King of Pop: The Legend Continues

Weymouth Pavilion

HE’S hailed as the finest Michael Jackson tribute artist in the world.

And for one night only, Navi brought a full house at Weymouth Pavilion to its feet, with the audience whooping and shrieking and singing along, the sort of reactions you might have expected the original version to evoke.

Not only did he look scarily like the King of Pop, he sounded fantastic, sound problems aside, and for 12 dates of this UK tour he’s being joined my MJ’s own righthand woman Jennifer Batten – guitarist extraordinaire, who joined Jackson on his Bad, Dangerous and History world tours for a decade.

Her appearances were greeted with the sort of hysteria saved for rock gods, just as you thought the screaming could get no louder she whipped her trusty instrument out for a solo and the roof was raised.

Navi’s warm relationship with the audience is evident – he’s travelled the globe entertaining the masses and it shows in his easy manner, one minute having a joke with his musicians and the next, whipping the audience into a frenzy.

The staging was fab – dramatic lasers and lights, fireworks going off, the three backing dancers and his own, authentic-looking costumes all combined to give it authenticity.

A plethora of the favourites were performed – Thriller, Man in The Mirror, Beat It – with a couple of lesser known tracks thrown in.

Half the audience had seen him before but all, by the end, were planning to see him again.

A quality night out.