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Article: King of Pop's fans gather for late-night thriller
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- The Irish Times
- Article date:
- October 29, 2009
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HALLOWEEN CAME early at the Vue Cinema in Liffey Valley, Dublin,
where an estimated 350 diehard Michael Jackson fans gathered for the
Irish premiere of This Is It, writes KEVIN CASEY , in Liffey
Valley, Dublin
Devotees to the late, great King of Pop came for the 4am show in
fitting attire.
Premiering simultaneously in 17 cities for a limited run of two
weeks, fans from LA to Hong Kong were also seeing This Is Itfor the
first time in their respective time zones.
Distributor Sony Corp said the film had taken in $2.2 million
([euro]1.49 million) in ticket sales in North American screenings by
yesterday evening.
At Liffey Valley, Louth native Alan O'Neill (37) was tempted out
of his bed for the ...