Stock & Waterman Pay Tribute To Michael Jackson

Just wanted to pay my respects. I was not such a big Michael Jackson fan, but I had the priviledge to see him live in concert twice.

The first concert took place June 2nd 1988 and is particularly worth remembering for me as I was rather young at the time. I subscribed to a music magazine in order to get a free ticket but didn't have anybody to take me to the concert. So when my mum told it to her colleages they offered to take me to the concert.

It was my first concert in a huge stadium and it was also great to see Kim Wilde, who was supporting Michael Jackson on this tour. I don't remember much of the concert, only that it was very loud and that the screens were not in synch with the music. Never the less it made a big impression. Looking at the ticket, it is also amazing that the tickets were only approx. € 25!

Four years later, on August 26th 1992, I went to see him during his Dangerous tour. By then everything had been perfected. The show, the dancing the screens. Everything was perfect and by then he had set new standards as far as pop concerts are concerned.

17 years later, I had just come back from seeing the Pet Shop Boys live in Berlin, the news arrived that Michael Jackson had passed away. It's hard to believe that the "King of Pop" is no more.
R.I.P.

Some interesting thoughts of Mike Stock and Pete Waterman on the links below.

bit.ly/mike_mjtribute
bit.ly/pete_mjtribute

Pete Waterman also appears in this brand new documentary, created especially for the planned "This Is It" concerts.

bit.ly/michaeljackson_petewaterman