EIGHTIES British singer Boy George is Sydney bound after overcoming "some issues" with his visa.
Boy George, who fronts Culture Club, which will headline the Sydney Resolution New Year's Eve concert later this month, admitted he was concerned his criminal record may have prevented him from playing the gig.
The 50-year-old last visited Australia in 2007 for the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.
"There has been some issues but I think I'm okay, I'm coming," Boy George told us on the phone from his London home on Friday.
In 2009, Boy George - born George Alan O'Dowd - was jailed after being found guilty of falsely imprisoning a male escort in his London flat.
But that's in the past, he says. "Obviously there's a problem with a few places (getting a visa) but one just has to get on with it," he said.
"I'm living my life on life's terms and dealing with those things. Those things are consequences of my past behaviour, there's no way of avoiding them."
Also playing the New Year's Eve spectacular at Glebe Island (under Anzac Bridge) is Jamiroquai, the Pet Shop Boys, Pseudo Echo and Guy Sebastian.
George also commented on fellow British singer George Michael, who is seriously sick with a mystery illness.
"He's in the right place, he's being looked after and that's all you can hope for," he said of his former foe. "I did ring. He's not great but he's not on death's door or anything like that."
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