KINGVENTION 2015

HISTORY 20

The beginning of our Story

The first Kingvention took place at the Park Plaza Victoria in London, UK, celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Michael Jackson’s album "‘HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I’.

DATE: 12 September 2015
Number of Fans attended: 250

Our Guest Speakers:

  • Diana Walczak

    Sculptor of the Statue from the Michael Jackson HIStory Album cover.

  • Rob Hoffman

    Engineer on the Michael Jackson HIStory Album.

  • Jonathan Morrish

    Former VP of Comms at Sony Music Europe.

  • Eddie Wolfl

    Photographer on set of “SCREAM” with Janet Jackson

We Made it!

The 2015 edition included:

  • Diana Walczak Collection: For the first time in Europe, the bust of Michael Jackson used to create the HIStory Album Cover was displayed, alongside documents and photographs of Walczak creating the statue.

  • Behind The Scream Gallery: An exhibition of Eddie Wolfl's pictures of Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson during the filming of the music video of "Scream" released in 1995;

  • The Making of Moonwalker: An Exhibition of story boards from the Michael Jackson Movie "Moonwalker";

The convention opened with a live performance of Michael Jackson's "They Don't Care About Us" by Batala London, a Brazilian Samba drumming band.