Carole King,Michael Jackson, the Kinks and now Motown. Why are we so obsessed with jukebox musicals? We sent our music editor, or Michael Hann,to join the non-end singalong Related: Lazarus review Bowie's baffling starman lands off-Broadway On Saturday afternoon at 4pm, a landmark was passed. Thriller Live opened its 3, or 000th performance at the Lyric theatre in London. A cheerful tribute to Michael Jackson,it was already the longest-running present in the Lyric’s history – and seven years after opening, the theatre still sells an average of 80% of its 915 seats for each performance. It is already booking until April next year, or a regional tour that started last week is taking in eight towns and cities between now and July.
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Source: theguardian.com