- Title: 'I'm not scared of it' - Boy George on turning 60, new music and biopic
- Date: 11th June 2021
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (RECENT - MAY 11, 2021) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF BOY GEORGE ON RED CARPET AT THE BRIT AWARDS (SOUNDBITE) (English) MUSICIAN, BOY GEORGE, ON TURNING 60, SAYING: "It just seems ridiculous! It's like 'so what?' For me it's like, you know, there's a freedom that comes with being at this point in my life and I don't know whether that's to do with my age or because of certain things, or because I walk, I don't know what the reason is. You know, it's like I'm just interested in what I do and I think as long as you are interested in things you'll always be interesting, you know? And you're never going to be interesting to everybody. But you know, that's their loss." VARIOUS OF BOY GEORGE SPEAKING TO REPORTERS ON RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) MUSICIAN, BOY GEORGE, ON NEW MUSIC HE IS RELEASING, SAYING: "Sometimes I'm putting out the video before the song comes out, I'm doing all creative content, I'm just basically doing it guerrilla style. I'm not promoting it, I'm not saying when it's coming out, it's just going to come." BOY GEORGE TALKING TO REPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) MUSICIAN, BOY GEORGE, ON BIOPIC ON HIS LIFE AND THE ACTOR BEING CAST TO PLAY HIM AND TURNING 60, SAYING: "Obviously I'm very interested in someone else being me, you know, because I think we're all playing a role anyway, particularly us performers. You know, we sort of create ourselves out of cardboard and glitter. We are our own inventions. And then we sort of spend our lives explaining a character that doesn't really exist. So, I think it's a really interesting time to explore who you are, why you do what you do, what's it like to be old, you know. You know, I think it's an amazing thing, you know, old people, I've always loved old people. I'm not one yet but I'm not scared of it. Because, you know, time should make you wiser. That's a great opening line to a song: 'time should make you wiser'." (SINGS AS HE WALKS AWAY) NEW YORK CITY, UNITED STATES (FILE - JULY 30, 1998) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) MEMBERS OF CULTURE CLUB, (JON MOSS (DRUMS), MIKEY CRAIG (GUITAR) AND BOY GEORGE (VOCALS)) IN INTERVIEW NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (FILE - OCTOBER 2003) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) BOY GEORGE IN COSTUME AT "TABOO" REHEARSALS MILAN, ITALY (FILE - JUNE 25, 2000) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF BOY GEORGE ARRIVING AT DOLCE & GABBANA FASHION SHOW NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (FILE - AUGUST 1, 2001) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) BOY GEORGE AND MUSICIAN CYNDI LAUPER ON RED CARPET FOR MTV ANNIVERSARY PARTY, BOY GEORGE SAYING (English) "I think MTV has become everything it set out not to be, its become a corporate monster. It's like a big Coca Cola commercial." LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - OCTOBER 30, 2006) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) BOY GEORGE ARRIVING FOR Q AWARDS / SPEAKING WITH REPORTER SAYING (English) "Well, I think it's a compliment to get the award for classic song, not many people around today would get that in twenty years." / POSING FOR PHOTOS BOY GEORGE POSING FOR PHOTOS LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - JANUARY 18, 2006) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) AUDIENCE NEXT TO CATWALK AT BOY GEORGE'S "B-RUDE" FASHION SHOW APPLAUDING BOY GEORGE ON STAGE WITH FELLOW DESIGNER AND MODELS BOY GEORGE IN INTERVIEW FOLLOWING FASHION SHOW SAYING (English) "It's all about creativity. It's just the same thing. Music and fashion walk hand-in-hand and always have done." LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - JULY 4, 2009) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF BOY GEORGE ON FLOAT AT LONDON'S GAY PRIDE PARADE NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (FILE - FEBRUARY 01, 2006) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF EXTERIORS OF COURTHOUSE GEORGE O' DOWD ALSO KNOWN AS "BOY GEORGE", CHARGED WITH POSSESSING COCAINE AND FILING A FALSE REPORT WITH POLICE, WALKING INTO COURTHOUSE FOR HEARING NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (FILE - MARCH 08, 2006) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF COURT SKETCHES OF BOY GEORGE AND JUDGE ANTHONY FERRARA NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (FILE - AUGUST 15, 2006) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) BOY GEORGE CARRYING OUT COMPULSORY COMMUNITY SERVICE, SWEEPING STREET AND PICKING UP RUBBISH BROOKLYN BRIDGE / BOY GEORGE AND OTHER SWEEPING STREET BOY GEORGE SWEEPING AND PICKING UP RUBBISH NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 14, 2006) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) BOY GEORGE SURROUNDED BY MEDIA APPROACHING SANITATION TRUCK WITH CLEANING IMPLEMENTS, LOADING THEM INTO TRUCK LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - MARCH 20, 2010) (REUTERS) BOY GEORGE ARRIVING AT MERAH CLUB IN CENTRAL LONDON FOR DJ SET BOY GEORGE SEATED FOR INTERVIEW SAYING (English) "I haven't really been away but perhaps the attention I've had over the last few years has been for other things and not actually for what I do and so I'm here to remind people that I'm an entertainer and a musician and that's sort of the main thing." LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - SEPTEMBER 11, 2012) (REUTERS) "TABOO" CAST POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS BOY GEORGE POSING WITH "TABOO" CAST
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- Keywords: Boy George Boy George 60 Boy George birthday Boy George new music Culture Club
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- Story Text: British musician Boy George will celebrate his 60th birthday on Monday (June 14).
The singer-songwriter, DJ and fashion designer says he is embracing the milestone birthday and the liberty he says his age brings.
"It just seems ridiculous! It's like 'so what?' For me it's like, you know, there's a freedom that comes with being at this point in my life," he recently told Reuters on the BRIT Awards red carpet.
"I've always loved old people. I'm not one yet but I'm not scared of it. Because, you know, time should make you wiser."
George, whose real name is George O'Dowd, is looking for an actor to play him in a new music biopic due to start filming this summer.
The Culture Club frontman launched the casting call on social media in April for the movie called "Karma Chameleon" after one of the band's 1980s hits.
He is also busy creating and releasing new music.
"Sometimes I'm putting out the video before the song comes out, I'm doing all creative content, I'm just basically doing it guerrilla style. I'm not promoting it, I'm not saying when it's coming out, it's just going to come," he said.
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