Editing Culture Club (section)

==== 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.