Bananarama have surprised fans with an announcement that their original line up is getting back together for a UK tour. Siobhan Fahey left the group in 1988, after she married Dave Stewart from the Eurythmics and moved to Los Angeles. Fahey went on to form Shakespear’s Sister with Marcella Detroit, while Keren Woodward and Sarah […]
A British coroner has announced that George Michael died of natural causes, the result of heart disease and a fatty liver. Darren Salter, senior coroner for Oxfordshire, said a post-mortem found that the superstar died of “dilated cardiomyopathy with myocarditis and fatty liver.” Dilated cardiomyopathy is a condition in which the heart’s ability to pump […]
Singer George Michael may have left behind as much as three albums worth of unreleased material at the time of his sudden death on Christmas Day. Record companies are apparently scrambling to have leaked tracks removed from internet sites including YouTube in an effort to protect their intellectual property. It’s likely however that the unreleased […]
Singer George Michael has passed away aged 53. The news was announced by the singer’s publicist who said Michael passed away peacefully at home on Christmas Day. In a statement the publicist said; “It is with great sadness that we can confirm our beloved son, brother and friend George passed away peacefully at home over the […]
Strap on your cool kid shoes and gird your loins for the kaleidoscopic aural assault that is: Retro Cassette Friday! Wham! Fantastic 1983 This week opens in onomatopoeic splendour with none other than anyone’s favourite anything ever: Wham! Don’t be fooled by the raw, dark sensuality of Andrew Ridgeley’s distracting chest hair on the cover, […]
Our foray into the world of cassettes this week brings us two artists related to Madonna and the only solo output from George Michael’s Wham! sidekick. Patrick Hernanez, Born To Be Alive CBS, 1979 He’s a classic one hit wonder with the title track, personally ‘Born To Be Alive’ is one of my favourite songs […]
