Boy George has launched an assault on his former Tradition Membership bandmate claiming he left him going through chapter a couple of years in the past.

Fashioned in 1981, the unique line-up for the English new wave band included Boy George – actual identify George Alan O’Dowd – Roy Hay, Mikey Craif and Jon Moss.

One of the vital influential teams of the last decade, Tradition Membership have offered over 50 million information, with a few of their largest hits together with Do You Actually Wish to Damage Me, Karma Chameleon and Time (Clock of the Coronary heart).

Nonetheless, in recent times they’ve come beneath the highlight for a bitter feud between the lead singer and the band’s former drummer Moss – who additionally had an intimate relationship with Boy George throughout the peak of the band’s reputation.

In 2018 Moss dropped out of the European leg of their The Life Tour, with an announcement explaining he was ‘taking a break from Tradition Membership…however the door is open sooner or later’.

The next yr he filed a writ at London’s Excessive Courtroom, by which he named his former bandmates and defendants and claimed he was ‘expelled’ from group by their supervisor after 37 years within the band. He then demanded £200,000 in lacking funds and a share of earnings.

After formally leaving Tradition Membership in 2021, two years later Moss’ former bandmates agreed to pay him £1.75million – with the courtroom order then leaving the frontman going through chapter.

Though that didn’t eventuate as a voluntary association was reached in relation to the debt, Boy George not too long ago made it clear there was no love misplaced with Moss after the breakdown of their skilled and private relationship.

On Boxing Day, the official Tradition Membership X account posted a photograph of the group that additionally featured Moss to accompany a message trying ahead to subsequent yr.

‘Sending numerous love this vacation season from all of us in Tradition Membership. Right here’s to extra music, extra pleasure, and dancing with you once more in 2026!’ it learn.

Nonetheless, Boy George jumped into the feedback part and made it clear Moss was not a part of the group – while additionally including a brutal dig.

‘I hate to appropriate this, however Jon is not in CC. He tried to bankrupt me within the final couple of years so I hope the Xmas tree falls on his head! Lol!’ he wrote.

‘His leaving and makes an attempt to destroy me did nonetheless encourage these songs.’

When the courtroom battle was made public, it was revealed that Moss claimed Boy George had tried to defraud him out of what he was owed after tour funds have been launched to an organization reportedly owned the singer.

However, hitting again, Boy George mentioned the allegations have been a ‘private assault’.

In an announcement, he shared: ‘My former band member Jon Moss has made probably the most unfounded and hurtful allegations in opposition to me in authorized proceedings within the UK. For sure, his allegations that I conspired to defraud him are fully unfaithful.’

Moss – who spent over £1million on the authorized dispute – had additionally tried to stop Boy George from promoting his Hampstead house, nonetheless it was later positioned again up on the market for £17million.

The case was ultimately settled earlier than it went to trial. As soon as the courtroom case wrapped up, Moss agreed to ‘relinquish’ any proper to the Tradition Membership identify and its use, together with in reference to concert events and merchandise, however was awarded £1.75million – which was to be paid by his three former bandmates.

It additionally got here months after Boy George’s stint on I’m A Movie star…Get Me Out of Right here! in 2022, by which he was reportedly paid over £800,000.

A number of months earlier, Boy George mentioned the next about his former lover: ‘I really feel I’ve a lot to be upset about, however I’ve to the perfect of my information eliminated any actual hatred in the direction of him.’

Earlier this yr it was revealed that Boy George had solely paid £1,000 of the agreed sum.

Regardless of the restricted sum of money paid again to Moss, he advised The Solar on Sunday: ‘I’m working laborious to pay again all my debt. My recommendation is, don’t sleep with the drummer.’

Though Tradition Membership break up in 1986 as a consequence of Boy George’s drug dependancy points, they reunited in 1998 and have launched two albums since then, in addition to proceed to tour collectively.

Metro has contacted representatives for Jon Moss for remark.

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