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It was Michael s lust concert m Germany even the George Michael Andrew Riri Geley duo wham had never performed in the country whal kind of a show Woutat could Michael give his legions of tans a Good one the British Singer did t disappoint the crowd of some 9 000 after the lights had been Down five minutes and the impatient wailing had reached a feverish pitch. The Ironi panel of the Black curtain surrounding the stage was Iii Minnied Wilh the to d Laith in Largo fluorescent looters then the Curlan Rose slowly revealing a Large while Cage around the band As Michael look the Slage to the Cathedral Organ music that opens the song Faith. Iho Tilte Cut of his debug Solo Alburn released last year the Ironi of the Cage listed up and out. The smoke billowed pinpoints of laser Light blazed on and the Shne Keg began in Earnest the Toal Hor inc acted Blue leaned Star had arrived Michael opened the show not Wilh fail. But with part one o / Ivan your sex. Followed by Dan t bring a do in. Also Ott his =1 album then the music stopped anti Michael bathed in a White spotlight spoke. The 24-year-old Singer Ihan Ved the fans Lor live years of listening to his music including wham s. Of course then asked them to pay particular attention to Thiee or Lour songs during the concert which he said. I d really like you Lohear " then he went Hack to work. Along Witti songs from the coif real album Michael skipped i Hough wham a hit with the team pop Star George Michael concert la a wild hits i m your Man everything she wants and careless whisper covers of the f976 wild Cherry nil play thai Funky music and la Belle s lady marmalade. He Sang with backup Singer or Lynn Mabry on i knew you were wailing for me. A Duel he originally performed with aretha Franklin the oppressive heal and crowding in the halt drove dozens of fans out Mio the corridors some on stretchers earned by medics Many slumped Ino corridor Walls in oozing globs globs with satisfied looks on then laces one Young Soldier s wife brought �20 of in of Polaroid ilm and a camera hoping to get a shot of her idol. Site had talked her reluctant husband into coming to the show i offered to Iron is uniforms and he was helping her taks the pictures she s bugging he said rolling his eyes. None of the shots captured the Star. Whal does she see in the Singer no s Good looking he sings Well she. Said simply. Then she spotted a look alike a Young male Ian dressed m the requisite jeans. Ean or leather jacket aviator shades and stubble Beard several were roaming around the Hall the Wile clicked a few pictures if i can t gel George Michael i la get look alikes she said clutching far plastic bag Lull of fuzzy Polaroid photos. Her husband grinned a patient look on his face. She was doing better than the assembled press photographers who Ward turned away with their cameras at the door a member of Michael s Crew e placed that the Star docs not permit photos to be liken during the Snow because he does t like the Way the British tabloids Cut and splice his pictures with those of Rifle rent women also he Doorn t want anyone to gel photos of him sweating on Slage Michael s female fans probably would love such picture but females arc l the Only ones who adme the Singer. The women want him. But the men want to be Tike him. He s got the crowd Here said a 29 year old Soldier holding out his cupped hand to tolls them to sing and they do he s awesome he said he likes the fact that Michael sounds live almost exactly As he does on his records it s easy to do. When you use synthesizers to the extent Michael does Michael s voice was in Good lorm during the Fra hurl show following recent problems with his vocal chords which forced the postponement of his German concerts. The songs both wham1 and Solo were or Tormod a att and with g lot of wiggling and gyrations but the Best part of Michaels show was just that the show armed with special effects and an elaborate laser Light display. Michael succeeded in making a big impression. Throughout the encore number i want your sex parts i and i laser images of Lipa Mystic symbols men and women dancing and the words sex love and lust pulsed in and out of View As the final song ended the front and sides of the Cage began to Rise the Cathedral music of fail i started up and George Michael stood still is the smoke billowed out. The symbols flickered behind him and the curtain went Down embossed with Faith in fluorescent letters. Quietly everybody filed out of the Hall. 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