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Wacko Jacko's back, but CACK
TheBoyDeadly by TheBoyDeadly November 16th, 2006

Michael Jackson is famous for many reasons, but isn't really renowned for his hard-nosed grit or steely nerve. The polar opposite is, in fact, probably true. Well, our survey says that Jacko's ego probably didn't want to get out of bed this morning, after being heckled offstage last night at the World Music Awards at Earls Court.

The crowd of thousands, expectations understandably raised after rumours indicated Jackson would 'do' a version of 'Thriller', were instead treated to a few measly lines of 'We Are The World'. "What the goulash?" a few fans were heard to exclaim. Others were said to have remarked simply "boo!" Someone said "Pele", placing emphasis on the first 'e'. I don't know why.

All this didn't stop the star from collecting a 'Diamond Award' for selling over 100 million albums, as well as the Guinness World Record award for sales of Thriller, the album, released way back in 1982.



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