{"id":8482,"date":"2011-04-22T02:04:57","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T02:04:57","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-04-22T02:04:38","modified_gmt":"2011-04-22T02:04:38","slug":"Thriller-Live--moonwalks--its-way-to-Singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=8482","title":{"rendered":"Thriller Live &#8220;moonwalks&#8221; its way to Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>He may have been gone too soon but a concert dedicated to Michael Jackson&#8217;s music is &#8220;moonwalking&#8221; its way to Singapore. The two-and-a-half hour show, called &#8220;Thriller Live&#8221;, celebrates the music of MJ and the Jackson 5.  Having dazzled audiences in London&#8217;s West End, the show comes to the MBS Grand Theatre in Singapore from May 3 to 16.   The man behind it is Adrian Grant, who was Jackson&#8217;s friend for over 20 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Grant said: &#8220;He was due to come and watch &#8220;THRILLER LIVE&#8221; in 2009 but obviously we all know he&#8217;s sadly passed away.  &#8220;He was going to come in disguise so nobody could recognise him. That&#8217;s the kind of thing that Michael did often when he went to watch shows. I&#8217;m very honoured now that this show can continue Michael&#8217;s legacy in a small way.&#8221;  Grant&#8217;s most memorable MJ moment was the first time they met, when he was invited to the recording of Jackson&#8217;s album &#8220;Dangerous&#8221;.  &#8220;He walked into the room with a big smile, he was singing, and I thought, &#8220;Wow, he sounds amazing&#8221;. He looked great and I spent the whole day with him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;At the end of the day he asked me if I wanted to come to Neverland &#8211; his ranch &#8211; for lunch. And of course I said yes. It was fantastic. The ranch was a beautiful place &#8211; the chimpanzees were there, the giraffes, the llamas, and it was just magical,&#8221; he said.  And adding to the magic is not just his solo work but also music from The Jackson Five.  Of course, it was not always magic in Jackson&#8217;s life. He had his fair share of controversy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Thriller Live &#8211; London<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Quofd5IFvC0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><<strong><em>Thriller Live Official Promotion<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sHfZu0kRyGQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/stories\/entertainment\/view\/1124302\/1\/.html\" title=\"SOURCE\">SOURCE<\/a><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He may have been gone too soon but a concert dedicated to Michael Jackson&#8217;s music is &#8220;moonwalking&#8221; its way to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1213,"featured_media":72448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x90.jpg","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"Joshua","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/62ee23f8f40307578d1f284ecd823d77f32da8ea35541e7dbdafeb5da1a4e877?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"He may have been gone too soon but a concert dedicated to Michael Jackson&#8217;s music is &#8220;moonwalking&#8221; 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