Boy George and Culture Club announce arena shows in Leeds and Sheffield
Music legends Boy George and Culture Club have announced a major UK arena tour for December 2026.
The Singles Tour will feature all the classic songs you want to hear, along with hit singles including Karma Chameleon, Do You Really Want To Hurt Me, Time (Clock of the Heart), Church of the Poison Mind, Miss Me Blind, I’ll Tumble 4 Ya and many more. It’s a full celebration of their chart-topping legacy, bringing together the songs that defined their career for an unforgettable live show.
Kicking things off at Bournemouth International Centre on 7th December, the band will perform ten dates across the country, culminating in a huge headline show at London’s The O2 on 19th December. Boy George and Culture Club will also be joined by very special guests, celebrated English pop band ABC and platinum selling Brit-funk band Haircut 100.
With a career spanning over 30 years, the Grammy Award-winners first shot to international stardom in the 1980s as one of the UK’s biggest exports of the 20th century. When Boy George and Culture Club exploded onto the scene in 1982, they sent shockwaves around the world and changed popular culture forever. Simultaneously shifting perception in music, fashion and art. Over the next three decades, the Boy George/Culture Club name has become an iconic global brand.
In 1984, the band picked up the Grammy Award for Best New Artists, and the awards for Best British Group and Best British Single at the BRIT Awards. Culture Club became the first group since The Beatles to have three Top 10 hits in America from a debut album, and the first group in music history to have an album certified diamond in Canada.
The New Romantic pop sensations went on to achieve seven UK Top 10 singles, nine Top 10 singles in the USA, and nine Top 20 singles in Australia – including Karma Chameleon and Do You Really Want to Hurt Me went on to sell over 100 million singles and 50 million albums worldwide.
Culture Club are musical institutions, with their front-man Boy George recognised as one of the first true, unapologetic innovators in the music and fashion world and irrevocably, of our time.
Tickets for the brand-new arena tour go on sale Friday 29th May at 9:30am and will be available from www.gigsandtours.com / www.ticketmaster.co.uk / www.axs.com
UK TOUR DATES 2026
Monday December 7 – Bournemouth International Centre
Tuesday December 8 – Cardiff Utilita Arena
Thursday December 10 – Manchester AO Arena
Friday December 11 – Liverpool M&S Bank Arena
Saturday December 12 – Leeds First Direct Bank Arena
Sunday December 13 – Newcastle Utilita Arena
Tuesday December 15 – Glasgow OVO Hydro
Thursday December 17 – Sheffield Utilita Arena
Friday December 18 – Birmingham Utilita Arena
Saturday December 19 – London The O2
For further details visit: https://boygeorgeandcultureclub.net/