I’m a Michael Jackson fan. Not a fainting/screaming/crazy superfan but more of a own all the Sony albums on all formats/seen Moonwalker 120 times/used to want to dance like him 80′s baby fan but as we were too broke in the 80′s and 90′s, I’ve never seen him live so the forthcoming run of dates at London’s o2 is me. I don’t care that he’s past his prime, he’s a legend and as I missed out on the Prince 30 date run at the o2 and the recent Stevie Wonder shows at the o2, you know I need to be at one of the MJ dates so literally as the press conference was happening, I was on michaeljacksonlive.com pre-registering for tickets.

Then last night, as my Belfast bredren DJ Hix got a text with his pre-sale code (he’s since got 4 tickets for 12th July), I got this PAR in my email inbox:

Record-Breaking Presale Registration!

Last week, The King of Pop announced his dramatic return to the stage at the O2 arena. Millions of fans around the world tuned into the global media announcement prompting unprecedented numbers to register for the presale from a record breaking 202 countries around the world.

You are now in the queue to recieve a presale code when more become available.

We encourage you to monitor your email inbox closely as we expect additional codes to be allocated once the presale begins. We are seeking approval to add more shows so all of Michael’s fans can be accommodated.

If you have tickets, I HATE YOU. However, Hix reckons he saw a secret page while he was buying his tickets that show Michael will be doing 30 dates at the o2 up until September…