Oh, the drama.

After a year's hiatus from social media, singer Ed Sheeran has rung in the new year with a video message on Twitter – that a new album is on the way.

We are all Robbie Williams, washing our hands of 2016.

It started with a big thunderstorm and was marred by Friday night's crowd crush that left scores injured, but the 2016 Lorne Falls Festival ended with fireworks, supreme music and a lot of happy campers.

More than 60 people were injured, 19 seriously, during a human crush at the Lorne leg of the Falls Festival after some crowd members slipped, triggering a stampede on Friday night.

Still not sure what to do with yourself this New Year's Eve? Want to avoid the CBD crush?

The cause of singer George Michael's death remains unclear after an initial autopsy, with British police saying that more tests were needed.

It's a portable music device that never runs out of battery – but some say whistling's on the wane.

Reports have emerged George Michael was working on a documentary about his career – and may have been ready to release another album – shortly before his sudden death on Christmas Day.

As heartbroken friends and fans continued to mourn George Michael online and at his homes across Britain, questions swirled about the health and final weeks of the electrifying pop singer before his death on Christmas Day at the age of 53.

It seems you're not the only person listening to 'Careless Whisper' today.

Four decades on, Simple Minds are revisiting some of the tracks that made them one of the world's biggest bands in the 1980s.

Madonna was late, late for a very important date but Prince was early, Gillian Welch right on the money and Crowded House was full - a big year in gigs.

The 68-year-old's speed as a pianist is not just a gimmick.

It was a culture shock to rival the best of them. The bouffant, coiffured hair, exuberant dancing and extravagant image of Britain's leading pop band, and the Communist Party's dour insistence on uniformity.

In a skit uncovered from 2011, you can see the exact moment James Corden's Carpool Karaoke segment was born - with none other than George Michael.

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My understanding of his struggles with his Greek family, and that of his career are issues I can relate to. He taught me that no one can ever take your music and voice away from you.

Madonna, Elton John and Paul McCartney paid tribute on Monday to British pop idol George Michael, who has died age 53 after a career of soulful ballads and dance songs that provided a soundtrack to much of the 1980s and 1990s.

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A teen pop star who became a worldwide figure of substance, and substances, he earned the right to sit alongside his heroes Elton John and Freddie Mercury.

A trip to Sydney in 2010 transformed the London-born singer's life.

Pop singer George Michael has died, aged 53.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took a swipe at Nickelback in a video that has been viewed 23 million times.

IT WAS worth the wait. That seemed the audible verdict of the sold-out crowd of 47,000 that filled Etihad Stadium last night for the return of pop superstar George Michael

This review was published in The Sydney Morning Herald on March 1, 2010.