The other big musical event of the weekend, of course, was George Michael's Wembley gigs, which were big news because he was the first singer to appear at the all new Wembley Stadium since it's official opening last month. We hear he was good also. Surely someone put in a bad show this weekend?
Michael's Wembley shows were also big news because they followed, of course, his rather high profile court appearance to sort out the sentencing relating to that incident last year when he was found slumped over the steering wheel of his Mercedes at a road junction in London. He had already pleaded guilty to 'driving while unfit', and went to Brent Magistrate's Court on Friday to get sentenced. There had been some talk of a custodial sentence - which would have impacted on the aforementioned Wembley shows - but in the end Judge Katherine Marshall deemed that that wasn't necessary, sentencing him to 100 hours community service and banning him from driving for two years.
The court heard the singer had a "therapeutic quantity" of an antidepressant in his system, as well as the illegal Class C drug GHB and cannabis, when he was found in his car. He told the judge he was "ashamed" that he had potentially put other drivers at risk by driving in that state, though his lawyers denied it was the illegal drugs that were responsible for causing that state.
Outside the court Michael told reporters: "I've been sentenced on the basis of unfit driving through tiredness and prescription medications which I fully accept responsibility for. I'm glad to put this behind me and now I'm off to do the biggest show of my life".