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Michael Jackson · 1997

Michael Jackson

Historical music event in the Radio Music History database.

August 25, 1997Other⭐⭐⭐⭐

Description

A man who escaped from a psychiatric facility near Helsinki, Finland, was arrested after planning to set fire to the stage where Michael Jackson was due to perform. He had already placed petrol on the stage but was arrested before he could ignite it.

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