Will ’80s band Culture Club ever re-form? “We’ll see,” says frontman Boy George.
George — who has struggled with addiction and several run-ins with the law in recent years — has revealed that the the “Karma Chameleon” stars may reunite as they prepare to celebrate their 30th anniversary in 2011.
“I think we could do a one-off gig or maybe a small tour,” he told BBC 5 Live. “It’s our 30th anniversary next year so we may do something. We’ll see,” he continued. “It’s all about my mood at the time.”
The band briefly reunited in 1998 and staged a 20th anniversary concert in 2002 at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
A film version of Green Day’s upcoming Broadway musical is in the works, according to reports.
Tom Hanks’ Playtone Company — which brought ABBA’s Mamma Mia! to the big screen in 2008 — is in negotiations to turn Green Day’s American Idiot stage production into a movie. The play is based on the band’s award-winning 2004 album of the same name.
After scoring sellout shows in California, American Idiot opens at the St. James Theatre on Broadway later this week.
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Former Village People star Victor Willis — perhaps best remembered simply as “The Cop” — is threatening to sue FOX executives over suggestions he provided the voiceover for an episode of The Cleveland Show that poked fun at his former band.
The episode, titled “Buried Pleasure,” aired Feb. 14 and featured the animated Village People cop parading around in a pair of booty shorts. The “YMCA” singer insists a press release about the airing falsely claimed he was involved in the show.
