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Michael Jackson: Wembley Stadium, London

Jeff Lorez, Blues & Soul, 2 August 1988

WEMBLEY STADIUM was isolated from the outside world in a vacuum of excitement and anticipation. 75,000 people were massed uncomfortably together on the promise of finally seeing Michael Jackson live and in the flesh, performing directly to them. This almost surreal prospect, which had immersed the nation over the last seven months in an atmosphere of frantic ticket-hunting craziness, was now only minutes away.

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