0:00:02 > 0:00:05This programme contains strong language.
0:00:05 > 0:00:08With so many pop stars here, it's just like... It's like a sheep dip.
0:00:08 > 0:00:09All right.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12It's pretty weird, seeing as I don't know anybody and they don't know me.
0:00:15 > 0:00:16This is nice, you know.
0:00:16 > 0:00:17Haven't done this for a long while.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20It's all right. A lot of memories come flooding back.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Being pushed out the way while people try and get to George.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25And what is it that you've been nominated for today?
0:00:25 > 0:00:27The Idle Award for doing nothing for the last 20 years.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29HE LAUGHS
0:00:29 > 0:00:30I-D-L-E.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34In the 1980s, Culture Club's meteoric rise
0:00:34 > 0:00:36made them one of the biggest bands in the world,
0:00:36 > 0:00:39selling over 150 million records.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41The songs and the band have stood the test of time
0:00:41 > 0:00:44and are as relevant as they ever were.
0:00:44 > 0:00:45Let's take a look at the guys in action.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51CHEERING # Do you really want to hurt me?
0:00:51 > 0:00:54- # Do you really... # - But during this time,
0:00:54 > 0:00:58George and drummer Jon Moss were hiding something from the public.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00I fell in love with him.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02I fell in love with George. He happened to be a man.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05And when their volatile relationship ended in 1986,
0:01:05 > 0:01:08the band fell apart and George unravelled.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12He literally went from nothing to heroin in about three weeks.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16All previous attempts to reform the band have broken down,
0:01:16 > 0:01:18but now, for the first time in 15 years,
0:01:18 > 0:01:21they're planning to record an album and go on tour.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25We've attempted to do it a few times
0:01:25 > 0:01:28and I felt like it was our last chance if we were going to do it.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30The thing with Culture that's interesting is that,
0:01:30 > 0:01:32you know, us without George - nothing.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35And I'm afraid, George, not as great without the band.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39There's no Lady Gaga without Culture Club.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42There wasn't even a Madonna without Culture Club.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45We want to come back and reclaim our legacy.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47It's our first big tour for about 15 years.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51There's certain anxieties that come with that.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53I followed the band over ten months
0:01:53 > 0:01:56as they endeavoured to put old rivalries aside.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58But for a band with such a volatile history,
0:01:58 > 0:02:00how will they cope coming back together?
0:02:01 > 0:02:04I know what I'm doing. I think there's the problem.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06You know, what I want and what Roy, Jon and Mikey want
0:02:06 > 0:02:08are entirely different things.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11If that means that the rest of the band
0:02:11 > 0:02:12think I'm being selfish and difficult,
0:02:12 > 0:02:14that's just how it's going to be.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Well, it's really weird, you know.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35We weren't mates before we started Culture Club.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38We are a band in the very traditional sense of being a band.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40You know, we came together to be a band.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Erm, you know, pushing aside the kind of...
0:02:44 > 0:02:47sort of relationship things that happened,
0:02:47 > 0:02:50we were a band. That's why we started.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54So...our history with each other is about being a band.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01I don't live here, so for me to come over is quite a big deal.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04But to George it's like, "What are you doing that you can't come over?"
0:03:04 > 0:03:06I'm like, "Well, I have a life." "Well, what is it?"
0:03:06 > 0:03:09- I'm like, "It's my life!" - HE LAUGHS
0:03:09 > 0:03:11So...
0:03:13 > 0:03:15BUZZER RINGS
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Hi, Royston.
0:03:17 > 0:03:18Push.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22- I didn't see you. You're wearing camouflage.- Yeah.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25I'm ready for battle,
0:03:25 > 0:03:27as I said earlier. THEY LAUGH
0:03:28 > 0:03:30BUZZER
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Oh, my God. If it isn't Mikey Craig!
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Come in, push the gate.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37- I was about to start...- How are you?
0:03:37 > 0:03:39- Yeah, good. How are you?- Good. - Nice to see you.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Wrapping his own parcels these days.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Yeah, no. This is my Vitamix. You know what it is, Vitamix?
0:03:45 > 0:03:48- I love my Vitamix. I live by my Vitamix.- This broke.
0:03:48 > 0:03:49It spins so fast.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53Soup setting, it actually sort of half cooks and makes a soup
0:03:53 > 0:03:54when you put the things in there.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57- Put Jon Moss in there, no problem. - Put Jon Moss in there. Yeah.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59A Jon Moss smoothie.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Could he be any more smooth?
0:04:03 > 0:04:05BUZZER
0:04:07 > 0:04:10- How nice.- Oh, hello!- God.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Shut up! Hello, everyone.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Erm... Do you want to play it, Roy?
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Getting Old.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22HE PLAYS
0:04:22 > 0:04:25# Getting old
0:04:25 > 0:04:28# Getting old... #
0:04:28 > 0:04:33'Myself and Roy are probably the main songwriters.'
0:04:33 > 0:04:34So no, I mean, I think...
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Roy might think he's in charge! HE LAUGHS
0:04:37 > 0:04:40I might think I'm in charge too, but I don't think any of us are really.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Let's just move on and do something else anyway.
0:04:43 > 0:04:44Remember that?
0:04:44 > 0:04:47Just take the vibe of those early Destiny's Child records.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49HE HUMS A RHYTHM
0:04:49 > 0:04:51"Question - do-dee-doo-dee-doo about..."
0:04:51 > 0:04:54But just the groove on that, I thought was really kind of cool.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- You know, that swinging thing. - Are you saying we're in RnB?
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- You deny your soul voice? - Absolutely not.- OK.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02- OK. - JON PLAYS GUITAR
0:05:04 > 0:05:06That sounds like Neil Young to me now.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Don't start writing melodies. Please.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15That's another drama! BOY GEORGE LAUGHS
0:05:15 > 0:05:18- You could do like an artist thing about... - ROY SCATS
0:05:18 > 0:05:19Yes.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23- You know? - Don't, don't fucking do that!
0:05:23 > 0:05:25So aggravating, man. No, no, no. I mean...
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- No, we don't start writing things... - Well, why not? I'm a writer!
0:05:28 > 0:05:31- Well, then write for someone else! - I'm writing with you!
0:05:31 > 0:05:33You don't have a monopoly on melodies here.
0:05:33 > 0:05:34We need to sort that out,
0:05:34 > 0:05:36because I'm not singing other people's melodies,
0:05:36 > 0:05:40- so either get over it, or... - George, we'll write together.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Yeah, I write melodies, you write the music. That's how it works.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Shout as loud as you like, it's not going to make a difference.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48You do shout, actually, you raised your voice.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50You raised your voice, no-one took suggestions, ever.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54- Don't raise your voice to me like that.- I wasn't...- Well, you were...
0:05:54 > 0:05:56I got excited about the music.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59No, you got excited about trying to tell me what to do.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Not a good idea.
0:06:01 > 0:06:02ROY PLAYS GUITAR
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Doing a band,
0:06:06 > 0:06:09it's so much more complicated than just being a solo artist.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12'We were sent a poster yesterday for the tour and I was like,
0:06:12 > 0:06:13' "I'll approve it" and you think,'
0:06:13 > 0:06:16"Oh, I should show everyone else." But...
0:06:16 > 0:06:20it gets really complicated. Democracy, it's a hard one.
0:06:20 > 0:06:21Can we do this?
0:06:21 > 0:06:24At the end, I have to do this thing where I say,
0:06:24 > 0:06:26- "See you in December," so don't speak at the end, OK?- All right.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29You need to go out for a minute so you're not in it.
0:06:29 > 0:06:30Can you take that camera?
0:06:30 > 0:06:34- No, no, don't go outside, you've got to be in it.- I'm back!- OK.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36- Fucking hell.- Ah...
0:06:38 > 0:06:42# Karma karma karma Karma karma chameleon
0:06:42 > 0:06:44# You come and go...#
0:06:44 > 0:06:47You... You have to say when you want us to come in, you see.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Right away, once he does his thing, then I'll come in and you...
0:06:50 > 0:06:51ROY CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:06:51 > 0:06:54One, two, three, four!
0:06:54 > 0:06:58# Karma karma karma Karma karma chameleon
0:06:58 > 0:07:00- ALL:- # You come and go
0:07:00 > 0:07:03# You come and go
0:07:03 > 0:07:07# Loving would be easy if your Colours were like my dream
0:07:07 > 0:07:10# Red gold and green
0:07:10 > 0:07:13# Red gold and green... #
0:07:13 > 0:07:14See you in December.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- Hey, they won't notice. - Work here is done.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23- Be quiet. Shut up, Jon.- No, I will not shut up.- Shut the fuck up, Jon.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- No.- Fucking hell.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28ROY PLAYS GUITAR
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Yes, it was OK, it was as I expected today, really.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34George was intolerant, as usual. So am I, probably, so that's fine.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36You know, nothing's changed really, so...
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Well, I'm sorry, but he doesn't shut up, it's like fucking...
0:07:39 > 0:07:41It's like an insane person.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45ROY LAUGHS I'm finding it very difficult and that's just one day in.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47I'm really, I've just had to spray chakra spray on myself...
0:07:47 > 0:07:50I was like, "God, can you leave?"
0:07:50 > 0:07:52BAND MEMBER LAUGHS
0:07:52 > 0:07:54So, when you are you next meeting up?
0:07:54 > 0:07:56It will be in Spain on Monday, or later.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09- NEWSREADER:- Boy George doesn't like flying
0:08:09 > 0:08:11and finds ways to amuse himself.
0:08:11 > 0:08:12Hello there.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16Melbourne Airport erupted in a frenzy as the pop idol arrived.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Hundreds of his teenage fans screamed, wept,
0:08:19 > 0:08:22waved and yelled in an uncontrollable burst of emotion.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26But for airport officials it meant security problems.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28For the press and media,
0:08:28 > 0:08:31some of those colourful comments that always make the headlines.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Do you ever feel trapped by your image?
0:08:33 > 0:08:35No! REPORTER LAUGHS
0:08:35 > 0:08:38The waiting Mercedes didn't whisk away the superstar.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Boy George had made a special request
0:08:40 > 0:08:43to travel in a minibus as one of the band.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49About 10,000 were jam-packed between the store's glass walls...
0:08:49 > 0:08:52CROWD CHANTING DROWNS SPEECH
0:08:52 > 0:08:54And their thrilled greeting showed
0:08:54 > 0:08:56how much the club stopover was appreciated.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02How embarrassing.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05And you met Boy George too and said he was a really nice guy.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Very intelligent, very considerate fellow, actually.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10- That's good.- Appearances aren't everything, are they?
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Hi, we're in Grenada.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23Granada. I can't believe you brought me to here.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Come in to mi casa.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Hello.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Do you want Reggie in here or do you want Jonny?
0:09:30 > 0:09:32No! Are you crazy? I don't want Jonny anywhere near me.
0:09:32 > 0:09:37- Because this is your room, OK? - Lots of people sleep in here?
0:09:37 > 0:09:39It can be a spare bedroom but it's empty at the moment.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41- Keep it away from Mickey. - So it's like you've got a suite.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44- Don't put Jon, put Ritchie there, it's fine.- Put Ritchie there.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48- I think Ritchie likes solitude. Jon just likes talking.- Yes.
0:09:51 > 0:09:52Fucking ha-ha.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55- Do you guys want to get out?- Fucking hell.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57- You guys have got to get out. - Thank you.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01- Oh, my God. Crazy. Loco. - Ritchie, move back.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02This is insane!
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Oh, my God!
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Your entrance was very LA, I have to say.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09EXAGGERATED ACCENT: Oh, my gawd! Oh, my gawd!
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Good cherry as well. Mm.
0:10:11 > 0:10:12I've already got my own room.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15- Oh, you've got the big, golden suite.- No, it's fine.
0:10:15 > 0:10:16Nothing special.
0:10:16 > 0:10:17You know.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Oh, that's good.
0:10:19 > 0:10:20So where are the bedrooms then?
0:10:20 > 0:10:23You ain't got one, you've got to sleep up here. GENTLE LAUGHTER
0:10:23 > 0:10:26Can I have the hobbit room?
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Or has somebody already taken it?
0:10:28 > 0:10:29That's what George wanted.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31That's cute, isn't it? I like that.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34- This is the big round hobbit room. - Yeah.- It's a really good acoustic.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37- Mm.- Why was people in my room?- Yes.
0:10:37 > 0:10:41- Why was people in my grill? - Very nice.- OK, and...
0:10:41 > 0:10:45- Right, come on and I'll show you the studio and the other rooms.- Ah.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51I was going to put you and Jon in the guesthouse.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53A bit spooky out here.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Hope you've got your flashlight out.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02- Mm.- Did anyone show you how to get here?
0:11:02 > 0:11:04- I will stay here, yes?- Sure.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06'Yes, well...'
0:11:06 > 0:11:10it's not bad. Fine, it's lovely. It will do.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20# Nam-myoho-renge-kyo
0:11:20 > 0:11:23# Nam-myoho-renge-kyo
0:11:23 > 0:11:27# Nam-myoho-renge-kyo
0:11:27 > 0:11:29# Nam-myoho-renge-kyo
0:11:29 > 0:11:33# Nam-myoho-renge-kyo... #
0:11:33 > 0:11:34BELL RINGS
0:11:35 > 0:11:38Just to warn you, I haven't quite woke up yet.
0:11:38 > 0:11:39I've been up for a while, but...
0:11:39 > 0:11:43Also, it's quite a lot of reverb with my voice, so...
0:11:43 > 0:11:44Not a floppy ring, dear.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47- GENTLE LAUGHTER - Floppy.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53# It can't be easy Hell you said can't
0:11:53 > 0:11:57# If you'd be a different man...
0:11:57 > 0:11:59# Yeah. # BOY GEORGE CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Yes, that's the lyric.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05So I'm not needed for a minute, right?
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Come back tomorrow.
0:12:07 > 0:12:08ROY LAUGHS
0:12:08 > 0:12:12# If you'd be a different man...
0:12:12 > 0:12:13# Yeah. #
0:12:13 > 0:12:15GUITAR SOLO
0:12:22 > 0:12:25We've just been picking cherries.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Very glamorous, it's very, what's it called? The Good Life.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31You actually picked those?
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Sort of. BOY GEORGE LAUGHS
0:12:33 > 0:12:36She wanted to, basically, we went to this place
0:12:36 > 0:12:39where you CAN pick cherries, let's rephrase,
0:12:39 > 0:12:40and she wanted to pick cherries
0:12:40 > 0:12:42and I was like, "Love, I've got an album to make,
0:12:42 > 0:12:45"they've picked them already, how nice of them.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47I'll just go to the studio and see what's going on.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Do you want to be the bearer of cherries?
0:12:50 > 0:12:53- Shall I bring them? Make me look organic and loving.- Yes.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55- Like I care.- Yes.
0:12:55 > 0:12:56I do, obviously.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03# If you'll be a different man! #
0:13:03 > 0:13:04The 1A sounded good.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07It's a bit low, Michael, what are you trying to do?
0:13:07 > 0:13:10- We want to generate a kick. - I know we're old, but...
0:13:10 > 0:13:12- Is this what you were doing last night?- Yes.
0:13:12 > 0:13:13MUSIC STARTS
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Very dancey.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18# Ooh...
0:13:18 > 0:13:20# Ooh...
0:13:20 > 0:13:22# Ooh...
0:13:24 > 0:13:25# Ooh...
0:13:25 > 0:13:29# I'm never gonna catch out The one you love
0:13:29 > 0:13:31# Like a black cat Buddha
0:13:31 > 0:13:34# Like a slide show
0:13:34 > 0:13:39# It can't be easy Hell you said it can't
0:13:39 > 0:13:41# If you'd be a different man...
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Different man!
0:13:43 > 0:13:48# It can't be easy Hell you said it can't
0:13:48 > 0:13:51# If you'd be a better man
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Different man!
0:13:53 > 0:13:55- No!- Better.- It's not better!
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Stop. MUSIC STOPS
0:13:57 > 0:14:01No, if you'd be a different man, it's not better man.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04- Did you once say?- No, never. - Yes, he's right.- All right.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07- If you'd be a different man - don't change my lyrics.- Did I do that?
0:14:07 > 0:14:08- Hello.- If you'd be a different man,
0:14:08 > 0:14:10- not better man. - OK, we'll do it again.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Well, listen, you know what it is.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14- See how calm I've remained? - What about..?
0:14:14 > 0:14:18- We could do it again, or leave it as an idea.- No, no. It's different man.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Different man - don't change my lyrics.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23This is what's going to happen when I go out to the shops,
0:14:23 > 0:14:26- you'll change my lyrics. Not going to work.- It's only little ideas.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29- Yes, but, different, don't change the lyrics, OK?- Yes, I missed that.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Maybe we just thought...
0:14:32 > 0:14:34You know what thought did? Wet the bed and thought it was sweating.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36My mum used to say.
0:14:37 > 0:14:38OK.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40In an Irish accent.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42IRISH ACCENT: Wet the bed and thought it was sweating.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46Don't make faces about my mum! Go on. Nice try.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48BOY GEORGE LAUGHS
0:14:49 > 0:14:54Listen, you know, there's going to be rows, cos, you know,
0:14:54 > 0:14:59the nature of trying to have a democracy is so hard.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01# Daddy-o...
0:15:01 > 0:15:02# Daddy-o... #
0:15:02 > 0:15:05You see, there's a key change. Do you like it or not? Like that?
0:15:05 > 0:15:07THEY TALK OVER EACH OTHER
0:15:07 > 0:15:10- Should he do the key change there? - Yes.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12If it turns out when we listen to the whole song back
0:15:12 > 0:15:15that it sounds too soon - it might do - we'll change it, you know.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19That's it, Roy, that kind of attitude, not, like, no.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21- BAND MEMBERS: - One, two, three, four...
0:15:21 > 0:15:24'The kind of rule is that the writer of the lyrics
0:15:24 > 0:15:26'and the manager gets 50%, which is what I'm entitled to,
0:15:26 > 0:15:29'but we'll have a debate about that, I'm sure.'
0:15:29 > 0:15:32But I'm not sure how flexible I'm going to be.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34'We just have to be fair.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36'And if somebody's written most of a song,
0:15:36 > 0:15:39'why should they give it away? You know,
0:15:39 > 0:15:43'I am a generous person, but, you know, there's a limit.'
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Back in the day, we did everything 25%.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48That ain't going to happen now.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51- Shall we record it? - Hold-up, one then? Oh, nice.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54- Make a note to yourself, get rid of this later.- We did it in D before.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56PLAYS PIANO
0:15:57 > 0:16:00Can we have a shot of Roy crying at the end on a wheelchair?
0:16:00 > 0:16:02- GENTLE LAUGHTER - That's nice.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04With a keyboard on his lap?
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Naked?
0:16:07 > 0:16:12George, he still has the authority, he's still the queen,
0:16:12 > 0:16:15he's still the queen bee, although he's not taken so seriously now.
0:16:16 > 0:16:21Don't know about you, I'm about to slip into something more comfortable, like a coma. Fucking hell.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25- Shove that on.- Yeah...- Oh, yeah... - Nice with some strings... - Yeah, exactly.
0:16:25 > 0:16:26You're right up his arse.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Think Beatles, man. Think Beatles. It's three Beatles.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33OK. All right, then. You've won me over!
0:16:33 > 0:16:34Shall we record it?
0:16:36 > 0:16:42They made the announcement today about the tour, 15 dates in the UK.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43Big venues.
0:16:43 > 0:16:44BOY GEORGE CHUCKLES
0:16:44 > 0:16:47- Yes, like the O2, you know. - Yeah, but, you know...
0:16:47 > 0:16:49we're a big band. BOY GEORGE LAUGHS
0:16:49 > 0:16:51There we go.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Somebody's saying they've booked their tickets for Leeds.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Wow, really cool.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58That's 12 we've sold.
0:16:58 > 0:16:59LAUGHTER
0:17:01 > 0:17:02My bags are packed.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04Away we go.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07Well, I'm busy that night, I can't do that one.
0:17:07 > 0:17:08THEY LAUGH
0:17:17 > 0:17:20When it all kicked off, I was about 22, yeah.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22That's quite a lot to take on board.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25It is, but it doesn't mean anything now. Like,
0:17:25 > 0:17:28you know when you go on TV shows, they introduce you,
0:17:28 > 0:17:31they say, "You sold 150 million records," and I think,
0:17:31 > 0:17:34"What does it matter?" Now is all that matters.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37You know. Oh, forget it.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39BOY GEORGE LAUGHS
0:17:39 > 0:17:42The first single we put out did nothing.
0:17:42 > 0:17:43The second one did nothing,
0:17:43 > 0:17:46the third one we started to pay for the promotion ourselves, didn't we?
0:17:46 > 0:17:50- Which is Do You Really and then it kicked off.- Jonny had a plan.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Yeah, Jonny did have a plan.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Do a few gigs, Top Of The Pops, big hit record, lovely,
0:17:54 > 0:17:56we'll go on tour. Sounds good to me, yes!
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Bad drug habits, get divorced.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00End up making a record.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02You left that bit out. You left that bit out.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04I left it out, I wasn't so sure about that.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08Jon and George, they were the powerhouse within the band.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11They kind of led the band.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13And they were very strong.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15The two of them. Together.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19And because they were together it made it difficult for us
0:18:19 > 0:18:21to input things at times.
0:18:22 > 0:18:23But, um...
0:18:23 > 0:18:24I'm not sure, I don't know
0:18:24 > 0:18:27if I want to talk about their relationship so much,
0:18:27 > 0:18:29because, cos Jon's got...
0:18:30 > 0:18:31..kids now.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33I fell in love with him.
0:18:34 > 0:18:35Just fell in love with him.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39I fell in love with George, he happened to be a man.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42We were instantly attracted to each other.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46Not sexually, it was like a childish crush, it was very exciting.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48You know, very exciting, you know.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51It was a little weird being in the band with that secret,
0:18:51 > 0:18:53I've got to be honest.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55I mean, it was no secret,
0:18:55 > 0:18:58our relationship, between my friends or anything like that,
0:18:58 > 0:19:01but I was thinking the other day how things have changed so much.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04When Culture Club started there wasn't the liberalism there is now,
0:19:04 > 0:19:06there was a lot of queer-bashing, you know,
0:19:06 > 0:19:08and it was not cool.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10People didn't want to know.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14I grew up just wanting to be in a band and...
0:19:14 > 0:19:16have fun.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18All the girls backstage and all the things that go with it,
0:19:18 > 0:19:20I ended up in a fucking homosexual drama.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22ROY LAUGHS
0:19:24 > 0:19:27Jon and I did not have a normal relationship.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30We weren't nice to each other.
0:19:30 > 0:19:31We didn't go out for meals.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35I mean their relationship wasn't a problem, the fighting was a problem.
0:19:35 > 0:19:36You know?
0:19:36 > 0:19:37Stuff all over the place,
0:19:37 > 0:19:40literally hitting each other and screaming and shouting.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43The others were going, "Oh, I can't take this any more."
0:19:43 > 0:19:45One couldn't help feeling that George's mood
0:19:45 > 0:19:48was determined by how he was getting on with Jon.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50It was a soap opera, you know.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54A really bad one that doesn't get aired after three series.
0:19:54 > 0:19:55That's what it was like.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02I'm just doing it as a little experiment.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05I used to do this every day - what you talking about?
0:20:05 > 0:20:07I quite liked it when it was a bit more dense.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11- Maybe needs something here. - Let Christine...- Like a crystal, or something there.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13She's eccentric.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15SHE CHUCKLES
0:20:16 > 0:20:19And, also, when you've worn as much make-up as we have,
0:20:19 > 0:20:21you have to find new ways of putting it on.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23No, I don't like that. It's ridiculous!
0:20:23 > 0:20:26No, the reason you don't like it is cos it hasn't got the gold leaf that side.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29No, I don't like it, because I jus... No. I just don't like it.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31- Think it's too much.- No, it's good!
0:20:31 > 0:20:32No, Christine, it's not good.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34SHE LAUGHS
0:20:34 > 0:20:36Wonder if the band'll like it. Probably not.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38- We could go and ask their opinion. - Yeah, shall I?- Yeah.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40- Shall I?- Yeah, go on.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43"Hey, look, I'm thinking this is..." Actually, yeah, let's do it.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46I'm sure it's going to go down really well.
0:20:46 > 0:20:47Guys!
0:20:49 > 0:20:50LAUGHTER
0:20:50 > 0:20:53- Thought we could use a new look for the band.- Wow!
0:20:53 > 0:20:55- Nose-guards.- Lovely.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Can you do the original melody on the B sessions for us in a minute?
0:20:58 > 0:21:00I'm not going to do it now.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02I've got, like, things on my face.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04LAUGHTER Can we just play Planningtorock?
0:21:04 > 0:21:07So, great - the make-up girl arrives and we get no more vocals,
0:21:07 > 0:21:10- cos George now has things on his face!- Priorities have changed.
0:21:10 > 0:21:11Priorities have changed.
0:21:15 > 0:21:16- Jon.- Yes.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19Shall we pull the screens back and show them we're really in Shepperton?
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Yes. Blue screens. Blue screens.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25- One more for safety. - All right, good. E-mail that to me.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Where's George?
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Where's his communal dining stuff? Where is he?
0:21:32 > 0:21:33L'chaim, everyone. L'chaim.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39LIVELY CHATTER
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Go and eat your dinner elsewhere,
0:21:42 > 0:21:45you're ruining this perfect shot of Boy George.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47There's nothing perfect about this scene.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50It's like something from a Fellini movie gone wrong.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Like Fellini with ketchup.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54You say tomay-to...
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Do you say migraine or mee-graine?
0:21:56 > 0:21:59That lovely moment when people aren't speaking because their mouths are full.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02- Do you say aluminium or alumin-um? - Then they start again.
0:22:02 > 0:22:03Aluminium! It's got an "i" in it.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Did we have nicknames?
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Joan Moist.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10- Rowenna Hay. - Rowenna Hay?!
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Joan Moist, Rowenna Hay and Michaela Craig.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16Not very imaginative! Got to come up with a better one than that.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18- Oh, she's getting all bitchy. - Oh, fuck off!
0:22:18 > 0:22:20She's getting all bitchy.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23What was your nickname, George?
0:22:23 > 0:22:25- Gina.- Georgina.- Gina.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28George is a nice bunch of guys.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Excuse me, Jon Moss.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32I'm a nice bunch of guys?
0:22:32 > 0:22:34A nice bunch of guys!
0:22:35 > 0:22:38We were the only band with two singers - George and Georgina.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42And we've got a musical director person
0:22:42 > 0:22:45who's like Stalin and Pol Pot rolled into one.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48- INDISTINCT RESPONSE No, you.- Oh!
0:22:48 > 0:22:51Me and Roy get on very well, actually. Considering.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54- Don't we?- Yeah. Absolutely.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57- I've been to his house.- Blimey.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00- You hadn't been to Jon's house, though.- No, or Mikey's.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04Last time I went into your house I had to go through the garage.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07- In a Cortina. - Yeah, you did. That's right.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09He drove his car into your house?
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Yes, a lime green Cortina. I remember.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13He then got attacked by a very small hammer.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15It sounds like a country song -
0:23:15 > 0:23:18# I drove my car into your garage... #
0:23:20 > 0:23:23It was a sort of gay mugging.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25A tiny little hammer - "Fuck off!"
0:23:27 > 0:23:30When you want to have a sensible conversation, I'll come back.
0:23:30 > 0:23:31Are you going, George?
0:23:31 > 0:23:34Hang on, wasn't he the one who just pulled that conversation up?
0:23:34 > 0:23:36He brought up going to Jon's house,
0:23:36 > 0:23:38and he brought up feelings, and he left.
0:23:38 > 0:23:39What? Mikey?
0:23:39 > 0:23:42- No, George brought up the conv... - No, I was actually talking.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44No, George brought it up about going to your house.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46- Coming to your house.- Yes.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49And then he didn't like it, and he left.
0:23:49 > 0:23:50Do you like to keep a bit of distance?
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Yeah, I like being separate. I'm an outsider.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56When I'm dressed up, it seems to bother them.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58- I don't know.- Do they react differently to you?- Yeah.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Well, people do act different to you when you're dressed up, anyway.
0:24:01 > 0:24:06People do. But you don't expect people that you know to, but they do.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08It's kind of, "Who's she think she is?!"
0:24:08 > 0:24:10Jon did say to me tonight, "Why are you dressed up?"
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Like there has to be a reason!
0:24:12 > 0:24:14It was all right. It wasn't about me, that, anyway.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17Everyone's having such a drama about it. "Oh, George's...
0:24:17 > 0:24:20"You really pissed George off." Didn't fucking piss...
0:24:20 > 0:24:22- George just pissed off. Nothing to do with me.- Yeah.
0:24:22 > 0:24:23Basically, I'm here to work.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27I'm not here to make friends or have dinner or play card games or any of that shit.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30MUSIC PLAYS BACK HE MOUTHS
0:24:32 > 0:24:35I don't know... It's so weird, this band.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37By the time the documentary'll come,
0:24:37 > 0:24:39we'll probably have fallen out again.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41They might not even air it!
0:24:41 > 0:24:43Better come out quickly, I'm telling you.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45There's only a small window with us,
0:24:45 > 0:24:47they you have to wait another 12 years.
0:24:53 > 0:24:54In a situation like this,
0:24:54 > 0:24:58where you're in a beautiful place but you're also quite trapped...
0:24:58 > 0:25:00I like to go out and have a coffee and walk around...
0:25:00 > 0:25:02I like to be...a bit freer.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05So it's slightly difficult for me to be here.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07But, you know, we'll get round it.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12THEY CHEER
0:25:13 > 0:25:15- Roy's acting...- Tonight we are men! Real Madrid!
0:25:15 > 0:25:19- Roy's acting - he's gay and doesn't like football.- Athletico!
0:25:21 > 0:25:22Bueno, bueno!
0:25:22 > 0:25:24FOOTBALL ON TV
0:25:26 > 0:25:29Oh, fuck it, I'm so pissed! What? Hello.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31- Hello. - So, you've got an e-mail today.
0:25:31 > 0:25:36Yeah, I just got an e-mail from Peter Katsis, our manager.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40And the e-mail says, "Hi, guys. These figures look fantastic.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43"Apparently, we've sold 18,000 tickets..."
0:25:43 > 0:25:46- In the first day.- In the first day. Which is amazing.
0:25:46 > 0:25:47Excellent. Yeah.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Absolutely amazing.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52'It's good fun doing this.'
0:25:52 > 0:25:55'I thought it was just me. I could not sleep the night before we came.'
0:25:55 > 0:25:58I was really anxious about who was going to feed the goldfish,
0:25:58 > 0:26:01and my dog and my kids and... You know. All that crap.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03But really it was anxiety about "Where am I going?
0:26:03 > 0:26:04"What's it going to be like?
0:26:04 > 0:26:06"Is it going to be comfortable," you know?
0:26:06 > 0:26:10Did I remember my hand cream. Sort of. You know.
0:26:10 > 0:26:11LIVELY HUBBUB
0:26:11 > 0:26:13If you're somewhere like this
0:26:13 > 0:26:16and someone's really getting on your nerves, and it's really bad.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19And when you're older you're... "I don't need to do this.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21"I don't need to put up with this."
0:26:26 > 0:26:28HE HOOTS
0:26:28 > 0:26:31- It's a wedding.- What is it? - I think it's a wedding.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34But, I mean, is there something else
0:26:34 > 0:26:36you need to get out of the trunk, darling?
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Look at the other one's legs, man!
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Pretty girls, Jesus! That's all I need.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48- Look at this little Renault. - Which little Renault? - This one right here.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Fucking crap, mate. I had one of those in Spain, awful.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52It's not. It's a cool little car.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55- Yes, but it doesn't drive very well. - You're joking.- Football and cars.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57- How pathetic is that? - No, and women!
0:26:57 > 0:26:59HE LAUGHS
0:27:05 > 0:27:07I'm not sure about this wind.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Have you arranged for this wind just to annoy me?
0:27:10 > 0:27:13What about your face? You been in a punch-up?
0:27:13 > 0:27:16I've had a bit of a punch-up, yeah. With a clown.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21The word styling, when you're over 50,
0:27:21 > 0:27:23can wreak fear in your soul.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28But it's kind of a pre-requisite, isn't it? Being a pop star.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Yeah, but you're not a pop star, at our age, are you?
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Well, I don't know...
0:27:32 > 0:27:34No, it's a prerequisite, but...
0:27:34 > 0:27:35I think the idea at our age
0:27:35 > 0:27:37is not to LOOK like you've been styled, isn't it?
0:27:37 > 0:27:40- Hm.- You know?- I guess. - Do you know what I mean?- Mm.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Not an ageing Burton dummy, you know what I mean?
0:27:44 > 0:27:45Glasses on or off?
0:27:45 > 0:27:46- Off.- Off.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48People want to see your face.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50Do you want to go right back to the wall?
0:27:50 > 0:27:53I'd like to go back to London.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00Get on with it, Dean. You're dragging this out.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02- Lovely.- If you're kind of quite using this space...
0:28:02 > 0:28:04- That's quite nice. - That feels good.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06- That's it.- Turn that way, Jon.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Don't fart on me.
0:28:08 > 0:28:09That's my glasses, man.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Go on, Jon, turn around.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13I'm standing like this, stop it.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16This is going well, then!
0:28:16 > 0:28:18THEY LAUGH
0:28:18 > 0:28:20If it doesn't stop in a minute, I'll just go.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24Hello, mate. Can I be in the photo?
0:28:24 > 0:28:26Jon, concentrate on the picture, mate.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29- I am concentrating on the photo, George.- Lovely. One, two, three...
0:28:29 > 0:28:31- And shall we do a kind of...? - No, no, no.
0:28:31 > 0:28:32Fuck all that.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34Flies are undone, Mikey.
0:28:34 > 0:28:35Flies undone, Mikey.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40If you're talking, the picture will look shit.
0:28:42 > 0:28:43Been amazing. Thanks.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45THEY LAUGH
0:28:45 > 0:28:47- No, George...!- He's not finished. Not finished.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55I need a break from them.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59Some of Jon's behaviour... I just thought, "Come on, man!"
0:28:59 > 0:29:01You know, "You're nearly 60.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03"Stop being an idiot. Let's just do this.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06"We're taking this to the world stage. Be classy."
0:29:06 > 0:29:09'It's just who he is. And I can only take so much of it.'
0:29:09 > 0:29:12I feel that we hit the wall two days ago.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14And it has been very odd.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16Like, you said it was a Noel Coward day the other day.
0:29:16 > 0:29:17Which it was, really.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20People were sitting on the balcony, smoking cigarettes and...
0:29:20 > 0:29:22- It was arch, I think is the word. - Yeah, arch.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24People just sort of not really
0:29:24 > 0:29:26knowing what to do when we're all together.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46See you in London.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48- Safe journey. Take care. - Bye-bye.
0:30:05 > 0:30:06Eats!
0:30:08 > 0:30:10The glorious city of London.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13- I like this side. - Yeah, yeah, yeah...
0:30:13 > 0:30:15- Did we go to a party here in a penthouse, once?- Probably.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18Did you have a friend who lived in there?
0:30:18 > 0:30:20There were many parties in many penthouses in the '80s.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23The whole of the '80s was a party in a penthouse.
0:30:26 > 0:30:27Concentration!
0:30:28 > 0:30:30That's super.
0:30:30 > 0:30:31Lovely!
0:30:31 > 0:30:34My worst memories of Culture Club were photo sessions
0:30:34 > 0:30:36and video shoots.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38So this, for me, was quite a little...
0:30:38 > 0:30:40And they were all his fucking fault!
0:30:40 > 0:30:41It was all my fucking fault.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44- Are you uncomfortable, generally, in these situations?- I have been.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47- Not your natural environment, is it?- No, it's not.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49George thrives here. His mother hen comes out.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51- Mother hen?! No... - But you do, though.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54No, no, my Ziggy Stardust comes out, not my fucking Mother Goose.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57Get it right!
0:30:57 > 0:31:00Whatever it is that makes him get up front, makes him dress up -
0:31:00 > 0:31:01it's the thing that shines here.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03Meanwhile, we make-a the music, yeah?
0:31:03 > 0:31:05We make the music.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08On your own, of course, yeah. SO deluded!
0:31:08 > 0:31:11He comes up with a few words, so he's a bit of a genius...
0:31:11 > 0:31:14See you in fucking court! THEY LAUGH
0:31:14 > 0:31:15Great.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18Sunny's here!
0:31:18 > 0:31:19- Oh, Sunny!- Hi, Sunny!
0:31:19 > 0:31:22You're hot. You must be really hot.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24How's it been today seeing your dad all dressed up?
0:31:24 > 0:31:26Yeah, he looks great! It's really exciting.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28He looks really amazing.
0:31:28 > 0:31:29It makes me really happy.
0:31:29 > 0:31:33It was crazy growing up, like, you know,
0:31:33 > 0:31:36in the rock and roll lifestyle that I grew up in.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38Kind of, like, no supervision
0:31:38 > 0:31:41and pretty much madness from age 14 onwards.
0:31:41 > 0:31:45It was just growing up in, like, pretty much chaos.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48We used to party together and...
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Yeah, it is kind of like we were just buddies for a long time.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53But he's doing great now.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55And I'm doing all right, now, so now it's really good.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57He's a grandpa now.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59Makes me really happy when I see them play music
0:31:59 > 0:32:01and making music and he's in his element.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03I love it. It's great.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11Fame does weird things.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13Makes people very weird.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16I challenge anyone for it not to.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19REPORTER: 'As expected, Culture Club were besieged by their fans
0:32:19 > 0:32:23'outside the hotel and besieged by the press photographers inside.'
0:32:23 > 0:32:24It was crazy.
0:32:24 > 0:32:28We couldn't get out of theatres sometimes.
0:32:28 > 0:32:29Very scary stuff.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31And you become isolated,
0:32:31 > 0:32:34and when you become isolated you lose touch with reality and
0:32:34 > 0:32:36when you lose touch with reality,
0:32:36 > 0:32:37then of course it changed you.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40It took me a long while to come to terms with that,
0:32:40 > 0:32:43and move on from that in my life, to be honest.
0:32:43 > 0:32:47- MC:- The winner for the Best British Group... Culture Club!
0:32:47 > 0:32:50CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:32:51 > 0:32:54It had mixed blessings being successful, so, yeah...
0:32:54 > 0:32:57The highs are high and the lows were really low.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02It was right about the time that we were asked to do Live Aid
0:33:02 > 0:33:06we noticed that George was not making proper decisions.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11Which led to us not doing Live Aid in the end.
0:33:11 > 0:33:15And it was one of the things that hurt the most about the band.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19We hadn't...not worked for many years,
0:33:19 > 0:33:22and I think everyone had just had enough.
0:33:22 > 0:33:26That's when we noticed that George was beginning to fall apart.
0:33:26 > 0:33:27Beginning to...
0:33:29 > 0:33:31Well, experiment with drugs, I guess.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Well, it was funny,
0:33:33 > 0:33:36he literally went from nothing to heroin in about three weeks.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39Seeing George descend into heroin addiction was probably...
0:33:39 > 0:33:40I mean, it was horrible.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42It was absolutely horrible.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44Horrible.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47George O'Dowd was greeted by scores of squealing fans
0:33:47 > 0:33:49as he arrived to face the magistrate -
0:33:49 > 0:33:51and the music, as well.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54He was found guilty of possession of heroin,
0:33:54 > 0:33:57and was fined £250, about 375 in US money.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01When he came out of the courtroom,
0:34:01 > 0:34:03he told his fans he was sorry,
0:34:03 > 0:34:06and he urged them to learn from what happened to him.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08That made me... I was off.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10I just, you know, I couldn't...care about the band.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13"You can't do it," you know. "The band'll break up!"
0:34:13 > 0:34:15Fuck it, I don't care. I don't want to be around this.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17I just did not want to be around that.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19Those couple of years after the band,
0:34:19 > 0:34:21and watching all that shit in the papers about George.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24Kind of watching our legacy be destroyed in public, really...
0:34:24 > 0:34:26It was kind of a low point for me.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29After you'd stopped working for Culture Club,
0:34:29 > 0:34:32- what have you done in the interim? - Oh, God.
0:34:32 > 0:34:33Writing songs for a while,
0:34:33 > 0:34:35producing for a while,
0:34:35 > 0:34:37then I got into doing music for commercials
0:34:37 > 0:34:38then into doing TV stuff...
0:34:38 > 0:34:40then I got into becoming
0:34:40 > 0:34:42an international playboy.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45That didn't go very well.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47And then, erm... Just madness.
0:34:47 > 0:34:51Most of the time, really, I've been, erm...being Mr Dad.
0:34:55 > 0:34:56WOMAN: Ciao! Morning!
0:34:56 > 0:34:59Ciao, Paco! How was the game yesterday?
0:34:59 > 0:35:00It was good. It was...
0:35:00 > 0:35:03- We got worked. - What was the score?
0:35:03 > 0:35:05We lost by 4-1 but two of their goals were pure jam.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07What about your dad going on tour?
0:35:07 > 0:35:09Are you looking forward to seeing him on stage?
0:35:09 > 0:35:12Um, obviously it's nice that he's going back on tour,
0:35:12 > 0:35:13but I'm not really that excited
0:35:13 > 0:35:16about him on stage and things like that.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20He's just my dad, he takes me to and from matches, so...
0:35:20 > 0:35:24It's more my teachers and my mates and their parents, kind of thing,
0:35:24 > 0:35:27that are quite excited and come up to me, but,
0:35:27 > 0:35:31I don't... I kind of missed that excitement, really, yeah.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33All right, and make sure this documentary
0:35:33 > 0:35:36is the start of something, instead of...you know.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38You know what I'm saying, Dad?
0:35:38 > 0:35:40Cos you guys do this stuff every now and then
0:35:40 > 0:35:43- and I want to make sure you follow this through.- Right.
0:35:43 > 0:35:44- Well put!- Thank you.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46All right, my darling.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49Come on. We're going to go now.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52- Love you.- See you later, Paco. - Ciao amore.- Ciao, amore.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54I'll take it, I'll take it, I'll take it.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00The first time I ever heard house music was in the Paradise Garage,
0:36:00 > 0:36:01and I was actually making
0:36:01 > 0:36:04an album with Culture Club and it was really overproduced,
0:36:04 > 0:36:08and I went to this club on the weekend and heard this amazing music
0:36:08 > 0:36:11and was like, "Oh, my God, what we're doing's so wrong."
0:36:11 > 0:36:14But it was too late, we were in the middle of it.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16And that record was a record called...
0:36:17 > 0:36:19This weekend I've got a gig in London on Friday
0:36:19 > 0:36:21and then I've got a gig in Rimini on Saturday.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24Then I go to Toronto, Provence, Ibiza...
0:36:24 > 0:36:27But all that travelling, does that in some way...
0:36:27 > 0:36:30Is that at the expense of other things in your life?
0:36:30 > 0:36:31You mean like sex?
0:36:31 > 0:36:33HE LAUGHS
0:36:33 > 0:36:35Dental appointments.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38But you're not at home a lot, so in terms of forging relationships
0:36:38 > 0:36:40and things like this, do you think it gets in the way?
0:36:40 > 0:36:42I was talking about this the other day,
0:36:42 > 0:36:44that I used to have such a kind of...
0:36:44 > 0:36:46So much energy for the chase,
0:36:46 > 0:36:50you know, like, "Oh, you know, what's your star sign?"
0:36:50 > 0:36:52"Oh, I feel like we've met before." Yawn.
0:36:52 > 0:36:56You know, all that palaver - now I just can't be bothered.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58You know, I don't feel like I'm missing anything.
0:37:02 > 0:37:03OK, let's go.
0:37:03 > 0:37:08Can we go somewhere other than this lobby? Cos it's, like, non-stop.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11For some reason, I don't know, I think people engage
0:37:11 > 0:37:14very differently with famous people now.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16It's weird now. If people know who you are
0:37:16 > 0:37:19they'll come up and ask for a selfie or an autograph.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22If you're a reality star or a pop star or a footballer,
0:37:22 > 0:37:26it's like, "Oh, you know, you're famous, can I take a picture?"
0:37:26 > 0:37:28It's not about you, it's about them.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34- Don't be frightened.- Are we ready?
0:37:34 > 0:37:36It's a joyous song.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38It's a song about a chameleon.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41One, two, one, two, three, four.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50# There's a love in your eyes... #
0:37:50 > 0:37:52Have you seen your dad play before?
0:37:52 > 0:37:54Yeah, when I was about five, Albert Hall.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57He spent his whole life saying, "What does my dad do?", poor thing.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01Playing with little bands and... All my kids are the same,
0:38:01 > 0:38:03that's what's going to be so good about this.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05By the time I got married and had my kids we'd stopped,
0:38:05 > 0:38:06we'd stopped stopping.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09So this is really good, because when you actually see it,
0:38:09 > 0:38:11like the O2 or something, then it all makes sense.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14And I put him off the business forever, which is a good thing.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16He'll be a lawyer or a doctor or something.
0:38:21 > 0:38:25# Loving would be easy if your colours were like my dream
0:38:25 > 0:38:31# Red, gold and green Red, gold and green. #
0:38:37 > 0:38:40Thank God Roy's not here or we'd be getting all sorts of orders
0:38:40 > 0:38:42about how it should be done and shouldn't be done,
0:38:42 > 0:38:44how we're not doing this right.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46But Peg Leg's not here, so...
0:38:48 > 0:38:49Peggy Mount's not here.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52"Peg Leg's not here," oh, dear.
0:38:52 > 0:38:53You know what I did was
0:38:53 > 0:38:56I kind of registered my disappointment, then I moved on.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00I just sent him an e-mail saying "I'm disappointed you're not coming,"
0:39:00 > 0:39:02because - I don't know if you remember, maybe you filmed this -
0:39:02 > 0:39:04but he didn't really want to come anyway.
0:39:04 > 0:39:05So it seems a bit con...
0:39:05 > 0:39:09I mean, I know he has to have knee surgery and all of that,
0:39:09 > 0:39:12but it did seem a bit like he planned it so he didn't have to come.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15"Oh, my knee! Oh, my knee! I couldn't possibly be there!"
0:39:15 > 0:39:18- Do you think that he didn't actually want to come?- Not at all.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20No, that's ridiculous. No, he's really...
0:39:20 > 0:39:22When we were in Spain his leg was really bad.
0:39:22 > 0:39:23I sympathise with him.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28I learned quite a lot in Spain.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31You think you know it all, but you don't, really, don't you?
0:39:31 > 0:39:33We're all different because we're older,
0:39:33 > 0:39:35but underneath it all we're still the same,
0:39:35 > 0:39:39so when those same things surface...
0:39:39 > 0:39:41you know, it gets you a little bit, "Argh!"
0:39:46 > 0:39:48Och aye. What a dump.
0:39:50 > 0:39:51By the way, Roy sends his love.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53Oh, don't overdo it. Poor Roy!
0:39:53 > 0:39:57- Roy sends his love to you, you, you, you...- It's the Roy appreciation.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59- "Oh, poor Roy."- To everyone. He sends his love.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01Didn't want to come!
0:40:01 > 0:40:03- She wouldn't...- No, he had to have the work done.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05- Hold on.- He had to have the work done.
0:40:05 > 0:40:06She's had a gammy knee for years.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09- Yeah, I've got a gammy knee as well.- Well, you're here.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11Yeah. But anyway, Roy did need to do it.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14- Has he paid you a fiver to keep going, "Oh, poor Roy?"- No, no, no.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16Basically, Roy's not here bossing everyone around
0:40:16 > 0:40:18and trying to call the shots.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21- Michael, quick, it's a coup! - No, no, no, no.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23- Anyway.- Never mind, it's fine.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26And the end of the day I was sitting there going...
0:40:26 > 0:40:29Do you know what? I've learned not to hate you any more...
0:40:29 > 0:40:31Why would you hate me? I'm lovely!
0:40:31 > 0:40:35..even when you, you piss me off, I've learned not to hate you.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39- It's got my name wrong, as well. - Joan.- Joan Moist.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41That's, like, a bit filthy.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43Your kids are going to see this. Behave.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46- They're my children. - I know your children very well.
0:40:46 > 0:40:47Babs used to go on about this.
0:40:47 > 0:40:51"The kids are going to find out what happens, they'll watch that programme."
0:40:51 > 0:40:53Watched it. "You all right about it?"
0:40:53 > 0:40:55- "Yeah." And she was like, "And?" - Good.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58She was quite excited about it, in fact, something to talk about.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00Good. Well, I can fill her in the details if she wants.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02No, that's probably not a good idea.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04You're sailing a bit close to the wind here, George.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06- Like when you said... - Shut up! I'll kill you!
0:41:06 > 0:41:08When you said to the journalist,
0:41:08 > 0:41:11"I smashed a pot over George's head and he tried to set fire to me."
0:41:11 > 0:41:12But that's true!
0:41:12 > 0:41:14You threw a plant pot through the first floor
0:41:14 > 0:41:17and it would have killed me, and then you wouldn't come out,
0:41:17 > 0:41:20going, "I'm not coming out! Fuck off, Jon, fuck off, Jon!"
0:41:20 > 0:41:23- But, Jon, babe, babe, babe... - Look at your shoes!
0:41:23 > 0:41:24..can I just say something?
0:41:24 > 0:41:27I could spend the next 20 years telling you stories
0:41:27 > 0:41:29about things you did.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32- Cool, I don't mind.- Don't tell journalists things like that.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34Well, it's better than saying you sniffed my bum in Hampstead.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37- My mum was like, "Why did he say that?"- That's what you said.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40She said, "Why did he say that?" I said, "That's Jon."
0:41:40 > 0:41:42You said you sniffed my bum like a dog in Hampstead.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44- That would have been a much worse headline!- I never said that!
0:41:44 > 0:41:46- Much worse headline. - I never said that!
0:41:46 > 0:41:49- You did!- No, no, I did not. - Oh, yes, you did.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51OK, let me say what I said.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54I said when you're around people you do the sniffy thing like dogs.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56- You said, "He sniffed my bum!" - No, I didn't.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58- I never said that! - I didn't say you sniffed my bum.
0:41:58 > 0:41:59An animal, going... HE SNIFFS
0:41:59 > 0:42:01No. Roy said, "That's good, George, isn't it?!
0:42:01 > 0:42:04"Now they're going to write you sniffed his bum in Hampstead!"
0:42:04 > 0:42:06That's what it was. "That's bloody clever, George, isn't it?!
0:42:06 > 0:42:08"I'm leaving!"
0:42:08 > 0:42:09Move on.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12SAXOPHONE PLAYS
0:42:14 > 0:42:16Sounds like Benny Hill.
0:42:16 > 0:42:20It's like Benny Hill with the sax, though, don't you think?
0:42:20 > 0:42:22I'm going round to everyone going,
0:42:22 > 0:42:24"Don't mess this up, right? It's really important."
0:42:26 > 0:42:27Psychological games.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Don't fuck this up.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Don't fuck this up.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40- Jon?- Yeah?
0:42:40 > 0:42:43- Don't fuck this up. - Don't what?- Don't fuck this up.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45I was going to say the same to you, actually.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47He said it to everyone, the bastard.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51Guys, are we ready?
0:42:51 > 0:42:54He keeps asking if I'm nervous, he's trying to make me edgy.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:42:56 > 0:43:00The battlements of Edinburgh Castle have witnessed wars, sieges,
0:43:00 > 0:43:01murders and revolutions,
0:43:01 > 0:43:04but the tension and turmoil of changed are nothing
0:43:04 > 0:43:07compared to what our next guests have been through.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10Please welcome Mikey Craig, Jon Moss and Boy George -
0:43:10 > 0:43:13it's happening - from Culture Club!
0:43:13 > 0:43:15CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:43:19 > 0:43:22# Do you really want to hurt me?
0:43:24 > 0:43:27# Do you really want to make me cry?
0:43:29 > 0:43:33# Precious kisses, words that burn me
0:43:33 > 0:43:38# Those lovers never ask you why
0:43:38 > 0:43:43# Do you really want to hurt me?
0:43:43 > 0:43:48# Do you really want to make me cry... #
0:43:48 > 0:43:51Happy birthday to Jon's son, Clyde, who's 17 today.
0:43:54 > 0:44:00# Do you really want to make me cry? #
0:44:00 > 0:44:01Ho! Beautiful.
0:44:01 > 0:44:03CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:44:04 > 0:44:06Thank you very much.
0:44:06 > 0:44:08CHEERING
0:44:10 > 0:44:13I hope you're going to come and see us when we play in December.
0:44:14 > 0:44:17Absolutely phenomenal, so brilliant to have you back.
0:44:20 > 0:44:22Wasn't it good?
0:44:22 > 0:44:25- We've got to be out of here in ten minutes.- All right.
0:44:25 > 0:44:27Let's go, let's go. Let's vamoose.
0:44:27 > 0:44:29That was good, it's good.
0:44:29 > 0:44:34It's like one of those weird things, it was, like, so quick,
0:44:34 > 0:44:36it's hard to even kind of think about what it was like.
0:44:36 > 0:44:40I just couldn't tell you, I'll wait to see the tweets.
0:44:40 > 0:44:42"Oh, she's awful, she's out of tune,
0:44:42 > 0:44:43"they should give up."
0:44:43 > 0:44:46You know that saying, critics go in after the battle is won
0:44:46 > 0:44:47and shoot the survivors?
0:44:47 > 0:44:49Move on.
0:44:55 > 0:44:58BAND PLAYS
0:45:02 > 0:45:06# He was living in his car on the side of the road
0:45:06 > 0:45:10# Like a crack pipe Jesus... #
0:45:11 > 0:45:14Interesting times, yes. George has...
0:45:14 > 0:45:17George has changed management in midstream.
0:45:17 > 0:45:20Yeah, which is, er...
0:45:20 > 0:45:22Well, even by George's standards,
0:45:22 > 0:45:24that's pretty impressive to create chaos.
0:45:24 > 0:45:28It's the first person I've ever met who actually has a kind of plan.
0:45:28 > 0:45:31'The kind of music business that we know doesn't exist any more.
0:45:31 > 0:45:35'The sort of bog-standard ways of doing things just are over.
0:45:35 > 0:45:39'I need someone who can see a bigger picture, and I've found someone.'
0:45:39 > 0:45:43We've almost got three sets of managers now managing the band,
0:45:43 > 0:45:46so you've got e-mails going round and round and round and round,
0:45:46 > 0:45:52and we got to the point where we almost lost an American tour.
0:45:52 > 0:45:55It's amazing that I'm actually here in this country.
0:45:57 > 0:45:59So you nearly didn't come over, then?
0:45:59 > 0:46:00No, because nothing was arranged.
0:46:00 > 0:46:05All I really want is to be able to go out and play new songs.
0:46:07 > 0:46:10I mean, thank God we've got the album in the bag.
0:46:10 > 0:46:14I think that saved us, because we all believe in the record.
0:46:15 > 0:46:18- JON:- Really, it's not that difficult, you know what I mean?
0:46:18 > 0:46:20We do it, we rehearse, we go out and play.
0:46:20 > 0:46:22It's just a question of whether you want drama
0:46:22 > 0:46:26or you don't want drama, you know. I personally go for the non-drama.
0:46:26 > 0:46:28But this is Culture Club.
0:46:28 > 0:46:30I know, but it's supposed to get better!
0:46:30 > 0:46:32It's got fucking worse!
0:46:33 > 0:46:37# You could be a different man... #
0:46:41 > 0:46:44CROWD CHATTERING
0:46:52 > 0:46:53It's a very historic day.
0:46:53 > 0:46:59Culture Club back after 12 years, isn't it? So I love it.
0:46:59 > 0:47:02# Do you really want to hurt me? #
0:47:02 > 0:47:04Lovely. I love it. Fantastic.
0:47:04 > 0:47:06This is like my idea of hell.
0:47:06 > 0:47:09There's, like, so many people in the dressing room,
0:47:09 > 0:47:11there's nowhere to get changed, there's nowhere just to be quiet.
0:47:11 > 0:47:13That's really important before a show.
0:47:13 > 0:47:16There were supposed to be some press interviews and things.
0:47:16 > 0:47:20- Don't know about that.- Cancelled? - I don't know.- OK.
0:47:20 > 0:47:22I'm just a drummer now.
0:47:22 > 0:47:25I'm not going to do interviews on the day of the show.
0:47:25 > 0:47:28So get ready two hours before you need to, for what?
0:47:28 > 0:47:30To be on the news?
0:47:30 > 0:47:33It really wasn't my... I didn't cancel Vogue.
0:47:35 > 0:47:37Shall we go? Shall we go, Georgie?
0:47:37 > 0:47:40CHEERING
0:47:42 > 0:47:43Hello, Heaven!
0:47:43 > 0:47:45CHEERING
0:47:48 > 0:47:50BAND PLAYS
0:47:55 > 0:47:58CHEERING AND WHOOPING
0:47:58 > 0:48:01# Desolate loving in your eyes
0:48:01 > 0:48:04# You used to make my life so sweet
0:48:04 > 0:48:06# In the church of the poison mind
0:48:06 > 0:48:08# In the church of the poison mind
0:48:08 > 0:48:10# In the church of the poison mind
0:48:10 > 0:48:12# In the church of the poison mind
0:48:12 > 0:48:15# In the church of the poison mind. #
0:48:16 > 0:48:19CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:48:24 > 0:48:27Someone backstage just asked me my name, so there's work to be done.
0:48:28 > 0:48:35# I could use a little more than silence
0:48:35 > 0:48:40# Silence is a moon
0:48:40 > 0:48:43# In a lonely sky... #
0:48:43 > 0:48:46Loved it, especially the new songs.
0:48:46 > 0:48:49He looks amazing and sounded amazing. It's fantastic.
0:48:50 > 0:48:54Very nice. It was a fantastic night, seriously.
0:48:54 > 0:48:56Thank you very much!
0:48:58 > 0:49:02CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:49:11 > 0:49:15Everybody, well done. Everybody, well done. Great, man.
0:49:15 > 0:49:17- Thank you, girls. Magnificent. - Thank you, Roy.
0:49:17 > 0:49:19I'm happy, yeah, good.
0:49:21 > 0:49:24Quite tired, actually, which is not good.
0:49:24 > 0:49:25Now what do I do?
0:49:27 > 0:49:29I used to drink myself into oblivion,
0:49:29 > 0:49:31but I can't do that any more!
0:49:33 > 0:49:35Great gig, mate, thanks very much. Guys, great job.
0:49:37 > 0:49:39Do you know what the dates are?
0:49:39 > 0:49:42Yeah. We get there on the Monday, I think,
0:49:42 > 0:49:44Friday's Atlantic City, we fly out on Saturday.
0:49:45 > 0:49:49Who knows? Who knows what's going to happen? We don't know.
0:49:49 > 0:49:53- Who knows what might happen? - Anything's possible for January.
0:49:53 > 0:49:55- Signing a deal for...- Revlon.
0:49:55 > 0:49:58I don't think he quite understands rock 'n' roll.
0:49:58 > 0:50:02I've got him ten revenue, ten streams of revenue for George,
0:50:02 > 0:50:04it's going to be this and that, this and that.
0:50:04 > 0:50:08You boys, 300 million it's going to be worth, you boys will be in on it.
0:50:08 > 0:50:11But, in a way, maybe that's a good thing.
0:50:11 > 0:50:12Has it created divisions?
0:50:12 > 0:50:15Yeah, having a new person in the mix when everything was...?
0:50:15 > 0:50:19No, it's kind of brought the three of us very close together, actually.
0:50:19 > 0:50:22When you say the three of us, I mean, the three of you...
0:50:22 > 0:50:26- Divisions with George?- Yeah? - Well, George is George, you know.
0:50:26 > 0:50:28But the three of us are now, you know,
0:50:28 > 0:50:31very much...close together.
0:50:37 > 0:50:38Glitzy!
0:50:40 > 0:50:43VOCAL WARM-UPS
0:50:47 > 0:50:50VOCAL WARM-UPS
0:50:50 > 0:50:51OK, stand by.
0:50:53 > 0:50:55MUSIC: Karma Chameleon
0:50:59 > 0:51:04# There's a loving in your eyes all the way... #
0:51:04 > 0:51:06'I'm the only one that's singing live.
0:51:06 > 0:51:08'We don't do it like that any more, so it's a bit of a weird thing.'
0:51:08 > 0:51:11And it's really weird... It's just...
0:51:11 > 0:51:13You know what? We just made a great new album
0:51:13 > 0:51:16that they could have easily done a dance to.
0:51:16 > 0:51:20# Every day is about survival... #
0:51:36 > 0:51:38'I just thought we could have done Runaway Train,
0:51:38 > 0:51:41'it would have been just as good as Karma Chameleon.'
0:51:41 > 0:51:43I love it, I do it live, I've always done it live.
0:51:43 > 0:51:45It's kind of like a...
0:51:45 > 0:51:47What you'd call a fait accompli.
0:51:56 > 0:51:58Time for some brilliant music.
0:51:58 > 0:52:00Here with Karma Chameleon, it's Culture Club!
0:52:00 > 0:52:02CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:52:04 > 0:52:08# Karma karma karma karma Karma chameleon
0:52:08 > 0:52:11# You come and go
0:52:11 > 0:52:14# You come and go
0:52:14 > 0:52:19# Loving would be easy if your colours were like my dream
0:52:19 > 0:52:24# Red, gold and green Red, gold and green. #
0:52:28 > 0:52:31CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:52:32 > 0:52:34HE HUMS
0:52:36 > 0:52:39- Thank you very, very, very much. - Thank you, honey, fabulous. Bless you.
0:52:40 > 0:52:43I wouldn't describe it as my finest musical moment.
0:52:44 > 0:52:47I couldn't really hear anything, La-la-la-la-la.
0:52:47 > 0:52:49La-la-la!
0:52:51 > 0:52:53No, I mean, you know, I'm...
0:52:53 > 0:52:56I'm old, I'm very old. I'm very old.
0:52:56 > 0:53:00I suppose, at the end of the day, the bottom line is that it's done,
0:53:00 > 0:53:02so what's next?
0:53:02 > 0:53:04Some more coconut soup. That's what I want.
0:53:10 > 0:53:13MUSIC PLAYS
0:53:17 > 0:53:19Let's go from the chorus. Very nice.
0:53:19 > 0:53:20How are you, Mr Hay?
0:53:20 > 0:53:23Recovering from the barrage of bad comments after last night.
0:53:23 > 0:53:25I know, I know!
0:53:26 > 0:53:28The reviews for Heaven - fantastic, you know, great show.
0:53:28 > 0:53:32We were on such high, man. Everything was great, and then...
0:53:32 > 0:53:35I think getting in front of 12 million
0:53:35 > 0:53:37and a lacklustre performance.
0:53:37 > 0:53:40I don't know if he was tired or sick or didn't want to do it,
0:53:40 > 0:53:43he was pissed off we had to do Karma...
0:53:43 > 0:53:44- But he was in a good mood all day. - Yeah.
0:53:44 > 0:53:47I'm just hoping he's OK, you know.
0:53:47 > 0:53:49Maybe physically he wasn't feeling very well.
0:53:51 > 0:53:55You know, everybody's been going wild about Heaven.
0:53:56 > 0:53:58It was amazing.
0:53:58 > 0:54:00And then to have that high and then come down to a low is...
0:54:00 > 0:54:02It's a little bit worrying.
0:54:14 > 0:54:17An iconic band cancels their North American tour.
0:54:20 > 0:54:23# Do you really want to hurt me? #
0:54:23 > 0:54:26'80s band Culture Club has cancelled their North American
0:54:26 > 0:54:29and UK reunion tour after it was discovered
0:54:29 > 0:54:31Boy George has a vocal polyp.
0:54:31 > 0:54:34Doctors ordered the 53-year-old to stop singing
0:54:34 > 0:54:36otherwise he'll need to undergo surgery.
0:54:36 > 0:54:39Boy George took to Facebook to apologise to his fans, saying...
0:54:58 > 0:55:01- What did he say?- There's been a bit of an improvement.
0:55:01 > 0:55:05But I'm going to have to actually have some periods
0:55:05 > 0:55:09where I don't speak, so that's going to be really challenging!
0:55:10 > 0:55:13And did they give you any indication of when you can sing again?
0:55:13 > 0:55:15Well, he said it's one of those things.
0:55:15 > 0:55:18I need, you know, therapy, I need to have some therapy,
0:55:18 > 0:55:21which is what I'll do with this lady, and then we'll see.
0:55:21 > 0:55:24It's not something you can kind of measure. Do you know what I mean?
0:55:24 > 0:55:27He said there's been an improvement, so that's good news,
0:55:27 > 0:55:30but, obviously, if I were to go out and start shouting and screaming
0:55:30 > 0:55:33and, you know, running around town it probably wouldn't be a good idea,
0:55:33 > 0:55:37so, you know, I've got to recuperate. I think that's the key, you know.
0:55:37 > 0:55:40Really, the last thing I should be doing right now
0:55:40 > 0:55:43is going to meet the fans, but I'll just try and keep quiet.
0:55:55 > 0:55:59The band think that I'm just being...
0:55:59 > 0:56:02difficult and selfish and blah blah blah blah.
0:56:02 > 0:56:05They want to go out and just do it and I don't,
0:56:05 > 0:56:07and I'm not going to.
0:56:07 > 0:56:09I just want to do this properly.
0:56:09 > 0:56:11Sometimes, in order to do that,
0:56:11 > 0:56:14you have to be belligerent and fight people.
0:56:14 > 0:56:16That's what's happening right now.
0:56:25 > 0:56:28- Are there plans for you to go back out on the road?- Not right now.
0:56:28 > 0:56:30Not right now. No.
0:56:37 > 0:56:40- Where have you come from?- Singapore.
0:56:40 > 0:56:43I'm from New York. We just arrived today.
0:56:43 > 0:56:46- Where have you two come from? - From Italy.
0:56:46 > 0:56:49How did you feel when you heard that the dates were cancelled?
0:56:50 > 0:56:52It was very disappointing.
0:56:52 > 0:56:55We've had the flights and the hotel,
0:56:55 > 0:56:59and so we couldn't believe that it was cancelled.
0:56:59 > 0:57:00We just decided to come anyway
0:57:00 > 0:57:03because we can't cancel the hotel and flights.
0:57:03 > 0:57:06Cos you've been a fan of George's a long time, haven't you?
0:57:06 > 0:57:10Oh, my God, since I was 13. Yeah, that's a long time, and I'm 46 now.
0:57:10 > 0:57:12So, yeah, that's quite a bit, yeah.
0:57:16 > 0:57:18I'm in a cafe in Hampstead with a load of people
0:57:18 > 0:57:20that came to the shows.
0:57:20 > 0:57:23There's like one, two... There's a lot.
0:57:23 > 0:57:25I'm buying them chips.
0:57:31 > 0:57:33It felt like a dream, it was, like, not real.
0:57:33 > 0:57:36Didn't really feel like we were really there, but...
0:57:36 > 0:57:38Everybody put their hands up!
0:57:40 > 0:57:44I couldn't believe that I had a conversation like friends.
0:57:45 > 0:57:47I never saw this article.
0:57:48 > 0:57:51It's actually quite a good picture. Well, of me!
0:57:53 > 0:57:54"The happy ending."
0:57:58 > 0:58:01Love you. And I'm going. Au revoir.
0:58:01 > 0:58:04- Bye-bye. Safe travels.- Bye, George!
0:58:04 > 0:58:06A bientot.
0:58:06 > 0:58:08Right, so I'm going now. Where's the thing?
0:58:08 > 0:58:10OK, well, thanks for that.
0:58:10 > 0:58:12Really got on my nerves, just want you to know.
0:58:12 > 0:58:15Please don't bother me again, don't come round me again with your stupid camera.
0:58:15 > 0:58:16See you later.
0:58:16 > 0:58:19- We'll see each other next week, yeah? - Yeah, Monday, yeah?
0:58:19 > 0:58:21- All right, love you, bye. - Bye, bye, bye.
0:58:32 > 0:58:35The common-sense thing is if you sit down and talk about things,
0:58:35 > 0:58:36things sort of get resolved,
0:58:36 > 0:58:40or at least people know roughly where they are.
0:58:40 > 0:58:41PHONE DIALLING
0:58:41 > 0:58:43Hello, Mikey.
0:58:43 > 0:58:46Do you want to meet up for a coffee on Saturday morning?
0:58:46 > 0:58:49All right, darling, I'll see you then.
0:58:49 > 0:58:50PHONE DIALLING
0:58:50 > 0:58:51Jon.
0:58:51 > 0:58:53I just said to Mikey I'll have coffee with him
0:58:53 > 0:58:56on Saturday morning if you want to join us.
0:58:56 > 0:58:58That's two down. One to go!