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advertising, which was very much geared towards this cool atmosphere that was going on, and the music was being played again on radio: acts like Robbie Williams were getting into it and really opening up the whole area.” Then came Thriller Live, which toured the UK
in 2007, at a time when Michael Jackson was wrapped up in the turmoil of controversy and legal action. Still, the importance and continued impact of his music couldn’t be denied. Nor could the ever palpable anticipation of the King Of Pop’s potential return to the tour circuit, which was actually looking increasingly unlikely. “Because of the allegations against him in
America, a lot of stations just didn’t play his music. He was taboo to a certain extent,” explains Walden. “But here was an artist that we felt had this
incredible catalogue and enormous talent and performance ability,” he adds. “We felt that there had to be a live audience out there and he wasn’t performing live. He hadn’t toured for 10 years or something and at the time it didn’t look like he was going to. So by creating this show we felt there was a market there.” It wasn’t an easy start. While those who actually
“The production itself was effectively an
imaginary recreation of a show The Rat Pack actually gave in 1962 when the three of them were filming Ocean’s 11 in Vegas. Sinatra was doing a concert and the others turned up and gate crashed
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it. It was a legendary thing and I think the younger generation wanted to delve into that a bit more and experience what it was like to be there and that’s what they got from the show. “At the same time it connected with a lot of
ABOVE Sammy, Frank and Dean: The Rat pack’s iconic 1962 Vegas gig is recreated
went to see the show came out with beaming smiles, commercial success was slow with radio stations reluctant to work with the production. “Even some of the venues, some of which we’d worked with for 20 years, said, ‘We’re not sure we want that in the venue,’ just because of Jackson’s image at the time,” remembers Nicol.
Congratulates Paul, Derek and the creative team at Flying Music on 30 magical years
We look forward to working with you for many more years to come…. THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC
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