Michael Jackson is still remarkably popular in London. In the same freakish way, we assume, that the Elephant Man would still be popular in London.
Jackson scheduled a series of “final” concerts in the English capital. Demented Englishmen snapped them up so quickly that more concerts were hastily scheduled. Fifty of them. And they sold out. 750,000 tickets in all.
That’s an average of 40,000 tickets an hour. More than 650 per minute. More than 11 per second. Fans from Japan, Belgium and Dubai lined up to to buy the tickets. One lunatic stood in line for two days. According to Radio & Records:
Chris Edmonds, managing director of Ticketmaster UK, said, “We often talk about unprecedented demand, but this week we have witnessed a live entertainment phenomenon. We have seen a truly amazing level of interest and demand for tickets from fans from across the world for the Michael Jackson shows at The O2 over the last 3 days. The success of the general on-sale today has led to Michael Jackson and AEG Live adding even more dates, taking the total amount of performances to 50. Today, we saw well over 250,000 fans hitting the Ticketmaster site at 7 a.m. for the general sale tickets. This was undoubtedly the busiest demand for tickets for an event which we have ever experienced.”
Jackson is expected to perform his hit song “Black or White,” except this time he will perform both roles.
Source: Radio and Records
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40,000 tickets an hour?Where do all those 12 year olds come up with the bread?
This would be funny if you all weren’t a bunch of nobody’s. MJ was undoubtedly one of the most popular people on the planet for almost his entire life, and you mugs can’t get arrested.
“You mugs can’t get arrested.” Correct, Carolyn. We’re law abiding citizens who don’t molest little boys. Michael Jackson, on the other hand, has been arrested and forced to do the perp walk.
But somehow, I don’t think that’s the point you were trying to make.
Carolyn,
Illusions of granduer do not make you a someboby either. I don’t detect anyone here as trying to be “somebody”, except for you.
Since you took a shot at Elvis, I can tell you that I grew up in Memphis at the time he was around and happened to cross casual paths with him a few times. Pulled up next to him at a light on Popular Ave. one day and he was nice enough to smile and return a wave. I’m no Elvis fan but I’ll bet he was more of a real man and a regular guy than Jackson could ever be. Jackson would have probably ran the light in a psychotic fit to get away from a normal human being.