{"id":670225,"date":"2026-10-30T21:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T21:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/670225\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T21:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T21:02:12","slug":"fans-gather-in-kildare-for-new-michael-jackson-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/670225\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans gather in Kildare for new Michael Jackson exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Jackson fans gathered in Newbridge, Co Kildare on Friday for the opening of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/entertainment\/2026\/1023\/1596639-michael-jackson-memorabilia-to-go-on-display-in-kildare\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a new exhibition celebrating the controversial singer&#8217;s music, fashion and legacy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A Thriller of an Exhibition \u2013 Michael Jackson: A Fashion Legacy at the Museum of Style Icons at Newbridge Silverware was officially opened by costume designer Michael Bush, who worked alongside Jackson for more than 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/entertainment\/2009\/0626\/417810-jacksonm\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">who died aged 50 in 2009<\/a>, has been the subject of allegations of child sexual abuse for over thirty years, with the Michael Jackson Estate consistently denying all allegations of wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>At the exhibition opening, Mr Bush met with fans and signed copies of his book, The King of Style: Dressing Michael Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>Presented in association with Julien\u2019s Auctions, the free exhibition runs until the 8th of November and offers visitors a rare opportunity to view a collection of costumes and memorabilia associated with Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>Among the exhibits are the illuminated Thriller jacket worn by Jackson during his 1987\u20131989 Bad World Tour, the rhinestone-studded white glove worn during his performance of Billie Jean at the 1983 Motown 25 television special, and memorabilia associated with his Bad, Dangerous and HIStory<\/p>\n<p>Michael Jackson first performed in Ireland at P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh in Cork in July, 1988, as part of his Bad World Tour, and returned in July, 1992, during the Dangerous World Tour, and performed to a capacity crowd of 40,000 people at Lansdowne Road.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Michael Bush, longtime costume designer to Michael Jackson, with Kyle Gray, dancer and Michael Jackson tribute performer dressed as the King of Pop, officially open A Thriller Of An Exhibition \u2013 Michael Jackson: A Fashion Legacy at the Museum of Style Icons, Newbridge Silverware, Co. Kildare. The ex\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/00254223-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nMichael Bush with Kyle Gray, dancer and Michael Jackson tribute performer<\/p>\n<p>Dancers from local company KNC Performing Arts brought Jackson&#8217;s Thriller routine to life and Michael Jackson tribute act Kyle Grayjuner performed the singer\u2019s most famous dance routines, including his signature Moonwalk.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition comes ahead of Julien\u2019s Auctions\u2019 Michael Jackson: The Fashion Legacy auction, which takes place at Rosewood Abu Dhabi on 7th December, when costumes and personal items from Jackson\u2019s career will go under the hammer.<\/p>\n<p>Julien\u2019s Auctions has previously achieved world-record prices for Jackson artifacts, including the sale of the original Thriller music-video jacket for US $1.8 million in 2011 and the famous Motown 25 glove for US $430,000 in 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson fans gathered in Newbridge, Co Kildare on Friday for the opening of a new exhibition celebrating&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-670225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}