Two years after the Culture Club re-united for a performance on VH1's Storytellers and a year after the U.K. release of their album Don't Mind If I Do, the Eighties New Wave band is furthering their comeback efforts with the announcement of a U.S. tour.

The twenty-six city jaunt will see the band playing mostly East and West Coast dates, though more cities should be announced on www.cultureclub.net.

Culture Club tour dates:

9/20: Hampton Beach, NH, Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
9/21: Providence, RI, Providence Performing Arts Center
9/22: Boston, MA, Fleet Boston Pavilion
9/23: Baltimore, MD, Pier 6 Pavilion
9/24: Uncasville, CT, Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino
9/26: Glenside, PA, Keswick Theater
9/27-28: New York, NY, Beacon Theater
9/30: Red Bank, NJ, Count Basie Theater
10/1: Pittsburgh, PA, Metropol
10/2: Columbus, OH, Veterans Memorial Auditorium 10/4: Rosemont, IL, Rosemont Theater
10/5: Chicago, IL, House of Blues
10/6: Akron, OH, Akron Civic Center Theater
10/7: Detroit, MI, Fox Theater
10/8: Sault St. Marie, MI, Kewadin Casino Dreammaker Theater
10/10: St. Louis, MO, Pageant
10/11: Madison, WI, Oscar Meyer Theater
10/13: St. Paul, MN, St. Paul Civic Center Arena
10/14: Kansas City, MO, Uptown Theater
10/15: Wichita, KS, Rita's Little Uptown Theater
10/18: Phoenix, AZ, Arizona State Fairgrounds
10/19: Las Vegas, NV, Hard Rock Hotel, the Joint
10/20: Anaheim, CA, Sun Theater
10/21: San Diego, CA, SDSU Open Air Theater
10/22: Los Angeles, CA, House of Blues
10/24: San Francisco, CA, Warfield Theater

CHRISTINA SARACENO
(August 23, 2000)