Culture Club books Ovo Hydro finale for nine-city Singles tour

Culture Club will take The Singles to ovo hydro on December 19, ending a nine-city UK arena tour that starts in Bournemouth on December 7. Boy George’s band has paired the run with ABC and Haircut 100, turning the tour into a concentrated winter booking for fans who want multiple 1980s acts in one trip.

Boy George and the UK run

The tour is called "The Singles," which points the setlist toward the band’s hit catalogue rather than a broad album campaign. That gives concertgoers a clearer expectation before they buy, and it also frames the run as a short, tightly packaged sequence of arena dates instead of a long road stretch.

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, May 29, at 9:30 am BST. Anyone planning to go has a fixed window to act, and the December start means buyers will be committing well before the first note is played.

ABC, Haircut 100, and the route

ABC and Haircut 100 join Culture Club on the tour, adding two more British names from the same era to the bill. That makes the show more than a single-band return, because the lineup is built around one night of familiar songs rather than one headline act alone.

The route begins in Bournemouth on December 7 and ends at ovo hydro in London on December 19. The dates place the run squarely in a 13-day span, which gives fans in the nine cities a narrow travel and booking window.

What fans get next

Culture Club also has a few dates in North America in September, including Puyallup on September 4, Costa Mesa on September 6, and Vancouver on September 7. The band’s most recent album was Life, released in 2018, but this tour is being sold around the songs that made its name, not new material.

For readers deciding whether to buy in May or wait, the practical detail is simple: the public sale opens at 9:30 am BST on May 29, and the December leg is brief enough that missing the first round could matter if a preferred city or date sells quickly.