Tub George Thiab Culture Club Saib Rov Qab Rau 40 Xyoo Thaum Thawj Tebchaws Asmeskas Ncig Xyoo 2018

“Peb yog Culture Club. Peb ua suab paj nruag tu siab uas ua rau koj zoo siab ..." hais tias Culture Club frontman Boy George ntawm theem ntawm Ravinia, qhov chaw zoo nkauj sab nraum zoov txog 25 mais sab qaum teb ntawm Chicago. "Nws nyob rau hauv nws tus kheej yog ib qho txuj ci tseem ceeb," mused George nrog ib tug chuckle, teeb tsa pab pawg coj ntawm ib qho ntawm nws qhov kev ntaus loj tshaj plaws hauv "Nws yog Miracle" thaum ntxov hnub Friday yav tsaus ntuj, ntxiv percussion thiab plaub tus neeg hu nkauj txhawb nqa ci ntsa iab thaum ua yeeb yam.

Tub George yog tus muaj txiaj ntsig, muaj txiaj ntsig, lom zem thiab muaj txiaj ntsig zoo nyob rau theem hmo ntuj rau ntawm cov ceg no ntawm pab pawg thawj zaug Asmeskas kev ncig xyuas txij li xyoo 2018 (ib qho tau teem sijhawm txuas ntxiv mus. mus txog lub Cuaj Hli).

Thaum tus thawj ntaus nruas Jon Moss tawm ntawm pawg xyoo tas los, Culture Club lwm peb tus tswv cuab thawj - George, bassist Mikey Craig thiab guitarist / keyboard player Roy Hay - tau tshwm sim thiab suav rau, Culture Club ua yeeb yam raws li 11 pawg pab pawg uas muaj quartet ntawm kev txhawb nqa. Cov neeg hu nkauj, tus kws ntaus suab paj nruag, tus neeg ntaus keyboard ntxiv, bassist thiab nyob saxophone.

"Yog li ntawd, Chicago ..." pib Boy George mischievously. "Kuv tau muaj qee lub sijhawm lom zem hauv lub nroog no."

George hais txog Windy City txoj kev sawv ua qhov chaw yug ntawm lub tsev suab paj nruag. "Yog li underground lawv yuav tsis cia leej twg nyob hauv!" nws tso dag ntawm 80s club scene hauv nroog.

Cultural Club tau teeb tsa lub suab seev cev nrog "Txuag Away," tso tawm thawj zaug ntawm yav tsaus ntuj tom qab ntawd tsis ntev tom qab ntawd, George tau dhia hla Bread "Txhua yam Kuv Muaj."

“Raws li tus kws sau ntawv, kuv ib txwm xav zoo li txhua yam tau sau tseg. Peb tsuas yog sau nws txoj kev sib txawv, "nws piav qhia, teeb tsa lub npog thaum piav qhia txog kev cuam tshuam ntawm American ntsuj plig suab paj nruag. "Peb hu nkauj txog cov teeb meem ntawm lub siab - nkauj plig ... Los yog tsawg kawg peb sim ua."

Nyob rau theem hauv Highland Park, Tub George zoo li nws tau muaj kev lom zem ntau, tso dag txog nws lub hnub nyoog li Culture Club ua kev zoo siab ib zaug tsis xav txog 40 xyoo, cov suab paj nruag thaum kawg eclipsing band headlines hauv Asmeskas.

George hais tias "Yog tias kuv tau muab lus qhia rau ib tus hluas tiag tiag, kuv yuav hais tias nqis peev hauv kev lom zem," George qhia. “Nws tau coj kuv mus 61 xyoo los kawm kom muaj kev lom zem. Tab sis thaum kuv taug kev tawm ntawm no, thaum kawg kuv tau so, "nws hais ntxiv. “Muaj kev hlub ntau hauv chav thiab peb txaus siab rau nws. Tshwj xeeb tshaj yog tom qab ob xyoos nyob rau hauv kev sib cais. "

Culture Club muab lub zog ntawm cov lus nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej thiab nruab nrab ntawm ib tug yuav luag ib tug capella intro thaum lub sij hawm ib tug qeeb qeeb, reworked version ntawm "Koj puas xav ua phem rau kuv?" “Cov nkauj no yog hais txog kev derailed. Kuv tau tawm ntawm kuv txoj kev taug mus tsis pom qhov twg nrawm, "saib tus neeg hu nkauj saib rov qab, zoo li nyob hauv qhov chaw zoo hauv 2022.

Los ntawm qhov ntawd, cov yeeb yam yeej ntaus nws txoj kev. "Suab paj nruag yog kuv txoj kev cawm seej, kuv ib leeg thiab ib tug phooj ywg," hu George, hais txog Ava Cherry thiab lub hwj chim ntawm yas thaum rhuav tshem qhov tseem ceeb ntawm nws cov khoom siv tes ua thoob plaws "Tsho Koob."

Pawg Culture Club yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws tom ntej thaum lub sij hawm "Lub Koom Txoos ntawm Poison Mind." George hais tias "Kuv tsis xav tso zaj nkauj no qhia nws tus kheej," hais tias George zoo siab, nws cov cim lag luam harmonica solo sparkling ntawm ib lub caij ntuj sov dhau los hauv Chicagoland, pab pawg tsiv mus rau hauv Wham "Kuv Yog Koj Tus Txiv Neej" thiab rov qab.

Cov hits tseem tuaj, nrog "Lub Sijhawm (Clock of the Heart)" tom qab. Ib qho bass hnyav, yuav luag disco coj ntawm qhov ntaus yog qhov tseem ceeb, wah wah guitar wafting hla lub rooj zaum zaum.

"Los ntawm, Chicago!" qw nrov George, tua cov neeg coob lig rau hnub Friday. "Qhov no yog ib tug neeg ua haujlwm hauv tsev!" Nws hais tias, teeb tsa "Niam Kuv Qhov Muag," nres ntawm zaj nkauj crescendo, qw thaum nws rov kos npe rau Windy City.

"Ib txwm, peb yuav ncua ntawm no - tab sis peb tsuas yog yuav plam nws!" qw nrov George, Culture Club eschewing encore raws li cov neeg coob coob tau txais patented hu nkauj-nrog rov qab suab ntawm Rolling Stones "Sympathy for the Devil," Boy George thiab Culture Club thaum kawg qhwv nrog "Karma Chameleon."

"Berlin nyuam qhuav ua kev zoo siab rau peb 40th hnub tseem ceeb!" hais tias tus neeg hu nkauj Terri Nunn, uas tau koom nrog LA tshiab yoj pab pawg sai tom qab nws tso tawm xyoo 1978.

Berlin nkim sijhawm tsis tau mus rau qhov hits thaum hnub Friday tsaus ntuj qhib, dov tawm "Tsis Muaj Lo Lus" thiab "Lub Metro" rov qab-rov qab, ntxov.

"Ntau tus ntawm koj tau paub peb txij li thaum peb tseem hluas thiab 20s!" hais tias Nunn bemused, teeb tsa "Kov."

Ua raws li tsib pawg pab pawg, Berlin kuj muaj kev sib koom ua ke ntawm tus kws ntaus pob tesniv John Crawford nrog David Diamond, keyboard player txij li xyoo 1982.

"Peb yuav them se rau Olivia Newton John," said Nunn. Nws hais tias, "Kuv tsis tau nkag mus rau hauv nws ntau heev kom txog thaum zaj nkauj no - thiab tom qab ntawd kuv tau txais nws," nws hais, teeb tsa "Magic."

Los ntawm cov khoom muag zoo tshaj plaws ntawm xyoo 1986, Nunn, 61, tseem nyob hauv lub suab zoo heev thaum nws xa Giorgio Moroder-sau thiab tsim cov suab paj nruag "Tsev Kuv Ua Tsis Taus," Berlin mus rau qhov kawg.

Nunn tau ua nws txoj hauv kev mus rau cov neeg coob coob kom xa cov pob zeb ua yeeb yam rau pem hauv ntej ntawm Lub Cult's "Nws Muag Sanctuary" tom qab, ntxiv nws rov qab rau cov npe teev nyob rau hauv feeb kawg. "Tsis txhob tos kuv," said Nunn los ntawm ib nrab ntawm qhov chaw zaum, ua rau nws rov qab mus rau theem, ua ntej kaw nrog "Sex (Kuv yog A).''