ur in 17 years.
After performing more than 80 shows in Europe, Michael kicks off the U.S. leg of his 25 Live tour in San Diego on June 17 before heading to 19 other cities. The arena tour will showcase songs from his album Twenty-Five, out April 1 an

eaturing duets with Mary J. Blige and Paul McCartney.

E: Michael is so over the fuss
Why return now? Michael, 44, calls it a "rounding off" of his career's first phase. "I don't want to do anything on t

scale again," he says. "No more stadiums. I'd like to be the Tony Bennett for my generation."
Disturbed by the increasing trend of downloadable music rendering CDs obsolete and talent shows such as American Idol taking the passion out of pop music, Michael says, "it's the end of a certain era, and I'm not sure how much I reall

ant to be a part of what's next. So, it's a kind of a way of saying thank you to everybody before I move on."
But this is not a farewell tour for the Grammy winner who shot to stardom in the '80s with the band Wham! and crashed

he was arrested for lewd conduct in a Beverly Hills public bathroom in 1998.
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