AA CCaannddllee ffoorr MMiicchhaaeell NNeewwsslleetttteerr August 2018 Sharing MJ news and comment from the World Wide Web Celebrating the birth of a legend 29 August 1958 Editorial Last year on Aug 29, Samarpita Das wrote the following in The Michael Jackson ONE celebrates 5th Anniversary Indian Express: “There are rock stars. There are pop stars. And, The 5th anniversary of Michael Jackson ONE by Cirque du then there is Michael Jackson. The King of Pop, possessed the Soleil was noted by Las Vegas magazine in a new article on power of ‘healing the world and making it a better place for the the show which stated: “Choreography is important in all entire human race’, with his songs. We didn’t even want to imagine Cirque du Soleil's Las Vegas productions, but only Michael a world where there was no existence of MJ…For all the thrilling Jackson ONE was entirely inspired by an icon of dance who and motivating moments, Michael Jackson remains our favourite… directly influenced most, if not all, of its cast members… the Happy birthday MJ!” fleet feet that touch the stage at Mandalay Bay belong to seasoned professionals who all came of age after the King of This month there are a lot of activities organised around the world Pop’s influence on the world of dance had become both wide- to celebrate Michael’s birthday. If you are unable to attend an spread and well-established.” According to the show’s dance event or organise your own get-together with other fans, you can coach, Tiffany Baker, while Michael’s inspiration was always kick back and listen to his music, watch his short films, prevalent, no one can really pull off Jackson’s moves like he movies and concert videos on DVD. Or join MJ Fans for Charity’s did. “Every dancer, some time in their life has been influenced online party! by Michael Jackson in one way or another, no matter what age you are.” The anniversary of Michael’s birthday is a great time to express our appreciation through happy celebrations – and let the world Unseen MJ photos in Warhol photo exhibition know – We Love Michael Jackson! Unseen photos taken by Andy Warhol, including some of his Have a great month and keep on Michaeling, everyone! celebrity friends (like Michael Jackson) will be included in an upcoming exhibit at Stanford University’s Cantor Arts Centre September 29, 2018 - January 6, 2019, with a book on the Kerry Hennigan project to be launched in the UK in November 2018. Read MJ Kerry Hennigan Vibe’s blog or visit the museum website. Global MJ Pilgrim (“I’m with the doll”) Editor 'A Candle for Michael Newsletter' No decision on IRS case until 2019 Admin: Michael Jackson's short film 'Ghosts' fan group A recent article in Forbes has suggested we may have to wait Blog: https://kerryhennigan.wordpress.com a year for a decision in the case between the IRS and the Michael Jackson Estate that has been on-going for 5 years. Calendar of MJ Events According to Estate layer Harold Weitzman, “They [the IRS] are trying to take what Michael’s estate created for his children Until Summer 2018 – Michael Jackson exhibition at the GRAMMY after death and extract an unreasonable and excessive tax.” Museum, Los Angeles https://goo.gl/6yPmx4 New MJ mural appears ‘on the wall’ in East Village Until 21 Oct – Michael Jackson On the Wall exhibition at the National Brazilian street artist Eduardo Kobra is currently painting a Portrait Gallery, London. Visit the website here. colourful mural of Michael Jackson on a street corner of New 4 August - Michael Jackson Party in Nuremberg, Germany. Click York City’s East Village. The mural features Michael’s face here for details. split down the middle, with him depicted as a child on one side and a mature adult on the other. View photos of the work in 24 August – official release date of MJ Diamond Picture Disc progress on the Bedford and Bowery website. Collection (see News item below) Former Neverland elephant goes for a walk 25 August – Major Love Prayer - www.majorloveprayer.org Back in June, the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens posted the 25 August - Michael Jackson 60 ‘Haunted Thriller Mansion’ Club following on Facebook: “What do you do when an elephant Paradiso, Amsterdam. Details here. ends up in a yard he’s not supposed to be in? You moonwalk him back to his proper enclosure! th 25 August - Spike Lee’s 8 annual Brooklyn loves MJ block party. Ali, our sweet-natured bull elephant who came to the Zoo in (See News item below) 1997 from Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch, went through a gate that was accidentally left open and ended up in a 29 August – Official 60th Birthday Celebration, Michael Jackson ONE Theatre, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas. View details here. courtyard behind the giraffe and elephant barn. While guests were never in danger, safety protocols went into place and and 29 August - MJ Birthday Bash at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Zoo staff immediately jumped into action to get the big guy back where he belonged. His keepers were able to quickly and 29 August - “Moonwalker” screening and after party at BFI London. safely walk Ali back into his enclosure with some food Click here for tickets. For screenings in Spain visit MJ Vibe. encouragement... All in all, Ali was out of his yard for 20 31 August – In the Studio with MJ 2018 - Moscow minutes. Let’s give a hand to the staff who were able to get http://inthestudiowithmj.com/ him back into his yard so quickly and proceed to fill the comments with appropriate Michael Jackson song titles and 1 Sept - An Evening in Memory of Michael Jackson Part XII Das Bett, Frankfurt, Germany. Click here for details. gifs." Source: Facebook 22 Sept - In the Studio with MJ 2018 - London (On the Wall) “Ghosts” on Amazon Prime in the US Michael’s complete short film “Ghosts” (35 mins) is currently available to News of Note stream online on Amazon Prime in the Vinyl Picture Disc Diamond Collection for MJ’s 60th US. It is not known yet if it will become To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Michael’s birth, a special available in other countries serviced by vinyl picture disc collection is being released on Aug 24 which Amazon. contains all of Michael’s albums with the exclusion of the Blood on the Dance Floor remix collection. The picture discs will also Vincent Paterson autobiography be available individually. They are all available for pre-order Long time MJ collaborator/ now from the official MJ online shop. choreographer Vincent Paterson has written an autobiography titled “Icônes et Instincts”. It will be available from Sept 5, but Michael Jackson scores 30th Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 so far only in France as reported by MJ Vibe. Pre-order from Last month, the song “Don’t Matter to Me” by Drake, featuring Amazon France. Michael Jackson, earned Michael his 30th Top 10 song on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. Michael is one of just five artists to Young MJ album being issued on CD for first time reach the milestone in the chart’s 59 year history. The others The album “Farewell My Summer Love” originally released by are Madonna, The Beatles, Drake and Rihanna. In addition to Motown in 1984 to capitalize on Michael’s “Thriller” fame, is his solo Hot 100 top 10s, Michael scored eleven top 10s as a being issued on CD for the first time (in some countries) this member of the Jackson 5/Jacksons. month. The album is a compilation of archived MJ recordings The song also debuted at No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart, from 1973 overdubbed with eighties-sounding instrumentation. giving Michael his 44th top 10 on that chart. Release dates are August 24 in France and August 31 in the UK according to MJ Vibe. It is available to pre-order now from New Hard Rock Casino has MJ Glove Amazon in those countries. The recently opened Hard Rock Casino in Atantic City boasts some notable rock memorabilia, the most iconic being one of Artist reflects on Michael Jackson’s Craft Michael’s famous gloves which he originally donated to the Lorraine O’Grady’s artworks in the “Michael Jackson: On the Hard Rock in London. Read the article here. Wall” exhibition consist of paired photographs of French poet Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) and MJ. Lorraine explains Fan Reviews praise “On the Wall” exhibition “What’s most striking about Charles and Michael as artists is Since its opening in London in June, the National Portrait the similarity of their attitudes… It was there in the restless Gallery’s special exhibition “Michael Jackson: On the Wall” has perfectionism that limited their output, in the fanatical drawn much media comment from art critics and others. But domination of their craft and its history, in the workship of their what about the fans? What do they think about it? Here are instrument… Charles was both the first of the modernists and two reviews - from Pez Dann on MJ Vibe, and Barbara the last of the romantics. And Michael may have been the last LaBiche on MJ Backstage (in French) complete with lots of of the modernists, but he was also the first of the photos taken inside the gallery. Visit the NPG’s exhibition postmodernists.” Source: MichaelJackson.com page here, and the special merchandise here. My review of the small pictorial book “Michael Jackson A Celebraton” is Tribute song for Michael’s birthday being planned available to read on Wordpress.