The star makes his first public appearance since being cleared on child abuse.Michael Jackson has been pictured for the first time since June, looking healthy and happy in Dubai on his 47th birthday.
The official photographs, taken while the pop star was in the company of H.H.Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamed Al Khalifa, the son of the king of Bahrain, show the star in much better health that the frail, unhappy man pictured throughout the gruelling five month child abuse trial earlier this year, in which Jackson was fully acquitted.
Jackson is rumoured to have travelled to Dubai on 20 August, and local media have reported that the musician has now bought a home in the state.
Arab motor sport personality Mohammed Ben Sulayem, who gave Jackson and Sheikh Abdullah a tour of his home city, said: "Michael had a wonderful time and he was surprised and impressed by what he found in Dubai."
"He had heard that some amazing developments are taking place here, but he was still astonished to see the scale of the expansion and particular projects like The World and The Palm Jumeirah."
