Post by Skinartia on Feb 18, 2005 12:27:50 GMT -5
...and is anyone really going to notice or care all that much?
George Michael quits pop
(BANG) - George Michael sensationally quit pop music yesterday (16.02.05) claiming the industry is "dead".
The handsome singer says he isn't interested in making records anymore and is turning his back on his career to write songs for other artists.
He said: "I think my own genre is dead. I don't really think there is anyone in the modern pop business who I feel I want to spar with.
"I just thought it was very important to explain myself before I disappear. I truly believe there's a life for me that is not this one. Perhaps it will mean writing for other people."
George made the astonishing statement at the Berlin Film Festival at the premiere of a new documentary about his life - in which he talks openly about his meteoric rise to fame with Wham in the 80s through to his infamous arrest for lewd conduct in a Los Angeles public toilet in 1998 which outed him as gay.
The 41-year-old star revealed he is interested in writing a musical now he has called time on his career as a recording artist.
Last year, the singer told fans his last album 'Patience' would be his final release and said all his future recordings would be available to download for free.
George Michael quits pop
(BANG) - George Michael sensationally quit pop music yesterday (16.02.05) claiming the industry is "dead".
The handsome singer says he isn't interested in making records anymore and is turning his back on his career to write songs for other artists.
He said: "I think my own genre is dead. I don't really think there is anyone in the modern pop business who I feel I want to spar with.
"I just thought it was very important to explain myself before I disappear. I truly believe there's a life for me that is not this one. Perhaps it will mean writing for other people."
George made the astonishing statement at the Berlin Film Festival at the premiere of a new documentary about his life - in which he talks openly about his meteoric rise to fame with Wham in the 80s through to his infamous arrest for lewd conduct in a Los Angeles public toilet in 1998 which outed him as gay.
The 41-year-old star revealed he is interested in writing a musical now he has called time on his career as a recording artist.
Last year, the singer told fans his last album 'Patience' would be his final release and said all his future recordings would be available to download for free.