Tuesday 20/04/10 Boy George @ Brighton Dome

There is little denying that cultural spearhead of the Eighties and icon to millions; Boy George has the knack of making even the most colourful of performers look plain when he stands alongside.

Though the one time Culture Club singer and now solo artist may have been making the headlines for incidents in his personal life much more then for his musical endeavours during the course of the past few years; tonight in front of an adoring Dome audience he delivers a performance that acts as a firm reminder why the spotlight first swung onto him over two decades ago.  

Decked out in a finely fitting suit topped off with a lime green top hat he leads his backing band through a set that spans the breadth of his career; starting from upbeat reggae flavoured solo material via the occasional foray into slower paced piano based show tunes before ultimately moving into school disco staple’s for a generation and crowd pleasers ‘Karma Chameleon’ and ‘Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?’ It is these two songs which help mark a visible shift in the audience’s reactions and encourages many to leave their seats and start dancing in the isles.

While charming, opinionated and humorous between song banter which covered such cultural topics as the forthcoming election and volcanic eruptions helped cast away the notion of him being a out of touch eccentric diva.  

Outrageous, witty and opinionated leaves one thing certain; Pop stars are not made how they used to be.