George is touring for the first time in 15 years...called '25 Live' it will feature songs from solo career and Wham ! Tickets on sale this Sunday morning but no dates advertised anywhere yet !!!!! ?????

MY GOD!

I hope he comes to Canada. He's one of only a handful of living artists that I truly want to see in my lifetime.

holy sh*t!! please please please come to the u.s.!

funkin4kix said:

I'll pray with you on that one...

superspaceboy said:

OK him..I'd dish the cash over just because of the rarity.

Can this be confirmed?

GangstaFam said:

per yahoo news:

Michael first gained fame as one-half of the '80s duo Wham! and later found superstardom with his 1987 solo album, "Faith." He will start a European tour on Sept. 27 in Madrid, Spain. So far, there are no U.S. dates set. He hasn't toured since 1991.




yes, let's

I wish to see George live before I die but I'm not going overseas to see it...George bring it to America

I told you about these a few days ago. I'm in the front row for the 15th Dec! Can't wait.

SquirrelMeat said:

London Dates So Far:

November 25th - Earls Court
November 26th - Earls Court
December 11th - Wembley Arena
December 12th - Wembley Arena
December 14th - Wembley Arena

Tickets: £100 - £60

All venues seated.


Where did you get the 15th from Squirrel, and HOW did you get front row seats ... ?

andykeen said:

On sale tomorrow (Sunday) at 10.00 AM, from Seetickets.com and probably Ticketmaster.co.uk too.

Unless things have changed I wouldnt buy tix just yet. On George's website it talks about online places selling tix to his shows that arent even confirmed just yet and people are getting ripped off left and right....hopefully this has changed and I hope to tours the US...more specifically chicago

SEXYMF2002 said:

Not this year he won't. Maybe in 2007.


Updated dates:

MANCHESTER
Evening News Arena Friday 17th November

MANCHESTER
Evening News Arena Saturday 18th November

GLASGOW
SECC Wednesday 22nd November

BIRMINGHAM
National Exhibition Centre Saturday

BIRMINGHAM
National Exhibition Centre Sunday 3rd December

LONDON
Wembley Arena Monday 11th December

LONDON
Wembley Arena Tuesday 12th December

LONDON
Wembley Arena Thursday 14th December

LONDON
Wembley Arena Friday 15th December

A mate at a ticket agency.

He got advance booking, so he knew of the extra Wembley date. They are going to add Nov 28th to Earls court too so he tells me.

Actually, he now tells me I'm row A at Earls Court now, Not Wembley, but he has sent me the confirmation, so I know its ok. I got the new date of the 28th, as the agency got in trouble for selling Wembley tickets early.

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SquirrelMeat said:

Got tickets for me and Mrs Shifter on December 15th at Wembley Arena, and for November 28th at Earls Court too. Oh, and I'm very fucking excited - which I shouldn't be, because I'm old enough to be George's slightly younger brother.
[Edited 4/23/06 13:10pm]

WOW!"One More Try" was my song back in the day. George Michael is one of the handful of artist that I would pay to see. I hope he makes some U.S. dates .

nurse said:

I think he will next year, and it'll be an extensive tour. He feared he wouldn't be able to set foot in the US because of "Shoot The Dog", but now everyone's coming out against the war, so he'll be fine. Remember kids, Neil Young may be getting all the attention right now, but George came out agaiunst the war when it wasn't just unhip to do so but dangerous to an artist's career.

"The Ayatollah's gettin' bombed yeah,
See Sergeant Bilko having fun again,
Good puppy, good puppy
Rollin on over for The Man...."


How right he was. Our very own Nostradamus.
[Edited 4/24/06 2:17am]

How are the dates selling in the UK? I'd be surprised if any of these sell out nowadays. I've been a big GM fan for many years, but I don't even know if I'd want to see him if he comes to the US.

booyah said:

A Sell-out all dates - at ticketmaster anyways not any single seats left either on search!

YAAAYY!!!

Block a4 Row 17 for meee.

I have 2 other pairs on other dates for pretty good seats but not as good. I'm going to sell them at face value to friends. FUCK those awful awful wanky touts on eBay.

kremlinshadow said:

It took me AGES to get hold of tickets yesterday but I got them eventually.

All sold out.

booyah said:

You're kidding right? All tickets sold out yesterday in under 20 minutes. Extra dates have been added, but they've all gone too. I expect he'll sell out in Europe too.

MikeMatronik said:

no..he was never gay..

Shapeshifter said:

No, I wasn't kidding - I am genuinely surprised by this. His last album didn't do so well, he doesn't have a new project to promote with the tour announcement, he's seen as having gone off the rails in many ways, and I imagine his 'out' lifestyle has alienated a lot of his earlier fans (for better or worse), and the tickets aren't cheap, which I wouldn't mind for a theater show, but for an arena show?

I can't tell if his 25 Live show will be a stage-show in the vein of Madonna (which I can imagine with songs like Freeek!) or the more traditional Listen Without Prejudice seriousness that he likes to put out there. I guess only time will tell...

It's the promises of the Wham! songs that sold me. George Michael doesn't need a current successful album to sell out tours. He's loved as a live performer and has the back catalogue and fanbase to back it up.

And the "bad press" is OTT cannabis tales which the majority of people laugh at.
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booyah said:

In the UK, George probably tops the list of mega artists who will sell out any time any place, any price.

The only people who could probably do it are U2, Madonna, Robbie Williams and the Stones.

George has just added extra dates, and they have sold out in hours too. He has sold over 220,000 tickets already.