USA Today Music — The pop icon, who died last Christmas, narrates his new Showtime documentary 'Freedom,' but he's played by an actor.             more info

USA Today Music — A new George Michael single has been released eight months after the pop icon's death. 'Fantasy,' a remix of a 1987 song, was produced by disco legend Nile Rogers. Lucy Fielder reports. Video provided by Reuters         ... more info

The Daily Mail — Fans of the music legend took to Twitter to share their grief at the singer's passing, after the revealing documentary aired on Channel 4 on Monday night. George passed away on Christmas Day aged 53. more info

The Daily Mail — Adele is set to honour the late George Michael, who passed away on Christmas Day last year, once again in his new Freedom documentary - set to air on Channel 4 on Monday night. more info

MSN Music — His Christmas song remains a classic, but heartbreakingly the joyous time of year was always one filled with pain for George Michael. The late singer, who died on Christmas 2016 at age 53, recalls the period was when he lost two of the people he love... more info

The Daily Mail — George Michael revealed the trauma of losing his first love to AIDs sent him into a depression in a new documentary which the late singer edited and directed about his life. more info

Stereogum — Sam Smith closed out BBC Radio 1's month-long Live Lounge marathon today. "For this final cover, I wanted to pick my favorite artist of all time," he said after covering Alicia Keys' "Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart." "And that is the incredible Geo... more info

Sweeping The Nation — The big music story of 1984, and really the one that would reverberate around pop for a while to come, didn't start until October 23rd, and even then we didn't know about the effect Michael Buerk's words would have until 31 days later whe... more info

Stereogum — Next month, Showtime will air a documentary about George Michael called George Michael: Freedom. It was in production before the musician died last year and features Michael himself narrating the rise of his career. According to Pitchfork, a long lis... more info

Sweeping The Nation — In retrospect, something appears to be coming together around 1998. Three of the year's biggest music stories - George Michael's arrest, Elton John's knighthood, Geri leaving the Spice Girls - feel like the first stage of coalescing into ... more info