

**Beadle** · 14-05-2010, 02:14 AM

Originally Posted by mediamanbkk

no tattoos and been here 12 years so not really a "visitor"

You're always a visitor here in Thailand son, always.

Originally Posted by Smug Farang Bore

Don't worry so is he.....

Hey, less of that...

**jizzybloke** · 14-05-2010, 02:26 AM

not bald no tatts erm.......

**Overman** · 14-05-2010, 02:57 AM

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

Why would somebody pay to go and see a DJ?

Dj =

Jukebox =

Things have moved on from listening to music. It's all about feeling the music coming on nowadays.

Usually off your face on pills, mind.

I saw Boy george in Nottingham.

He was shit.

**Muadib** · 14-05-2010, 03:00 AM

Originally Posted by jizzybloke

not bald no tatts erm.......

Must be a Merkin...

**the dogcatcher** · 14-05-2010, 04:46 AM

He's been doing Mallorca for a couple of years. Can't break Ibiza though.
Hope the real ladyboy bandits don't rob him. NOT!

**lysander** · 14-05-2010, 06:24 AM

Originally Posted by Overman

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

Why would somebody pay to go and see a DJ?

Dj =

Jukebox =

Things have moved on from listening to music. It's all about feeling the music coming on nowadays.

Usually off your face on pills, mind.

Being off your face on pills peaked in the 60s. It's been downhill ever since. You sprogs have no idea what you're talking about.

**Butterfly** · 14-05-2010, 07:33 AM

what's wrong with ABBA ?

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