I'll start off by saying , THIS IS IT!

luv4u said:

now y would any one talk racist against MJ .yet MJ did make a claim to the La PD saying they were being racist for this one
he also claimed police brutality for being picked on for showing up it court in his jammies
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i cant wait for him to lip-synch my fav tunes...*throws up pom pom*

Michael Jackson's London shows set for Tube trouble


Closures mean fans may struggle to get to star's comeback shows


Some of Michael Jackson's forthcoming dates at the London O2 Arena are set to be affected by a closed London Underground tube line.

Improvement works mean that fans who were planning to travel on shows on July 18, 24 and 26 and August 1 and 30, will have to rethink their travel arrangements.

Station closures on the Jubilee Line mean that North Greenwich, the stop nearest to the venue, will be shut on the above dates in order for the line to be upgraded. See Transport for London for more details.

Michael Jackson's residency starts on July 13, after the original start date for the residency was put back from July 8.

Some ticket-holders have set up a petition to try and persuade promoters to reinstate the original schedule, as some of the July dates were put back until March 2010.

http://www.nme.com/news/m...kson/45013

Michael Jackson wants Britain's Got Talent winners Diversity to join him on stage


By Mirror.co.uk 1/06/2009


Michael Jackson was so thrilled at Diversitys win that henow wants them to join him on stage.

The King of Pop wants to see the boys with a view to them dancing in his upcoming This Is It UK shows.

Simon Cowell hinted that talks about the link up had already begun on Saturday night when he said the Britain's Got Talent winners could perform with the Thriller star.

It means they could be dancing alongside Jackson when he begins his nine-month residency at the O2 Arena in East London next month.

A source close to the star said: "Michael has already seen what the boys can do. He was captivated with Susan Boyle so he had an interest in the show.

But when Diversity came up on the outside rail he was mesmerised. Everyone knows Michael's performances are as much about the dancing as they are his music and Diversity would only add to the magic.


They are the hottest thing in the country at the moment, and if everything goes well and Michael takes them on they could be one of the hottest things on the planet."

Choreographer Kenny Ortega, who is putting together the O2Arena show for Jackson, is also keen to see Diversity perform.

But while this might be great news for the 11-strong dance group, it might be a setback for last years BGT runners-up, Jackson tribute act Signature.

The duo dancers Suleman Mizra, 30, and 35-year-old Madhu Singh had previously been hotly tipped to perform in the This Is It shows.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/c...-21404974/


Cocker 'not proud' of Jackson invasion
Monday, June 1 2009, 8:13am EDT
By David Balls, Music Reporter


Jarvis Cocker has admitted that he regrets invading the stage during Michael Jackson's 1996 Brit Awards performance.

The former Pulp frontman was physically removed by security after disrupting Jackson's performance of 'Earth Song' at the annual music event.

"That one action transported me to a kind of tabloid fame, which I couldn't have imagined. My whole set of values had nothing to do with that kind of tabloidy thing. It took me a long time to work through," he told Spin.

Cocker claimed that the extensive tabloid newspaper coverage of his action drew the public focus away from the group's musical credentials.

"I just pushed it too far with that thing, because it wasn't, 'Jarvis Cocker played an amazing song at the Brit Awards last night'. It was, 'Jarvis Cocker titted about at the Brit Awards last night'.

"I had been in a band 15 years, and in 15 seconds, I became more well known. All that bloody work! Thrown away!"

Cocker released his second solo album Further Complications on May 18.

http://www.digitalspy.com...asion.html

Jackson 'wants Diversity for O2 shows'





Michael Jackson reportedly wants Britain's Got Talent winners Diversity to perform at his upcoming London shows.

According to The Mirror, the 'Thriller' star was "mesmerised" by the dance troupe and is now eager for them to join him on stage when he begins his sold-out residency.

"Everyone knows Michael's performances are as much about the dancing as they are his music and Diversity would only add to the magic," said an insider.

"They are the hottest thing in the country at the moment, and if everything goes well and Michael takes them on they could be one of the hottest things on the planet."

Jackson is scheduled to begin his nine-month 'This Is It' stint at the O2 arena next month, after postponing the original four dates of the tour to allow for extra rehearsal time.

http://www.digitalspy.co....shows.html

^ The madness continues?! Is that a new pic?


http://www.showbiz411.com...imes-wrong

Re the Friedman piece posted at the end of the last thread... I'm not sure how people would see it as defending Mike. "...The yawning gap between Jackson and solvency grows every day" is hardly a compliment! But it's quite an accurate assessment, as far as I can tell.

As far as his much-vaunted stake in the ATV catalog, it has been used as collateral for loans totalling (by Roger's calculation at least) some $400 million. Whatever Mike makes in London will help keep his cashflow up, but it won't let him pay off his debt. Oh well, if the US gov't can rack up trillions in debt that prolly won't ever be paid back, so can Mike I guess!




We'll see what happens, but my hunch is you're right.
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CandaceS said:

No, that pic was taken sometime last year. Oddly enough that pic is not published in the original article that Unique posted.

NaughtyKitty said:

Oh okay, I couldn't tell since due to the scarf or whatever I couldn't see if he had his new curls or not!

Unique loves MJ, he can't stay off his stickies anyway!

BTW, Diversity news is all crap.

Marrk said:

right....he's obessed. And then he writes his essays and posts his "information" from tabloids.

babybugz said:

BoOTyLiCioUs said:

he was a Beautiful black man lol

babybugz said:

Back in the early eighties,he was the finest black man I've ever seen in my life. Honestly. I went to a very diverse university with a lot of hot black men but man Michael was the finest by far. One of the sexiest men i've seen in my life as well. It's really a shame he didn't realize it.
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Here's my lone post in this thread


My concept tracklisting

The Jackson 5ive: The Complete Tracklisting



Disc 1:
1.Zip A Dee Doo Dah
2 To Sir With Love*
3.Stand
4.Oh, I've Been Bless'd
5.Born To Love You
6.Standing In The Shadows Of Love
7.Sunny Boy*
8.I Want You Back (Mono Version)*
9.(I Know) I'm Losing You
10.My Cherie Amour
11.You Can't Hurry Love*
12.Can You Remember
13.Who's Lovin' You (Single Version)
14.You've Changed
15.You've Really Got A Hold On Me
16.Nobody
17.Chained
18.La La Means I Love You
19.Twenty Five Miles (Original Version)*
20.ABC (demo version)*
21.I Was Made To Love Her

Disc 2
1.I'll Bet You
2.I Hear A Symphony (Alternate Version)*
3.You Ain't Giving Me What I Want
4.We Can Have Fun
5.Honey Chile
6.Don't Let Your Baby Catch You
7.Don't Know Why I Love You
8.One More Chance (Mono Version)
9.The Young Folks
10.Lavender Blue*
11.True Love Can Be Beautiful
12.A Fool For You
13.Money Honey (Alternate Version)*
14.(Come Round Here) I'm The Only One You Need
15.2468
16.Never Had A Dream Come True
17.The Love You Save
18.How Funky Is Your Chicken
19.Ask The Lonely
20.Goin' Back To Indiana
21.Oh How Happy
22.Everybody Is A Star

Disc 3
1.Darling Dear
2.I'll Be There (Alternate Vocal Take)
3.Never Can Say Goodbye
4.One Day I'll Marry You
5.Give Me Half A Chance
6.Can I See You In The Morning
7.Ready Or Not Here I Come
8.After The Storm
9.Have Yourself A Merry Christmas
10.Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
11.Christmas Song
12.Up To The Rooftop
13.Frosty The Snowman
14.The Little Drummer Boy
15.Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
16.Christmas Won't Be The Same This Year
17.Give Love On Christmas Day
18.Someday At Christmas
19.I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
20.Mama's Pearl (Mono Version)
21.Reach In

Disc 4
1. The Love I Saw In You Was Just A Mirage
2. Reach Out I'll Be There
3. If You Really Love Me*
4. A Place In The Sun*
5. Petals
6. Jamie
7. Just A Little Misunderstanding
8. It's Your Thing
9. You're My Everything*
10. The Wall
11. We've Got Blue Skies
12. My Little Baby
13. It's Great To Be Here
14. I Ain't Gonna Eat My Heart Out Anymore
15. Maybe Tomorrow (Single 7' Version)
16. Just Because I Love You
17. Feelin' Alright (Studio Version)*
18. Sugar Daddy
19. I'm So Happy
20. Children Of The Light
21. E-Ne Me Ne Mi Ni Moe


Disc 5
1. Little Bitty Pretty One
2. I've Gotta Be Me
3. Penny Arcade
4. Love Call
5. Coming Home
6. Lulu
7. Doctor My Eyes
8. Sixteen Candles
9. I Can Only Give You Love
10. Looking Through The Windows
11. Ain't Nothin' Like The Real Thing
12. If I Have To Move A Mountain
13. Love Song
14. Corner Of The Sky
15. Don't Want To See Tomorrow
16. To Know
17. I Like The Way You Are
18. Skywriter
19. Can't Get Ready For Losing You
20. I'm Glad It Rained

Disc 6
1. You Made Me What I Am
2. Love Scenes
3. Let's Have A Party
4. Ooh I'd Love To Be With You
5. Love Is The Thing You Need
6. Touch
7. World Of Sunshine
8. Teenage Symphony
9. The Boogie Man
10. Uppermost
11. Would Ya Would Ya
12. Hallelujah Day (Stereo Single Version)
13. I Can't Quit Your Love
14. Dancing Machine (Alternate Remix)
15. Get It Together
16. Don't Say Goodbye Again
17. Hum Along And Dance
18. Reflections
19. Pride And Joy

Disc 7
1. It's Too Late To Change The Time (Alternate Mix)
2. Mama I Gotta Brand New Thing Don't Say No
3. You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You)
4. Make Tonight All Mine
5. What You Don't Know
6. Window Shopping
7. We're Here To Entertain You
8. Joyful Jukebox Music
9. Whatever You Got I Want (Single Version)
10. If I Don't Love You This Way
11. It All Begins And Ends With Love
12. The Eternal Light
13. The Mirrors Of My Mind
14. I Am Love

Disc 8
1. The Life of The Party
2. She's A Rhythm Child
3. (You Were Made) Especially For Me
4. Breezy
5. Call Of The Wild
6. Honey Love
7. Time Explosion
8. Through Thick And Thin
9. You're My Best Friend, My Love
10. All I Do Is Think Of You (Single Version)
11. Body Language
12. We're Gonna Change Our Style
13. Forever Came Today (Alternative Version)

He's back going out

He says he's doing the concert with the Jacksons (Texas Stadium one I think?)

TMZ clip



http://www.tmz.com/videos...b27617a799
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fortuneandserendipity said:

Damn those MJ scenes seem such a long time ago. He looked so shitty that time.

Dude is looking so much better now

And that a harsh video, but those guys were genius in editing it.

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Originally posted by "Savage".

Jacko to Lip sync Live in London!

Akon: 'Jackson will lip sync live'

(Sunday May 31, 2009 08:30 AM)

Akon has disappointed scores of fans who have splashed out on tickets for Michael Jackson's comeback concerts by insisting the King of Pop won't be singing live.

The R&B star, who has previously collaborated with the Thriller hitmaker, admits Jackson won't be showing off his vocals during This Is It, his upcoming seven-month London residency, and will instead rely on a pre-recorded track.

He says, "Michael singing I'm not so sure about. He will perform but not sing."

But Akon maintains audiences at the O2 Arena will still be thrilled by the spectacular show Jackson is planning: "It's going to be amazing, I can definitely tell you that. I'm going to have front row tickets. I will have the best tickets in the house and will be so close to the stage you will think that I am on it."

Jackson is scheduled to kick off This Is It in July.

http://uk.news.launch.yah...=l_news_dm





My answer to that is:


First of all I'd like to say that I'm a big fan of MJ.

But hey ! People wake up & be realistic... Michael can not sing anymore certain song without using the Lip Sync... that's a fact !

All the songs using his "Chest Voice" on a hight tone...like for example:

"Rock With You" - "Off The Wall" - "Thriller" - "Billie Jean" - "The Way You Make Me Feel" - "Another Part Of Me" - "In The Closet"(Exept the speaking verse) - "Black or White" - "Scream" - "They Don't Care About Us" - "Blood on the Dance Floor"...
Just to name a few...



So what can he sing today without using lip synching ?

All the songs using his "Head Voice" like:

"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" - "Workin' Day And Night" - "She's Out Of My Life" - "Heal The World"(But I still don't understand why he's always lip synching on this one !) - "Childhood" - "Speechless"...


& All the songs using a mixed register Head Voice/Chest Voice on a low tone, like:

"Human Nature" - "Speed Demon" - "2000 Watts" - "Don't Walk Away"...


Anyway people have to be realistic... this man is only a human & he is 51 not 15... so... c'est la vie !

If I had to develop a set list for Michael at the age he is now. It would be the following.

Lady in My Life
Destiny
Baby Be Mine
Billie Jean
Who is It
Keep the Faith
Don't Stop Till You Get ENough
Liberian Girl
Smooth Criminal
Human Nature
Thriller
Beat It
P.Y.T
She's out of My Life
Remember the Time
Stranger in Moscow
The Way You Make Me Feel
I just Can't Stop Loving You
Black or White
This Time Around.
Rock With You.
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I would replace this time around with dirty diana, and you forgot man in the mirror

alphastreet said:

I wonder if he's able to still sing that song though- considering he hasn't done Man in the Mirror live in ages either.

He has never even attempted to do Dirty Diana ever since 1988.

I would love to see him do Man in the Mirror and Dirty Diana- those are my favorites, but it has always bothered me that he didn't do those songs live anymore
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Michael Jackson's 50 gig fury



MICHAEL JACKSON has told fans he is fuming with concert promoters for booking 50 shows in London.

The Thriller star told fans outside his LA dance studio he wanted to take his live extravaganza across the globe - and only perform a handful of gigs at the O2.

But he didn't get his wish, and a deal was struck for Jacko's monster 50-date residency after the initial block of 10 he'd agreed to sold out.

He claims he only learned of the extra 40 bookings when he awoke to the news one morning.

The ailing King Of Pop is now panicking he's not physically strong enough to cope with the gruelling schedule, insisting his small appetite makes it hard for him to perform.

After practicing his moves at the Burbank Studios, Jacko, 50, greeted devoted fans waiting outside - and blew off some steam in the process.

He said: "Thank you for your love and support, I want you guys to know I love you very much.

"I don't know how I'm going to do 50 shows. I'm not a big eater - I need to put some weight on.

"I'm really angry with them booking me up to do 50 shows. I only wanted to do 10, and take the tour around the world to other cities, not 50 in one place.

"I went to bed knowing I sold 10 dates, and woke up to the news I was booked to do 50."

Last month, Jacko had 80,000 fans up in arms after the opening dates of his residency were delayed.

The concerts were due to kick off on July 8 but the opening night has been pushed back five days, with the others now scheduled for March.

Last week it emerged Jackson may have to axe more dates as he continues his battle with skin cancer.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/s...athon.html

^Its the Sun dude.

Randy Phillips said MJ approved of the 50 shows.
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I just had to post this since I heard this song earlier and wanted to hear it again. Look how cute MJ was.

suga10 said:

I almost forgot how hot he looks with his "normal" hair. I´m loving it.

Jackson 'angry about 50-date residency'

Tuesday, June 2 2009, 09:06 BST



By Mayer Nissim, Entertainment Reporter
Jackson 'angry about 50-date residency'

WENN

Michael Jackson has told his fans that he is not happy to have been booked to play 50 dates at London's O2, it has been claimed.

According to The Sun, the 'Bad' singer met with fans outside Burbank Studios in Los Angeles and told them that he would rather have performed a world tour instead of his planned residency.

Jackson reportedly said: "Thank you for your love and support, I want you guys to know I love you very much.

"I don't know how I'm going to do 50 shows. I'm not a big eater - I need to put some weight on."

He added: "I'm really angry with them booking me up to do 50 shows. I only wanted to do 10, and take the tour around the world to other cities, not 50 in one place.

"I went to bed knowing I sold 10 dates, and woke up to the news I was booked to do 50."

Jackson recently postponed the first four dates of his London residency amid claims that he is not prepared for the concerts.


http://www.digitalspy.co....dency.html
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unique said:

I'm sure you couldn't wait to post that FAKE picture








That picture is no big deal if someone had a picture of you ( i'm assuming you are male) they could do the same thing with photoshop so i don't know why you think you're being funny. GROW UP
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