Marcus Berkmann

Hitting the mark

Marcus Berkmann on Michael Jackson

issue 05 July 2008

Marcus Berkmann on Michael Jackson

It seems hard to believe, but on 29 August Michael Jackson will be 50 years old. Maybe fortunately in this case, the music industry doesn’t really go a bundle on 50th birthdays: I believe there’s another half-hearted greatest hits coming out, but that’s about it.

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