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The rumour mill is working overtime (and it won't stop ‘till it gets enough) - apparently Michael Jackson is in London and gearing up for a "special announcement" tomorrow which the media are predicting could spell several comebacks at the O2 arena. Now when it comes to any kind of news RE: M.J, it doesn't matter if you're black or white, it's big news. Maybe you've been a hater since the camp Caulkin incident, perhaps you've always been forgiving of M.J's trial-by-international-media, or maybe you were the guy who bought one of his bejewelled toilet brushes for ten bucks at the Neverland auction. Either way, the news is bound to be a thriller.

I've been thinking about this comeback-at-the-O2 business though. And this time I think it's far more complicated than Led Zep's hallowed visit, where there was only one question to be asked; will Stairway be the first or second encore? Imagine the logistical nightmare that is the comeback of the King of Pop! I mean, didn't he sell that crown? Who's got it? Did they keep receipts?

• - Will he still be able to move? Last time I saw him he was in the Woman's Weekly mag in a wheelchair with facemasks and post-its on his chin? It might just be me, but I'm gonna need a guarantee that there will be Moonwalking before I shell out for a ticket.
• - Will we remember the moves to Thriller? Will he? I'm only good for the swinging-zombie-hands-in-the-air bit.
• - Who's gonna look after the kids while he's onstage?
• - How many of his songs will be struck from the setlist due to their huge irony in the light of semi-recent events? I doubt he's gonna get away with this anymore:

            So Get Closer (Closer Now) To My Body Now Just Love Me 'Til You Don't Know How    (Ooh)
               
            Touch Me And I Feel On Fire
                Ain't Nothin' Like A Love Desire (Ooh)
                I'm Melting (I'm Melting)
                Like Hot Candle Wax Sensation (Ah Sensation)
                Lovely Where We're At (Ooh)
                So Let Love Take Us Through The Hours I Won't Be Complainin' 'Cause This Is Love         Power (Ooh)

                Makes me a little wriggly even now.

• - Will there be special guests? I guess Britney Spears could stay on a few nights from her stint at the O2. She'd be up for it. Justin Timberlake? Could get a little edgy. I mean, put those two side-by-side and it suddenly people are putting two and two together...Slash? Because let's be honest, Dirty Diana ain't right without him.
• - Will he be a good sport and get the family involved? We all know by now that the Jackson Five reunion was unfounded, he should throw those guys a bone.
• - How many times will he tell us he loves us? Will it be creepy?