Boy George remained a figure in the public eye, starring in the London musical Taboo, based on the New Romantic scene of early 1980s England (Boy George did not play himself, opting instead to take on the persona of Australian-born performance artist Leigh Bowery). Boy George was nominated for a Tony Award for the "Best Musical Score" and Taboo was highly successful in London's West End, running for two years and receiving four Laurence Olivier Award nominations, though a heavily altered US production produced by Rosie O'Donnell in New York City was short-lived, running for 100 performances. [46] Boy George performing at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, London in 2001 Boy George Flirts with Tragedy and Faces a Lawsuit". People. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018 . Retrieved 24 June 2018. Karma is the definitive autobiography from music icon, Boy George - the fabulous Grammy, Brit and Ivor Novello award-winning lead singer of 80s pop/reggae band, Culture Club. Vince Neil, Boy George Join 'Celebrity Apprentice' ". Rolling Stone. 29 January 2016. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016 . Retrieved 29 January 2016. On 5 December 2008, Boy George was convicted in Snaresbrook Crown Court, London, of the April 2007 assault and false imprisonment of Audun Carlsen, a Norwegian model and male escort, who initially stood for a photography session with Boy George. Carlsen claimed that he had been handcuffed to a wall fixture and beaten with a metal chain during their next meeting, although Boy George has always maintained that only the handcuffing was true and that he never beat Carlsen. [107] [108] His defence attorney presented the effects of his long-term drug use as a mitigating factor. [109] On 16 January 2009, Boy George was sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment for these offences. [110] He was initially incarcerated at HM Prison Pentonville in London, but was then transferred to HM Prison Highpoint North in Suffolk. He was given early release after four months on 11 May 2009. He was required to wear an ankle monitor and submit to a curfew for the remainder of his sentence. [111]

Boy George – Isolation". Hottwerk. Archived from the original on 23 June 2021 . Retrieved 17 December 2021. Boy George's old squat: It happened here". Time Out. Archived from the original on 28 June 2018 . Retrieved 29 December 2013. Savage, Mark (27 January 2019). "Boy George: The things I've learned". Archived from the original on 6 April 2020 . Retrieved 7 June 2019.Murphy, Emily (4 November 2016). "Boy George cancels Christchurch show". stuff. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019 . Retrieved 19 May 2019. LGBT+ Music artists 2015 – British LGBT Awards". Britishlgbtawards.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019 . Retrieved 16 August 2021. He also worked as a DJ in the early 1990s, and with developing a career as a DJ in the late 90s, he adopted amacrobiotic diet, which he had been attempting to follow since 1988. He published the book in 2001 the Karma Cookbook, co-written with Dragana Brown. Drugs and Legal Issues

With the suffering in school and an ongoing battle of wits between him and his teachers, it wasn't long before the school gave up and expelled George over his increasingly outlandish behavior and outrageousclothes and make-up. Boy George's Career Things then move onto the reformation and touring of Culture Club. George doesn't dwell on this as the conflicts within the band soon arise which caused them to split in the 80s. Meet Boy George: I'm a Celebrity 2022 contestant and singer". Radio Times . Retrieved 19 November 2022. His solo career started in the year 1990 and he also presented the weekly chat within the channel called Blue Radio.New Soho song features 80s pop legends". 3 December 2019. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021 . Retrieved 17 December 2021.

Anglomania: The Second British Invasion". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 30 April 2019 . Retrieved 29 April 2019. Steward, Sue (1984). Signed, Sealed, and Delivered: True Life Stories of Women in Pop. South End Press. p.51. Jones, Sam; Lewis, Paul (16 January 2009). "Boy George gets 15 months for falsely imprisoning male escort". The Guardian. London, England. Archived from the original on 10 January 2017 . Retrieved 11 December 2016. Prono, Luca (2008). Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Popular Culture. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313335990. Archived from the original on 23 June 2021 . Retrieved 17 December 2021. Chiu, David (10 July 2015). "Goodbye Is Forever: Duran Duran, Live Aid & the End of the Second British Invasion". Medium. Archived from the original on 10 January 2017 . Retrieved 15 January 2017.Going by the stage name Lieutenant Lush, his tenure with the group (Bow Wow Wow) proved problematic with lead singer Annabella Lwin and eventually left the group. Boy George has compared his family history to a "sad Irish song." His maternal grandmother was permanently taken from her family at age six after being found outside the family home alone, and placed into an Industrial School. His great uncle Thomas Bryan was executed by the British in 1921 during the Irish War of Independence. [10] According to Boy George's mother, who published a memoir in 2007, Jerry O'Dowd was physically and mentally abusive and beat her even when she was pregnant with Boy George. [8] Boy George said of his father, "He was a terrible father and a terrible husband." [7] In 1995, Boy George's youngest brother Gerald, who has schizophrenia, was convicted of killing his wife in an episode of paranoia. [8] [11]