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30
May 2006
George
Michael To Put
Experience On
Record
George
Michael
has written a new song
inspired by the night he
was found slumped over
the wheel of his car at
Hyde Park
Corner.
The
singer was cautioned by
police for possession of
cannabis after the
incident in February
2006.
At
the time he issued a
statement claiming it
was "my own stupid fault
as usual", adding: "PS:
I promise I won't make a
record out of this one -
even though it is
tempting."
He
was referring to his
previous brush with the
law when he
propositioned an
undercover police
officer in a Los Angeles
public toilet, an
experience he sent up in
the video for his hit
song Outside.
But
in an interview with DJ
Emma B on Heart 106.2,
he said of his new
single An Easier Affair:
"Literally this track
came to me the day after
I realised what a huge
deal the whole business
about Hyde Park Corner
was. I was getting such
a kicking, I suddenly
woke up and was like,
'yes, I've got an idea'.
I'm thinking of giving
the police part of my
publishing,
actually."
George
Michael, 42, added: "My
life is very extreme in
certain ways so it's
much easier to write
about things that might
have some kind of
resonance."
Last
month the former Wham!
star was in the news
again when he collided
with three parked cars
near his north London
home. But he shrugged
off claims by the likes
of Sir Elton John that
he is a troubled
figure.
"This
is like the sixth or
seventh time they've
tried to indicate
there's something
terribly wrong and my
career is over, but it's
not and I'm totally used
to that now," he
said.
George
Michael recently
announced his first tour
in 15 years, beginning
in September 2006. An
Easier Affair is
available on download
from June 19 and in
shops from June 26,
2006.
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