interview with Will I Am Yesterday at Glastonbury.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/h...123506.stm

This was re-aired on Fox tonight, along with an "in memory" placard for MJ at the end.

Stevie wrote a new song for Michael. It'll be on Youtube soon

b3xy said:

Some poeple were that lucky to see him several times? I wish I was that lucky.

bboy87 said:

Really? Aww. Better be better than that 'Better on the Otherside' tribute

Mya said:

I'd post it here but it's a download file and i don't want the mods to delete it

bboy87 said:

What's it called?

Stevie Wonder honors Michael Jackson’s Memory at Starlight

When first announced, Stevie Wonder’s concert Friday at Starlight Theatre was seen as significant for being the celebrated hit-maker’s first show in Kansas City since 1986 at Kemper Arena. Call it history with a little “h.”

Then Michael Jackson died on Thursday – only a day before Wonder’s show at Starlight – and the resulting pop-culture shockwave instantly imbued the gig with a previously unimagined magnitude. Call it History.

How would Wonder publicly handle the stunning loss of his longtime friend, with whom he’d also shared the bond of being a former child pop star? What would he say to ease the ache? What would he sing in tribute?

Wonder didn’t waste any time making his feelings known to the thousands that packed Starlight on Friday. Before a note was played, he stood center-stage with Aisha Morris (his daughter and backup singer) to share his grief and search for meaning.

He solemnly called it an “amazing night” because of the “pain that is felt through the world with the loss of Michael Jackson.”


“I would hope that all of you would not allow yourselves to give in to the stupidity of some of what is being said by the press,” he said, adding that Jackson’s gifts would keep on giving “even in death.”

The most important thing, he said, was to know that Jackson “brought joy” through “his music and his dancing and his videos.”

“All the other stuff that people might do or say – excuse me, kids, hold your ears – is a bunch of bullshit,” Wonder said, to which the audience loudly applauded and shouted its approval.

“As well,” he said, “we’re going to do the show for Farrah Fawcett and Ed McMahon,” who also died this week. “It’s a celebration of life… .”

Alternating between grand piano and electric keyboard, the 59-year-old Wonder confirmed his still remarkable vocal power and dexterity throughout the more than two-hour musical commemoration. He was strongly supported by a 14-person band, including a trumpeter, a saxophonist, two guitarists, three percussionists and four backup singers.

The sightless star also brought his sense of humor.

“They’re having some lighting difficulties,” Wonder declared to the audience, “but it seems alright to me!”

The music was highly melodic and consistently groove laden. A perfect example early in the set was Wonder’s convincing take on “Kansas City.” It was straight ahead, yet utterly soulful. He convinced you that if anyone was going to get a crazy little woman by standing on the corner at 12th Street and Vine, it was going to be him.

Purely and simply, Wonder gave the people what they wanted. Bang-up renditions of longtime fan favorites included lively versions of “Master Blaster (Jammin’),” “Higher Ground,” “Don’t You Worry ’Bout a Thing,” “Living for the City,” “Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours),” “Sir Duke” and “Superstition.” He stood and used a handheld microphone to deliver the oh-so-sweet “I Just Called to Say I Love You,” his Academy Award-winning ballad from the 1984 film, “The Woman in Red.”

Yet he also left some great hits off the table. Where were “My Cherie Amour,” “Overjoyed” and “You Are the Sunshine of My Life”? And that’s just for starters. Still, it’s fair to say that any omissions were made up for by the evening’s special mission.

“Are you all with me?” Wonder said.

“Yeahhhhh!” the crowd responded.

“Are we going to celebrate Michael Jackson’s life tonight?”

“Yeahhhhh!”

Wonder kept his word throughout the evening, including improvisational solo turns that offered a hopeful view of Jackson’s passing. One went like this:

“I know that Michael is in the arms of almighty God,” Wonder sang with the use of an effects device called a talk box, which gave his voice an otherworldly quality. “So…he doesn’t have to think about people talking about his life anymore…that he has a child’s heart, anymore…because he’s in the arms of almighty God. So let them say what they might say and do what they might do, because God has already given him the victory!”

Following that, he launched into the upbeat Jackson Five song, “Never Can Say Goodbye,” with the talk box still providing an eerie overlay to his yearning vocal: “Tell me why is it so? Don’t want to let you go! I never can say goodbye… . No-no-no! No-no-no!”

The crowd eagerly joined in, to which Wonder could only yell back, “Keep singin’!” No problem there.

But if the show came down to a single scintillating interval that provided the catharsis that so many were looking for, it was when Wonder and company kicked into the immediately recognizable introduction to Jackson’s universally adored dance hit, “Billie Jean.”

The incredibly cool part? Except for a well-placed MJ-like “woo-hoo-hoo!” or two from Wonder, the main man kept quiet and let the audience soley belt out the song in its entirety. It was a brilliant and inspirational gesture, allowing the fans to pour out their love for Jackson and claim him as their very own when they needed to most.

As the music faded, audience members shouted: “We love you, Michael!”

The concert closed with a medley of Jackson’s hits played over the public address system, while Wonder and his band stood, swayed and held hands to the music of “ABC,” “Never Can Say Goodbye,” “Rock With You” and “Billie Jean.”

Wonder’s dark glasses hid his eyes, but not his feelings of loss and renewal.

“I’ve had a wonderful time here tonight and I’m so glad I was able to celebrate all the wonderful songs of Michael Jackson,” he said.

“All I can say to you all is, if you have a heart, use your heart to love somebody,” he said. “And if your heart is big enough, use your heart to love everybody.”

It was a wonderful thought on a night that turned out to be quite historic, indeed. But if we could do what Wonder was asking, wouldn’t we all make history?

Brian McTavish

WaterInYourBath said:

ViintageJunkiie said:

I absolutely adore these pictures. And these two


They speak volumes to me.
[Edited 6/29/09 3:38am]

I still can't believe he is gone, maybe you think that Im silly, I just can't cope with the fact that he is gone

seeingvoices12 said:

Nah, I feel exactly the same, it's too surreal to comprehend? I mean, it's Mike. He's gone? .. Doesn't add up to me

graecophilos said:

Incredible! Thanks. Sorry for my late reply but I don´t have net at home, so I always have to catch up.

Mya said:

Hopefully better than his tribute to Marvin Gaye.

Mya said:

I haven't releaized it yet, either. Party because when I referred to MJ I always thought of the early 80s MJ. To be honest, I considered the MJ I loved dead a for longtime. The MJ I love is as much alive, as he was before Michael actually died.

What's Stevie's new song called?

Mya said:

You´re not the only ones, guys.

WaterInYourBath said:

beautifully said.

Sir Tom Jones On Michael Jackson

Sir Tom Jones pays his respects to MJ...

http://news.sky.com/skyne...ys_Tribute

I wish we could have GIFs in our sigs:



I could watch this all day.

dirtyman2005 said:

Thanks dirtyman2005 for this post....I missed this yesterday as I was out but heard that it was great....

I WILL USE THE CAP LOCK ON THIS ONE BECAUSE OF WHAT WILL I AM SAID ABOUT MICHAEL JACKSON:

"He'd call me up for father's day because he knew I didn't have a dad - he was something else "

"Will.i.am"

THIS SHOWS THE WORLD THE CLASS OF THE MAN! - M.J. R.I.P.

AND TO ALL THE SICK PEOPLE WHO HAVE POSTED STUFF ABOUT PRINCE AND MJ WILL I AM CONFIRMS THAT THERE IS NO BEEF AS M.J. WENT TO SEE HIM ON STAGE WITH PRINCE IN LA

R.I.P

Michael Jackson

Did Prince made any statements yet?

DonQuichotte said:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/h...123506.stm

put 2 + 2 to get 4

He's done it in private

LondonStyle said:

The link is not working. Is there another one?

DonQuichotte said:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/h...123506.stm

try again you may have to change your pc time-zone setting to GMT time zone as it's a UK website and you may be in the US

purplesweat said:

dude named PHD had this animated gif on another site:


looped like he's moonwalking forever

Cinnie said:

TWO OLDEST KIDS NOT FATHERED BY MICHAEL JACKSON: EX-WIFE
'I DON'T WANT THESE CHILDREN IN MY LIFE'

By ANDY GELLER
Debbie Rowe
Michael Jackson PollView ResultsPosted: 10:14 pm
June 28, 2009

Michael Jackson is not the father of his two oldest kids, says their mom, Debbie Rowe.

In an interview at her California ranch, Rowe -- mother of "Prince" Michael Joseph, 12, and Paris Michael Katherine, 11 -- said she was artificially inseminated by an anonymous donor.

And she said she does not want custody of the kids.

"I know I will never see them again," she said. "I don't want these children in my life."

Rowe, who was speaking to Britain's News of the World, repeated comments she made during a custody battle in 2004.

Jackson and Rowe, 50, were married in November 1996. Three months later, he announced he was expecting his first child with Rowe, a receptionist at a Beverly Hills clinic where he got skin treatments.

"Michael was divorced, lonely and wanted children. I was the one who said to him, 'I will have your babies,' " Rowe told The News of the World.

"I offered him my womb -- it was a gift."

But Rowe said Jackson ditched her after Paris was born because the painful second birth left her "all torn up inside" and unable to have more kids.

The couple divorced after three years.
http://www.nypost.com/sev...176586.htm


I don't understand why she waited until now to say this... she should have kept that to herself

REVEALED: THE JACKO AUTOPSY
NEEDLE MARKS, PILLS - AND A NEARLY BALD HEAD

By LACHLAN CARTWRIGHT in LA and DAVID K. L I in New York
SAD SONG: Michael Jackson's body is transported to the LA coroner Thursday. Mom Katherine picks up supplies for the family at an LA Target Saturday.

Michael Jackson PollView ResultsLast updated: 10:19 am
June 29, 2009
Posted: 3:53 am
June 29, 2009

An autopsy on Michael Jackson revealed that the King of Pop's emaciated body was riddled with needle marks and scars, and his head was virtually bald, it was reported today.

Jackson's body had wasted away to a mere 112 pounds, and his stomach was completely empty except for partially dissolved pills, according to the London Sun.

His hips, thighs and shoulders were covered with needle wounds, believed to have come from shots of painkillers, and he was wearing a wig when he was found because his hair had been reduced to a "peach fuzz" on his scalp, the report said.

"He was skin and bone, his hair had fallen out, and he had been eating nothing but pills when he died," a source close to the singer's entourage told the paper.

"Injection marks all over his body and the disfigurement caused by years of plastic surgery show he'd been in terminal decline for some years."

There were four fresh injections around his heart, presumably from attempts to pump adrenaline into it to jumpstart it, the paper said.

Three of them had penetrated and damaged his heart wall, while a fourth struck his ribs, the paper reported.

He also sustained several broken ribs while authorities administered CPR during his final moments Thursday.

Jackson had one spot above his left ear that was scarred and completely bald -- the apparent result of burns sustained when his hair caught fire while he was filming a Pepsi commercial in 1984.

He also had numerous other scars, apparently from plastic surgery.

In addition, he had mysterious bruises on his knees and shins and cuts on his back, possibly indicating a recent fall, the paper said.

http://www.nypost.com/sev...176705.htm

LondonStyle said:

Ok, I simply don't get it!

Didn't find anything about Prince in this article, so I just wonder where your knowledge comes from?