Tom Dunne: Culture Club and Heaven 17 were bands of their time — yet they are relevant today

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Tom Dunne: Culture Club and Heaven 17 were bands of their time — yet they are relevant today

Boy George of Boy George and Culture Club performs at the Austin City Limits Music Festival at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas on Oct. 15, 2022. Boy George is returning to Broadway in “Moulin Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File

Cometh the hour cometh the hero. Just as the far-right raises its ugly head again across Europe, the lads who saw it off the last time — the Blitz Kids — are back. Who do you think you are fooling Mr Putin when you think Old England’s done?

We are the (heavily made up) boys who will stop your little game.

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