Happy Birthday to that bloke I had no desire to see.

My then girlfriend had tickets. George Michael at Wembley Arena? Bloke from Wham? Oh please, do I have to? But I went along under duress and have never been so wrong about anything (and that’s saying something) in my life. He was sensational and is the only artist I know whose cover versions are always better than the originals. He did Killer better than Seal, Every Breath You Take better than Sting and Superstition better than Stevie. And it was the night he did this not only better than Elton John but with Elton too. When Sir Reg appears at around 3:01, no one is cheering louder than me. So happy birthday to George Michael, 52 today. As we left the Arena, she said “Thought you didn’t want to come”. “Well”, I said, “I only came so I could write about it on a blog in 24 years’ time”