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George Michael: Gay marriage is fantastic

Singer happy the ban on same-sex unions has been lifted in California

Touring: George Michael

George Michael is thrilled that California has legalised gay marriages after an 8-year ban.

The singer, 44 – who kicked off his tour of North America on Tuesday – thinks it's been a long time coming.

‘It’s something that that happened…almost without a whisper in England, but it was basically because we weren’t that concerned about the word “marriage”,’ he tells the Associated Press.

‘There are a huge number of people who want [their] unions to be part of something that they can place in their religion, so [marriage is] much more important here.

'I think that’s why it’s so long in arriving here, but I think it’s fantastic, obviously.’

George’s 25 Live tour began at San Diego Sports Arena the day after the ruling. It’s his first in 17 years.

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Alison Adey