this is my first post, but i have to reason this, as i am not sure if others have.

is it not true, when reflecting about his O2 marathon, that Prince said something like "only I can break that record" in relationship to his 21 nights? i stand to be corrected if he did not say this...but,

his brethren, Michael Jackson, is said to have sold out 50 shows already, more than twice the record set by Prince.

was Prince proven wrong?

Tickets for Michael Jackson's 50 live dates at London's O2 arena have sold out, meaning that a staggering one million tickets to see the singer have been bought in a matter of hours.

Dates for the summer residency, beginning on 8 July, had been extended to 50 nights – one for each year of Jackson's life. The singer is said to be "thrilled" by the response, though no doubt his promoters are even happier. "Not only are these concerts unparalleled, these records have never been broken," said Randy Phillips, of promoters AEG Live. "We knew this was show business history, but this is a cultural phenomenon".

MyLawd said:

I thought MJ was only doing 10 shows

thereislonely1 said:

and he'll be comitted to a sanatorium before he's reached 7



don't sweat it, he won't break prince's record. although,
to be fair, who cares?

prince isn't superman. i just don't think mj will beat his
record tho.

technically i guess he beats it as soon as he's sold the
tickets to more than 21 nights. but i don't think he'll be
able to physically perform that many nights in a row.

he's been sitting around playing nintendo wii and eating
cheetos for the past 12 years. come on now.

Time will tell if Mr. Jackson actually shows up to 50 concert.

My guess is he'll come down with some sort of mystery illness or injury.

God, the worse thing about Mike doing these shows at the O2 is people comparing him and Prince.

Let's see what happens around show 15.

IstenSzek said:

i am concerned about what MJ's gotten himself into,
but Prince definitely had a part in this...he literally
set the stage.
i think that an active MJ in the music world is good for
Prince in a strange kindof way, and do not take for granted
that he actually sang a few of his songs, which i thought
i would never see the day of...

...remember the "please don't compare me to MJ" quote

Proven wrong about what? Records are made to be broken. Let's see how long MJ holds up given the history of his ailments.

technically i guess he beats it as soon as he's sold the
tickets to more than 21 nights. but i don't think he'll be
able to physically perform that many nights in a row.

2elijah said:

well, that is actually the original question...i am not sure if around the release of 21 nites, that Prince actually said something along the lines of: only he can break the 21 nite record he had established.

looking back, now...if he did say it, perhaps it was actually an indirect call to MJ to pick up his ass, because surely Prince knows what Michael is capable of doing.

MyLawd said:

Prince speaks a lot of egotistical nonsense, this being just one example.

this is my first post, but i have to reason this, as i am not sure if others have.

is it not true, when reflecting about his O2 marathon, that Prince said something like "only I can break that record" in relationship to his 21 nights? i stand to be corrected if he did not say this...but,

his brethren, Michael Jackson, is said to have sold out 50 shows already, more than twice the record set by Prince.

was Prince proven wrong?

is it not true, when reflecting about his O2 marathon, that Prince said something like "only I can break that record" in relationship to his 21 nights? i stand to be corrected if he did not say this...but,

IstenSzek said:

He won't be performing 50 nights in a row, just like Prince didn't do 21 in a row. They have nights off.

For example, Prince's shows were spread over a period of 52 days in August and September. 31 days of August, 21 days of September. 3121, who'd have thought?

Jacko's are spread from July 2009 to February 2010 and there aren't any in October, November and December, so he has a 3 month break.

Maybe he'll make it through them all, maybe he won't, but either way I'm amazed that he's sold out 50 nights already.

It really doesn't matter, because the circumstances are different. MJ only toured 3 times, last time in 1997 and these shows are promoted as his final concerts. Prince tours regularly.

The quote from the article is "I don't expect someone to break the record."
Thats a lttle different from "only I can break the record."

his brethren, Michael Jackson, is said to have sold out 50 shows already, more than twice the record set by Prince.

was Prince proven wrong?

MyLawd said:

Perhaps wrong yes.
But the shows are not sold out yet.

thereislonely1 said:

he's been sitting around playing nintendo wii and eating
cheetos for the past 12 years. come on now.

udo said:

The organisers say they have.

http://www.google.com/hos...7zJIDbV_Dw

IstenSzek said:

Damn! That bitch had a wii for 12 years? I was still playing Atari 2600 12 years ago.

Didn't Prince actually perform about 42 concerts, if you count the aftershows ? That's a mentality which i think not many artist have brought up.
[Edited 3/13/09 21:42pm]