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I Read The News Today... For Oct. 13, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) October 13, 2010 2:10 pm
Lykke Li will release a new single, "Get Some," which will be available as a free download through her website on Oct. 25. —lykkeli.com Zeus will finish 2010 with a brief run of Canadian shows in December. —MySpaceCBC Radio 3's Grant Lawrence is going on a cross-Canada tour to support his first book, Adventures In Solitude (get a copy if you haven...
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Boy George Begins Prison Stay

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 19, 2009 12:03 pm
Boy George, who began serving a 15-month sentence for false imprisonment this past weekend, was reportedly terrified of going to jail because he fears he'll be killed because he's gay. The former Culture Club frontman was crying while being kept in a holding cell on Friday before he was transferred to London's HMP Pentonville prison, according...
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Boy George Is Guilty

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) December 5, 2008 11:29 am
Former Culture Club singer Boy George has been found guilty of falsely imprisoning male escort Audun Carlsen. The 47-year-old singer, who was tried under his real name of George O'Dowd, will be sentenced on Jan. 16. O'Dowd is likely facing prison time, according to judge David Radford. That could affect his U.K tour that'is slated for May....
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Boy George Too Fat For Beating

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) December 4, 2008 11:46 am
Boy George is too fat to have attacked male escort Audun Carlsen, the former Culture Club frontman's lawyer said on Wednesday, a day before the jury was to consider its verdict. George — who's being tried under his real name, George O'Dowd — is accused of handcuffing Carlsen to a wall hook and beating him with a chain in April 2007. But did O'...
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Boy George Enjoys Cuffing

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By Mandy Savoie (CHARTattack) December 2, 2008 3:02 pm
You can make your own jokes about Boy George not really wanting to hurt his Norwegian male escort, but the Culture Club frontman admits he handcuffed him to his bed. Boy George, being tried under his real name of George O’Dowd, decided not to testify on his behalf but denies falsely imprisoning Audun Carlsen in April 2007. The two had met on an...
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Boy George Arrested After Man Claims He Was Unwillingly Chained To A Wall

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By CHARTattack Staff April 30, 2007 5:00 pm
Boy George was arrested on the weekend after a man claimed that the former Culture Club singer chained him to a wall in the bedroom of the former pop star's London, England apartment. Boy George (real name George O'Dowd) is accused of assault and false imprisonment following the incident involving 28-year-old Auden Carlsen. The Norwegian...
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Culture Club To Reform Without Boy George

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By CHARTattack Staff June 23, 2006 5:00 pm
Boy George fronted Culture Club for their 20th anniversary reunion concert DVD recorded at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England in 2002, but the British band are now talking of reforming again without their iconic singer. Group members Jon Moss, Mikey Craig and Phil Pickett are looking for three or four young singers to join the new...
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Dave Grohl Takes Canada

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) August 4, 2000 4:00 pm
"When I was young I cut off the tip of my finger in a shop class accident, so I have to wear plastic tips," says Dave Grohl, the leader of the Foo Fighters, on the morning of Summersault 2000's first show in Vancouver. His guitar playing is remarkable considering his disability so you'll have to get real close to the stage to tell if...
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