Pop Justice — Now you've had time to mull it over, read on. In many ways Wham!'s 'Last Christmas' is the perfect song for any X Factor contestant who gives everything to the Syco machine one year only to find themselves fucked right up the arse by the said machin... more info

ContactMusic — Pop legend George Michael poked fun at his much-publicised addiction problems as he played a sold-out concert in London on Tuesday 25Oct11 The former Wham star brought his Symphonica tour to the Royal Albert Hall in the British capital where he was b... more info

Impose Magazine — So how did Baltimore spend its first summer in memory without a Whartscape? I can't speak for the entire city, there's some sound evidence of comic book, production. In particular founding Wham Citier Dina Kelberman, who turned time that migh... more info

Guardian Music — State Opera House, PraguePrague's lavish neo-rococo State Opera House is a long way from HM Prison Highpoint in Suffolk, where George Michael spent four weeks last September after piloting his Range Rover into the window of his local Snappy Snaps whi... more info

The Telegraph — The Wham star attempted a bit of everything, in a bizarre, stop-start set says Neil McCormick. more info

Guardian Music — This French duo take the breezy harmonies of Burt Bacharach and Brian Wilson to create blissful Balearica-tinged popHometown: South London.The lineup: Matthieu Beck and Marie Merlet.The background: It just so happened that last week we were in Connec... more info

Impose Magazine — This past Friday I was pleasantly reminded of Benny Boeldt's newest album Lesser Known when I stumbled onto his new video for the satisfyingly tragic 'Rio.' The surprisingly successful vocals from the typically silent Boeldt complement the screeching... more info

Guardian Music — In the 80s, even Wham! supported the miners. But tomorrow's strike has yet to find any expression in the wider cultureThursday's strikes loom, and underneath the inevitable theatrics from both sides, there's a sense of an achingly familiar problem: t... more info

ContactMusic — George Michael has axed a planned charity performance with Alicia Keys on Wednesday (15Jun11) after he was struck down with a tooth infection. The former Wham! frontman told fans on Twitter earlier this week (begs13Jun11) his face had swollen up like... more info

Guardian Music — Kerrang! may have lost focus in recent years, but the fact that it continues to thrive after three decades is cause for celebrationTo its admirers it represents an oasis of ear-shattering good taste amid a celebrity-obsessed media. To its detractors ... more info