Like many people in the 1980s, Adrian Grant was a huge Michael Jackson fan. He was so fond of the "King of Pop" that he started a Jackson fan magazine titled "Off The Wall" in 1988. Grant says he wrote and designed the entire first issue by himself — in total, he published a scant 200 copies.
From those small beginnings in his native England, though, Grant eventually found bigger stages to share his fandom with the world, culminating in the creation of a concert titled "Thriller Live" in 2006. The 2½-hour show celebrating Jackson's music has toured across Europe, and in South Africa and China. Since 2009, "Thriller Live" has played at the Lyric Theater in London's famed West End theater district, and the show makes its Japanese debut on Sept. 29 at the Blue Theater in Tokyo's Roppongi district. Additional shows are scheduled for Osaka around the end of December.
"It's a journey through his career," Grant says about the show. "Starting with the Jackson 5, and on to the '70s and his solo career."