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LONDON - POP megastar Michael Jackson is in advanced talks with concert organisers for a series of up to 30 live shows at London's O2 Arena this summer, British newspapers reported on Saturday.
According to The Times, The Sun and the Daily Mail, which all cited unnamed sources, the 50-year-old could command concert fees of up to 1.5 million pounds (S$3.28 million) per show to revive his career.
The newspapers said that London is competing with a US venue - reportedly Las Vegas - for Jackson's concerts.
It would mark his first major series of concerts since his 2005 acquittal on charges of child sex molestation.
'It is only at discussion stage but if it comes off it will be amazing,' a spokeswoman for his agents, the Outside Organisation, told The Sun.
An unidentified source told the Daily Mail: 'It will be the greatest comeback in the history of pop and there would be no problem selling out the O2 every night.' 'No one is concerned about his reputation and people don't feel it is a risk. Organisers are confident people will come from all over the world to see him.' Jackson has virtually disappeared from the public eye since his acquittal in his 2005 trial. He has been living in different places including a spell in Bahrain, in Europe and Las Vegas.
He has repeatedly said he is working on a new album, but so far nothing concrete has materialised. His 1982 hit 'Thriller' remains the best-selling album of all time.
In November, he came to a settlement in a London court with a Bahraini prince over a US$7-million (S$10.7 million) lawsuit. -- AFP
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