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==== 2014–present ==== In 2014, the band reformed and announced a tour and a new album. A new picture of the four members was also posted on the band's official website, along with the list of the 11 UK concert dates. The band travelled to Spain for a two-week recording session. 18 new tracks were completed for a new album produced by [[Youth (producer)|Youth]]. The new album, entitled ''Tribes'', was scheduled for release in early 2015 on the band's own label Different Man Music (via [[Kobalt Label Services]]). At the end of that year, the album had still not materialised. On 19 July 2014, the band were among the line-up for a two-hour concert in [[Edinburgh Castle]], ahead of the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in [[Glasgow]]. Hay did not perform with the band because he was in recovery after having knee surgery. The band played two songs, "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" and "Karma Chameleon" which were shown on BBC TV.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/taXIx80tzeU Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20180307205149/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taXIx80tzeU&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taXIx80tzeU| title = HD Culture Club Live on the BBC Edinburgh Castle Show | website=[[YouTube]]| date = 17 March 2015 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> In mid-November 2014, two days before the start of their 21-date US and UK tour, Culture Club announced they had to cancel the tour due to George suffering from a serious throat condition. The cancelled tour would have represented the full original line-up's first tour in 12 years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boygeorgeuk.com/?p=4050 |title=Culture Club Tour Cancelled |work=Boygeorgeuk.com |date=28 November 2014 |access-date=26 August 2018 |archive-date=23 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623033243/http://www.boygeorgeuk.com/?p=4050 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Sean |last=Michaels |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/nov/14/culture-club-cancel-first-tour-for-12-years |title=Culture Club cancel first tour for 12 years |work=The Guardian |date=14 November 2014 |access-date=26 August 2018}}</ref> The North American tour was eventually rescheduled and started on 17 July 2015 in Canada. A television documentary, ''Boy George and Culture Club: Karma to Calamity'', aired on [[BBC Four]] on 6 March 2015. The programme documented the band's reunion in 2014 and the making of their new album in Spain, up to the announcement to cancel the tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b054v27d|title=BBC Four – Boy George and Culture Club: Karma to Calamity|publisher=BBC|access-date=26 October 2018}}</ref> Based on the popularity of 2015's mini-tour, Culture Club embarked on a 60 city world tour in 2016. The major success of this tour culminated in a DVD/CD/Blu-ray release, ''Live at Wembley: World Tour 2016''. In August 2016, the band announced that the album ''Tribes'' was permanently shelved, and offered refunds to all those who had pre-ordered the album online. In 2018, Culture Club toured the US and Europe from June to December. Dubbed ''The Life Tour'', the band toured in support of their [[Life (Boy George and Culture Club album)|namesake album]], along with supporting acts [[the B-52s]], [[Tom Bailey (musician)|Tom Bailey]] (formerly of [[the Thompson Twins]]) and [[Belinda Carlisle]] (Europe dates only). Jon Moss was originally part of the line-up, but did not participate in the European leg of the tour. A spokeswoman for Boy George confirmed: "Jon's taking a break from Culture Club but the door is open in the future."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/boy-george-culture-club-tour/ |title=Boy George slams 'fact-starved' report |work=Gay Star News |date=30 October 2018 |access-date=30 October 2018 |archive-date=30 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030212903/https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/boy-george-culture-club-tour/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In December 2019, Moss filed a writ at London's High Court naming the band trio as defendants. Moss' lawyers say he was told to "take a break" by manager [[Paul Kemsley]], demanding nearly £200,000 in missing payments and a share of profits.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twnews.co.uk/gb-news/boy-george-sued-by-ex-lover-and-drummer-jon-moss-after-he-booted-him-out-of-culture-club |title=Boy George sued by ex-lover and drummer Jon Moss after he booted him out of Culture Club |work=TWNEWS|access-date=15 December 2019}}</ref> Moss officially left Culture Club in May 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/BoyGeorge/status/1396828726663462917 |title=Boy George on Twitter |work=Twitter|access-date=25 May 2021}}</ref> Culture Club returned to the SSE Arena in Wembley on 19 December 2020 for a livestream concert broadcast around the world, in response to the ongoing [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|COVID-19 pandemic]]. Titled 'Rainbow in the Dark', the concert saw the band play their classic hits, new material, including a new ballad version of "[[Karma Chameleon]]" featuring Mila, and covers of [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]]'s "[[Get It On (Bang a Gong)]]" and George's solo cover of [[Bread (band)|Bread]]'s "[[Everything I Own]]". Culture Club toured in 2022 with a residency in Las Vegas and select amphitheaters across the United States. They also served as an opening act for [[Rod Stewart]] on his ''Greatest Hits'' tour in the UK in June and July 2023, and in addition to continuing their Las Vegas residency that February, Culture Club embarked on a U.S. summer tour titled ''The Letting It Go Show'', with [[Howard Jones (British musician)|Howard Jones]] and [[Berlin (band)|Berlin]] serving as opening acts.
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