{"id":22544,"date":"2026-09-29T03:24:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T03:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/29\/singer-says-concerts-delayed-the-meeting-that-never-came-greek-city-times\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T03:24:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T03:24:39","slug":"singer-says-concerts-delayed-the-meeting-that-never-came-greek-city-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/29\/singer-says-concerts-delayed-the-meeting-that-never-came-greek-city-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer Says Concerts Delayed the Meeting That Never Came \u2013 Greek City Times"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Nikos Oikonomopoulos has spoken to George Liagas on To Proino<\/em> about Giorgos Mazonakis and the meeting they never had.<\/h3>\n

He said reports that he had not spoken to Mazonakis for a month and a half were being twisted.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI was always close to George. I was never close to George and I\u2019ve told you that before.\u201d He meant he loved him and they talked when they met, but he was not in his inner circle. Lately he was away on concerts. They texted and agreed to meet. By the time he finished the run and came back, Mazonakis had died.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Liagas asked if a collaboration was on the table. \u201cI don\u2019t think he wanted to work. I think he wanted to talk to me. That\u2019s what I feel inside.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He refused to judge Mazonakis\u2019s home life. \u201cI didn\u2019t live it. I wasn\u2019t in it. All of us who are outsiders have a tendency to judge and say things we don\u2019t know.\u201d A family, he said, only wants the best for that person.<\/p>\n

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Nikos Oikonomopoulos Mazonakis meeting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He cancelled his concert the day after Mazonakis died. \u201cMy conscience. That\u2019s what it told me. I couldn\u2019t sing.\u201d They had trained together, gone to church together, seen the same elder. He would not unpack private talks on television. He accepts criticism, he said, but not claims that go past the truth.<\/p>\n

Source: Espresso newsroom \/ To Proino, 28 September 2026.<\/em><\/p>\n