George Michael arrested in public toilet

George Michael promised to "sort myself out" after he was arrested in a public toilet on Friday.

He was taken to a police station and given the caution for possessing class A and class C drugs.

"A 45-year-old man was arrested on 19 September on suspicion of possession of drugs
in the Hampstead Heath area," a Metropolitan Police spokesman said.
 

In a statement Michael said:
"I want to apologise to my fans for screwing up again, and to promise them I'll sort myself out.
And to say sorry to everybody else, just for boring them."

The drugs were thought to include crack cocaine.

Last month, George Michael completed his 25 Live world tour, his first for 15 years.

After performing "final" dates at London's Earls Court and in Copenhagen,
Michael said he would be retiring from arena and stadium shows.

He said he would leave the "bells and whistles" of large-scale tours
behind after the tour because he wanted a "quieter life".

During the concerts, he performed his number one hit Outside in a police uniform
in a jokey reference to previous arrests.
The song itself referred to his arrest in 1998 when he was detained
by an undercover police officer for lewd conduct in a public toilet in Beverly Hills, California.

Until that time he had not "come out" in public, but the arrest and subsequent conviction
forced him to reveal his homosexuality and his relationship with American Kenny Goss.

Michael also came into conflict with the law in October 2006
when he was found slumped over the wheel of his car.

And last May he was given a two-year driving ban after pleading guilty
to driving while unfit through drugs.

Earlier this year, the 45-year-old singer signed a multi-million pound deal with publisher HarperCollins to write his autobiography, which he said would be a "no-holds barred" account of his life.

And during his final shows on stage, he revealed that he had written a Christmas song
which would be released this December - his first festive song
since Wham!'s Last Christmas, initially released in 1984.

(BBC)