

Michael Jackson, only 17, first performed in Manila in 1976 together with his brothers, Tito, Jackie, Marlon and Randy (the youngest at 14 who replaced the ailing Germaine). The quintet popularly known as the “Jackson Five,” did a series of concerts—- at the Folk Arts Theater, February 13, 14 and 15 and at the Araneta Coliseum, February 17, 18 and 19, 1976.