Do you really want to hurt me? Do you really want to make me cry: Boy George’s North American tour was cancelled, despite all attempts to appeal to the US Visa Office. This would have been Boy George’s first North American tour as a solo artist in a decade. Cue the tears and sobs of thousands of pop/reggae/electronica-loving middle-aged women. Says he,

“I was really hoping that the issue would be resolved and that some kind soul at the US Visa Office would realize that if the police in the UK placed no restrictions on my movements, that should have been good enough for them. I am very sorry that I will not see all my American fans this year, but I wish them a happy and healthy Fourth of July. I include the Visa Office in those good wishes and realize they are doing a very difficult job and I just got unlucky.”

At least he’s graceful about it. Kanye West would have had a conniption, no?