George Michael gives away tickets
On December 1 2008 George Michael was faced with a situation that he would now have started to get familiar with, at his farewell concert in Abu Dhabi he was forced to give away.
The ‘Careless Whisper’ singer felt embarrassed at thoughts that he might have to perform in front of a half-empty Zayed Sports City Stadium and realizing that it could well be the truth he requested the organizers to start giving away some of the 35,000 tickets for free after they failed to sell at £35 each.
But that was not all about he performing there Alicia Keys too was there at the same venue and her appearance too could not pull in the crowds so we have to say that these are some of the tremors of the current economic crisis where shelling out £35 to see your favorite stars perform doesn’t make to much sense.
Alicia Keys upon being asked what she thought about having the chance to perform along side George Michael revealed she was thrilled to be singing alongside former Wham! star George.
She said: “I have listened to George since I was a child. I wouldn’t say that he has inspired my music but I’m a big fan. I love his hits like ‘Freedom’ and ‘Faith’.”
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