Well worth the price of admission!

8-3-08, Bank Atlantic Center. This was the last show of the US tour and the show started an hour late, for which he apologized, when he finally appeared onstage to the sounds of deafening screams. He was quite engaging and interactive with the audience and sang very well despite having a cold. He even did some energetic dance moves that got a big response from the ladies.

The stage setup was visually stunning with his excellent, 9 piece band playing behind him on 2 tri-level stages situated between 3 state of the art video screens. The sound was pretty good for an arena and the crowd stayed on their feet most of the time dancing and singing along. Surprisingly, I managed to get a few halfway decent pictures...





I don't recall the setlist in order but here's what I remember...

Faith
Everything She Wants
Father Figure
One More Try (Very soulful, gospel style, Gawd! I love this song!)
How I Feel? or Feeling Good? (Done in a very smooth, enjoyable, jazzy style. I don't recall ever hearing this song.)
I'm Your Man
Spinning The Wheel
Outside (Wearing the cop uniform and shades. )
Burn Rubber (Yep, I mean the Gap Band song, )

Encore 1, Careless Whisper (My favorite, I nearly DIED! Yes, it was beautiful and I cried... )

Encore 2, Freedom 90...







I would have loved to hear Jesus To A Child and his cover of Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me, but overall the show was great. This was my first time seeing George Michael and he says this is his last tour...I hope he changes his mind.

babynoz said:

Yeah, that "8:00 Prompt" on the tickets is a joke. He started at 8:40 here in the Twin Cities. Still a great show...glad you enjoyed it as well.

And I'm sure some of those responses weren't just from the ladies.

Nice review.

From the looks of one of the pictures, he performed "Fastlove" too.

RipHer2Shreds said:

I'm sure ya right about that.

Damn I want to see him live!!! Wonder if he sung my anthem..."2 Funky 4 Me". That's my shit!

Babynoz... are you sure he played Burn Rubber? Or was it Star People? The song where he sampled Burn Rubber?

Glad you enjoyed yourself. He turned Dallas out last month. I'm SO glad I went.

Fuck all ya'll for trying to make me jealous

bboy87 said:

Fool. . .

okay, i think i'm going to implode with regrets for mistakenly booking my cruise during the concert date, but i love the pics and so happy you had a great time!

Timmy84 said:

Thanks...he did indeed.

graecophilos said:

He actually sang the lyrics to Burn Rubber...the whole song. It kinda threw me off too.

Love your pictures!

He was scheduled for 8PM and came out around 8:45 but goodness we were so happy to see him we barely noticed. When he walked out singing "Here I am" I've never heard such screaming and stomping.

I checked with a friend to see if she wanted to go and she said no. A few days later she saw some GM Story or Behind the Music type show and deeply regretted not saying yes. She totally missed out.
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bboy87 said:

wonder505 said:

Girl, I'm sorry you couldn't reschedule 'cause you really missed it!

JackieBlue said:

Thanks.

The people across the aisle from me passed the time by batting a giant balloon around. It was 5ft long, pink and shaped like a male organ, so that was the entertainment while I waited.

I'm so glad I went...might not get another chance.

He was fantastic when I saw him last year. Saw him and Prince within the space of two months; not bad for someone who was only twenty at the time and never thought I'd get to see either!

Only problem is, I need a new album from George now.

Couldn't we have a sticky thread about the GM concerts. Everytime an orger goes 2 see him we have a thread made!

I can't enjoy the multiple MJ and Madonna threads with all the GM thread poppin' like mushrooms!

Matronik said:

You forgot to mention Mariah...

babynoz said:

Mariah is God on earth!

Forget ya'll! I got the albums to enjoy

JackieBlue said:

haha, was the same on my concert. He came almost an hour too late. BTW, I think you have to be there to have an impression how beautiful and moving the intro is.

Singingboy said:

"Listen" is my favorite. But make sure you've got his Wham! albums as well. He wrote, produced and sang the songs all by himself, so it's as much George Michael as the solo stuff.

Hi

George did his last two shows in London last night and Sunday night. I went on Sunday night. Stage set up was the same. He did a really good show, though he also came on stage late at 8.40 p.m. Finished at 11.10 p.m.

Songs I can remember which he did were (in no particular order):

Different Corner
Freedom 90
You're Beautiful
Spin The Wheel
Amazing (which he wrote for and dedicated to Kenny)
Faith
Father Figure
Too Funky
Style People
Everything She Wants
I'm Your Man
One More Try
Careless Whisper
[Edited 8/26/08 2:31am]