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Geri Horner Announces George Michael Tribute Song, 'Angels In Chains'

Geri Horner Announces George Michael Tribute Song, 'Angels In Chains'

Geri Horner has announced plans to release a tribute song in honour of her friend, George Michael.

The former Spice Girls singer has revealed sheā€™ll be unveiling the track - her first solo release in the UK in more than a decade - on 23 June, two days before what would have been Georgeā€™s 54th birthday.

She said she ā€œdidnā€™t know quite what to do with my feelingsā€ following the loss of the ā€˜Jesus To A Childā€™ singer, explaining: ā€œI was nine-months pregnant with my son Monty and I was full of emotions... so I put it in a song, which became ā€˜Angels in Chainsā€™.

ā€œI feel very blessed to have the opportunity to work on this record with Chris Porter and the same team George had hand picked for his own projects.ā€

Geri Horner
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Geri Horner
Geri and George in 2001
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Geri and George in 2001

Geri was among the first of Georgeā€™s famous friends to pay tribute in the wake of his death, commenting on Twitter that he was ā€œa dear friend, the kindest, most generous and talented personā€, and later named her newborn son in his honour.

Since leaving the Spice Girls, Geri had four number ones in the UK singles chart, but her most recent offering, ā€˜Half Of Meā€™, famously sold less than 400 copies upon its release exclusively in Australia back in 2013.

More recently, sheā€™s been widely reported to be involved in a Spice Girls reunion with former bandmates Mel B and Emma Bunton, though in January it was claimed that sheā€™d ā€œpulled outā€ of the project.

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