When it was announced that a series of 50 concerts was to be held at the O2, there was intense excitement. When they became available, all tickets sold in minutes. For tens of thousands of people, the opportunity to see and hear the legend was worth any amount of money.
The hysteria that accompanied the mere announcement of the tour was enough to confirm the popularity of the singer. His music brought intense nostalgia, his dance routines were hypnotising, the iconic moves and squeals were his alone.
Yet Michael Jackson was a riddle. He was a performer who was intensely talented and confident on the stage, but painfully shy and embarrassingly eccentric everywhere else. He got into trouble morally and financially, yet his fan base remained secure throughout. ‘What do you think of Michael Jackson?’ Is a question that needs a bit of thought before it can be answered.
