Live Music

Sathnam Sanghera on the Life and Legacy of George Michael

Tomorrow Union Chapel

Award-winning journalist Sathnam Sanghera discusses his new book, Tonight the Music Seems So Loud, exploring George Michael's life and legacy. The event features a live discussion about the pop icon's journey from Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, growing up in a conservative Greek-Cypriot immigrant family, through his revolutionary success with Wham! and solo career. Sanghera, who specialises in writing about immigrant communities and the legacy of empire, examines the contradictions between Michael's creative genius and personal struggles with shame, addiction, homophobia, and tabloid scrutiny. The session includes an audience Q&A.