26th June Press release......

The world was stunned this morning to hear of the death of Michael Jackson.

However, there were signs as far back as last weekend that the pointy-nosed

singer was reaching breaking point. His young chums advised him against taking

on a motorcycle tour with Bike Tours UK.  However, once riding the barren

interior of Iceland, he was reported to say that he was "Thrilled to be

there".

It is thought that a hard night's partying in Sigulfjourdur on Saturday night was the final straw for the pasty-faced performer.  In permanent sunshine, there aint no Moonshine,  plenty good times, even in the bad times, we blame it on the Boogie.

Tour Leader, Bill Roughton said, "the crossing of vast lava fields on Sunday was quite challenging;

it's a bit like moon walking.  For a while I saw the Man in my Mirror, but then

he was gone, possibly having followed another exhausted rider over the edge"

A spokesman from the North East - also hospitalised during the tour, said,

"It takes a certain type of person to be on an Extreme Bike Tours adventure; distances can be lot further than you think and sometimes, it can be, just "Bad"