George Michael's UK goodbye

26-08-2008 12:01

George Michael has played his last ever live UK shows.The singer treated fans at the concerts - which were part of his two-year '25 Live' tour and were billed as the 'Final Two' - at London's Earls Court on Sunday (24.08.08) and Monday (25.08.08) to a greatest hits set and confessed it was an emotional experience.He said: "It's great to be home, I have to tell you. "When we were last here I think we were probably on show 20 of this tour and I honestly thought it was going to be a three-month tour and here we are two years later. You are going to be the recipients of 103 shows' experience."During the concerts, George played a mixture of old and new songs, including 'Fast Love', 'Too Funky', 'Faith' and 'Freedom '90'.The singer also covered Nina Simone's 'Feeling Good', which he revealed will be available as a free download on Christmas Day (25.12.08).He added the cover version will be released "along with a new Christmas song that I wrote", dispelling rumours he is set to retire completely from the music business.