Boy George officially cancels US concert tour...

I'm sorry to inform you that Boy George has cancelled his U.S. concert tour. I know, I know. Get out the box of Kleenex.

It's not like George had much choice: he was denied a visa because he's awaiting trial in London for allegedly chaining and threatening a man inside his London apartment.

"I was really hoping that the issue would be resolved and that some kind soul at the U.S. Visa Office would realize that if the police in the U.K. placed no restrictions on my movements, that should have been good enough for them," George said in a statement to E! Online.

"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."