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Michael Jackson: Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield

Paul Lester, Uncut, September 1997

THE MOST FAMOUS performer on Earth has just been introduced, as per protocol, as "the King Of Pop", by the Chief Barker of the Variety Club of Great Britain, in the backstage area. Thirty mentally and physically disadvantaged children wait anxiously for Michael Jackson to present them with six "sunshine coaches".

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