From the NME.
A nine-metre mural of George Michael is set to be unveiled in the London borough of Brent next month, in the neighbourhood where the late singer grew up.
British artist Dawn Mellor has been commissioned to create a permanent painting of the singer in Kingsbury, which is set to celebrate his iconic life and career.
It will be unveiled during Brent Borough of Culture 2020, accompanied by a programme of activities and learning programmes taking place at the local schools Michael attended.
The painting will form part of Studio Voltaire elsewhere, a series of ambitious artworks set to be unveiled throughout London, as The Guardian reports.
Mellor has previously painted portraits of The Queen and Karl Lagerfeld, but the new commission marks the Manchester artist’s first permanent public piece.
In January, Michael was among the new additions to The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, a book that compiles the life stories of the most influential people in British history.
New entries are only allowed to be added following their death, with all of 2020’s additions having died in 2016. Michael joined the likes of Sir George Martin and David Bowie in bringing the total number of articles in the dictionary to 61,411, which covers the lives of 63,693 people.
Michael is recognised for his “phenomenally successful pop group Wham!,” and for “a solo career which saw him top the UK singles and album charts seven times each and sell more than 80 million records worldwide
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- Wham - Young Guns (Go For It) - P/S - UK - 7" vinyl - £8.00, $9.84, €9.28 (New Item) (arrived 19-Apr-2024 15:30)on April 23, 2024 at 12:10 pm
WHAM Young Guns (1982 UK injection moulded 7" vinyl single, also including Going For It, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows light wear and the vinyl shows just light play IVLA2766)
- George Michael - Outside #3 - Hex Hector Mixes - UK - 12" vinyl - Promo - £20.00, $24.60, €23.20 (New Item) (arrived 03-Apr-2024 14:00)on April 23, 2024 at 12:10 pm
GEORGE MICHAEL Outside #3 (1998 UK promotional only 2-track 12" vinyl single featuring Hex Hector's 12" Vocal Remix and Hex Hector's Dub Remix. Issued exclusively to clubs and DJs in a silver and black custom title stickered sleeve, plus one page press release XPR3291)
- George Michael - 25 Live Tracksuit Top - UK - jacket - £150.00, $184.50, €174.00 (New Item) (arrived 03-Apr-2024 11:39)on April 23, 2024 at 12:10 pm
GEORGE MICHAEL 25 Live (2006 UK Extra Large sized tracksuit top, in a black & dark grey colour scheme with light green piping, full front zip-up and has two waste pockets. On the left breast is the George holding guitar silhouette logo embroidered in white, along with the '25Live' logo on the back. These were manufactured by ID Wear and sold at concert venues during the 2006/7 tour, and this example remains in a unworn condition with the original manufactures tag still attached!)
- George Michael - Jesus To A Child - UK - display - Promo - £30.00, $36.90, €34.80 (New Item) (arrived 03-Apr-2024 12:10)on April 23, 2024 at 12:10 pm
GEORGE MICHAEL Jesus To A Child (Scarce 1996 UK 12" x 8" promotional only counter display stand, produced to promote the release of the single, and features the artwork along with the single title and release date, with an intact stand on the reverse. This example displays some light signs of age wear and little signs of use. We have not seen one of these in a very long time!)
- George Michael - Freeek! - UK - 12" vinyl - Promo - £25.00, $30.75, €29.00 (New Item) (arrived 03-Apr-2024 12:37)on April 23, 2024 at 12:10 pm
GEORGE MICHAEL Freeek! (2002 UK 4-track anonymous DJ promotional 12" double pack for the single release, including Slyness Mix, The Scumfrogs Mix, Moogymen Mix and Max Reich Mix, custom title stickered die cut sleeve GM03)
Lovely to read that George Michael is being permanently recognised with the Dawn Mellor commission. Just hope its far more about George than it is about Dawn – with all due respect to her. I’ve long believed his worldwide record sales have never been truly acknowledged in Britain – he was huge in America.
APHD.