Metal Injection — We've expressed our love of mashups in the past, and anytime you can take two contrasting styles and make them... The post SLAYER vs. WHAM Mashup "Careless Whisper in the Abyss" Shouldn't Work, But It Actually Works Really Well appeared fir... more info

Stereogum — A study of hundreds of thousands of popular songs over the past three decades has found a downward sonic trend in happiness and an increase in sadness, as the chirpy band Wham! gave way to the moody Sam Smith. For the report in the journal Royal ... more info

Metalsucks — The sexiest version EVER of an already very sexy track. The post Listen: Wham!’s “Last Christmas” Covered in the Style of Type O Negative appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Metal Injection — Last Christmas you gave them your heart. This year, they gave you shred. The post AUGUST BURNS RED's Cover Of WHAM!'s "Last Christmas" Will Put You In The Holiday Spirit appeared first on Metal Injection. more info

Metalsucks — Be sad and well simultaneously. The post New Covers to Which I’ll Never Listen, Part II: August Burns Red Play Wham! appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

KEXP Seattle — It takes a lot for a song to enter the Christmas canon. Most of the songs we sing every year have survived generations, outlasting our memory and seemingly always existing. It’s not that new holiday songs aren’t still being written — good on... more info

The Daily Mail — Dermot O'Leary had a surprise for head judge Simon Cowell, as he suddenly unveiled a shot from the 80s of him dressed in full Wham! regalia. 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

Sweeping The Nation — The year of Live Aid, of course, and with it and We Are The World came the birth of the superstar, so much so that by September Michael Jackson could outbid Paul McCartney for the Beatles' publishing. Wham! went to China, Brothers In Arms popular... more info

MSN Music — A British documentary screened last night purported to tell the true story of George Michaels final days. But fans and his former bandmate were outraged by it. more info