Pop star George Michael has said he "just wants to start again" following his release from prison in Suffolk after serving a sentence for drug driving.

The 47-year-old said it was "fantastic" to be free on "a beautiful day".

"I just want to say thank you for everybody who has supported me in there," the singer told reporters outside his north London home.

Michael served half of an eight-week sentence in jail for crashing his car while under the influence of cannabis.

He was arrested in July after being found slumped at the wheel of his Land Rover in Hampstead, north London.

The singer served the initial days of his sentence in Pentonville Prison before being transferred to Highpoint Prison in Suffolk.

While serving his time in jail, Michael - real name Georgios Panayiotou - issued a statement to say he had received "no special treatment of any kind".

The star, who had a previous conviction for a similar offence, was told there was no option apart from a custodial sentence when he appeared at Highbury Magistrates Court last month.

Following his release on Monday, Michael left his home to tell reporters he was "going to try to stop running away from you guys".

"I'm coming out here on my own so that you'll realise I just want to start again," he said, adding they would "see him about".

"By the way, I've just thought of a really good idea for a song," he added. "It's going to be nothing to do with prison."

Michael first shot to fame as half of pop duo Wham! before embarking on a successful career as a solo artist.

I really like him and I hope he can find some peace within himself and clean things up!

Maybe a Wham! reunion,that's if they can find Andrew Ridgley.

"By the way, I've just thought of a really good idea for a song,"

Cool!
:)


he added. "It's going to be nothing to do with prison."


Aw!
:(

Pop star George Michael has said he "just wants to start again"


No, that was Billy Idol.  Nice day for it, though.

Maybe a Wham! reunion,that's if they can find Andrew Ridgley.
The location of Andrew Ridgley is know, but he just does not wish to be in the music industry.

No, that was Billy Idol.  Nice day for it, though.


Don't think that's not the first thing I thought of!

I'd love to see 47-year-old George Michael cover "White Wedding"!
:D

I'd love to see 47-year-old George Michael cover "White Wedding"! :D


This "love", of which you speak.  It involves gouging one's ears out with a pickle fork, no?

The location of Andrew Ridgley is know, but he just does not wish to be in the music industry.


http://www.virginmedia.com/images/ridgeley-431.jpg

Wow Phil, Andrew aged terribly.  :o

Don't think that's not the first thing I thought of!

I'd love to see 47-year-old George Michael cover "White Wedding"!
:D


sounds good but it ain't gonna happen cause it's gonna suck 25 years later.

http://www.virginmedia.com/images/ridgeley-431.jpg

Wow Phil, Andrew aged terribly.  :o
He does not wish to be recognised anymore?

He does not wish to be recognised anymore?


I miss his dark black long locks.

I miss his dark black long locks.
So does he?

So does he?


http://view2.picapp.com/pictures.photo/image/655634/wham/wham.jpg?size=234&imageId=655634

This is the WHAM! I remember.

http://view2.picapp.com/pictures.photo/image/655634/wham/wham.jpg?size=234&imageId=655634

This is the WHAM! I remember.
or....?

http://audioporncentral.com/wp-content/plugins/hot-linked-image-cacher/upload/audioporncentral.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/28/wham.jpg

or....?

http://audioporncentral.com/wp-content/plugins/hot-linked-image-cacher/upload/audioporncentral.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/28/wham.jpg


Ah,good times.  :)

So does he?


;D

This "love", of which you speak.  It involves gouging one's ears out with a pickle fork, no?


Not quite.  Shish kabob skewer!
http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/10/stpaddy.gif

or....?

http://audioporncentral.com/wp-content/plugins/hot-linked-image-cacher/upload/audioporncentral.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/28/wham.jpg


The angle of that pose looks like he's touching Andrew's bum

This thread is now officially like a young GenXer trying to explain to his parents that YMCA's "Macho Man" wasn't exactly about the sort of machismo they'd thought it was.

The angle of that pose looks like he's touching Andrew's bum


That's NOT an accident.
8)

Let's face it.  Homosexuals buy a lot of records.  It's a good market to sway your way.  After twenty years, you don't even have to be good at anymore.  Just ask Erasure!
http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/06/kitty.gif

The angle of that pose looks like he's touching Andrew's bum


It kinda looks that way.

Wake Him Up Before He Gets Old Old.

The angle of that pose looks like he's touching Andrew's bum


That's what I first thought of too! ;D

any chance of seeing a new Wham! video? ???

http://www.virginmedia.com/images/ridgeley-431.jpg

Wow Phil, Andrew aged terribly.  :o


Nah, he's a snappy-looking gent.  He looks like an art gallery curator at the Jean-Paul Artiste reception!
http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/13/laughing6.gif

Nah, he's a snappy-looking gent.  He looks like an art gallery curator at the Jean-Paul Artiste reception!
http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/13/laughing6.gif


What happened to his dark long 80's locks? ???

What happened to his dark long 80's locks? ???
Age has caught up with him!

Age has caught up with him!


I could see that.

If I had all the partying under my belt that Ridgley has, I'd wear a satisfied smirk too!
:)

They could start a Wham! reunion tour 2010.