If you live in London you may be able to hear the slow, relentless grinding noise of
Boy George getting into full-on whine mode about the fact that the
US authorities have denied him a visa to enter their country (home of Ted Bundy, Son of Sam and Billy Ray Cyrus, lest we forget), due to an upcoming criminal trial in the UK in November (with George being accused of chaining a Norwegian male model to a wall – surely something we've all done at some point).
George was planning to take the US by storm in a series of 29 gigs covering some of the finest 'chicken in a basket' venues the country had to offer, but his visa refusal means that he will have to sit in his living room and play to a similar number of people around his record player.
At least George, whilst moaning at Paper Magazine, isn't at all bitter….
"There are a number of public figures who are openly using drugs and they have no problem with immigration and I have seriously turned my life around."
By selling T-shirts on a market stall? Quite a turnaround, that. Amy Winehouse might feel that her ears are burning at the moment. Mind you, she may well be asleep with a still-smouldering crack pipe pressed against the pillow…
It's unlikely that the US authorities will take note of anything HM! says, but he's pretty harmless to be honest, so you can keep him if you like. And all of his T-shirts.