Michael Jackson, The Diary of a Fan E-Book

Onésimo colavidas

• Herausgeber: FV Éditions
• Kategorie: Sachliteratur, Reportagen, Biografien
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

«On june 25th of 2009, a fan of Michael Jackson learns of the death of his idol, live on CNN. The shock is appalling. Two weeks later, despite the deep sadness that tortures him, he decides to fly to London where a commemoration is going to be held by the English fan-club, the day Michael was supposed to make his long-waited come-back. He hopes this event can be the first step in the mourning process, that will permit him to begin a new life without MJ. Unfortunately, the London experience becomes a nightmare : the pain and the emotions are too intense. Now, he will have to overcome a long and exhausting depressive phase, that will force him to travel around the world in the hope of overcoming his sorrow. Wherever he goes, from London to Tokyo, Moscow to Bilbao, he is still possessed by the memory of Michael...»

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

Copyright

MICHAEL JACKSON

PROLOGUE

A MEMORIAL IN LONDON

A STRANGER IN MOSCOW

A CARNIVAL IN BILBAO

A SHOP IN TOKYO

EPILOGUE

Notes de bas de page

Copyright

Copyright © 2011 by FV Éditions

Illustrations © Onésimo Colavidas

Pictures © Franck Vidiella

January 2012 - 2nd Edition1

ISBN 978-2-36668-023-2

All Rights Reserved

MICHAEL JACKSON

PROLOGUE

June 25th, 2009. Soon 6.00 p.m. Tonight, I have to go to work. A late meeting. I don’t feel like it. I’m already late. Taking my Labrador out for a walk in the small square in front of the house, I’m lost in my thoughts. I’m thinking of the approaching concert by Michael. Day after day, hour after hour, minute after minute, the countdown has begun. It makes me euphoric. It reawakens in me the fanaticism for Michael which has been lying dormant for a few years. For a long time I hadn’t felt this lump in my throat, this stress peculiarly enjoyable caused by the mere prospect of seeing again my idol on the stage. I have already seen him three times in my life –in Montpellier, Toulouse and Lyon –and I had promised to myself that if the opportunity arose again, I would not miss it for anything else in the world. I have been a fan since I was 10 years old, and I’m going to be face to face with him. I’m lucky and I own two tickets for at The O2 Arena in London. One for the first date located in the terraces opposed to the scene; the other for the end of the month of July in the VIP lounge, only a few meters far from him. These tickets have not been easy to get. I had to fight, show good will as if my life depended on it. The server of Ticketmaster has, however, almost killed me .I nearly had a heart attack as I was forced to wait for more than an hour, staring at my screen while hoping that the waiting message caused by the massive congestion of the system disappears at last and eventually offers me to choose my seats. Fortunately for me, it did it; twice.