He said that “he never liked it as much as in Poland”. His death caused a series of Internet outages

he played a concert in Poland only once, on September 20, 1996. 100,000 tickets were sold for the concert, but there were about 120,000 people in front of the stage. The crowd pressed so hard against the fence that it finally rammed it. Security was unable to keep up with the fans, despite being assisted by the military. After the performance, fans stood in giant traffic jams to get out of the airport in Bemowo.

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Michael Jackson played in Poland only once. It was the “concert of all time”

The artist’s performance has gone down in history. An amphitheater in Park Górczewski in Warsaw’s Bemowo district was named in his honour. There was even a commemorative plaque. – It was loud about him when he came to us in 1996, but that’s because for the first time a world star performed here with such a flourish – recalled Robert Leszczyński in an interview. “When you looked at the headlines, at what the media was saying, everyone was portraying it as the concert of all time,” one of Jackson’s fans admitted in an interview.

Stars of this format did not appear in Poland, not in the 90s. Meanwhile, Jackson visited the country more than once. A year after the memorable concert in Warsaw, he returned to the capital, this time for business purposes. He planned to open a great family amusement park, the second “Neverland”. Nothing came of the plans, although hopes were high. – I have visited the whole world six times and been everywhere, but nowhere did I like it as much as in Poland – in 1997 Jackson.

Michael Jackson during a visit to the Children’s Home at ul. Rakowiecka in Warsaw photo. Sławomir Kamiński / Agencja Wyborcza.pl

Jackson died 14 years ago. The news of his death caused … Internet failures

The “King of Pop” died on June 25, 2009 in Los Angeles. The news of the death of Michael Jackson almost immediately caused a huge stir not only among fans of the artist and other stars. Even then-US President Barack Obama expressed his condolences to the family. When the news spread through the media, portals around the world began to have accessibility problems and even block access. about a serious failure of Twitter. In turn, Google blocked search results for over 30 minutes, thinking that their significant increase was the result of hackers.

After Jackson’s death, his record sales increased significantly. The artist has struggled with financial problems for many years, fell into huge debts, and the trouble was deepened by the molestation lawsuit. Although he was acquitted in 2006, the scandal affected his career. He died during intensive preparations for a concert tour that was supposed to help him get out of the way. After his death, radio stations devoted hours of broadcasts to him, music televisions almost entirely gave him the antenna. – It’s a kind of media mourning, and emotions spread – said in 2009 prof. Janusz Czapiński in an interview with “Rzeczpospolita”.