Poor Michael Jackson. 
An amazing talent but a deeply unhappy soul. For years he has flinched through the public eye after maiming his own face and shrouding his children in scarfs, mystery and bodyguards, each public appearance being more bizarre than the last.
The public display of grief is overwhelming but in my opinion MJ didn’t die last night he died 16 years ago when those charges came out and he paid to make them go away. As vulnerable as he was I am quite prepared to believe that Michael was innocent at that time and his obsession with all things infantile just a naive expression of a Peter Pan complex. Unfortunately because he didn’t fight hard enough, the bad smell of what he might have done just never went away.
Even now, because I have no proof of his innocence, I am conflicted about his death. As a mother, I would dance on the grave of any child molester but as a human I am deeply sorry for a soul who has already gone through hell on earth – whether he was innocent or not.
MJ played in Tenerife to 45,000 people as part of the Dangerous tour. Here is a little video of him doing what he did best right here in Santa Cruz.
What sad news to wake up to.
Yes, very sad.
It is such a great loss that a man with great talent like Michael Jackson dies. RIP King of POP.
michael jackson is a very very talented person to the point that he rose as a pop icon. he would live forever in our history books and memories…
Lovely article – I agree that Michael was a bit of a ‘lost soul’ who, in my opinion too, would never do anything to harm any child. In many ways he was still a child himself.
He was a wonderful talent who will be missed hugely by many.
Thanks for posting this.
What the date of this concert? – I was there in Sta. Cruz and can’t remember – think it was 1994 and I was with some great pals from Thomson. At the time of the concert I had a plaster cast on my nose as I had broken it – some hysterical girl thought I was Mj as I got out of the car
Hi Les,
According to Wikipedia the Tenerife concert from Michael Jackson’s Dangerous World Tour was on 26th September 1993. Funny story about the girl thinking you were MJ.