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Lila Moss 'makes £1.3m profit' with company she named after mum Kate's old Highgate house

The 23-year-old spent half her life at the famous celebrity-loved road in north London, living next door to George Michael

Evening Standard · Dec 17, 2025

Which football match were Wham! watching when they wrote Last Christmas?

Plus: which European champions were top at Christmas, players giving each other presents and other festive trivia

The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2025

How much money do stars make from Christmas songs in 2025? From Mariah Carey to Wham!

For some artists the festive season is incredibly lucrative as Christmas songs fill the airwaves

Evening Standard · Dec 15, 2025

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‘Men explicitly loving men is so threatening to the status quo’: why are gay male pop stars being shut out of the music industry?

Not long ago, artists such as Lil Nas X and Olly Alexander were ruling pop. But success has stalled as acts face industry obstacles and rising homophobia. What now?

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2025

“I was so jealous of George Michael”: Mick Hucknall says he was simply green with envy when he learned that the former Wham! star was recording a duet with Aretha Franklin

“George goes and records this fantastic song with my heroine. And I just… arghh!”

MusicRadar · Dec 10, 2025

'Everything I do in my life, I do it for her' - Martin Kemp reveals secrets that have kept his marriage strong for almost 40 years

The Spandau Ballet star has been sharing huge insights into his marriage to Shirlie Holliman in the I'm A Celebrity jungle

Woman & Home · Nov 25, 2025

“I didn’t think it was the most important album since Sgt Pepper. But I certainly knew saying that brought more attention to it, and more sales to it”: Sananda Maitreya on why he talked up his debut album as Terence Trent D’Arby

It was his “Muhammad Ali impression,” he says now

MusicRadar · Oct 27, 2025

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Sananda Maitreya blasts Michael Jackson

Sananda Maitreya - who is best known as terence Trent D'Arby - has accused the late Michael Jackson of being a "b******" who tried to ruin his career.

BANG Premier · Oct 24, 2025

RE/style recap: Ep3 – it’s denim week on Vinted’s fashion show

Guest judge Laura Whitmore joins our designers as they reimagine a fashion favourite

The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2025

George Michael's estate had 'no hesitation' in granting Taylor Swift Father Figure permission

George Michael’s estate have thanked Taylor Swift for paying tribute to the late star on her new album and had "no hesitation" in agreeing to it.

BANG Premier · Oct 3, 2025

Taylor Swift: fans and critics react to ‘catchy’, ‘goofy’ and ‘joyful’ The Life of a Showgirl

Swift’s new album has been praised for upbeat songs with a tighter focus and funny lyrics – though one track about Travis Kelce’s ‘magic wand’ has divided opinion

The Guardian - AU · Oct 3, 2025

Taylor Swift’s Father Figure isn’t a cover, but an ‘interpolation’. What that means – and why it matters

On Taylor Swift’s highly-anticipated new album The Life of a Showgirl, track four, Father Figure, includes the late George Michael as one of the credited songwriters.

The Conversation · Oct 3, 2025

George Michael Estate thanks Taylor Swift for incorporating classic song on new album

Swift has created her own song titled ‘Father Figure’ for her highly anticipated new album

The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2025

Taylor Swift's new album title is a lie... and everything you need to know

She owned the world's biggest stage, she reclaimed her music, she got the guy... now Taylor Swift is ready to tell you what it really cost - your ultimate guide to the year's most anticipated album

Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2025

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BANG Premier · Oct 1, 2025

Taylor Swift interlopes George Michael on The Life of a Showgirl

Taylor Swift has interloped George Michael on Father Figure, according to Billboard.

The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2025

It takes two: the best pop duets – ranked!

As Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue’s Where the Wild Roses Grow turns 30, we count down pop’s finest two-handers, from career-revivers to celebrity meta-texts

The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2025

My cultural awakening: Faith by George Michael gave me permission to go to my first sex party

Listening to the album was like waking from a bad dream and liberated me from the shame I’d felt about my sexuality

MusicRadar · Aug 18, 2025

“It started off sounding a bit like Prince. I wanted to hear something in my mix so I cut the snare and it changed the whole mood of the track": How George Michael accidentally created the ‘80s smash that inspired Taylor Swift on The Life of a Showgirl

“It ended up, in my mind, being the most original-sounding thing on the album,” he later said

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BANG Premier · Aug 15, 2025

George Michael would have approved of Taylor Swift tribute

George Michael's former partner, Kenny Goss, believes the late singer would have been proud of Taylor Swift's upcoming tribute to him on her new album.

MusicRadar · Aug 14, 2025

“I said to him, ‘I want to be as proud of an album as I am of the Eras Tour.’ And he was like, ‘Do you understand what kind of pressure that is?’”: Taylor Swift on how she threw down the creative gauntlet to Max Martin for new album The Life Of A Showgirl

She says that making the whole record with Martin and Shellback "felt like catching lightning in a bottle”

The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2025

Rod Stewart criticised for ‘disrespectful’ AI Ozzy Osbourne tribute at recent concert

Other musicians featured in the AI video include Tina Turner, George Michael and Amy Winehouse

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2025

Father Figure by Emma Forrest review – a slippery tale of teenage obsession

Bristling with sexual, political and emotional angst, this finely tuned coming-of-age tale thrives on the grey areas of adolescence

Evening Standard · Jul 13, 2025

The most iconic moments from Live Aid, 40 years on

It was the gig that changed the history of music. And it all started with a Christmas song.

The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2025

Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World review – the moment Bob Geldof bursts into tears is astounding

This fascinating portrait of a complex man’s attempt to solve an impossible problem is packed with amazing archive footage – from George Michael singing to Thatcher being berated

The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2025

Live 8 – 20 years on: how the Pink Floyd reunion topped a miraculous line-up

PLAYBACK: Macca played with Bono and George Michael, Elton John with Pete Doherty, but getting Roger Waters and David Gilmour together for the final time really took some doing. Mark Beaumont remembers a history-making day, with the help of Razorlight and UB40

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