Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Culture Club reunion album, single and U.S. tour details

photo by Dean Stockings
Culture Club has announced the title of their sixth studio album Tribes due for release in early 2015 in North America on Different Man Music (via Kobalt Label Services).

Tribes was written by Culture Club and produced by Youth (Paul McCartney, The Verve, Primal Scream) in London.

The album is available to pre-order on PledgeMusic now: http://smarturl.it/cctribesd2c, along with limited signed deluxe albums and exclusive memorabilia. A brief U.S. jaunt takes place this month (see below).

First single “More Than Silence” and will be performed for the first time on national television this Thursday, Nov. 6 on ABC’s The View. The show airs on ABC at 11AM ET and 10AM CT/PT and finds George reconnecting with host Rosie O'Donnell, his partner in the early 2000s Broadway production "Taboo."


“More Than Silence” is available in North America from today on iTunes and can be streamed exclusively on the band’s official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfBfxxGjJCY&feature=youtu.be

Culture Club is one of the biggest pop bands to come out of the 1980s. The first group since The Beatles ever to have three Top Ten hits in America from a debut album, they have sold in excess of 100 million singles and over 50 million albums worldwide. The band also had  seven straight Top 10 hits in the UK, nine Top 10 singles in the USA, nine Top 20 singles in Australia, and was the first to have an album certified diamond in Canada.

Still with all original members,
Culture Club consists of Boy George (lead vocals), Mikey Craig (bass guitar), Roy Hay (guitar and keyboards) and Jon Moss (drums and percussion).

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES

11/15 – Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa – Rancho Mirage, CA
11/17 – Fox Theater – Oakland, CA
11/19 – Shrine Auditorium – Los Angeles, CA
11/22 – The Pearl – Las Vegas, NV
11/25 – Beacon Theatre – New York, NY
11/28 – Etess Arena – Atlantic City, NJ

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