- Title: UNITED KINGDOM: George Michael performs free concert for nurses
- Date: 28th December 2006
- Summary: VARIOUS OF GEORGE MICHAEL PERFORMING 'FLAWLESS'
- Embargoed: 12th January 2007 12:00
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- Location: United Kingdom
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Entertainment
- Reuters ID: LVA3IECUZF9WVCRSD8IGIKOK3AL0
- Story Text: British singer George Michael on Wednesday (December 20) performed a free Christmas concert for UK-state-registered nurses at London's Roundhouse. Thousands of nurses applied to win tickets for the concert but there was only room for a few hundred in the intimate setting.
Michael said the reason he was giving the free concert was to say thank-you to all the nurses who looked after his mother in the last week of her life and helped him and his family during the tragic time of her death.
Michael's mother died from cancer in 1997.
The show also coincided with the end of Michael's European tour.
Nurses said they appreciated the singer's gesture.
"I think it's a wonderful gesture, well deserved, nurses are brilliant and they deserve all the thanks they can get," said one nurse.
"Nice to get something back for everything we do for other people and it's nice that he's recognized the fact that nurses were so good to his Mum, cause we try to be good to everybody," another concert-goer said. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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