{"id":970733,"date":"2026-07-31T06:41:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T06:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/970733\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T06:41:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T06:41:11","slug":"boy-george-exits-jesus-christ-superstar-following-pro-israel-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/970733\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy George Exits ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ Following Pro-Israel Song"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBoy George has dropped out<\/a> of a London production of \u201cJesus Christ Superstar\u201d just days after releasing the controversial pro-Israel song \u201cWe Will Dance Again.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tPaul Kemsley, George\u2019s manager, released a statement on social media that he had decided that the Culture Club singer would no longer appear in the production at the London Palladium. \u201cThe decision has been made with the utmost respect for the producers, the creative team and the entire company,\u201d he wrote, apologizing to fans who had purchased tickets in hopes of seeing the show.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cGeorge has never been afraid to stand by his personal convictions, and I have always respected him for that. Equally, I believe it is my responsibility to make decisions that are in the best interests of my artist while also showing respect to others. In this instance, I felt it was right to step aside, allowing the production to remain the focus, while ensuring everyone involved can move forward with mutual respect and goodwill.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tGeorge was scheduled to join the cast of \u201cJesus Chris Superstar\u201d as King Herod from August 3-15. He was set to star alongside Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Richard Armitage, Simon Russell Beale, Layton Williams and Julian Clary.<\/p>\n

\n\tEarlier this week, George drew ire after posting a pro-Israel song on social media with the Hebrew title \u201c\u05e2\u05d5\u05d3 \u05e0\u05e8\u05e7\u05d5\u05d3,\u201d which translates to \u201cWe Will Dance Again.\u201d On the song, the 65-year-old sings, \u201cYou say genocide, I say war \/ When you\u2019re attacked, what\u2019s what the army\u2019s for \/ Does it get ugly? \/ You bet it does \/ When I know you wanna kill every last one of us.\u201d He later explained that he made the track using AI.<\/p>\n

\n\tThough George is yet to reference his exit from the musical, he did acknowledge the backlash to \u201cWe Will Dance Again\u201d on Thursday afternoon. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter what I think or you think,\u201d he wrote on X<\/a>. \u201cWhen will you realise you\u2019re doing NOTHING! It\u2019s a fucking joke. I am even falling out with Jewish friends. The madness knows no bounds.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boy George has dropped out of a London production of \u201cJesus Christ Superstar\u201d just days after releasing the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":970734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[33],"tags":[277534,185,171,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-970733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-boy-george","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/970733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=970733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/970733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/970734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=970733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=970733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=970733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}