George Michael’s official Facebook page is celebrating the release of Symphonica (Paid Link) on March 17.
Each day in March until the release date, the official George Michael Facebook page will be previewing tracks from the forthcoming album.
It will be the place to hear new Symphonica recordings plus sneak previews of unseen footage.
Day 1 is a video for “John and Elvis Are Dead.”
Symphonica is available on Amazon (see link above) and is also available as an import:
(This title will be released on March 25, 2014. The current price is $30.99.)
(This title will be released on March 25, 2014. The current price is $31.49.)
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George Michael’s “Let Her Down Easy” video was released today.
It was directed by Vaughan Arnell whose credits include George Michael’s video for “Outside” in 1998, plus videos for Robbie Williams, The Spice Girls and One Direction amongst others.
The video tells the story of a young circus performer, played by newcomer Hannah Janes, and her first love.
“Let Her Down Easy” is the first single from George Michael’s sixth solo album, Symphonica
Symphonica will be released as a standard 14-track CD, digital download and pure audio Blu-Ray, as well as a hardback deluxe 17-track CD edition.
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George Michael teased his fans with a clip from his new “Let Her Down Easy” video today.
“Let Her Down Easy” was also played on British radio this morning. The new video will be released tomorrow, Tuesday, February 4, 2014.
Hannah Janes, the model in the video, was chosen from more than 3,000 people who auditioned.
If you can’t wait until tomorrow, here is the short clip from the video:
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“Let Her Down Easy,” George Michael’s new single, will debut tomorrow on national radio at 10 a.m. ahead of the song’s digital release on March 17, 2014.
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The lead single from Symphonica
You can hear George Michael sing “Let Her Down Easy” in the following Youtube video.
Symphonica will be George Michael’s first full-length release since 2004’s Patience.
It will contain a mix of original compositions and covers, similar to sets George Michael performed on the Symphonica tour.
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George Michael announced Monday that his sixth solo album, Symphonica
Symphonica will be released as a standard 14-track CD, digital download and pure audio Blu-Ray, as well as a hardback deluxe 17-track CD edition.
Here is the track listing for the deluxe version:
1. Through
2. My Baby Just Cares for Me
3. A Different Corner
4. Praying for Time
5. Let Her Down Easy
6. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
7. Feeling Good
8. John and Elvis Are Dead
9. Roxanne
10. One More Try
11. Going to a Town
12. Cowboys and Angels
13. Idol
14. Brother Can You Spare a Dime
15. You Have Been Loved
16. Wild is the Wind
17. You’ve Changed
Fans can download the gift of “Praying For Time” from Symphonica for free on his official website via Facebook.
The Symphonica CD & Print Bundle can be pre-ordered on GeorgeMichael.com
All UK Customers that pre-order through the GeorgeMichael.com store will automatically be entered for a chance to win entry at a special screening of the Symphonica documentary.
Symphonica was produced by George Michael and Phil Ramone, who died in March. Ramone died of a brain aneurysm in March 2013, so this will mark the last of his work to be released.
George Michael recorded the album during the 2011-2012 Symphonica tour that was interrupted when he contracted life-threatening pneumonia.
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The official George Michael site has added another clue to George Michael’s future activities.
Previously, George Michael posted a video on Youtube for Christmas. Now the official site has the message “March 2014,” along with the video clip of George Michael singing “You’ve Changed.”
It appears that we’re going to continue to get bits and pieces of the story.
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George Michael has posted a video on Youtube for Christmas.
The video shows a photo of George Michael on stage, with the message:
HAPPY CHRISTMAS
LOVE GEORGE x
It then has the closed red curtain, previously seen on his official site, while George sings “You’ve Changed.”
Happy Christmas, George!
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George Michael is not retiring, according to a representative.
As reported previously, George Michael’s site currently has a closed red curtain, with a note about exciting news in 2014. This graphic caused a stir because some thought he was retiring.
A representative for George Michael told NME, “I do not understand where people are getting any of this from. Our team that deal with the website and fan club were just being creative when they blackened out the website and added a curtain. This is only to give space and time to make some really exciting news for 2014.”
“George Michael is in great shape and next year promises to be a lovely year musically for George, and all of his fans!”
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The official George Michael site boasts “Exciting News Coming in 2014” and nothing else. Apparently, all other files have been deleted from the site.
Some media outlets are reporting that the only graphic on the page, a closed red curtain, alludes to George Michael’s retirement. However, I like to look at it as a closed curtain that is about to reopen with a new stage, new features, new songs, and new videos. Here’s hoping that I’m correct in this line of thinking.
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George Michael has been getting some criticism about performing his new single, “White Light,” at the closing ceremonies for the Olympics. The media is having a field day with this.
For a man that nearly died and had a tracheotomy that could have destroyed his singing career, it was awesome to watch him perform in front of a worldwide audience for the first time after his near-death experience. I am only saddened that those of us in the U.S. watching the closing ceremony on NBC were not able to see the triumphant return of George Michael singing such a positive, life-affirming song … “White Light.”
Here is what George Michael told his Twitter audience today:
Morning everyone! Had a GREAT time at the closing! I hope you are not bothered by the press reports of my scandalous ‘promotion’ !!!
Please join me in telling them to fuck off ! It was my one chance on tv to thank you all for your loyalty and prayers, and I took it. X
And I don’t regret it. Xxxx
A spokesperson for George Michael said he chose “White Light” because the lyrics address his battle with pneumonia, and he thought the message of overcoming adversity fit the Olympic theme.
“White Light is about the fact he nearly died last year,” said the spokesperson. “It’s the first song he wrote after it all happened and he wanted to perform it for fans as a celebration that he’s alive. It seemed quite appropriate.
“He doesn’t need to plug his new single — it was just nice for him to sing it. It’s a bit of a shame that it’s got this response because he was so excited to perform it.”
Organisers defended the choice of song choice, which they described as a “collaboration” between Michael and Kim Gavin, the artistic director of the closing ceremony. “One of the themes of the ceremony was endurance and physical endeavour, and Kim decided this song was appropriate,” said a spokesperson.
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George Michael performed two songs at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony. The first was “Freedom 90” followed by “White Light.”
More pictures and videos are available:
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As reported previously, George Michael will be performing in the closing ceremony of the 2012 Olympics in London, England. The closing ceremony will be on August 12, 2012, at 9 p.m. BST (UK Time) or 2 p.m. EST.
George Michael told his Twitter followers today:
Hey everyone, how are you. Spending most of the next week rehearsing like crazy for the Olympic closing ceremony…
Obviously a bit nervous not having played for nearly a year, but rehearsals sounding great so far!”
The title of the ceremony is “A Symphony of British Music.” It will focus on the huge impact that Britain has had in music and will include some of today’s most well-known entertainers.
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MSN has a behind-the-scenes look at George Michael’s new video for “White Light.” George is in the scenes but only talks at the very end.
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George Michael revealed during his interview with Chris Evans on the BBC that he will release a new CD of new material this autumn.
Although he had planned to release a CD of songs from the Symphonica tour, he changed his mind when he realized how much material he had already written. The new CD will be his first studio CD since Patience in 2004.
“Work dragged me out of my malaise,” George Michael told Chris Evans this morning. “When I wrote ‘White Light’, I realized I had the energy to finish an album this summer.
“I had planned on putting out a ‘Symphonica’ album this year, because I felt so bad for those people who were looking forward [to the axed tour due to illness].
“I already mixed most of that album, then I wrote ‘White Light’ unexpectedly. Muse, bless their hearts, they gave us this couple of weeks in the studio I always use. They went somewhere else.”
He continued: “I realized how many songs I had lying around [from when I came out of prison]. I realized that if I really put my back into it that I could get an album out for autumn and give people a new record a year earlier than expected.”
Of his new album, he said: “So far I’m thrilled with it. It’s the most directly commercial record I’ve made since Faith. It’s not necessarily my best, I think that Older is my favorite record.
“But the songs I’ve written in the last 20 years haven’t slapped you in the face with their hooks.”
He added: “I’m always terrified that people won’t think it’s as good as I do, but if I didn’t have that approach I wouldn’t do what I do.”
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George Michael’s “White Light” video premieres today .
The MP3 for “White Light
“White Light” will be released on August 13, 2012, in the UK. It is available from Amazon.co.uk. The import single for “White Light” will be available on August 21, 2012, from Amazon.com.
The CD contains:
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George Michael has released a trailer for “White Light,” his newest single. The video was completed today and will be released online on Tuesday, July, 17. The video includes Kate Moss, and George told his Twitter followers, “Oh and by the way, in the video, a certain supermodel (our Kate) saves my life.”
“White Light” has four new remixes, all of which are available on George Michael’s YouTube channel.
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In case you missed the premiere of “White Light” on Heart this morning, you can catch the lyric video of “White Light.” The actual video has not been released yet.
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Heart has the world exclusive premiere of George Michael’s brand new single, “White Light,” on Friday.
Tune into Heart just after 8 a.m. on Friday morning to listen to George’s new single.
George Michael has also posted a photo from the video on Twitter and Facebook, along with this comment:
Hey everybody “White Light ” goes to radio on Friday, which is the 30th anniversary of Wham’s first chart entry at 105 pic.twitter.com/5Cx0ZFBb
You can listen to Heart live here.
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