The Mirror has a photo of George Michael, the first photo of George since he fell out of the back seat of his Range Rover on the M1 in May 2013.
The picture shows a scar on the back of his head. The article also mentions a scar on his left elbow. The photo was taken as George stepped out of a vehicle outside his home in Highgate, north London, on Thursday.
George Michael is celebrating his 50th birthday today!
His spokesperson said, “He is fiercely private. He is having a quiet birthday with his friends and family.”
You can catch many articles and photos in celebration of George’s 50th birthday. Here are just a few:
(I will be adding more articles throughout the day.)
George Michael’s spokesperson said he is doing extremely well after his most recent car accident in May 2013 and is writing a new album.
Reuters has a short article on George Michael since his accident. Not much is said except for a quote from George Michael’s spokesperson:
“He’s doing extremely well,” Michael’s spokeswoman said. “He is writing a new album.”
The article also said that George Michael has been recuperating at home after nearly two weeks in hospital.
In addition, the article said there was no release date for the new material.
According to the Mirror, George Michael will not face any charges for falling out of a car onto the M1 near St Albans, Hertfordshire, on May 16, 2013. He gave traffic police a statement after leaving the hospital last week, and the officers have now closed the case. His driver also gave police a statement along with another passenger.
George Michael also was not fine for failing to have his seatbelt fastened. It is an offense for drivers or passengers not to wear a seatbelt where one is fitted.
A spokeswoman for the force told MailOnline: ‘We’re not taking any further action against anybody in the vehicle.’
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George Michael has been discharged from the hospital.
The official George Michael site says:
We can confirm that George Michael has been discharged from hospital and continues to rest and recuperate. He is well and thanks everyone for all the messages of support.
The Daily Mail has a new article (May 24), which is reporting a few new points on George Michael’s accident:
As he recuperates in hospital this week, George Michael has, rather untypically, been avoiding the anxious calls of some of his oldest friends.
The singer’s mobile has gone largely unanswered and he has, so far at least, passed up the chance of using Twitter — to which he was until recently addicted — to reassure his fans he is fine.
The article also says that George Michael still has not been released from the hospital after seven days in the hospital.
Land Rover, the manufacturer of the car George was in, is weighing in on the accident:
Now Land Rover, the maker of the luxury 4×4 involved in the incident, has added to the intrigue by telling me it is highly unlikely the accident could have taken place the way it was reported.
Its intervention brings into question the apparent testimony of the driver and another passenger in the Range Rover who reported that the star accidentally fell out as he tried to open and shut a passenger door that had not been closed properly.
The company told me this week that all its modern Range Rovers, like the one George Michael was in, have a sophisticated warning system to tell the driver — and passengers — if any of the car doors are not fully closed.
As well as a warning light on the dashboard, a loud and high-pitched bleeping noise sounds continuously until the door is shut properly.
Having heard one in action myself this week, it is not something that would be possible to ignore for more than a few seconds. In which case, why did George not just secure the door before the car joined the motorway?
Land Rover also points out that current models have sensors that warn if a passenger is not wearing a seat belt.
Other experts say the vehicle’s door, which is weighed down by heavy side-impact protection, equipment for electric windows and the mechanism for the central locking system, would require some effort to open from the inside at high speed.
It’s understandable then that engineers at the car company might be scratching their heads. A spokeswoman for the singer refused to comment on Land Rover’s explanations.
A few articles are giving possible details on George Michael’s accident last week.
The Mirror (May 24th) has quotes from a “pal” regarding rumors that George Michael may have intentionally thrown himself from the car:
“There is no mystery – he was just trying to shut the door. George has been perfectly happy and is in a great place. To insinuate that he threw himself out of the car is absurd.”
The source added that the star had been happily immersed in his music, explaining: “George has been writing a new album and is really pleased with what he’s done so far.
“It was an accident and he is the first person to put his hand up and say, ‘I’m sorry’. He deserves more sympathy.”
The Sun (May 23rd) has a quote from another eyewitness of George Michael’s accident:
Ben Quince was directly behind when the former Wham! star, 49, tumbled out as his Range Rover shot up the M1 at 70mph.
Ben, 37, said: “I suddenly saw the back door on the driver’s side open.
“A body appeared and went bounce, bounce, bounce. He was spinning as he came towards me.
“I had to swerve left. I could have killed him.
“In my mirror I saw trucks and cars swerving to avoid him.”
The article also stated:
George Michael suffered head injuries and remained in hospital last night. An aide said: “He’s progressing.”
The BBC has a new interview with Katherine Fox, the eyewitness to George Michael’s accident last week. In the interview, she talks about the crash as well as the fact that she didn’t know it was George Michael because there was “blood everywhere.”
She told the BBC:
“He had a deep cut above his left eyebrow which was really bleeding down his face into his teeth,” she said.
“Even if I had known who it was, I probably wouldn’t have recognised him.
“I spoke to him like he was a normal guy but he was totally shocked, I don’t think he was in any state to talk.”
She added: “You don’t expect to be sitting on the motorway with an A-list celebrity.
“If he was sat next to me in a restaurant I wouldn’t have recognised him, the whole celebrity thing just passes me by,
“I didn’t know it was George Michael until the Friday afternoon – I was so shocked.”
Fans worldwide are asking what happened the night George Michael fell out of a speeding car. Official word is that he is “fine” and “making good progress.” There are also conflicting reports about whether he has been released from the hospital.
The Mirror is reporting today:
Police were last night waiting to quiz George Michael in hospital to find out how he catapulted from a car at 70mph.
Officers are piecing together what happened in the seconds before the singer crashed on to the M1.
Questions are being asked about whether the star, who has previously battled drugs and depression, fell from his Range Rover or may have jumped of his own accord.
Range Rover last night refused to be drawn on how easy it was to “accidently” fall from its vehicle.
But respected Autocar Magazine columnist Colin Goodwin said it would be “very, very difficult” to do so.
He said: “It has a huge side impact bar running through the middle, and electronic motors and equipment for the windows and locking system, which means it takes real effort to open it.”
After the star, 49, was airlifted to hospital with a head injury last Thursday, police sources confirmed the accident was still unexplained and “far from cut and dried”.
Investigators are concentrating on the testimony of two other men who were also in Michael’s vehicle – the driver and a fellow passenger.
Katherine Fox was one of the first on the scene of George Michael’s accident, according to The Sun.
Katherine said: “I saw blood everywhere and a man on the ground.
“I thought someone had run across the road and been hit.
“I asked what had gone on and was told he tried to open the car door and shut it again because it wasn’t shut properly and apparently fell out at 70mph.
“I was on the phone to the ambulance and said, ‘You’d better come quick. This doesn’t look good’.
“George was wearing a black and gold Adidas tracksuit that was ripped all down the arm and shoulder. He had no trainers on.
“I grabbed one from the second lane because cars were swerving to avoid it.
“His sunglasses were also in the road. I could hear the crunch as cars drove over them.”
“George didn’t say anything, he just seemed in shock.
“He was sitting down against a car and in the arms of his friend.
“The guy holding him was quite scared. He kept saying to George, ‘Are you all right mate?’
“I think George was lucky he didn’t die.
“If he’d landed in the second lane he would have been hit by a car without a doubt.
“He was in the middle of the M1. I could have run him over.”
The BBC is reporting:
His spokeswoman said: “Following the traffic accident on Thursday, we can confirm that he is still in hospital.
“We are keen to stress it’s purely as a precaution for observation.
“He did suffer a couple of bumps and bruises to the head and that’s why they are keeping him in – to keep an eye on him.
“He is doing better. He is making good progress and is looking forward to getting out.”
George Michael was injured in a car crash on the M1 motorway on Thursday night, according to the Mirror. He was a passenger in a car on the northbound carriageway when the incident occurred around 5:50 p.m.
The official George Michael site says:
George Michael was a passenger in a vehicle involved in a traffic accident yesterday evening, no third party was involved. He is being treated for superficial cuts and bruises but is fine. We have no further comment at this time.
The Mirror is saying that another man in the car was flown by air ambulance to a specialist trauma center in London for treatment on a head injury.
TMZ is reporting a slightly different story:
A rep for the emergency response crew released a statement saying, “[George] sustained a head injury and following treatment, stabilisation and immobilization by land and air ambulance crews, he was flown to the hospital for further care.”
A new report says George Michael is denying rumors that he has been in a rehab center in Australia since February.
“George was in Australia, but it was a holiday. He goes there every year,” George Michael’s spokesperson said. “He was writing songs for his new album, but he is back in London now.”
The spokesperson also said that George Michael is in “great health.”
A recent report is saying that George Michael may have had a two-month stay at a luxury private retreat, The Sanctuary, in February in Australia to deal with a slate of issues including emotional anxiety and a drug disorder. He was rumored to be battling a dependency on Valium since undergoing a tracheotomy in 2011.
George cancelled his Australian tour in September 2012 and released a statement at that time, saying that he would receive overdue treatment for the trauma associated with his near-death experience in 2011.
George has been Twitter-silent since January 2013 with only a few comments in the last five months.
In March, he was spotted walking his dog in England.
George Michael has written on his Twitter account, after a two-month absence. He addresses concerns about his health and wishes a belated happy Christmas to all his fans in his latest tweets.
Hey everyone! Belated HAPPY XMAS!!! sorry you haven’t heard from your favourite singing greek for so long!
Fadi tells me some of you have been worrying about me, but you needn’t worry, I’m doing great! Feeling so much better than I was….
Hope you’ve all had a lovely Xmas, mine is still going on, my house is full of my nearest and dearest, thank you for all your tweets…:)
Must get back to my party, bur looking forward to a great 2013, i promise it will be full of great new music, huge Xmas hug to you all! xxxx
We last heard from George when he cancelled his Australian tour back in September because of ”major anxiety” related to the pneumonia that nearly killed him last year.
George Michael has an interview with Wales Online. Here is a recap:
“And my audiences are just so amazing now, they really are. I can sort of feel their love and gratitude when I’m on stage and I think that comes from them having so many of their life experiences attached to my music over the years.”
“One of the ways they’ve (his fans) shown their appreciation to me on this tour is by being so patient with the songs I’m performing. I’m sure there have been numbers that they’ve never heard of, or the occasional jazz standard or whatever, but they’ve just seemed totally prepared to go on this musical journey with me. I think that really shows the level of fans that I have.”
“What I do remember, though, was feeling this terrible, terrible guilt and pity for what my family, friends and my new partner had to see me go through,” he admits.
“They literally spent two or three weeks not knowing if I was going to make it, and if that had happened to me in reverse – if it had been one of my sisters fighting for her life – well I know I’d have been absolutely devastated.
“For my part, though, I didn’t realise the danger I was in until after it was all over.”
“It’s really a celebration of my coming through pneumonia last year,” he says of his new single. “Pretty much everything I do is autobiographical, and in this case, having come close to death, I knew something good musically would come out of it. A lot of people were expecting me to write a ballad, but I wanted something uplifting and positive, hence the dance track.”
George says the new album is “going very well”.
“I’d say this album lies somewhere between Faith and Older in terms of content and it’s probably the most radio-friendly album I’ve made in a long, long time. It’s pretty upbeat and I’m sure that my fans will like it, although I’ll be waiting for them to let me know which tracks they think will be the potential classics. I haven’t settled on a title yet, so watch this space. I think it’ll be out early next year.”
“I don’t know how it happened, I really don’t. But I’m still here and my new single really kind of says I’m not ready to go anywhere. In my business, success is something that can sort of slip away from people after a while. And not just success but also the inspiration and the self-doubt that’s needed to keep you trying to do better.”
“For me there’s always this possibility that you’ve lost something that you’re not aware of. And that’s exciting, you know. Because the day that I’m not worried anymore is the day that I should stop. I think if you’re complacent about your talent then it can definitely drift. That’s much less likely to happen if you realise what a privilege it is to be talented and successful in this business.”
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George Michael cancelled his Australian tour on Sunday because of “major anxiety” related to the pneumonia that nearly killed him last year. The Australian leg of the tour was supposed to start in Perth on November 10.
“Since last year’s illness I have tried in vain to work my way through the trauma that the doctors who saved my life warned me I would experience,” George wrote on his web site.
“I was wrong to think I could work my way through the major anxiety that has plagued me since I left Austria last December.
“As soon as I complete these shows here in the UK I will receive the treatment which is so long overdue.”
Michael said doctors had recommended complete rest and counselling but he had “believed wrongly that making music and getting out there to perform for the audiences… would be therapy enough in itself.”
Though he said his voice had recovered completely, adding that “I truly think that some of my recent performances have been my best ever,” Michael said there had been a heavy psychological toll.
“Unfortunately I seriously underestimated how difficult this year would be,” George said.
Chugg Entertainment announced that Sir Elton John and his band will be the first act to open the newly constructed Perth Arena with a second Perth Concert on Saturday 10 November.
The event will be performed “Under The Stars” with the Arena roof open. Elton John’s other Perth concert, already sold out, is on Monday 12 November.
This concert by Sir Elton John replaces the George Michael concert scheduled for 10 November. Customers who currently hold tickets to George Michael’s Perth Arena concert on November 10 have the option to use these tickets for the new opening event, Elton John, on the same night, or to obtain a refund on their tickets. Ticketek will contact ticket holders to advise of the process to be followed.
In a statement Sir Elton John said he is excited to be the opening act of Perth’s new home of entertainment.
“My dear friend George Michael has been giving some amazing performances on the Symphonica tour, and I’m very sorry that he can’t play the Perth concert.
“But I’m more than happy to step in for him and play the opening night at the brand new Perth Arena on November 10.”
“It is a fabulous building and I’m told we can even have the roof open for our concert and play under the stars!
“My band and I will make absolutely sure that Perth Arena has an unforgettable opening night, and we are looking forward to seeing the city come out in force to celebrate this stunning new building,” he said.
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The two reviewers of George Michael’s Manchester concert didn’t see things the same way.
Manchester Evening News writes:
The full orchestra provides a spectacular backdrop to the show, and breathes a sparkling new level of seduction to old George classics.
Eighties favourites Father Figure and Different Corner are sensual singalongs while the likes of Cowboys and Angels and Kissing a Fool were made for this sort of symphonic treatment – it’s truly spine-tingling stuff.
It’s super-stylish too, a sleek black circular set, with our Gorgeous George at the heart of it all in sharp black suit and Tom Ford specs.
… Too many magic moments to mention, this tour proves 49-year-old George is back, and boy he means business.
The Guardian writes:
However, the covers are as hit and miss as his driving. Rufus Wainwright’s gay persecution lament Going to a Town is ethereally beautiful as is David Bowie’s Wild Is the Wind, before its unfortunate funk detour, but the vocoder version of New Order’s True Faith (“about addiction”) damages Michael’s vocals far more than his tracheotomy might have.
At 49, he seems to be struggling to recover the once uncanny ability to deliver what his public wants. There aren’t too many screams of excitement when he opts for big band standards and a cocktail jazz version of the Police’s well-worn Roxanne over Faith or Careless Whisper.
George Michael and Kate Moss are on the cover of the October 2012 edition of Vogue Paris. The photo was taken by Mario Testino.
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George Michael returned to the UK stage yesterday when he performed at Birmingham’s LG Arena. George told the crowd, “I’m back.”
Joking with the crowd, he told them: “You could have stayed at home and watched ‘The X Factor’ tonight. I may be 70-years-old but I can still do it.
“That might let people on to the fact that I actually watch ‘The X Factor’. I only watch it because my boyfriend likes it.”
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