5 Jun 2008

Boy George to tour US for first time in a decade

Boy GeorgeBoy George has announced a tour of the US and Canada which will see him perform all across the continent for the first time in ten years.

The tour which kicks off July 10 in Aspen will run through to August 23, where it will wind up in Dallas, TX.

The former Culture Club frontman-turned-solo artist made headlines in the US in 2006 when he was sentenced to garbage duty after a judge charged him with wasting police time for falsely reporting a burglary in his New York apartment.

The singer was permitted to carry out garbage duty in the grounds of the city’s Sanitation Department due to the level of media interest in his community service.

The tour dates are:

Aspen, CO Belly Up (July 10)
Las Vegas, NV House of Blues (11)
San Diego, CA Concerts In The Park (12)
Anaheim, CA The Grove Of Anaheim (13)
Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre (15)
Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre (16)
San Francisco, CA Regency Center - Grand Ballroom (18)
Vancouver, BC The Commodore Ballroom (21)
Calgary, AB Flames Central (22)
Edmonton, AB Edmonton Events Centre (23)
Pompano Beach, FL Club Cinema (25)
Orlando, FL Hard Rock Hotel Orlando (26)
St. Petersburg, FL Jannus Landing (27)
N. Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues SC (29)
Washington, DC 9:30 Club (30)
Glenside, PA Keswick Theatre (August 1)
Atlantic City, NJ House of Blues (3)
Westbury, NY Theatre at Westbury (5)
Chicago, IL House of Blues (7)
Toronto, ON Kool Haus (10)
Montreal, QC Metropolis (12)
New York, NY Terminal 5 (14)
Austin, TX Stubb’s BBQ (21)
Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theater (22)
Dallas, TX House of Blues (23)

1 Jun 2008

French designer Saint Laurent is dead

Yves Saint LaurentFrench fashion king Yves Saint Laurent died on Sunday, a close associate told France Info Radio.

Born in 1936 in Oran in Algeria, Saint Laurent had lived in seclusion in the past few years and had been in poor health.

The bespectacled Saint Laurent, whose couture creations secured fine art status across the world, ruled the French fashion world from the age of 21.

He retired in 2002 and was rarely seen in public.