George Michael told fans at the start of his latest tour that he and Kenny Goss had not been together for two and a half years. He said his love life has been a lot more turbulent than he has admitted publicly.
He told fans at a sell-out concert at the Prague State Opera House: ''In truth, Kenny and I have not been together for two and a half years.'' He said he loved Goss, adding he was sorry for any pain he had caused his former partner.
The singer said he thought it was better to be honest about the real situation, adding: ''This man has brought me a lot of joy and a lot of pain. ''The truth is my love life has been a lot more turbulent than I've let on.'' He said the break-up had prompted him to write a song called Where I Hope You Are.
''I'm so sad about my relationship with Kenny,'' he added. Michael also paid tribute to singer Amy Winehouse, who died last month. He said it was unbelievably sad there would be no more music from her.
Earlier, accompanied by a symphony orchestra, the former Wham! star performed covers of My Baby Just Cares For Me and True Faith, the New Order classic which he recorded earlier this year for Comic Relief. To loud cheers, Michael performed songs from his almost 30-year career, including Kissing a Fool and It Really Doesn't Matter, which he has never sung live before. He welcomed the audience to ''a very different evening with George Michael'', adding ''I've got to tell you, I'm shitting myself.''
And he referred to his use of cannabis in the past, saying he once passed out on the phone to singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright while congratulating him on a new song. ''I was puffing and I passed out on the phone,'' he said, adding jokingly: ''I have no idea how that conversation ended.''
There are currently 65 shows on the European leg of Symphonica - The Orchestral Tour, with 19 dates scheduled for Britain. The first nine weeks will see him take in Spain, Germany, Italy and France before hitting British soil on October 25 for a performance at the Royal Albert Hall.
In the interview for the tour programme, he spoke of getting into trouble with the law, saying he deserved to be jailed last year for crashing his Range Rover after taking cannabis. The 48-year-old singer was given an eight-week sentence and fined after driving into the front of a photo shop in London. He said he felt going to jail was karma, adding: ''I had a bill to pay and I thought that prison was a logical conclusion to a very long, dark chapter.'' Having been in counselling for substance abuse for the last 10 months, the singer said he is looking forward to the rewards from working hard on his music. ''That's a great way to fill the empty spaces that are left when you decide to party a little less,'' he said.
The UK leg of the tour includes dates in Cardiff, Liverpool, Sheffield, Newcastle, Glasgow, Birmingham and Manchester, as well as London. Michael is expected to spend at least 195 hours on stage in front of some 390,000 fans.
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