Boy George and Culture Club, whose “Karma Chameleon” was Britain’s biggest-selling single of 1983, bring The Singles Tour to The O2 arena.
Culture Club, whose “Karma Chameleon” was Britain’s biggest-selling single of 1983, bring The Singles Tour to The O2 arena in North Greenwich on Saturday 19 December 2026.
The band formed in London in 1981 around Boy George, a regular at the Blitz Club. With the bassist Mikey Craig, the guitarist Roy Hay and the drummer Jon Moss, he joined new wave to American soul, with threads of reggae and calypso.
“Do You Really Want to Hurt Me” reached number one in 1982, and “Karma Chameleon” also topped the American chart. Colour by Numbers sold more than ten million copies. In 1984 the band won Brit Awards for Best British Group and Best British Single, and the Grammy for Best New Artist.
Back together since 2014, the band filmed their 2016 world tour at Wembley for a live release and returned to the studio for Life in 2018.
The Singles Tour is built on the hits: twelve UK top 40 singles from 1982 to 1999. Boy George sings them with Craig and Hay beside him, in the week before Christmas.