Brief History of the Michael Jackson World Network

Prior to the start of MJWN in March 1998, most of the current team were volunteers with other Michael Jackson Fan Clubs and between us we have over 80 years of combined experience in the Michael Jackson Fan Club World! Jayne Ross and Lyn Dawber were also official volunteers with Michael’s ‘Heal the World Foundation’ working on various fund-raising activities to help the charity which included; Lightwater Valley Fun Day, ‘Swim The World’, and the combined project ‘Heal the World’ undertaken with ‘Operation Christmas Child’ - Airlifting medical supplies, food, and Christmas presents to help needy children in Bosnia.

Since April 1998 we have been supported and encouraged by a wide range of Michael’s business contacts along with many fans. We were in the fortunate position of being supported by MJJ Productions, and later, MJJ Source, receiving their official ‘Seal of Approval’. Sony Music too have been supportive in many ways including allowing us to hear and report on ‘Invincible’ prior to its release.

We have produced five (A5) magazines, the first three of which we gave away for FREE to anyone who wanted a copy! More recently, we co-founded ‘SupportMichael.com’ along with the Italian Michael Jackson Fan Club CTE. We not only co-ran the website with CTE but also produced a full size glossy magazine with them. Click here for details.

We have supplied tickets for fans to attend:

• Michael’s ‘What More Can I Give’ concert in Munich - June 1999
• Heal the Kids’ Valentine’s Day Seminar in New York – February 2001
• Michael Jackson’s 30th Anniversary Celebration in New York - September 2001
• Michael’s 45th Birthday Party in Los Angeles – August 2003*
• Sony’s British launch of Michael’s ‘Ultimate Collection’ - November 2004

* We co-organised this event with MJFC & TMC and were heavily involved in the Birthday Programme for the event.

Unfortunately there weren’t any tickets on sale for Michael’s Oxford Speech in February 2001, but we did attend and were also the only Fan Club invited to the pre-speech dinner.

Added to the above we have supplied tickets, merchandise and assisted with the organisation of MJ Day 9 and MJ Day 10 produced by Adrian Grant. Michael attended the latter and one of our helpers even got chance to decorate his dressing room!

Two questions we’re always asked are; “Have you met Michael?” and “Have you been to Neverland?” The answer to both questions is yes! Some of us have met Michael more than once and some of us have been to Neverland more than once, but we believe our meetings and trips are personal experiences that should not be advertised all over the Internet. Therefore, if you are looking for stories of when we met Michael, or when we visited his home, then unfortunately you won’t find them here!

MJWN Today

MJWN has members in over 100 countries. The current services we offer are as follows:

• News - Including RSS Feed
• Monthly Newsletter and free email service
• MJ/Jacksons/Jackson 5 Merchandise
• Promotion of Michael Jackson events
• Ticketing information for Michael Jackson events
• Competitions
• Quizzes
• Messages to Michael

And last, but not least, we are a point of contact for all Michael’s fans. Whatever you want to say, we are here to listen – After all we are Michael fans too! We also believe that you as his fans, whatever your age, should receive information and should be offered the chance to enter competitions or buy tickets to an event without first buying a product.

MJWN is a Michael Jackson Fan Club, not a Fan Club based on the Jackson Family. Although we obviously respect Michael’s family and will mention them in the news with regard to a reference they may have made about Michael, we are not here to report their news especially as many other websites already cover this.