Cicero missed out on a coveted ‘Top of the Pops’ performance because of time constraints owing to Michael Jackson’s 10-minute Black or White music video.
The star’s second single Love is Everywhere peaked in the UK Top 20, but he believes it would have fared even better had he landed a spot on the show.
Speaking in the April 2022 edition of Retro Pop, he reveals a performance was planned – but bosses axed his spot at the last minute to make way for Michael Jackson’s latest music video.
“I was meant to be on ‘Top of the Pops’ but Michael Jackson had his song Black or White out,” explains the singer.
“It had a 10-minute video and I was meant to be on ‘Top of the Pops’ but they said, ‘Sorry, we can’t have Cicero on this week because we’re going to show the 10-minute video from Michael Jackson’.”
He admits: “I was raging, because I was one of the highest climbers that week. I got to No. 19 and they showed about a two-second clip of Love is Everywhere and then they said, ‘Now we’re going to show you the video from Michael Jackson’.”
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