Editing Culture Club (section)

=== Reunions ===
==== 1989 ====
The band first tried to reunite in 1989, after many requests from Tony Gordon, the group's former manager and George's manager at that time. George agreed to try some songs with the band again, resulting in recording sessions and producing more than a dozen songs that remain unreleased. George, however, was more excited about his future projects like his record label, More Protein, and his new [[acid house]] project [[Jesus Loves You (band)|Jesus Loves You]]. The proposed reunion ended up being cancelled.

==== 1998–2000, 2002 ====

In 1998, George and Moss put their differences aside and the band reunited to do a reunion tour, kicking off with a performance on ''[[VH1 Storytellers]]''.<ref name="LAT (1998)"/> George said about the reunion, "Culture Club's reunion couldn't have come at a better time for rock", adding that, "It's a nostalgia trip, there's no way of avoiding that."<ref name="LAT (1998)">{{cite news |title=Culture Club Reunites, but It May Be Just Nostalgic Fling |first=Roger |last=Catlin |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=12 August 1998 |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/32812009.html?dids=32812009:32812009&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+12,+1998&author=ROGER+CATLIN&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Culture+Club+Reunites,+but+It+May+Be+Just+Nostalgic+Fling;+Pop+music:+Lead+singer+Boy+George+says+regrouped+%2780s+band+members+are+putting+aside+differences,+at+least+while+on+tour.&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131163752/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/32812009.html?dids=32812009:32812009&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+12,+1998&author=ROGER+CATLIN&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Culture+Club+Reunites,+but+It+May+Be+Just+Nostalgic+Fling;+Pop+music:+Lead+singer+Boy+George+says+regrouped+'80s+band+members+are+putting+aside+differences,+at+least+while+on+tour.&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 January 2013 |access-date=15 November 2010 }}</ref> The tour was a major success. ''Greatest Moments'', a compilation album based around the ''Storytellers'' performance, was released, and went platinum in UK. It included new songs such as "[[I Just Wanna Be Loved]]", which hit UK No.&nbsp;4.<ref name="ABK (1998)">{{cite news |title=Culture Club Reunion Bus Is Rolling To Blossom Boy George Back with the Original Band |newspaper=Akron Beacon Journal |date=9 August 1998 |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AK&s_site=ohio&p_multi=AK&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB6C1EE8F43EB63&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |access-date=18 December 2010 |quote=A new two-CD set features music from the Storytellers special and a greatest hits CD that includes the new single and soon-to-be hit [[I Just Wanna Be Loved]]}}</ref><ref name="TH (1998)">{{cite news |title=Cher leads the way to pop chart history |newspaper=The Herald |location=Glasgow |date=26 October 1998 |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/smgpubs/access/60580542.html?dids=60580542:60580542&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+26%2C+1998&author=&pub=The+Herald&desc=Cher+leads+the+way+to+pop+chart+history&pqatl=google |access-date=18 December 2010 |quote=The Irish band U2 went straight in at number three with a song recorded in 1987, "The Sweetest Thing", previously a B-side to their hit "Where The Streets Have No Name". And Culture Club returned with their first single since reforming, "[[I Just Wanna Be Loved]]" at number four, ahead of the only truly nineties act in the top five, Alanis Morissette, with Thank U |archive-date=4 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104182017/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/smgpubs/access/60580542.html?dids=60580542:60580542&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+26,+1998&author=&pub=The+Herald&desc=Cher+leads+the+way+to+pop+chart+history&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, their new-found success was short-lived and their fifth studio album, ''[[Don't Mind If I Do (Culture Club album)|Don't Mind If I Do]]'', released in 1999, peaked at No.&nbsp;64 in the UK.<ref name="Warwick; Kutner; Brown (2004) 282">{{cite book |last1=Warwick |first1=Neil |last2=Kutner |first2=Jon  |last3=Brown |first3=Tony |title=The complete book of the British charts: singles & albums |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ib4MyAIpe3MC&q=The+complete+book+of+the+British+charts:+singles+%26+albums+%22culture+club%22+%22your+kisses+are+charity%22&pg=PT239 |publisher=Omnibus Press |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-84449-058-5 |page=282 |access-date=24 December 2010 }}</ref> It included minor UK hits in "Your Kisses Are Charity" (UK No.&nbsp;25) and "Cold Shoulder" (UK No.&nbsp;43).<ref name="Warwick; Kutner; Brown (2004) 282"/>

The band went on to tour, then reunited again for a 20th anniversary concert in 2002 at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London.<ref name="TVL (2004) 70">{{cite book |author=Indiana University |title=The Video librarian, Volume 19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EbzjAAAAMAAJ&q=Culture+Club++Live+At+The+Royal+Albert+Hall++The+20th+Anniversary++2002 |publisher=Randy Pitman  |year=2004 |page=70 |access-date=20 January 2011 |quote=Filmed live at London's Royal Albert Hall, this 2002 concert finds Culture Club celebrating its 20th anniversary with an infectious and expansive grandeur, all the while basking in the love of adoring fans}}</ref> This performance was released on DVD the following year.<ref name="TVL (2004) 70"/> Culture Club then became inactive again, largely due to George's successful DJ career, as well as his semi-autobiographical musical ''[[Taboo (musical)|Taboo]]''. It was a success in London, but was a flop on Broadway, only running for 100 performances, as well as losing $10 million for its producer, Rosie O'Donnell.

==== 2006 ====
In 2006, original members Craig and Moss tried to launch a new tour with another lead singer, as George and Hay had declined to tour. Early that year, the band's record company placed an ad for a lead singer to "...take part in a 2007 World Tour and TV Series." The new singer, Sam Butcher was selected because of his own personality, "not a Boy George lookalike." After watching a video on MySpace, George described the singer who replaced him as "terrible" and "dreadful". George said: "I wanted to like it but I couldn't. They're my songs, they're my heart, they're my life."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6043794.stm | title=Boy George slams new club singer |work=BBC News  | date=12 October 2006 | access-date=15 August 2011}}</ref> A proposed tour for December 2006 in the UK did not take place.

==== 2011 ====
In late 2011, George was part of a three-man Culture Club band that performed two live concerts, in Dubai and Sydney, the latter being a New Year's Eve concert, although Moss did not appear due to a back injury.<ref>[http://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/01/02/2012-➤-moss-misses-culture-clubs-new-dawn-in-australia/ "Moss misses Culture Club's new dawn"]. Shape of the 80s</ref> However, the band were unable to tour in the US, due to George being denied a visa 3 years prior.

==== 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.