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“I should be wearing a Beverly Beach swimsuit and a straw hat.” It was a steamy July night in 2016 the last time Culture Club played in northeast Florida. Boy George made it through the sweaty show at the Morocco Shrine Auditorium without a hiccup and only a brief mention of Jacksonville feeling like the surface of the sun. So, when announced that a co-headlining tour with the would get underway at the end of June in St. Augustine, it seemed the band was heading from the frying pan into the fire. “I’ve had a lot of conversations about some …

It’s an interesting parallel to consider a musician with the understanding that you are somehow connected. Music carves out the identity of who we are alone; its strange and beautiful edges throw shadows that shape our places in the world. It’s a responsibility of the “music writer” to articulate a sharp portrait of artists told from darkened stretches of road, bathed in light before hungry mobs of communal souls, and to share with unflinching honesty why they love what they do. Every story, band profile, retrospective and review creates an enduring entwinement with an artist. For 40 years, EU Jacksonville …

When an 80’s band like returns to the stage after decades out of the limelight, it’s hard to avoid using words like ‘revisit’ when describing the homecoming. While the band isn’t eschewing the nostalgia surrounding its triumphant summer tour, it isn’t a robotic recitation of the old hits. Culture Club wants fans to know they are back and better than ever. The iconic English band is celebrating the hits like “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?”, “Time (Clock of the Heart)”, “I’ll Tumble 4 Ya”, “Miss Me Blind”, “Karma Chameleon” and “Church of the Poison Mind” and introducing new …