I don't know if this has already been posted or not...

George Michael is single -- and he has been for quite awhile.

The 48-year-old singer announced he split with longterm partner Kenny Goss during the first stop on his 195-date Symphonica concert tour Monday, Rolling Stone reports. They began dating in 1996.

Midway through his set, Michael told audience members at the Prague State Opera that he and Goss broke up nearly three years ago, mainly due to his former partner's issues with alcohol.

"My battles with substances are well documented and my partner went through similar problems with drink," Michael said while introducing a new song, "Where I Hope You Are."

"The truth is my love life has been a lot more turbulent than I have let on," he added. "This is probably the first breakup song I've written."

Symphonica is the singer's first tour since serving jail time last year for driving under the influence.

http://omg.yahoo.com/news...goss/70469

Uhh, ummm...Wait. Oh, oh, nevermind.

Headline should read: "Kenny Goss finally gains his self-respect."

if so, either way, i hope they both can work it out together ... or for themselves

You don't announce that shit as part of a concert.

Sad to hear tho.

Well... i love George but i won't act like he has been an angel the last few years. Even George is honest about that, i think this might have been for the better.

Don't understand why he tells this 3 years after their breakup....I could have made my move much earlier....George, call me

Every time I think about George Michael, I wish I'd been born a man.

PippiL said:

Every time I think about George Michael, I wish I'd been born a man.

just as you said about Britney, I am glad to see GM doing better for now. It didn't seem like he would ever clean up. Hope it lasts.

NDRU said:

PippiL said:

Every time I think about George Michael, I wish I'd been born a man.

just as you said about Britney, I am glad to see GM doing better for now. It didn't seem like he would ever clean up. Hope it lasts.

Me too. I think if I heard about anything happening to GM it'd fuck me up.

sosgemini said:

This is exactly what I'd do - on purpose.

I was wondering why this is trending worthy on Yahoo. I hesitated for a moment when I saw his name.

It's about time. George has dicked around on him for how many years?

sosgemini said:

Uhh, ummm...Wait. Oh, oh, nevermind.

what else needs to be said?