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Boy George on Music Platforms and Audience Expectations

A sourced history of statements and actions associated with this topic.

Disputes over artists’ use of concerts, distribution services, and other shared platforms for political or creative expression.

Scope: Documents disagreements about platform control, audience consent, artistic autonomy, and requested remedies without treating a booking, removal, repost, or silence as proof of belief.

Counts document individual events. They do not assign an overall position.

Distinct documented events

Position history

2 events on this page · Inclusive range: August 10, 2026–September 7, 2026

2 matching events · Inclusive range: August 10, 2026–September 7, 2026

2 total published events · Inclusive range: August 10, 2026–September 7, 2026

September 7, 2026Condemned
Addressed record
An opening act should not use a headliner’s global concert platform to advance a one-sided political agenda without accountability and clear boundaries.
“Slogans such as “Free Palestine” offer the appearance of moral courage without requiring much political knowledge.”
Speaker capacity
Recording artist commenting publicly on another performer’s political speech
Editorial rationale
The post makes a direct attributable criticism of the message and of the headliner’s response.
Boy George criticizes Macklemore as Paloma Faith offers support (opens in a new tab)

Reporting that preserves Boy George’s direct criticism, Paloma Faith’s “My Hero” reshare, and the text P!nk amplified from StopAntisemitism.

View context Macklemore’s “Free Palestine” speech on Ed Sheeran’s MetLife stage

August 10, 2026Challenged the characterization

Addressed record

Boy George remained the song’s author because he wrote its lyrics and melody and used AI as a creative collaborator.

“I wrote that song. The lyrics are mine, the melody is mine.”

Speaker capacity: Songwriter and recording artist responding to a platform removal
Editorial rationale: He accepts using AI but directly disputes the characterization that the resulting work was not authored by him.

Boy George defends AI use and his authorship of “We Will Dance Again”

Reporting reproducing Boy George’s detailed authorship defense, description of AI as removing human interference, and political-motive allegation.

View context Did Boy George remain the author of an AI-generated song?