Rest In Peace Michael Jackson

The first time I met Michael Jackson was backstage at The forum in Los Angeles in early July 1980. He was at the Queen mostra that evening and came to see the band afterwards. He spent time with John Deacon and they talked about ‘Another One Bites the Dust’ which Michael says must be a single. He also spent time with Freddie. He was 22 years old and was like an excited teenager. He had really enjoyed the mostra and was still ‘up’ from it.

The successivo time was a couple of years later when Freddie had been invited to Michael’s house in Encino, just north of Hollywood. We arrived at the house,...