Boy George
Also Known As: George Alan O'Dowd, Culture Club
Biography: Boy George (born George Alan O'Dowd) is an English singer, songwriter, DJ and fashion designer. He is the lead singer of the Grammy and Brit Award-winning pop band Culture Club. At the height of the band's fame, during the 1980s, they recorded global hit songs such as "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me", "Time (Clock of the Heart)" and "Karma Chameleon" and George is known for his soulful voice and androgynous appearance. He was part of the English New Romantic movement which emerged in the late 1970s to the early 1980s. His music is often classified as blue-eyed soul, which is influenced by rhythm and blues and reggae. He was lead singer of Jesus Loves You during the period 1989–1992. His 1990s and 2000s-era solo music has glam influences, such as David Bowie and Iggy Pop. More recently, he has released fewer music recordings, splitting his time between songwriting, DJing, writing books, designing clothes, and photography. In 2015, Boy George received an Ivor Novello Award from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors for Outstanding Services to British Music. On 5 December 2008, George Alan O'Dowd (Boy George) was convicted in Snaresbrook Crown Court, London, of the April 2007 assault and false imprisonment of Audun Carlsen, a Norwegian model and male escort. On 16 January 2009, he was sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment for these offences
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Eltham, London, England, UK
Birthday: June 14, 1961
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Gender: Male
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George Michael: A Different Story
Overview: It follows Michael's life from joining Wham! in 1981, to the present-day covering his career as a solo artist including personal and professional gain and loss. The film is a British venture produced by Aegean Films with Gorilla Entertainment Limited serving as distributor.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-11-27
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Twice Upon a Time
Overview: Alice d'Abanville and Louis Ruinard are two extraordinary personalities. They were the most strikingly glamorous couple of the 70s. But this pair haven't seen each other in thirty years.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-11-08
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Dorothée : Le cadeau de la rentrée
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Genres: Comedy Family Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1992-09-05
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An Audience with Adele
Overview: Joining multi-Grammy Award winning and one of the biggest UK artists of all time, Adele, for a unique and special night at the legendary London Palladium, where she performs her chart-topping single Easy On Me, as well as tracks from her new album, 30.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-21
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Arthur's Whisky
Overview: When Joan’s husband dies, she is shocked to discover he had invented an elixir which makes the drinker look young again. Sharing it with her two friends, the three women paint the town red but soon discover that they are no longer equipped to be young in the modern world.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-09-19
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The History of Rock 'n' Roll
Overview: The history of rock n' roll and pop music are explored are explored via interviews and footage of well-known music stars.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-06
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The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch
Overview: Tender and upbeat, THE LADY IN QUESTION IS CHARLES BUSCH is the affectionate and entertaining tribute to actor, writer, drag performer, and glamorous leading lady Charles Busch.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-04-25
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WHAM!
Overview: Through archival interviews and footage, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley relive the arc of their Wham! career, from 70s best buds to 80s pop icons.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-06-27
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Kim Wilde: Pop Don't Stop - Greatest Hits
Overview: Two DVDs offer almost 50 videos, including a bonus 2021 interview and a ‘look-back-at-the-videos’ feature with Kim.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-08-06
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The Wolves of Kromer
Overview: Once upon a time in the village of Kromer lived two beautiful young wolves. Cocksure Gabriel takes newcomer Seth under his paw and helps reconcile him to the vilification associated with being a wolf. They fall head-over-heels in puppy love, playing together around picturesque waterfalls, secluded woodlands, and moonlit lakes. One day a wicked old crone and her goofy sidekick kill their mistress, frame the wolves, and incite a torch-bearing mob of religious zealots to seek vengeance on the hapless pair. But who will live happily ever after?
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-30
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Paul Weller: Into Tomorrow
Overview: "Paul Weller: Into Tomorrow" is a unique insight into the life of a music and style icon. Inspired in part by the Robert Evans film "The Kid Stays In The Picture" this 90-minute film features Paul Weller recounting his life story and contains wonderful archive footage and candid interviews with friends, family and musical associates including his parents John and Anne, Steve Brookes and Bruce Foxton of The Jam, former wife and Style Council member Dee C Lee, Steve White and Mick Talbot of The Style Council, Boy George and Noel Gallagher. Weller tracks his journey from his childhood in Woking through the purchase of his first guitar to the formation of The Jam, the Style Council and his solo years.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-05
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The Legend of Leigh Bowery
Overview: Welcome to the over-the-top, extravagant world of Leigh Bowery, a key figure in New Romanticism and London nightlife in the 1980s. With his bizarre outfits, a mix of kitsch and fetish, and his eccentric performances, he influenced artists, musicians and stylists like Boy George, Lucian Freud (of whom he became the muse), Vivienne Westwood, Anthony and the Johnsons, John Galliano and David LaChapelle. Born in Australia into an intensely religious family and brought up in a Melbourne suburb, Leigh moved to London where he worked as a fashion designer and a promoter, and started the legendary disco club night "Taboo", the first outrageous polysexual party in London. The documentary offers a fully rounded portrait of this artist, including interviews with the people who knew him, who describe a complex, extreme, and ironic personality, a performer, actor and designer ahead of his time, from his difficult early life to international success, up to his death in 1994.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-13
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Culture Club: A Kiss Across the Ocean
Overview: Recorded live at Hammersmith Odeon December 1983 1 - I'll Tumble 4 Ya 2 - Mister Man 3 - It's A Miracle 4 - Karma Chameleon 5 - Black Money 6 - Love Twist 7 - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me 8 - Miss Me Blind 9 - Church Of The Poision Mind 10 - Victims 11 - Time 12 - White Boy 13 - Melting Pot.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-05-01
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Smash! The Culture Club Story
Overview: 2002 documentary on the history of the 1980s New Romantic band-- Culture Club.
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Original Language: en
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Boy George and Culture Club: Karma to Calamity
Overview: In 2014 Culture Club decided to come back together to record a new album and embark on a UK and US tour. Director Mike Nicholls has unique access, following the band as they first meet in George's London home to write new material. However, it's not long before creative differences and tensions from their past begin to emerge. Faultlines develop further when the band travel to Spain to record the new album, spending two weeks working and living together in a remote recording studio.As the band return to London to prepare for the tour, they suffer a Twitter mauling after their first big public performance on Strictly Come Dancing. Relations are even more strained when George and the band sign to separate managers and a sudden illness threatens the whole reunion.The film looks at the band's troubled past, examining the themes of success, fame and ego, and reveals the personalities behind one of the most iconic bands of all time.
Genres: Documentary Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-06
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Culture Club Live At The Royal Albert Hall 20th Anniversary Concert
Overview: Live at the Royal Albert Hall finds Culture Club celebrating their 20th anniversary with an infectious and expansive grandeur, all while basking in the love of adoring fans. The show actually starts with a great joke on the audience: Boy George, looking not a day over 20, glides onstage in his once-trademark derby and beaded hair extensions, delivering a warm and welcome vocal on "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" The startled crowd soon realises he's an impersonator. The real, fortysomething George O'Dowd, looking a lot less androgynous and a tad thicker than in his New Romantic days, smiles self-deprecatingly and launches into a pleasing set of white soul ("Cold Shoulder", "Miss Me Blind"), stark gospel ("That's the Way"), stirring raga-rock ("Bow Down Mister") and even a classic (a lovely cover of Bowie's "Starman", complete with audience participation and muscular guitar by Roy Hay). It's a fine show all around.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-10
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Greatest Hits of the 70's & 80's
Overview: 01 Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U 02 Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow Vocals - Maggie Reilly 03 Marillion - Kayleigh 4 Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart 05 Ultravox - Vienna 06 Robert Palmer - Simply Irresistable 07 Gary Moore - Still Got The Blues - For You 08 Mel & Kim - Respectable 09 Charles & Eddie - Would I Lie To You? 10 Baltimora - Tarzan Boy 11 Boy George - Everything I Own 12 Paul Hardcastle - 19 13 Climie Fisher - Rise To The Occasion 14 Heaven 17 - Temptation Vocals - Carol Kenyon 15 China Crisis - Wishful Thinking 16 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) 17 The Babys - Every Time I Think Of You 18 The Specials - Ghost Town...
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-03
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Svengali
Overview: Satirical sitcom on the music industry.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-02-01
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Most Shocking Celebrity Moments of the 80s
Overview: Looking back to the 1980's at the celebrities in the press and on television for all the wrong reasons doing all the wrong things. It doesn't matter whether what they did was embarrassing, stupid, ridiculous, career ruining (or sometimes boosting), dangerous or illegal, they were all caught and filmed or photographed, and we will never forget them. Narrated by Isla Blair, with contributions by Simon Donald, Russell Grant, Christine Hamilton, Lauren Harries (also as James Harries), James King, and Michael Winner. These moments included It's a Royal Knockout, Rob Lowe's sex tape, Boy George's heroin problems, Drew Barrymore's childhood meltdown (including taking drugs at a very young age), the many mistakes at The Brits 1989 and many more. Good!
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-24
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ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Overview: ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway is an American documentary film, directed by Dori Berinstein, a Broadway Producer, Writer and Filmmaker. Berinstein filmed each principal musical on Broadway for her project during the 2003-2004 season, for about 600 hours of initial film footage. She focused the film on four musicals, through the difficulties of pre-production, their openings, attendant publicity around the shows, and their reviews, through the 2004 Tony Award competition. The four musicals documented for the film were: Wicked, Taboo, Caroline or Change, Avenue Q.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-19
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Joe Lycett's Big Pride Party
Overview: Joe Lycett, Mawaan Rizwan and Rosie Jones are in Birmingham to celebrate 50 years of Pride with a party full of mischief and mayhem! With Boy George, Dame Kelly Holmes, Danny Dyer and many more.
Genres: Family Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-07-03
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The New Romantics: A Fine Romance
Overview: Culture Club, Spandau Ballet, Visage, Marilyn, Adam and the Ants, Duran Duran, ABC... At the dawn of the 80s, a whole host of strangely dressed men in make-up burst forth onto the music scene brandishing synthesisers and kicking against the visual ugliness of punk.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-08
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Christmas Karma
Overview: A story of an Indian who votes for the Conservative Party and hates refugees.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-12-19
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Boy George's 1970s: Save Me From Suburbia
Overview: British popstar Boy George recalls, revisits and assesses how the 1970s moulded the person and artist he has become. This is his musical, social and sexual coming of age, when he discovered the power of his own sexuality before setting about turning that persona into a popstar. Set against a backdrop of social discord, disenfranchisement and sexual repression, the seventies was also conversely the decade that revelled in colour and creative chaos, giving the world glam rock, disco and punk, and the young George O'Dowd was at the birth of them all.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-08
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Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Overview: In the emergence of the gay movement, music played a crucial role. This documentary explores how artists like Madonna, Boy George, David Bowie or Lady Gaga have contributed to the acceptance of homosexuality in Western societies. Back on the history of gay hymns since "Over the rainbow" sung in 1939 by Judy Garland.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2014-07-05
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Steppin' Out
Overview: Short documentary film on the fashionable nightclubs and the trendy pop culture scenes that were famous in London on the late 70's. Released as a support feature to the first Alien (1979) movie.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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After Stonewall
Overview: This sequel to "Before Stonewall" documents the history of gay and lesbian life from the riots at Stonewall in 1969 to the present. Narrated by Melissa Etheridge, the film explains the work, struggles, victories, and defeats the gay community has weathered to become a vibrant and integral part of North American society.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-06
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Culture Club - Live at Wembley World Tour 2016
Overview: For this very special hometown show, all four original band members—Boy George, Jon Moss, Roy Hay and Mikey Craig–reunited for one final show together at the historic Wembley Arena in London.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-12-08
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Boy George & Culture Club - Berlin Live
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Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2018-10-12
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The Madness of Boy George
Overview: Documenting the days and weeks preceding Boy George's appearance in a New York courtroom in June 2006 for cocaine possession and his subsequent sentencing to 5 days community service as a street cleaner by order of the US justice department.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-17
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The Chemical Generation
Overview: This documentary covers the acid house, rave and club culture revolution in the UK and of course the chemical Methylenedioxymethamphetamine or ecstasy. This era inspired the film 24 Hour Party people and sheds light on the forgotten counter culture movement.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-27
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The Boy Next Door: A Profile of Boy George
Overview: Mark Kidel's portrait of Boy George is a hypnotic story of narcissism and neediness, drugs and drag. It covers nine years, from Culture Club's sudden success through George's rebirth as a solo celeb. Along the way there's tons of amazing archive footage, some very queer fashions, a gripping interview with his ex, Jon Moss and a sign of salvation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-30
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Duran Duran: There's Something You Should Know
Overview: Celebrating Duran Duran with exclusive backstage access, interviews with the band and rare footage charting their rise to fame, and the highs and lows of their career.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-06-29
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RuPaul's Christmas Ball
Overview: Variety special featuring guests from the downtown New York club scene to stellar artists including Nirvana and Elton John.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-12-25
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Kinky Gerlinky
Overview: Kinky Gerlinky was the biggest, most fabulous, most stylish nightclub London has ever seen. This documentary edited from over 200 hours shot on 21 nights, conveys the experience of one full night out at the club, and gains unique intimacy with most of the action directed to camera.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-06-06
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'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video
Overview: A 30-minute video featuring documentary footage shot at the November 1984 recording session of Band Aid's 'Do They Know It's Christmas?'. It includes interviews with the charity supergroup's recording artists and musicians, as well as the completed promotional video.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-01
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Long Hot Summers: The Story of The Style Council
Overview: The story of the band that Paul Weller formed after The Jam split up in 1982, with insight from key members, collaborators and fans.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-30
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Studio 54
Overview: Studio 54 was the epicenter of 70s hedonism - a place that not only redefined the nightclub, but also came to symbolize an entire era. Its co-owners, Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell, two friends from Brooklyn, seemed to come out of nowhere to suddenly preside over a new kind of New York society. Now, 39 years after the velvet rope was first slung across the club's hallowed threshold, a feature documentary tells the real story behind the greatest club of all time.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-06-15
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Party in the Park 1999
Overview: Location - London's Hyde Park Date - 4th July 1999 Madness: "Our House"; S Club 7: "Bring it all Back"; Boyzone: "No Matter What"; Geri Halliwell: "Look at Me"; Texas: "Blacked Eyed Boy"; Steps: One for Sorrow". It all goes on and on and on with simply the best on this 120 minute concert recording of the Party In The Park
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-02
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Larry's Garage
Overview: In July of 2015 while surfing the net, the director of the movie Corrado Rizza found what he considered to be an amazing video on YouTube. It was published by Hiroyuki Kajino, an active Japanese DJ in the 80's. It was an unpublished interview with Larry Levan from the Paradise Garage in New York City. The Paradise Garage opened in 1977 and it was a legendary club where Larry Levan showed his creative genius for ten years. He was so creative that he turned his club into a temple of music. Larry died prematurely in 1992, at the of age 38.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-12-01
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Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 5
Overview: Best of Night of the Proms 5
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-14
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Michael Lucas' Dangerous Liaisons
Overview: Lust, betrayal, murder, and deceit all come alive in Michael Lucas' most anticipated film to date. Michael Lucas' Dangerous Liaisons, based on Choderlos de Laclos' 1782 classic Les Liaisons Dangereuses (famously made into an Oscar winning film starring Glenn Close and John Malkovich), is a new modern-day twist on one of literature's most intriguing tales of wicked revenge and twisted seduction. Instead of 18th Century France, this X-rated version takes place in modern day New York. Featuring appearances from such notable gay superstars as RuPaul, Boy George, Bruce Vilanch, Graham Norton, Lady Bunny, Amanda Lepore, and Michael Musto, Michael Lucas' Dangerous Liaisons has already become the most talked about porn flick of the year. Celebrity cameos by: Boy George, Lady Bunny, Amanda Lepore, Hedda Lettuce, Michael Musto, Graham Norton, RuPaul, Bruce Vilanch, and Matthew Mariani.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-02-01
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Blitzed: The 80's Blitz Kids Story
Overview: Out of one small London venue called The Blitz came a generation of outrageous teenagers, working class and art school kids, who would define the look, the sound, the style and the attitude of the '80s and beyond. This is their story.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-03-13
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Mark Ronson: From the Heart
Overview: Mark Ronson, hit songwriter and producer openly discusses his life and musical influences. With interviews from Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. Broadcast on National Album Day.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-12
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Secrets Of Burlesque
Overview: Featuring interviews and performances with more than 20 leading burlesque artistes, 'Secrets of Burlesque' takes a behind the scenes look at one of the most varied and creative forms of entertainment that there is.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-17
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The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas?
Overview: Forty years on from the release of the hit single by charity supergroup Band Aid, this documentary unearths 75 minutes of rare and previously unseen film footage from the day of recording
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-11-25
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Back to the 80's live
Overview: 1 Tina Turner - Addicted To Love | 2 Toto - Rosanna | 3 Simple Minds - Alive And Kicking | 4 Spandau Ballet - True | 5 Cock Robin - The Promise You Made | 6 Candy Dulfer - Lily Was Here | 7 Lisa Stansfield - All Around The World | 8 The Nits - Nescio | 9 Culture Club - Victims | 10 Golden Earring - Twilight Zone | 11 The Stranglers - Always The Sun | 12 Alice Cooper - Poison | 13 Europe - The Final Countdown | 14 Joe Cocker - Unchain My Heart | 15 Lever | 42 - Love Games | 16 Earth Wind & Fire - Let's Groove | 17 Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin/I Will Survive | 18 Scorpions - Wind Of Change | 19 Crowded House - Sister Madly | 20 Sinead O'Connor - Troy
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
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Let the Canary Sing
Overview: A chronicle of Cyndi Lauper's meteoric ascent to stardom and her profound impact on generations through her music, ever-evolving punk style, unwavering feminism and tireless advocacy. This documentary takes the audience on an engaging exploration of a renowned and pioneering artist who has left a remarkable legacy with her art.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-06-14
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