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the highly-anticipated, one-night concert, Culture Club Featuring Boy George Live In Manila, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on June 17 beginning at 8 p.m. are there to party.
Boy George will definitely not allow his sentiments about the devastating Orlando, Florida gay nightclub killings where a gunman suspected to be a closet gay opened fire in the Pulse nightclub in which 50 people were killed. He will offer a tribute, but clearly will not cancel or water down the fun spirit of the show.
Taking to Twitter, Boy was among the entertainment celebrities who shared heartfelt messages: “Heartbroken about the shooting in Orlando. My prayers and thoughts are with you all in America. I pray for this world to change!”
Boy, who was also a The Voice coach, tweeted somewhat poignant as the massacre comes after US contestant Christina Grimmie was gunned down after a concert, also in the gun- and hatred-infested capital city.
As the first multi-racial band with an openly gay front man, Culture Club has set many records including being the first band since The Beatles to have three Top Ten hits in America from a debut album.
In the 80s, the pioneering band dominated the charts in over a dozen countries, with multi-platinum albums and more than 50 million albums sold worldwide to date.
Though it’s given that a lot from the LGBT community will flock to the Big Dome to see this show, many believe that Boy George and Culture Club’s music appeals to everyone because of its poetic lines and universal message.
As promised despite the schedule change from two to one night, this is the first time that Boy George with Culture Club members Mikey Craig on bass guitar, Roy Hay on guitar and keyboards, and Jon Moss on drums and percussion) will be performing in the Philippines.
Those who grew up in the eighties as well as music lovers are excited for this news and can’t wait to see them perform their greatest hits.
Boy George and Culture Club will give their audience a night of unforgettable music and partying. The group will be performing all their hits like “Karma Chameleon,” “The War Song,” “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me,” “Miss Me Blind,” “Move Away,” “Love is Love,” and a lot more.
Boy George will come fully geared. Filipino designer Kim Gan, a certified fan, designed his party attire which is minimalist, Modern Japanese in inspiration. He will wear Hakama pants which is plaited and squared. The dress shirt uses white Italian cotton while the kimono is be0aded black bamboo linen printed black and white.
“This is one big party,” Boy blurted about the concert.
Culture Club Featuring Boy George Live In Manila is a production of Royale Chimes Concerts & Events Inc. Tickets are now on sale at Ticketnet (Tel. No. 911-5555) or log on to www.ticketnet.com.ph. You can also use your BdO credit and debit card to purchase tickets and enjoy a 15-percent discount. For more info, call (0918) 497-2121 and (0906) 418-0786.
BE KIND TO PEOPLE WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER. Many of us are clueless or if we are vaguely aware we don’t give a damn that this controversial actor’s drinking problem (AWDP) is a symptom of a bigger problem, yes, that he is determined by a psychiatrist to be suffering from the largely confused bipolar disorder. That is why they are considered PWDs (Persons With Disability).
AWDP once ignored to take his bipolar disorder medication and when not immediately attended to when buying a pack of cigarettes in a neighborhood store, he lost control. This made him to hit its screen panel with a monoblock and punch in the face and kicked in the abdomen of the store owner.
And most recently, he figured in a brawl with an indie actor. Wanting AWDP to jam bar in a Quezon City, indie actor and company allegedly heckled him to go down the stage. AWDP approached trying to appease him with a handshake but indie actor took him by his head and wrestled him as a video shows.
Indie actor has denied he’s the aggressor and pointed out that AWDP appeared to be drunk. It is widely known that he loses control of himself and has brought many troubles, some ending in legal suits.
Problem about this is that a mixed martial arts group has commercialized the altercation. It challenged AWDP and indie actor to settle and iron out their differences in the octagon on June 25, 2016. This is further complicated by the acceptance of both who have inked the contract.
This is no less than cruelty to a Person With Disability.
Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, is a mental illness that brings severe high and low moods and changes in sleep, energy, thinking and behavior patterns.
People who have bipolar disorder can have periods in which they feel overly happy and energized then alternating with other periods of feeling extreme sad, hopeless and sluggish. In between those periods, they usually feel normal. “I have good ideas and very creative when in manic stage.”
This wide and wild aspect involving many entertainers seem to suggest that it is an industry-related affliction. This is because the life of entertainers is open to public scrutiny.
As the primary symptoms of bipolar disorder are dramatic and unpredictable mood swings, it is thought to be the affliction of creative types such as actors and other artists. But it is not. Even non-creative types can be distressed by such “dramatic” episode.
“The highs and the lows of bipolar disorder gas two ‘poles’ of mood, which is why it’s called ‘bipolar’ disorder.’” It is caused by chemical imbalance of the brain that is why the sufferers battle extreme loneliness almost every day for a period of time. Medications are used to achieve the desired balance to stabilize the sufferer’s moods.
When unchecked, bipolar disorder is known to ruin relationships, both personal and professional.
Even if brain chemicals come from food, bipolarism is a different case when one has a mental condition. Supplements may help but they don’t have therapeutic benefits.
This is the reason the use of medications needs to be balanced like having diabetes or any sickness for that matter. It has to be balanced to stop it from shifting to depressive mood. Psychiatrists prescribe the need to manage to benefit from its advantage.
The medication process is more effective if there is a support circle of relatives and friends, one sure way positive results can be achieved effectively.
But definitely commercializing it will not help the sufferer or promoting greater understanding of the bipolarism.