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Budweiser Superfest
Date confirmed from Billboard Magazine (“‘Budweiser Superfest,’ Aug. 1”)
Michael Jackson, Interview Magazine
I always enjoyed the feeling of being onstage—the magic that comes. When I hit the stage it’s like all of a sudden a magic from somewhere just comes and the spirit just hits you and you just lose control of yourself. I came onstage at Quincy’s [Jones] concert at the Rose Bowl and I did not want to go onstage. I was ducking and hiding and hoping he wouldn’t see me hiding behind people when he called me on. Then I went up there and I just went crazy. I started climbing up the scaffold, the speakers, the light gear. The audience started getting into it and I started dancing and singing and that’s what happens.
“Los Angeles Times” (August 3, 1982), from Chris Cadman’s “Michael Jackson the Maestro”
The biggest moment of the nearly 10 hour festival was the appearance of singer Michael Jackson, who joined the rambling, spirited finale of Jones’ set, “Stuff Like That.” Jackson’s presence electrified the crowd, though he only did a few dance steps and sang several choruses, mostly in unison with the entire cast.
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