Michael Jackson in Fulham and more musical statues
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 ImagesBob 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/REUTERSIt'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
Kobe, Japan – land of tender red meat and Elvis statues. ObvsPhotograph: Sankei/Getty ImagesYou can keep John Lennon company in Cuba – though he probably won't be wearing glasses (they keep getting pinched apparently)Photograph: STR/AFPThe 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 usPhotograph: AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez/APOf 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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