He knew he was different at the age of seven Growing up in South London in the 1960s, Boy George, aka George O’Dowd, wanted to be a performer from a very early ... about 15 years ago: I decided ...

Boy George recalls how the idea of him as a legitimate pop star confused record labels. From humble beginnings in South East London George Alan O'Dowd struggled to get recognition as an artist ...

The young George lived with his bus driver father, Harold, who had been a seaman for many years, and his mother ... whose Twenty Flight Rock was a staple of early Beatles sets.

"I feel like modern culture is on a loop," says Boy George, sitting in his ... Culture Club's new album Life - their first in 19 years - but our chat spans everything from Marlene Dietrich to ...