HE is the only Michael Jackson Impersonator 'Chosen by Michael’ for he worked with the legend himself over a period of 17 years.

Now Navi & His Band and Dancers will perform at Christchurch Regent Centre on Friday October 14 in King of Pop - The Legend Continues.

The production showcases the extraordinary talent of an impersonator who has performed in over 350 international shows in 61 different countries and is the only impersonator to have been associated with Michael Jackson, Sony Music, MJJ Estate and MJ's family.

His career highlight came when he was invited to perform at Michael Jackson’s 45th birthday party in Los Angeles.

The performance went down a storm and Navi was honoured and amazed to see Michael give a standing ovation.

After the show, Michael told him: “That was amazing… Do you practice every day.”

The following day Navi was invited to visit Michael’s home, Neverland, and spent the day inside Neverland, visited Michael’s cinema, zoo, went on a few of his theme park rides and had a barbeque on the grounds.

The relationship continued and over a period of many years Navi - who has had several facial operations in order to look like Michael, was frequently hand-picked by the late star to work for him in several different ways including as a body double and decoy.

Since Michael’s death, Navi has continued to work alongside the Michael Jackson Estate and in January 2010 he performed to a sell-out London O2 Indigo audience - the same venue where the “This Is It” concerts sadly never took place.

Navi, who was born in Trinidad and moved to Britain in the 1980s, has been open about having plastic surgery to his face to look more like his idol.

For more info please visit www.kingofpop.co.uk

Regent, Christchurch

01202 499199

www.regentcentre.co.uk