In what’s now become a yearly tradition every December, I’m back ranking #1 hits from topical anniversary dates. This winter we’ll be doing 1975, 1985, 1995, 2005, and 2015, and I’ll be ranking every ...

While I was playing Careless Whisper in public, someone walked up and asked if I could play it. I said yes — and a few moments later, he pulled out a saxophone and started to join me. We never planned ...

I was playing piano in public when someone came up and asked, “Can you play Careless Whisper?” I said yes — and just a few notes in, he pulled out a saxophone and joined me. We hadn’t rehearsed ...

When George Michael stepped out with Wham! in front of thousands at Beijing’s Workers Gymnasium, he knew he was giving a performance for the history books. In 1985, Wham! made history as the first ...

In the few weeks since being unveiled, Jake the Rizzbot — a slang-spewing bipedal humanoid known for sporting a cowboy hat and other fashionable accessories — has moved to West Hollywood and come out ...

Back in March, Spotify announced it paid out $10 billion in streaming royalties to the music industry in 2024. It branded the news as the most “any single company has ever contributed in one year”, ...

Saxsquatch. He’s elusive. He lives in the forest. He’s saxy. He’s got big feet (you know what they say). And he’s coming to WOW Hall on April 10 to deliver a night you’ll never forget. Saxsquatch is a ...

George Michael rose to fame in the 1980s duo Wham! before becoming a solo star. His smooth voice and honest songwriting made hits like “Faith” and “Careless Whisper” timeless classics. Known for ...

In a peak moment of pop monoculture, synthesizers pumped up songs and MTV forever changed how artists were seen. Here’s how — and why. Credit... Supported by By Jon Pareles Forty years ago, the ...

George Michael often wrote songs while commuting to his DJ gig at the Bel Air Restaurant in London. On his way to work one day, Michael, then 17, started writing a song inspired by a real-life account ...