{"id":632,"date":"2008-06-25T15:25:22","date_gmt":"2008-06-25T22:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2008\/06\/so-just-where-you-think-youre-goin-there-boy\/"},"modified":"2008-06-25T15:27:11","modified_gmt":"2008-06-25T22:27:11","slug":"so-just-where-you-think-youre-goin-there-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2008\/06\/25\/so-just-where-you-think-youre-goin-there-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"“So just where you think you’re goin’ there, boy…”"},"content":{"rendered":"

from the NY Daily News<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Denied! No U.S. visa for Boy George<\/h1>\n

BY LEAH CHERNIKOFF\t
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER<\/p>\n

Monday, June 23rd 2008, 12:41 PM<\/p>\n

\"BoyKitwood\/Getty<\/span><\/p>\n

Give the Boy a break!
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U.S. Customs<\/a>\u00a0is denying\u00a0Boy George<\/a>\u00a0his visa, cutting off his hopes for a\u00a0U.S.<\/a>\u00a0tour.\u00a0
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The denial comes after the British pop icon’s offer to show his appreciation for the Department of Sanitation of\u00a0New York<\/a>\u00a0(DSNY) and play a free concert for their Family Day on August 17.\u00a0 George got to know the DSNY in 2006 when he swept the streets of New York while serving a community service sentence.\u00a0\u00a0
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“I’m pretty devastated because I am so excited about this forthcoming tour, and having my visa application denied seems unfair after I swept the streets of New York spotless,” George tells PaperMag. “I committed a crime and I happily paid the consequences, and I should be allowed to move on and get on with what I do best – and that is performing and making people dance and cry!”<\/p>\n

[ click to read full article at NYDailyNews.com<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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