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Remembering when Michael Jackson came to Cardiff - six years after his death
Amazingly, it was six years to the day that we lost Michael Jackson. Here's a look back at reviews from his Cardiff shows and pictures those who were there will never forget
It's six years today that the world lost the king of pop, Michael Jackson. He died on June 25, 2009. To remember him, we've raided the vaults and found some incredible pictures from both of his Cardiff Arms Park concerts. The first set come from his 'Bad' tour which was held on July 26, 1988 show and the rest are from his 'Dangerous' show from August 5, 1992. So sit back and remind yourself how brilliant he was when he came to Wales.
Wales has never seen anything like it - that was the promise and 55,000 ecstatic fans left Cardiff Arms Park last night in complete agreement.
Armed with some of the world’s biggest hit singles, a larger than life image and a cult following Michael Jackson managed to surpass all expectations.
You could be excused for thinking nothing could live up to the hype of recent months that dominated Jackson’s arrival in South Wales.
The first set opened with Wanna Be Startin' Something and that moment Cardiff had been conquered.
After just a couple of dance numbers came the great Jackson ballad She’s Out of My Life and the duet I Just Can’t Stop Loving You.
For one girl plucked from the audience the night turned into a dream as she hugged and kissed her idol.
Jackson doesn’t just sing a ballad, he lives it, interrupting the song to wander around the stage, face buried in a hand, wringing out the emotions, and returning to complete it.
The next Jackson offering was a medley of snatches from “the old songs in the old fashioned way” including I Want You Back and I’ll Be There.”
From the 1979 Off The Wall album came the smash hit Rock With You.
But, the evening came to its first climax with a powerful Dirty Diana, currently riding high in the charts, and the Arms Park erupted.
Throughout the first set Jackson moved through a secession of costume changes, mainly carried out in a white tent on stage, culminating in what everybody had been waiting for - Werewolf mask and baseball jacket - Thriller.
Complete with four superb vombie-dancers, the first set was brought to an incredible conclusion leaving the crowd desperate for more.
After a 15 minute-break, during which the band was given free reign, to display their skills, Jackson reappeared and ripped through Day and Night.
If the first set was great the second was absolutely stunning.
As night fell Jackson went into overdrive with the smash hit Beat It, driving the fans wild when he loomed over the sea of arms on a boom, returning to the stage to bring to life the dance routines that made Jackson the master of the music video.
Straight on to Billie Jean. Another eruption of cheers hailed the “moondance” known by millions from the Bille Jean video and a frantic scramble when Jackson threw that equally famous trilby into the audience.
And “BAD”, “Who’s BAD” flashing at the back of the stage in white lights heralded the last amazing number and the final climax to a show full of climaxes.
How do you end a show to all end shows? On came group of children and like the proverbial Pied Piper the night came to a close with the world’s greatest performer leading them into the wings.
Everything was there - the smash hits, the old favourites, the latest chart stormers but what set Jackson apart was that incredible dancing and gesture, perfectly choreographed, that brought theatre and dance to the rock concert.
That unique Jackson style, the gaudy buckles and straps covered clothes, the inimitable but much imitated movements, the most distinctive of voices, had to be seen to be believed.
Jim Wilde - who will be forever in Michael Jackson’s debt for giving her career the biggest boost since the Apollo programme - kept the masses of *****lites happily entertained with a sing-a-long routine of hits, including the current hit YouCame and Kids In America, View From A Bridge and KeepMe Hanging On.
But this was the tantalising appetiser - the main course was a magnificent, weird and wonderful feast, that more than satisfied 55,000 hungry Cardiff appetites.
(The second part of the article reviews the 'Dangerous'concert, 5th August 92)
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/michael-jackson-wales-six-years-9524057
Remembering when Michael Jackson came to Cardiff - six years after his death
Amazingly, it was six years to the day that we lost Michael Jackson. Here's a look back at reviews from his Cardiff shows and pictures those who were there will never forget
It's six years today that the world lost the king of pop, Michael Jackson. He died on June 25, 2009. To remember him, we've raided the vaults and found some incredible pictures from both of his Cardiff Arms Park concerts. The first set come from his 'Bad' tour which was held on July 26, 1988 show and the rest are from his 'Dangerous' show from August 5, 1992. So sit back and remind yourself how brilliant he was when he came to Wales.
Wales has never seen anything like it - that was the promise and 55,000 ecstatic fans left Cardiff Arms Park last night in complete agreement.
Armed with some of the world’s biggest hit singles, a larger than life image and a cult following Michael Jackson managed to surpass all expectations.
You could be excused for thinking nothing could live up to the hype of recent months that dominated Jackson’s arrival in South Wales.
The first set opened with Wanna Be Startin' Something and that moment Cardiff had been conquered.
After just a couple of dance numbers came the great Jackson ballad She’s Out of My Life and the duet I Just Can’t Stop Loving You.
For one girl plucked from the audience the night turned into a dream as she hugged and kissed her idol.
Jackson doesn’t just sing a ballad, he lives it, interrupting the song to wander around the stage, face buried in a hand, wringing out the emotions, and returning to complete it.
The next Jackson offering was a medley of snatches from “the old songs in the old fashioned way” including I Want You Back and I’ll Be There.”
From the 1979 Off The Wall album came the smash hit Rock With You.
But, the evening came to its first climax with a powerful Dirty Diana, currently riding high in the charts, and the Arms Park erupted.
Throughout the first set Jackson moved through a secession of costume changes, mainly carried out in a white tent on stage, culminating in what everybody had been waiting for - Werewolf mask and baseball jacket - Thriller.
Complete with four superb vombie-dancers, the first set was brought to an incredible conclusion leaving the crowd desperate for more.
After a 15 minute-break, during which the band was given free reign, to display their skills, Jackson reappeared and ripped through Day and Night.
If the first set was great the second was absolutely stunning.
As night fell Jackson went into overdrive with the smash hit Beat It, driving the fans wild when he loomed over the sea of arms on a boom, returning to the stage to bring to life the dance routines that made Jackson the master of the music video.
Straight on to Billie Jean. Another eruption of cheers hailed the “moondance” known by millions from the Bille Jean video and a frantic scramble when Jackson threw that equally famous trilby into the audience.
And “BAD”, “Who’s BAD” flashing at the back of the stage in white lights heralded the last amazing number and the final climax to a show full of climaxes.
How do you end a show to all end shows? On came group of children and like the proverbial Pied Piper the night came to a close with the world’s greatest performer leading them into the wings.
Everything was there - the smash hits, the old favourites, the latest chart stormers but what set Jackson apart was that incredible dancing and gesture, perfectly choreographed, that brought theatre and dance to the rock concert.
That unique Jackson style, the gaudy buckles and straps covered clothes, the inimitable but much imitated movements, the most distinctive of voices, had to be seen to be believed.
Jim Wilde - who will be forever in Michael Jackson’s debt for giving her career the biggest boost since the Apollo programme - kept the masses of *****lites happily entertained with a sing-a-long routine of hits, including the current hit YouCame and Kids In America, View From A Bridge and KeepMe Hanging On.
But this was the tantalising appetiser - the main course was a magnificent, weird and wonderful feast, that more than satisfied 55,000 hungry Cardiff appetites.
(The second part of the article reviews the 'Dangerous'concert, 5th August 92)
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/michael-jackson-wales-six-years-9524057