One of the local disc jockeys rustled up his pals in the sound booth at the crack of dawn this morning with the news a news flash hot off the wire from Jolly old England.
Apparently, Michael Jackson is "this close" to signing a lucrative deal with concert promoters overseas, in a bold-faced effort to revive a flailing music career.
Outside Organisation, a PR company that handles musicians, invited media types to attend a News Conference on Thursday (March 5th) to be held at the 02 arena in London.
The King of Pop may have fallen on hard times (and popularity) on these shores, but the Brits still hold a torch for the controversial much-surgically-manipulated musical genius of the hour.
If the pact goes forward, it is rumored that the entertainer will be paid a whopping $10 mil for ten high-profile concert gigs around the circuit ($1 mil a pop).
No doubt, such a tour is rife with the potential to launch a comeback for the kid, and revive a musical act that has been floudering about amid a sea of wild accusations, ongoing litigation, and mounting debtor's woes.
Recently, John Landis (who directed Thriller a dozen or so years ago) filed suit against Jackson in a local court, alleging in the causes of action that the spoiled celebrity reneged on a contractual agreement to pay for creative services performed.
Then, there is the curious scenario that unfolded when Jackson fled America at the height of embarrassing personal dilemmas, to seek refuge in Dubai by virtue of a free meal ticket and the generous hospitality of a young prince enamored of the superstar.
When Jackson made a sudden exit from the ritzy enclave, the jilted son of a member of the Royal Family, embarrassed the Pop Icon further when he publicly scorned the freeloader for failing to pay back the unsecured loan.
In his defense, Michael asserted to shocked Americans who had been following the brewing scandal in the tabloid rags, that the cash was not a loan at all - but rather - a "gift".
I say poppycock.
Tongues wagged and Jackson appeared to be free falling into an abyss of no return.
Undoubtedly, the concert dates being offered up at this juncture, are a Godsend.
Don't blow it, Michael!
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