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Plaster of disguise: Bandaged Michael Jackson goes shopping in Las Vegas

By CLEMMIE MOODIE

Hat jammed on head, a shawl around the neck, those ever present sunglasses and a face covered in sticking plasters.

 

Yes, it's Michael Jackson on another "incognito" shopping trip.

 

Accompanied by his children Prince, 10; Paris, nine; and five-year-old Blanket, the troubled 49-year-old star enjoyed a late-night visit to a bookshop in Las Vegas.

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Bizarre: Michael Jackson's face is covered in tiny square plasters

 

After three hours in the Shakespeare, science fiction and children's sections, he left with several boxes full of reading matter.

 

"If Michael wanted to go unnoticed he could hardly have failed more spectacularly," said a source.

 

"He removed his shades only to put on his reading glasses and help his children make their selections.

 

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Incognito: Jackson attempted to keep a low profile during a Vegas shopping trip

"Not only did his bizarre army jacket and headscarf combination draw attention to itself, but his chin and mouth were covered in small surgical plasters.

 

"If he has not had any more cosmetic work carried out, perhaps he just wants to protect his face and the procedures he has already had done.

 

"Whatever the explanation, he was looking stranger than ever."

 

Hiding his face from the world's media: Jackson shopping in LA last month

Meanwhile, the singer is in talks to make his comeback with a series of gigs in London, it has emerged.

He is lined up to do several shows.

Promoters want him to recreate his classic Thriller album at the O2 Arena next spring to mark the record's 25th anniversary.

According to reports, the shows will run throughout March and April at the former Millennium Dome.

"They'd be stripped down, and not big productions.

"Fans would be expected to travel to Jackson rather than make him go round the world" according to one U.S. report.

Tickets are expected to cost hundreds of pounds, as Jackson is said to be in debt to the tune of more than £165 million. Rod Stewart's former co-manager Randy Phillips is understood to be behind the plan.

Sources say Phillips and Jackson have met several times, and that Michael "is in good shape".

However there are still obstacles to standing in the way of the O2 run of shows - namely insurance and, apparently, Jackson's often flaky mental health.

Jackson, 49, was widely criticized when he fleetingly performed live at the World Music Awards in London in November 2006. It had been his first public performance since his acquittal on child molestation charges a year-and-a-half before.

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Here's my question.. why hasn't someone intervened on behalf of these children?  DCF, a judge, a concerned family member?  SOMEONE!   What do you think?