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Live
17th+18th November - 2006 -
15th Of June- 2007-
24th+25th of August 2008-
What a Ride....
Stadium Tour
The Final
Thank You George
The Stadium Tour
The venue, Manchester City Stadium wasn’t as
huge as I’d expected. Now don’t laugh, I’d never been to a football
stadium before and my view of the stage was far better than I’d
expected. Sophie Ellis Bexter was first on stage, her green dress
resembling a Viscount biscuit. She did her best to get us going, but
let’s be honest here, I wasn’t there to see her and neither where the
other 65,000 people. We where there to see George Michael and we all kept
our enthusiasm and energy for when OUR MAN walked out on stage.
The uproar of so many people is quite some sound and the emotion I felt as
The Greek God came out on stage was overpowering. I screamed his name as
loud as I could and then just cheered and screamed like a banshee. I
turned and smiled at Kim, words where not necessary. I knew that I was in
good company, she, like most of the people around me knew exactly what was
going through my mind, for they surely felt it too. In this place there
was no need to try and explain myself, in this place I was with
like-minded people who understood and would never belittle me for the love
I now felt.
“Fastlove” exploded, we danced and screamed
as Yog hit every note and danced his socks off. The rain that drenched him
just made him sexier and did nothing to dampen my spirits. He smiled,
giggled and chatted and I hung on to his every word.
By the time we got to “Father Figure” I could feel myself starting to
blubber. Uncontrollably but silently the tears started to flow down my
checks. Momentarily I worried about the black eyeliner that was probably
half was down my face by now, but there was nothing I could do to stop the
tears. Through out this song I stared at the large screen, never once
looking away from my “Idol.” My god what does this man have over me?
Why does he make me feel like this?
“Everything she wants” got me dancing again and I took my eyes off the
screen and watched the perfect figure of the man dancing around the stage.
I remember George saying in early 06 that this would be a different tour
to those earlier in his life…he wouldn’t be shaking his bum these
days….Yog you lied, and my god you still shake it so well!!!
“Praying For Time” had the tears flowing again, why did he do this?
Why did he take me right up and then play with my emotions by singing an
emotional Ballard? Now he was touching me again somewhere deep in my soul,
these are songs that have been of great comfort to me in my lower moments,
songs that really do mean something.
One of my favorites “Star People” had my screaming his name and that
led to the hilarious but controversial “Shoot The Dog.” Now we can
laugh at it but how worrying it is to know that this “Pop Star”
actually saw things clearer than the politicians and indeed the Prime
Minister!!!
The 20mins break actually brought sadness, we where half way through.
Would I ever feel this way again? Would I ever get to feel these emotions
again? I have to believe that one day I will, for my future sanity I have
to believe……..
Suddenly he’s back on stage, OMG what is he wearing? George dressed as
an American police Office for “Outside”…..OMG…...yeah that really
does it for me.(mind you George dresses as Coco the clown would probably
“do it” for me. )
“Spinning the Wheel” and he has us all waving our arms in the air, the
thought crosses my mind that this reminded me ever so slightly of playing
“Simon says” at school. Yes George, Of course George, ANYTHING you say
George. “Flawless” another favorite “Causes your beautiful, like no
other.”
