That smile hits different #MichaelJackson



That smile hits different #MichaelJackson
Michael Jackson's stop in Hong Kong during the BAD World Tour in 1987 started as a quick layover between Japan and Australia but ended up lasting nearly three weeks. He explored the city, visited the Shaw Brothers Studio…
Michael Jackson Hong Kong BAD World Tour
Jaafar Jackson is set to receive the Actor Award, Film at the 9th Annual Critics Choice Celebration of Black Cinema & Television. This honor marks his acting debut as Michael Jackson in the project titled Michael,…
How could anyone not love Liberian Girl? Michael completely left Earth on this track.
Michael Jackson Liberian Girl
Chile received Michael with near presidential honors during the Dangerous World Tour, and the arrival at Pudahuel Airport in Santiago from Brazil in 1993 proved it. The tarmac erupted as children dressed as huasos waited…
The business deal that let Michael Jackson buy the ATV catalogue, including the Beatles songs owned by Robert Holmes a Court, also brought him to Perth, Australia forty-one years prior to the post date. That arrival was…
Michael Jackson in Perth Australia Telethon
The night before his HIStory World Tour stop at Chungcheng Stadium, Michael Jackson turned a Kaohsiung day into something warmer than a tour schedule usually allows. At Home Without Barriers he came in as guest and giver…
Michael Jackson at Home Without Barriers Kaohsiung
The thing Shawn Stockman keeps coming back to about the Boyz II Men day at Neverland Ranch isn't the bumper cars or the Ferris Wheel, though those were part of it. What stayed was being treated like family from the…
Shawn Stockman on Boyz II Men at Neverland Ranch
The Indiana crowd felt pure homecoming electricity during the Jacksons' 1979 Destiny Tour stop at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis. The venue was completely sold out, and the Mayor officially declared it Jackson Day…
Michael Jackson Gary homecoming 1979
Michael left Japan in 1987, stopped briefly in Hong Kong, then kicked off the BAD World Tour in Australia.
Michael Jackson BAD World Tour 1987
Michael wasn't at the Royal Albert Hall for the Smash Hits ceremony in 1988, so a pre-recorded message did the talking for him while the Bad World Tour had him at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland. The award…
Michael Jackson Smash Hits Award 1988
Michael Jackson designed a Billie Jean costume for This Is It and said, "I love it, this was all I ever wanted." That piece matched his lifelong desire. I'm pretty much literally glad he was excited to wear it.
Michael Jackson Billie Jean This Is It outfit
What gets me about MJ isn't just the music. In 1983 he talked about loving animals and pets, and how he could relate to them a lot better than he could to humans. His reasoning was simple: animals just want love and give…
Michael Jackson and his animals in 1983