After the pro-Israel song: Boy George responds to accusations of sabotage at his performance
Reports in Germany claimed that technicians repeatedly turned up the volume in the singer's headphones until he cut short his performance in Frankfurt. "I asked them to turn the sound down, and it just got louder. I had to quit," the singer said.
Boy George has addressed claims that sound technicians sabotaged his performance in Frankfurt, after he was forced to leave the stage following only two songs during an 80s-themed show at the Waldstadion in Germany. Reports in Germany claimed that the technicians repeatedly turned up the volume in his headphones until the British singer cut the performance short.
"I will never know the truth. I learned a lesson: work only with your own sound people, — Boy George wrote in response. — The first song was a car crash, and it was weird because the sound was set earlier that day. But by the second song, I was already asking them to turn the sound down — and it just got louder and louder. I had to quit, but I did what I could and that's all that matters."
The incident occurred a few days after Boy George defended his new pro-Israel song, "We Will Dance Again," and the use of artificial intelligence in its creative process. In a video posted on Instagram, he said that if he had tried to write the song with any musician, they would have "gotten in his way."
"They would have told me: 'You can't say that, it's too controversial.' Even now, when the song is already written, there are people in my band who didn't want to perform it with me — and those people will be fired," the artist added.
The song, released on July 27, sparked controversy upon its release, partly due to its opening line: "You say genocide, I say war." According to Boy George, he wrote it after visiting the Nova festival exhibition in London and meeting with survivors of October 7. Since the song's release, he has also withdrawn from his planned run of shows at the London Palladium, where he was supposed to play Herod in "Jesus Christ Superstar," and parted ways with his record label head after he refused to release the song.
His manager and close friend Paul Kemsley addressed Boy George's withdrawal from the musical production this week: "As Boy George's manager and his best friend, I want to be crystal clear. I stand behind him completely. Through thick and thin. Always." The statement was accompanied by a Star of David emoji and a picture of George in a jacket decorated with a sequined Star of David.
