Culture
Club came onto the stage in a quiet fashion as the evening drew in on Saturday
night. But they certainly didn't stay quiet as their big band pumped out some
well remembered tunes from the 80's. Despite the odd shower from darkening
sky's the crowd stayed on and enjoyed this great performance.
The band
consisted of Mikey Craig, Roy Hay, Jon Moss and Boy George (they were actually
billed as 'Culture Club with Boy George' and they were accompanied by a further
guitarist and 3 superb backing vocalists). Boy George chatted away to the
crowd immaculately turned out in a long dark jacket and tall dark hat. He
really built rapport with the crowd as the rain threatened to damped spirits.
As with
so many performances at Guildford this year Culture Club gave a great show.
They played some new songs like 'I Just Wanna Be Loved', but concentrated
their set on the old classics: 'It's a Miracle', 'Do You Really Want to Hurt
Me', 'Church of the Poisoned Mind' etc. They also played the Bowie classic
'Star Man' which went down really well with the crowd.
The audience
danced and reminisced, cheered and laughed at George's witticisms. At the
end he said, 'A lot of people fucking hate this song, but a lot of people
bought it', laughed uproariously and launched into 'Karma Chameleon'. The
crowd loved it, cheering even more. The night ended on this note and the crowds
appeared to go home or back to their tents with smiles on their faces, looking
forward to another day of music ahead.
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