Michael Jackson goes country for "The Way You Make Me Feel."

http://www.examiner.com/e...erformance

angel345 said:

Doesn't mean it's the truth, lol. People were reporting Michael was scared of anthrax back in 2001.

Jackson 'avoids UK for fear of swine flu'



By Lara Martin, Entertainment Reporter


Michael Jackson has reportedly abandoned plans to visit Britain over fears that he might catch swine flu.

According to the Daily Express, the 'Thriller' star had hoped to travel to the UK within the next few weeks in order to find a suitable home to live in during his residency at London's O2 arena.

"Michael wanted to come over for viewings... because he wants to make sure the property is just right - after all he will be renting it from now until February next year," The Daily Telegraph quotes a source as saying.

"But that is off for the time being. We are going to send him videos. Michael doesn't want to travel because of the worry surrounding the flu outbreak."


http://www.digitalspy.co....e-flu.html

[size=3]Michael Jackson Limited Edition reissues in Japan[/size]

Sony Music Japan is to release 5 Michael Jackson classic albums (Paper Sleeve Limited Edition CD reissues) and 1 Blu-spec edition of the acclaimed The Essential Michael Jackson.

This new collection is a first-class celebration of Michael Jackson's return on stage. Check full details below.


OFF THE WALL - EICP1194
CD - Limited (First Edition)
Paper Sleeve, Reissue
1 890 Yens (14.63 euros)
July 08, 2009


THRILLER - EICP1195
CD - Limited (First Edition)
Paper Sleeve, Reissue
1 890 Yens (14.63 euros)
July 08, 2009


BAD - EICP1196
CD - Limited (First Edition)
Paper Sleeve, Reissue
1 890 Yens (14.63 euros)
July 08, 2009


DANGEROUS - EICP1197
CD - Limited (First Edition)
Paper Sleeve, Reissue
1 890 Yens (14.63 euros)
July 08, 2009


HISTORY - EICP1198
2CD - Limited (First Edition)
Paper Sleeve, Reissue
2 730 Yens (21.14 euros)
July 08, 2009


THE ESSENTIAL MICHAEL JACKSON
EICP20051 - Blu-Spec CD
3 990 Yens (30.90 euros)
July 22, 2009



[size=3]The Jacksons Limited Edition reissues in Japan[/size]

Sony Music Japan is to release 6 classic albums of The Jacksons(Paper Sleeve Limited Edition CD reissues).

This new collection is a first-class celebration of The Jacksons' Legacy. Please note that the Live album is retitled Best Live and will be presented as a 2CD set (just like the original 2LP set released in 1981). Check full details below.


THE JACKSONS - EICP1200
CD - Limited (First Edition)
Paper Sleeve, Reissue
1 890 Yens (14.63 euros)
July 08, 2009


GOIN' PLACES - EICP1201
CD - Limited (First Edition)
Paper Sleeve, Reissue
1 890 Yens (14.63 euros)
July 08, 2009


DESTINY - EICP1202
CD - Limited (First Edition)
Paper Sleeve, Reissue
1 890 Yens (14.63 euros)
July 08, 2009


TRIUMPH - EICP1203
CD - Limited (First Edition)
Paper Sleeve, Reissue
1 890 Yens (14.63 euros)
July 08, 2009


BEST LIVE - EICP1204
2CD - Limited (First Edition)
Paper Sleeve, Reissue
2 730 Yens (21.14 euros)
July 08, 2009


VICTORY - EICP1206
CD - Limited (First Edition)
Paper Sleeve, Reissue
1 890 Yens (14.63 euros)
July 08, 2009


Source: Sony Music Japan / MJ data bank

now DASS the MAKA JASSIN I REMEMBER....puerto rican

Worrying article about MJ in this month's Q mag....well, worrying for those with tickets for the shows!!!

eireboy34 said:

What's in the magazine?

bboy87 said:

Yes, and they did play! Other artists also had records on cereal boxes, but for whatever reason the J5 are the only ones I remember actually having.

And as you can see in the pics, the J5 cereal box promotions weren't limited to records (I don't remember the buttons, though).

The really interesting thing here is that MJ was already a household name (hey, I was a middle-class suburban white kid!) by the early 70's...and it's now 2009.

Ronnuz said:

Medical experts talking about how a body would react to doing 50 such shows.

To sum up, basically you would need the health of a top olympic athlete.....

eireboy34 said:

Oh please! Kinda hard to speculate how demanding the show is when we haven't seen his act yet.

The 50 shows will be spread over several months and never on consecutive days anyway.

eireboy34 said:

Oh please! Kinda hard to speculate how demanding the show is when we haven't seen his act yet.

The 50 shows will be spread over several months and never on consecutive days anyway.

CandaceS said:

10 shows a month

The Twinz' recap of meeting and rehearsing for MJ:

...Michael watched the show in a booth behind the standing room and we could see his hands in the air clapping during the show!

Timmy84 said:

Does anyone know what she's talking about? Where exactly was this booth? Does she mean one of the VIP tables, or some other semi-hidden nook I didn't notice while I was there?

I went to 3121 on March 30 (not MJ's night). I ended up standing by the railing just above the VIP tables, and between the bar and the main club entrance...

P.S. Keep the old and family pictures coming, some of those are great.
[Edited 5/3/09 23:17pm]

I assume they mean the VIP booths. From what I hear MJ was with will.i.am and they were just in a roped off booth - same as all VIP booths.

At the show I went to Elton John was in one of the V.VIP booths and it was just a normal booth.

Swa
[Edited 5/4/09 6:51am]

When Michael Jackson invites you to work on music with him, you go to wherever he's recording. Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas went to Ireland for Jackson. When he got hungry, Jackson took him to the drive through.
"I'm like, 'I'm hungry,'" Will recalled. "He says, 'Why don't you take the horse? Take the horse and pick apples. It's wonderful. We love doing it. The horses love going apple picking.' I'm like, 'All right, I'll f*cking go.' I swear to God. I'm on a f*cking horse. Michael Jackson's like, 'Wow, it's great.' The horse is picking apples. I'm like picking apples and junk, putting them in a bag. I'm like wow, this is like picking apples with Michael Jackson on horseback. Look at that ish, right?"
With all those excursions going on, did they get any recording done? "I don't know what he's going to use from what we've done, but I have memories. The stuff I did on Thriller 25 is up. If he uses any of the original things that we've done, great. If he didn't, I have my memories and the things that we've done is awesome. I learned so much from the dude. He's cool."
For those who got those highly sought after tickets for Jackson's 50 shows, Will vouches for the fellow musician's chops. Michael's still got it. "He was in my house. It's one thing you hear rumors, but when the guy's in your house, laying on your floor as you're playing beats, he's like, 'Will.i.am, I love this beat.' He's laying and his feet are up on the chair, he's kicking his feet. I'm like dude, Michael Jackson's laying on my floor. He's testing his voice and three hours has passed. He's just mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi, mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi. He's doing both voice testing just to sing for five minutes. He's testing his voice for three hours to sing for five minutes. I don't know. Fergie don't do that ish. Usher don't do that ish. None of the people that you think still got it do that. I've seen it, in my house. That's because he's a perfectionist and he just likes testing his voice. I'm like, 'Dude, can we record now? Because it's three hours, and it's only going take five minutes.' 'No, I just want to warm it up.' Like dude, that's hot. It's warmed up. And he has it. I've seen it. He mi mi mi'd for three hours. Perfect pitch