Flashback: George Michael Plays Final Encore at Last Concert

|Flashback: George Michael Plays Final Encore at Last Concert| |Watch singer perform “I’m Your Man,“ “Freedom 90“ and “I Remember You“ at London’s Earls Court on his last tour| |George Michael never took the easy path when it came to his career. He broke up Wham! in 1986, just when they were starting to headline stadiums and make huge money. Once he established his solo career with Faith in 1987, he waited three long years to release the follow-up album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1. Not only did he refuse to appear in most of the videos for the album, but the clip for “Freedom! ’90“ showed his leather jacket, a Wurlitzer jukebox and guitar all burst into flames. These were icons from his Faith days, and he wanted the world to know he had moved on.| |He continued pushing buttons on his 1991 Cover to Cover tour. It was ostensibly in support of Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1, but it leaned heavily on cover songs he loved like “Desperado,“