{"id":320405,"date":"2025-08-05T17:51:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T17:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/320405\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T17:51:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T17:51:15","slug":"bts-michael-jackson-tribute-album-reports-false","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/320405\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS: Michael Jackson tribute album reports &#8216;false&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The band&#8217;s management moved to squash the rumours after some fan accounts announced their involvement in the project, with some even stating that recording sessions had taken place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">According to The Sun, Jackson spent time at Grouse Lodge Studios, County Westmeath, in 2006 after being acquitted of child abuse allegations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Studio owner Paddy Dunny told the paper Jackson was working on a planned comeback during his time in Ireland, but died in 2009 before completing work on the project. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A quote attributed to Mr Dunny &#8211; which was removed from a later version of the story &#8211; said BTS had been at the site to record one of the songs he left behind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">BTS have been compared to the so-called &#8220;King of Pop&#8221; by critics due to their cultural impact and international fame.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They were also mentioned in a documentary marking the 40th anniversary of Thriller, one of Jackson&#8217;s most famous hits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">BTS are set to return next year after going on hiatus in 2022 due to mandatory military service laws in South Korea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">BBC Newsbeat has approached Grouse Lodge Studios and The Sun&#8217;s publishers for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The band&#8217;s management moved to squash the rumours after some fan accounts announced their involvement in the project,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320406,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,77,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-320405","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114977432168292786","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}