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Tim Jonze

Michael Jackson in Fulham and more musical statues

Statues: Michael Jackson statue outside Fulham FC
It's the vision every Fulham fan dreamed of! But what will Jacko fans think of the Bobby Zamora statue currently being erected outside Neverland? Photograph: Tony O'Brien/Action Images
Statues: Bob Marley statue in Serbia
Bob Marley is big in Banatski, a Serbian village of less than 400 people (their annual Rockvillage festival – which this statue was built for – is held in a schoolyard) Photograph: NEBOJSA MARKOVIC/REUTERS
Statues: Frank Zappa statue
It's why we pick up guitars in the first place – the dream that one day our heads will be recreated in stone and put on display in Lithuania (Frank Zappa's anti-establishment stance made him a cult figure there during Soviet times) Photograph: PETRAS MALUKAS/AFP
Statues: Statue Of Elvis Presley in Kobe, Japan
Kobe, Japan – land of tender red meat and Elvis statues. Obvs Photograph: Sankei/Getty Images
Statues: John Lennon statue
You can keep John Lennon company in Cuba – though he probably won't be wearing glasses (they keep getting pinched apparently) Photograph: STR/AFP
Statues: Shakira statue in Columbia
The idea of erecting a statue of Shakira in Colombia isn't particularly strange (she is, after all, from Colombia) but the idea of erecting a massive Shakira statue full stop is one that amuses us Photograph: AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez/AP
Statues: Michael Jackson down the Thames
Of course, when it comes to statues in weird places Jacko has previous (and that's before we get into the whole butter sculpture debate)
Photograph: Brian Rasic/Rex Features
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