Why George Michael’s life is a movie plus Syd, Kirsty, Gorillaz & the worst album title ever

Digging deep in the icebox of news to choose the following lightly chilled refreshments …

… 500 Miles, Wonderwall, Yes Sir I Can Boogie(?): what does it take to be a football anthem?

… Gorillaz brilliant reinvention of the “guest appearance”

… Jerry Dammers' father was the Dean of Bristol Cathedral? Siouxsie’s dad milked venom from snakes?

… Rod Stewart’s “laryngitis”- aka being on a private jet to watch Scotland play in Boston!

… how they’re celebrating Syd Barrett’s 80th

… the godawfullest album title in the entire history of popular music

… England 2 Colombia 0: Kirsty MacColl’s immaculate sense of melancholy

… Faux Fighters, Proxy Music, By Jovi: tribute bands aren’t lesser versions of the band you like but great versions of the songs you like

… the worst Boz Scaggs gig followed by the best

… teen fizz to chin-stroking introspection: the link between George Michael and the Beach Boys

… “Londoners like to feel they’re impossible to impress”

… plus 500 Hartlepool fans dressed as Smurfs and birthday guest Blaine Allan.

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