Michael, wanda ya fito a matsayin ɗan luwaɗi a 1998, ya kasance mai fafutukar kare haƙƙin LGBT da kuma tallafin sadaka na HIV / AIDS. Rayuwar Michael da matsalolin shari'a sun zama kanun labarai a ƙarshen 1990s da 2000s, kamar yadda aka kama shi da laifin lalata a cikin 1998 kuma an kama shi da laifuffuka da yawa da suka shafi miyagun ƙwayoyi bayan wannan lokacin. Fim din A Different Story na 2005 ya rufe aikinsa da rayuwarsa. Tafiya ta farko ta Michael tun 1991, 25 Live Tour, ya shafe yawon shakatawa uku a cikin shekaru uku; 2006, 2007, da 2008. Shekaru shida bayan haka, ya yi wasan kwaikwayo na karshe a Kotun Earls na London a 2012.
2006, 2007, da kuma 2008