According to the late Wham! star's songwriting partner and best friend David Ausin, there are 'three or four' recordings that are finished and will be released soon.
- June 16, 2022
AceShowbiz - George Michael's unreleased tracks are finally set for release. Three tracks have been unearthed by the late Wham! star's songwriting partner and best friend David Austin, 59, who has also helped create a new biopic on Michael.
David told The Sun, "There are three or four recordings that were finished. After [Amy Winehouse] had passed away, they pulled all those demos out of the drawer and started getting people involved in them."
"We would never do that. George's body of work is his complete body of work," David further explained. He added, "That is what we have to work with and there are a few tracks that are finished."
David was speaking at a screening of the documentary "George Michael Freedom Uncut", on which the singer had been working on before he was found dead at his home in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire on Christmas Day in 2016. It tells George's life story in his words, and the previously unheard songs will feature in the film alongside "This Is How", a track released posthumously in 2019 and which featured on the soundtrack of the "Last Christmas" romantic comedy.
David is also aiming to put out the unheard songs as a way of celebrating George's life, which saw him sell more than 120 million records. It came after David said a hologram tour featuring Georgel will never happen.
David revealed there were talks of using a digital avatar of the singer for part of the late star's performance of "Fastlove" at the Royal Albert Hall, London, but the plans were scrapped as they felt the technology didn't do the performer justice.
When asked if it was a possibility, he said on Monday, June 13, "Never. A few years ago, way before all that started happening while George was with us, we were thinking about doing something at the Royal Albert Hall... we went around and had all these people sort of courting me, they did [Tupac Shakur], they did this, they did that." He continued, "I went to look at a load of them and they were s**t. They were really, really poor."
"George Michael Freedom Uncut" is in cinemas for one night on June 22.
