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UNCOVERED: 5 - Caught on Camera

RE/style recap: Ep3 – it’s denim week on Vinted’s fashion show

Guest judge Laura Whitmore joins our designers as they reimagine a fashion favourite

The Guardian - UK

George Michael's estate had 'no hesitation' in granting Taylor Swift Father Figure permission

George Michael’s estate have thanked Taylor Swift for paying tribute to the late star on her new album and had "no hesitation" in agreeing to it.

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Taylor Swift: fans and critics react to ‘catchy’, ‘goofy’ and ‘joyful’ The Life of a Showgirl

Swift’s new album has been praised for upbeat songs with a tighter focus and funny lyrics – though one track about Travis Kelce’s ‘magic wand’ has divided opinion

The Guardian - AU

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Taylor Swift’s Father Figure isn’t a cover, but an ‘interpolation’. What that means – and why it matters

On Taylor Swift’s highly-anticipated new album The Life of a Showgirl, track four, Father Figure, includes the late George Michael as one of the credited songwriters.

The Conversation

George Michael Estate thanks Taylor Swift for incorporating classic song on new album

Swift has created her own song titled ‘Father Figure’ for her highly anticipated new album

The Independent UK

Taylor Swift's new album title is a lie... and everything you need to know

She owned the world's biggest stage, she reclaimed her music, she got the guy... now Taylor Swift is ready to tell you what it really cost - your ultimate guide to the year's most anticipated album

Evening Standard

Taylor Swift interlopes George Michael on The Life of a Showgirl

Taylor Swift has interloped George Michael on Father Figure, according to Billboard.

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It takes two: the best pop duets – ranked!

As Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue’s Where the Wild Roses Grow turns 30, we count down pop’s finest two-handers, from career-revivers to celebrity meta-texts

The Guardian - UK

My cultural awakening: Faith by George Michael gave me permission to go to my first sex party

Listening to the album was like waking from a bad dream and liberated me from the shame I’d felt about my sexuality

The Guardian - UK

“It started off sounding a bit like Prince. I wanted to hear something in my mix so I cut the snare and it changed the whole mood of the track": How George Michael accidentally created the ‘80s smash that inspired Taylor Swift on The Life of a Showgirl

“It ended up, in my mind, being the most original-sounding thing on the album,” he later said

MusicRadar

George Michael would have approved of Taylor Swift tribute

George Michael's former partner, Kenny Goss, believes the late singer would have been proud of Taylor Swift's upcoming tribute to him on her new album.

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“I said to him, ‘I want to be as proud of an album as I am of the Eras Tour.’ And he was like, ‘Do you understand what kind of pressure that is?’”: Taylor Swift on how she threw down the creative gauntlet to Max Martin for new album The Life Of A Showgirl

She says that making the whole record with Martin and Shellback "felt like catching lightning in a bottle”

MusicRadar

Rod Stewart criticised for ‘disrespectful’ AI Ozzy Osbourne tribute at recent concert

Other musicians featured in the AI video include Tina Turner, George Michael and Amy Winehouse

The Independent UK

Father Figure by Emma Forrest review – a slippery tale of teenage obsession

Bristling with sexual, political and emotional angst, this finely tuned coming-of-age tale thrives on the grey areas of adolescence

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The most iconic moments from Live Aid, 40 years on

It was the gig that changed the history of music. And it all started with a Christmas song.

The Guardian - UK

Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World review – the moment Bob Geldof bursts into tears is astounding

This fascinating portrait of a complex man’s attempt to solve an impossible problem is packed with amazing archive footage – from George Michael singing to Thatcher being berated

The Independent UK

Live 8 – 20 years on: how the Pink Floyd reunion topped a miraculous line-up

PLAYBACK: Macca played with Bono and George Michael, Elton John with Pete Doherty, but getting Roger Waters and David Gilmour together for the final time really took some doing. Mark Beaumont remembers a history-making day, with the help of Razorlight and UB40

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DJ Fat Tony tried to help Liam Payne with his 'demons'

DJ Fat Tony - a recovering addict who has been sober for 18 years - tried to help Liam Payne with his "demons" before the One Direction singer's tragic death.

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Haim: I Quit review – the messiest breakup album of recent times, in every sense

(Polydor)The three LA sisters dwell on the bitter end of a relationship in tracks that range from replayable valley-girl rap to plodding country-pop

The Guardian - UK

Want to see Oasish play GlastonBarry? Well, you can! How tribute festivals ‘grew into a monster’

More than 30 outdoor music events including Tribfest and Big Fake Festival are taking the UK by storm

Louder

“I love change. That’s what one should do with music. But I know it’s cost me a lot of fans… the music business rewards repetition”: Pink Floyd, King Crimson and Blue Öyster Cult DNA lies within Mike Scott and the Waterboys

It might not be obvious in his songs but it’s clear in his progressive attitude – he wants other musicians to get better so he can aim to outdo them

The Independent UK

The song voted the UK’s favourite – for the seventh year running

It was crowned the winner of Smooth Radio’s All Time Top 500 poll

Evening Standard

George Michael’s Careless Whisper voted nation’s favourite for seventh year

The track was voted top of Smooth Radio’s All Time Top 500, an annual list of the UK’s best-loved songs, for the seventh year in a row.

Euronews

The perfect Easter playlist: Hidden stories behind Jesus songs

Once you're chocolated out this Easter, how about kicking back with some tunes featuring the word ‘Jesus’ in their titles? Especially because these lyrics often hide meanings that may surprise you...

The Conversation

Who Believes in Angels? by Elton John and Brandi Carlile shows the power of true collaboration

Having collaborated with the likes of (deep breath) John Lennon, Aretha Franklin, George Michael, Rod Stewart, Little Richard, Luciano Pavarotti, Eminem and Leonard Cohen, it’s fair to say that Elton John likes to work with other artists.

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