Neverland

From precocious childhood to unstable middle age Michael Jackson was a universally recognized icon, a true legend and the focus of a quite unique musical career.

Neverland: The Life and Death of Michael Jackson tells the story of that career and the person trapped inside it.

As the natural process of growing up turned into the unnatural process of surgical and chemical intervention, Jackson was never anything less than a sensational performer. He only truly came alive on stage and his legendary moonwalk at the Motown 25th Anniversary Concert in 1983 epitomized his electrifying stage presence.

Drug dependency, skin bleaching and ever more facial surgery signaled an ominous psychological decline, but this was never reflected in Jackson’s professional persona which continued to inspire worldwide adoration and generate huge sales.  Then a criminal investigation and a very public trial prompted a loss of lucrative sponsorship and led to a major financial crisis.

The final outcome should not have been a surprise, yet mystery still surrounds the abrupt and shocking end of Michael Jackson’s life at the age of 50 just as he was regrouping for a spectacular comeback. 

Here then is his bizarre life story, told in what is perhaps the only medium that could do it full justice.