Absolutely fabulous. Every seat packed. A brilliant show worthy of one of the greatest musical talents of our generation. The sound is fabulous - as good as any concert. The dancing stupendous. The sets and setting magnificent. Not just recommended but I insist you go to it. Brilliant stuff.

Love him or hate him. MJ has made some incredible music. I still prefer the Bad album over the Thriller album.

Thriller is probably the world's most iconic music video, which I do enjoy to this day but I never liked the song.

Dirty Diana is my favourite MJ song.

HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I is just pretentious and overbearing.

The MJ musical does sound like a blast.

My favourite is Man in the Mirror which closes the show and is magnificent. The staging of Thriller is even better than the video. The girl playing his Mum is terrific (I'll Be There). Of course I'm a bit biased as I knew him (and used to call him Little Michael to his face which he always loved) but there were times when I shed tears and I was not the only one. The understudy played the lead yesterday and was magnificent.

I would of hated to be on that jury. If he did molest he needed to hanged but if he didn't he needed a lot of psychotherapy and I mean a lot.

What is Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' like in the show JK?

It's also terrific. All songs are handled superbly. My only criticism was the young children who sing the Jackson 5 lyrics fractionally behind the beat (understandable as they require studio takes and are really hard to do live - especially with the magnificent band, as good as the Motown session players, and the incredible sound balance and quality, better than I've ever heard before).

Obviously some great music, in particular Rock With YOu and The Thriller album, I didn't care for Bad, and the Dangerous album had 1 good song (black or white). GM would prefer Bad, because he likes to be different. Nothing any good in the 21st century, but that is the same for most artists from the 70s. It appears that Michael Jackson is too much of a Cash Cow to be cancelled. He wasn't convicted of anything, but that didn't stop Saville from being cancelled.

To be honest I haven't listened to any MJ tracks for a long time. I think I would rather watch Abba, they look better, have more hits, and don't have this dodgy undercurrent to their story.

It was great when music videos were like short movies. Not just a bunch dance routines over a backing track. I am sure Wyot has spent many hours getting lost in the 1980s Iron Maiden music videos.

JK2006 wrote:
Absolutely fabulous. Every seat packed. A brilliant show worthy of one of the greatest musical talents of our generation. The sound is fabulous - as good as any concert. The dancing stupendous. The sets and setting magnificent. Not just recommended but I insist you go to it. Brilliant stuff.

Unfortunately, our taxes go towards subsidising your theatre trips in London, and we in the north are lucky to occasionally catch the dregs.

Honey wrote:
JK2006 wrote:
Absolutely fabulous. Every seat packed. A brilliant show worthy of one of the greatest musical talents of our generation. The sound is fabulous - as good as any concert. The dancing stupendous. The sets and setting magnificent. Not just recommended but I insist you go to it. Brilliant stuff.

Unfortunately, our taxes go towards subsidising your theatre trips in London, and we in the north are lucky to occasionally catch the dregs.

Tell your hubby there is a folk festival in Hampshire. No doubt there will be 'twerps with harmonicas'.

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Honey wrote:
JK2006 wrote:
Absolutely fabulous. Every seat packed. A brilliant show worthy of one of the greatest musical talents of our generation. The sound is fabulous - as good as any concert. The dancing stupendous. The sets and setting magnificent. Not just recommended but I insist you go to it. Brilliant stuff.

Unfortunately, our taxes go towards subsidising your theatre trips in London, and we in the north are lucky to occasionally catch the dregs.

I don't think there is much subsidising going on, some tickets for MJ were £200+, which I think is ridiculous. I wouldn't pay more than £80 even for the best seats in the house.Most muisicals will go on tour eventually, if they are any good.

I paid £177 but most less good seats were cheaper (I got a fantastic seat with extra leg room - essential for me). There seemed to be a few "last minute" ones available for my matinee which went fast. But really, worth every penny plus any rail tickets (if they are running).

I was a little taken aback the other week having to pay - with the obligatory admin fee - £106 for an OK seat at the O2 to see Nick Cave.

Worth it (for me) but I won't be going to many acts at that price, once trains, dinner, drinks are taken into account additionally. I am just not that interested in most acts.

I do wonder where live popular music concerts are going; but I know others on here are better positioned to comment than me...

Being primarily a classical music (*) follower I am grateful I can pop to a local church or community centre and see great ensembles for £20.

On that note why the bloody hell has Radio 3 given Jools Holland a slot? We don't need him!! and it is not going to suddenly draw legions of "boogie woogie" piano fans to Mahler...

Leave the minority elite enclaves unmolested I say!

Wyot wrote:
I was a little taken aback the other week having to pay - with the obligatory admin fee - £106 for an OK seat at the O2 to see Nick Cave.

Worth it (for me) but I won't be going to many acts at that price, once trains, dinner, drinks are taken into account additionally. I am just not that interested in most acts.

I do wonder where live popular music concerts are going; but I know others on here are better positioned to comment than me...

Being primarily a classical music (*) follower I am grateful I can pop to a local church or community centre and see great ensembles for £20.

On that note why the bloody hell has Radio 3 given Jools Holland a slot? We don't need him!! and it is not going to suddenly draw legions of "boogie woogie" piano fans to Mahler...

Leave the minority elite enclaves unmolested I say!

I do love your taste Wyot in music. I was tempted to see Nick Cave in the Midlands. Like you said food, travel and no doubt a hotel stay. Soon adds up tickets cheapest I have seen tickets is between £130-£200. I can't stand up at concerts now. Doing the Pogo at rock concerts does do your joints in over time.

People I know who have see Jools Holland live told me he is boring. Tickets even for theatre gigs are not cheap as they used to be. I remember £20 £30 used to the be the norm. Tribute bands were anything from a few quid at a club door to £15.

I used to play in a few function bands and MJ's music was definitely persona non grata for about a year. I do think that his standing as one of the biggest worldwide male pop stars ever also counted for his music not being cancelled (plus him not being convicted) - I don't think there's a country in the world where people wouldn't be aware of his music, unlike Gary Glitter for example.

robbiex wrote:
Honey wrote:
JK2006 wrote:
Absolutely fabulous. Every seat packed. A brilliant show worthy of one of the greatest musical talents of our generation. The sound is fabulous - as good as any concert. The dancing stupendous. The sets and setting magnificent. Not just recommended but I insist you go to it. Brilliant stuff.

Unfortunately, our taxes go towards subsidising your theatre trips in London, and we in the north are lucky to occasionally catch the dregs.

I don't think there is much subsidising going on, some tickets for MJ were £200+, which I think is ridiculous. I wouldn't pay more than £80 even for the best seats in the house.Most muisicals will go on tour eventually, if they are any good.

I agree Wyot, but subsidising theatres with our taxes is very little compared to unemployment, school meals and funding wars. However it only seems to be London and other big cities who gets the funding for theatre houses.

Even £80 seems too steep for the theatre IMHO, especially for one person. It's cheaper to have a weekend break abroad than go to concerts.