London, for so many reasons, is an attractive place to want to live. Whether you want to spend 30 minutes on the tube and end up with black nostrils, or pay £1,500 a month to live in a rat-filled shoebox, London is the place for you.
More specifically, London is the place for Michael Jackson. Things have turned around in recent months for Michael Jackson – he's got a new album in the works and he wants to buy a giant record label, and how better to celebrate this than by moving to London to be closer to all the young professionals yapping loudly about themselves in overpriced bars as if they were the centre of the universe?
Ever since all of his court case woes, the tell-all book that Jermaine Jackson apparently wrote about him and all that alleged anti-semitism, Michael Jackson has been hiding out in Bahrain as a guest of its royal family. Life in Bahrain has been a whole lot easier for Michael Jackson – he's been able to dress up as a lady and schlep around shopping centres as much as he likes, while keeping out of the way of the staff troubles and giraffe blood shenanigans going on back at Neverland.
The R&R seems to have done Michael Jackson the world of good. There's already a new Michael Jackson album and a 50 Cent collaboration in the pipeline, and now Michael Jackson has come back to London for a little trip. And he gave a lovely big interview to The Mirror to show just how normal he is, and if that means making slightly spurious claims about wanting to live in London, then that's what he'll do:
"I'm here in London on business for a couple of days. I love it here. I'm looking for a place to live. I've always liked the UK and I just love the fans here. I'm also visiting my good friend Mohamed – 'cos he's the man."
That's Mohamed Al Fayed, by the way; friend of Michael Jackson, owner of Harrods and – if the rumours are true – Michael Jackson's partner in buying out the Warners record label. So, as well as a London-based Michael Jackson, we might also be able to look forward to a new range of Warners compilation albums, called Now That's What I Call Singers Who Haven't Been Any Good For 15 Years And Little Shouting Arabic Men.
Read more:
Michael Jackson Exclusive: The Man… And The Mirror – Mirror
[story by Stuart Heritage]
moni says
Why are you such a shrue? Why write such bitchy things about a man who has done so much good in his life? do you have something personal against him? cause it sure seems like you do.