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Boy George has an impressive Wikipedia entry.

On 7 October 2005, Boy George was arrested in Manhattan on suspicion of possessing cocaine, (BBC Online Report) and appeared in court on 1 February 2006 (BBC News report). On 17 June 2006, a Manhattan judge issued a warrant for the arrest of Boy George after the former Culture Club singer failed to appear in court. On 14 August 2006, Boy George reported for garbage duty, picking up trash for the New York City Department of Sanitation as part of his community service. As a result of the media frenzy, he was allowed to perform his community service inside the Sanitation Department grounds. This garbage duty was assigned by the court for ‘wasting police time,’ after he admitted to falsely reporting a burglary in his Manhattan apartment.

On 30 April 2007, Boy George was arrested for allegedly assaulting and falsely imprisoning a Norwegian man in his home in East London. On 8 October 2007, Boy George was sued by a American club promoter from Warrington and ordered to pay £31,000 in compensation for loss of earnings. Boy George had cancelled his appearance after being arrested for possession of cocaine, only providing ten days’ notice. On 13 November 2007, Boy George was charged with falsely imprisoning a 28-year-old man. He was ordered to appear before a court on 22 November. The Sun newspaper reported in April that a Norwegian man, Audun Carlsen, 28, claimed he was chained and threatened at O’Dowd’s London flat, where he had gone as a photo model.

“What are you in for, big guy?”

“Assaulting and falsely imprisoning a Norwegian.”

All of the above looks bad, sure but, it appears that Boy might be turning his life around.

The Daily Swarm reports..

Boy George will help celebrate New York City’s Department of Sanitation Family Day this summer! George will be playing a free concert as a big thank you for the kindness shown to him by the DSNY. On August 17th he will play all his Culture Club hits and more for a crowd of over 5,000 NYC Sanitation workers and their families at DSNY Family Day.

“New York’s Strongest are delighted that Boy George will join us at our Family Day outing in August and perform some of his fabulous hits for our hard-working men and women and their families. Keeping New York City safe and clean is a daunting challenge – as Boy George well knows – and we welcome his generous offer to entertain those who have made our City the cleanest it has been in more than 30 years,” said First Deputy Commissioner Michael A. Bimonte, who coordinates the DSNY Family Day event.

Good for you, Boy George. You did your community service and now you are doing something nice for the sanitation workers.

Looks like our little boy is turning in to a man.