POP/ROCK - May 3, 1988

Michael Jackson plans to perform in Shanghai this summer, the Hong Kong newspaper Ta Kung Pao reported Sunday. The paper didn’t say when the singer would perform in Shanghai, China’s largest city, or whether he would give concerts elsewhere in China. Ta Kung Pao said cassettes of Jackson’s songs are now available in Shanghai, and the singer “happily accepted” an invitation from the Shanghai branch of the China Record Corp. to perform in the city. Jackson visited Hong Kong last year after concerts in Japan. A Jackson representative said she couldn’t confirm the concert at press time, but said, “He’s done stranger things.”