The “Father Figure” pop star has to hire a private driver, because he was banned from driving for two years. He also was sentenced to 100 hours community service after he admitted in court to driving while unfit due to "tiredness and prescribed drugs."

Although he is a popular and worldwide successful singer, George Michael admitted he has been addicted to (prescription) drugs and alcohol. He even said that, in his case, marijuana is less harmful than alcohol. The singer blamed all this mess from his private life to his mother’s death, which happened about ten years ago.

George Michael was arrested in London in October 2, 2006 year after being found slumped at the steering wheel of his car.

"I was ashamed I had done something really wrong in putting other people at risk," Michael told Brent Magistrate's Court in north London during the proceedings.

Prosecutors said the star had been found to have a "cocktail of drugs" in his system, as well as a "therapeutic quantity" of an anti- depressant when he was stopped by police.

Michael - real name Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou - is due to give the first concert tomorrow at the nearby 90,000-seater Wembley stadium, the first of two nights there as part of his 25 Live European tour.

"I would simply ask you to understand that the media coverage of this case has been farcical, concentrating almost entirely on the prosecution's allegations," he said.

"I'm glad to put this behind me," he added. "Now I'm off to do the biggest show of my life."