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    There's a thread on another forum about pop concerts which I have been contributing to and I have a small story about Michael Jackson's gigs at The MK Bowl in Milton Keynes, UK back in 1988 that I thought I'd share with you.
    I was working as a chef at the Travel Lodge in Newport Pagnell around that time, cooking breakfast for 60 folk every morning (!?!) and the road crew/security staff for the MJ tour were staying at the hotel there - not exactly The Hilton but there you go. They were really nice folk, buying drinks for staff in the evening and leaving big tips for waiters (and the chef!) as they were well looked after at the hotel. So one morning after a particulary nice breakfast one of the road crew came into the kitchen handing out official MJ road crew t-shirts, which was kind and very cool. Mine said 'Michael Jackson Security' on the back of a burgundy shirt, I kept it for a while until passing it onto a collector friend, but I wore it one year at the Glastonbury Festival and lost count of the amount of friendly folk who kept tapping me on the shoulder saying "wow, were you in MJ's crew?" I just laughed and said "yeah right, we're great mates!"

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