George Michael

• George Michael's rememberances

  2008-01-16 23:06:00

  HarperCollins has put together a million-plus deal that will see unsold piles of George Michael's autobiography be shipped from Waterstones to The Book People warehouses sometime after next Christmas.Actually, quite touchingly for a supertstar autobiography, Michael is intending to write it all himself. So, at the very least, we'll finally get to see if repeated heavy use of cannabis does screw the memory up.Now that Rupert Murdoch's paying a large sum to George for his life story, it'll be interesting to see if The Sun changes its attitude towards Michael in the coming months.Andy Stephens, who manages George, is promising an unalloyed work:"People aren't stupid. They're beginning to notice that the truth is more interesting than the stories the press come up with."Given that the stories in the press involve enormous amounts of drug consumption, a sex life to rival Captain Jack's and the odd spot of cottaging, the mind does boggle as to what could possibly be more interesting than tha
• George Michael - vindicated

  2007-12-17 08:45:00

  Karl T brings the toe-curling appearance of Tony Blair in George Bush's video about his dog, with the following observation:You might remember the hissy fits thrown in certain circles when George Michael's video for 'Wag the Dog' cast Tony Blair as George Bush's pet dog.This was of course, totally untrue. Tony Blair is in fact George Bush's pet dog's confidant/mentor. I know it's Christmas and everything, but for fuck's sake...Whoever knew that Michael was over-estimating the importance of Blair to the Bush government? It is just one step away from being held in a cage dangling from the ceiling of a psychopath's sky-boat, isn't it?
• George Michael unspiced

  2007-11-14 09:31:00

  Apparently, George Michael had been supposed to write a song for the Spice Girls comeback, part of the spectacular misunderstanding that anyone wants the band to do anything other than the first two albums.However, he took so long he's been dumped, which has led to some bad blood between him and former friend Geri Halliwell.None of which is remarkable, but it's worth taking a look at the - well, 'pun' would be wrong - that Newton has hammered into the last piece of her article:Oh dear, showbiz pals eh?One minute they are your best mate, but it can take one Careless Whisper and Wham! ...you can’t stand the sight of each other any more. Yes, more than a little lame, but it doesn't make any bloody sense, either: in what way is 'taking too long to write a song so services no longer needed' a "Careless Whisper"? It's like she was going to write a story about George gossiping and getting the poke, but when that turned out not to be the case, she thought she'd use the gag anyway. Bemusing.
• George Michael y la marihuana, "Soy un hombre feliz y puedo permitirme mi marihuana así que no es un problema"

  2007-10-01 14:49:00

  El cantante británico George Michael está intentando reducir su consumo de marihuana, dijo el domingo la estrella del pop a la BBC. "Estoy constantemente intentando fumar menos marihuana. Me gustaría tomar menos y en cierto grado es un problema," dijo Michael al programa Desert Island Discs, de la Radio 4 de la BBC. "¿Es un problema en mi vida? ¿Está condicionando mi forma de ... vida? Realmente, no lo creo," añadió Michael. "Soy un hombre feliz y puedo permitirme mi marihuana así que no es un problema," agregó.Previamente Michael, había admitido una dependencia de drogas con prescripción y ha dicho que la marihuana es mucho menos dañina que el alcohol.Gran Bretaña relajó en el 2004 sus leyes contra el cannabis pero advirtió a los estimados 3,5 millones de usuarios del país que la droga seguía siendo ilegal y que la posesión de incluso una pequeña cantidad podía suponer el arresto.Michael enfureció a las organizaciones que trabajan por los enfermos mentales el añ
• George Michael, Yesterday.

  2007-05-29 18:14:00

  A few pictures taken yesterday and a video from '96 (then I was young, now I am still as silly as I was then). In fact I am not a true fan, but there are concerts worth seeing. 25Live is definitely one of them. Alex, danke!