HUGH JACKMAN - JACKMAN REGRETS BOWIE BOAST

HUGH JACKMAN has two major regrets - missing out on seeing his hero DAVID BOWIE perform live and boasting to the rocker about the time he sold his concert ticket. Jackman was thrilled when he discovered he'd be working with Bowie on the set of new film THE PRESTIGE and couldn't resist telling him all about the time he saved up to buy a Bowie ticket and then sold it to a high-paying school pal. The confession didn't go down too well with the rocker. Jackman says, "After a couple of days I kind of made a mistake in telling him that, in 1981, I had bought a ticket to see his concert in Australia and it was the first concert I'd ever gone to. "It was 20 bucks, which, for me, was half a year's pocket money. I'd saved up for this concert, I was a huge fan and on the day of the concert someone at school offered me 50 bucks for the ticket and I took it. "I told Bowie this story and we were getting on very well and he looks at me and says, 'Oh, I see, you're that kinda guy are you?' I was like, 'No, no I was 13. Fifty bucks was just too good.' "Actually, I've never seen him in concert since, which is one of the great regrets of my life."