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Boy George has compared Culture Club’s on-off relationship as being like the one between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Talking on BBC’s The One Show, the flamboyant frontman said: “We’ve broken up so many times, we’re like Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. Roy [Hay] will say things like, ‘why don’t you sing it more soulfully like Mick Hucknall’…I do love Mick, but we know how to push each other’s buttons.”

The singer was on the show to promote the first leg of their Life Tour and revealed that the band, completed by Mikey Craig and Jon Moss, were in the studio working on a new album. He said: “I’m very excited about this record. It’s definitely the best thing we’ve ever done and my voice is stronger now… it’s so exciting!”

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