You can say what you want about his personal life (and lets face it, we all do) but George Michael knows how to put on a show.

The 80s legend took Abu Dhabi by storm last night as he performed his first ever gig in the UAE.

In a tour that's rumoured to be his very last, George didn't disappoint, running us through all of his classics, even stretching back to his Wham! days.

Dressed in his trademark back suit-black t-shirt combo, he sang almost every song from his near-30-year career, including I'm Your Man, Father Figure, Fast Love, Faith, Spinning The Wheel, before making the crowd wait for his encore of Careless Whisper and Freedom.

George looked teeny-weeny on the giant imposing stage at Zayed Sports City, but the giant screen backdrop made up for it, playing his 80s videos for us girls to reminisce to a time when we still thought he was attainable.

The warm up to George was the super-talent that is Miss Alicia Keys. The diva looked stunning up close and her vocals were simply unmatched.

The crowd stood in awe as she effortlessly belted out some of her biggest hits incuding the Grammy-award-winning Fallin', as well as more recent numbers Superwoman, Teenage Love Affair and the anthemic, No One.

This double-delight was more than worth the ticket-price, but the organization of the event fell flat.

More than 20 minutes into Keys' performance, hundreds of fans were left stranded outside the stadium, still waiting to hand over their ticket (or collect them from the box office in some cases) as the hapless security teams tried to cope with the queues.

Once inside getting a drink (which first required queuing for coupons, then a 30 minute wait in, yet another queue for the bar), proved almost impossible - a situation made worse when the bars ran out of stocks.

But, as soon as George took to the stage all was forgiven and the (lack of) drinks were forgotten, as hundreds of fans flocked back to their seats, giving the weary barstaff time to re-stock...

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