Music on the move
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ichael Jackson has been good news for rock tour specialist Edwin Shirley Trucking. The all-singing all-dancing superstar has helped the firm keep 55 artics on the road this summer.
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Edwin Shirley director 011ie Kite says it has been an "exceptionally good year" for his business, with UK and European tours by Jackson, Genesis, Bruce Springsteen, Bryan Adams and Simply Red all demanding vehicles and drivers.
Jackson's 55 vehicles are transporting his show across Europe — 22 lorries carry the sound, lights and scenery; 27 (in three sets of nine) leapfrog with three stages, and another three groups of two leapfrog carrying the stage roofs and an elevated walkway_ Kite says it's too early to say who will be on the road next year, but rumours abound of stars happy to fill soccer stadiums during the close season, trailed by dozens of lorries carrying everything including the kitchen sink. A far cry from the Hawk's day when a song-and-dance man could pack everything necessary into a medium-size Gladstone bag.