British singer Boy George is set to play an exclusive gig for an unlikely audience - he will perform at New York's Department of Sanitation Family Day in August . The former Culture Club frontman worked alongside the Big Apple's sanitation workers in 2006 when he was sentenced to community service and garbage duty after falsely reporting a burglary at his apartment in the city. And the star - real name George O'Dowd - is keen to perform for the people he met while being punished - insisting their kindness made the humiliating task easier. He explains, "The people I worked alongside showed great kindness to me at a very difficult time, and I wanted to thank them all in a way that would show my appreciation." The star will play at the department's annual Family Day on 17 August . He is kicking of a North American tour in Aspen, Colorado a month before . A spokesman for the Department of Sanitation says, "Keeping New York City safe and clean is a daunting challenge - as Boy George well knows - and we welcome his generous offer to entertain those who have made our city the cleanest it has been in more than 30 years."
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