TonyVanDam said:

that was from 2002, wasn't it?

errant said:

It's from 2003 Brisbane soundcheck

Michael out shopping

errant said:

Actually taken from 2003 Brisbane soundcheck with a fan, Paul Black, on vocals and not prince.

Swa

Shango said:

Thank You Shango !!!

Swa said:

they were having too much fun for it to be a sound check

Evvy said:

on that tour, NPGMC members were invited to sound checks and he would often invite a member on stage to sing or play an instrument, etc.

WTF, Do you believe this bullshit???

errant said:

Yeah I got into two of the Soundchecks and trust me they were just as fun as the concerts - even more so when he would play stuff that was so unexpected.

Swa

Michael Jackson's rehearsal footage: Everybody wants it
05:43 PM PT, Jul 19 2009
Over the weekend, Sony Pictures emerged as the front-runner in a frenzied bidding war to acquire Hollywood’s hottest entertainment property: the film rights to footage from Michael Jackson’s rehearsals for his “This Is It” comeback concert series.

According to sources close to the negotiations -- who declined to be identified because they are not authorized to publicly discuss the matter -- AEG Live, the concert promoter behind the superstar’s planned 50-date performance residency at London’s O2 Arena, offered the rights to some 1,200 hours of rehearsal footage to all the major movie studios last week. Sony, Fox, Paramount and Universal all submitted bids.

Although Fox and Universal still have bids under consideration, Sony’s aggressive $50-million offer -- coupled with the fact that the global entertainment giant’s music division controls distribution of Jackson’s output as an adult solo performer and retains the right to block a competing studio from using his songs -- put the studio in the strongest position, a source said Sunday.

Sony also controls the so-called sync rights to most of Jackson’s songs, involved whenever recorded music is used in combination with visual images in a production, an important component in the property’s future DVD release. The plan is for the movie to be theatrically released in October.

AEG is also selling the broadcast rights for a prime-time television special based around staging and choreography that Jackson personally created for his “This Is It” concerts. That property prompted fevered competition among television networks over the weekend.

According to a person with knowledge of the deal, the special would be broadcast in September and it would be directed by Kenny Ortega, the choreographer-director responsible for such hits as “Dirty Dancing” and “High School Musical” who worked closely with Jackson as director of his “This Is It” performances. It is described as featuring an ensemble of superstars that might include Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake and Will.I.Am performing Jackson’s hits using the costuming, choreography, aerial ballet and special effects-driven illusions that had been engineered for the singer’s comeback, a source said.

Although it's been reported that NBC is the front-runner in bidding for the TV special, the network declined comment and denied rumors of a deal. However, sources close to NBC say it is in negotiations to air the special.


An announcement about both the television and film projects is expected Monday, a person with knowledge of the deal said. Calls to an AEG spokesman were not returned. A Sony spokesman and a Universal spokeswoman declined to comment. Representatives for Fox did not respond to inquiries seeking comment Sunday.

Since Jackson’s death Jun. 25, speculation has raged about the content and quality of the rehearsal tapes. According to a source, hundreds of hours of high-definition video footage were shot during full dress rehearsals one week before Jackson went into cardiac arrest. Until now it has been secured in a vault in the AEG-owned Staples Center. The performer is shown to be in apparently fine health, making jokes, singing and dancing with vivacity and weighing in on various creative decisions surrounding the production, a source said. Also included are two or three scenes that were shot in 3-D during the concert’s most high-concept set pieces.

It was not immediately clear who would produce or direct the movie. At a press conference earlier this month, AEG Live Chief Executive Randy Phillips said that Jackson’s estate would get the “lion’s share” of profits from any film made out of the rehearsal footage but that the concert promoter would also get a cut.

source: http://latimesblogs.latim...ntert.html

mynameisnotsusan said:

OK, so it's a shout-out. Well at least I know Prince was still a fam of Michael at least.

still no mention of a set list?
I guess if they plan on selling a product with the rehearsal footage there won't be an official release by producers until said product's due date, it would have to leak
[Edited 7/19/09 21:08pm]

Since the other thread go closed before my question was answered I will post it again.


Did they release Special Editions of all or most of the Jacksons CD's? I was looking on Borders,and there was one Goin' Places CD listed as $7.99,and there is another listed as $33.99,this is the same of all there releases.

EmeraldSkies said:

The expensive release is a 2009 Japanese Special Edition release. It's no extra tracks or nothin, just remastered and in a sleeve life an album. The other release is from 2008.
I want to know about the 2008 release, are they remastered or what??

EmeraldSkies said:

From what I understand, Michael's first 4 discs on Epic (Sony) were released as special editions. Im not sure about anything prior to that or Motown releases.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

The 2008 boxset isn't remastered.

The 2009 editions are. I'll be buying them when I get the money

bboy87 said:

that's cute

errant said:

He should have down "Billy Jack Bitch" with "Billy Jean" in it.

[Edited 7/19/09 21:23pm]

bboy87 said:

Nice Picture.

EmeraldSkies said:

Both Destiny and Triumph were re-released in "deluxe" form, remastered and containing bonus 12" mixes of a few songs.

Swa

bboy87 said:

Which boxset? Not the set with the 5 albums in them, I'm talkin' about these.
http://www.amazon.com/Vic...874&sr=8-2

http://www.amazon.com/Goi...874&sr=8-5

NastradumasKid said:

I see alot of people say after seeing some of these pictures and that site where you could look at his arcade room and say "I think I finally understand him"

bboy87 said:

Well, he really isn't THAT hard to understand.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Those? are they new editions or are they from 2008? if they are, they're not remastered

NastradumasKid said:

Not only was he a big kid, but he was a PROFESSIONAL kid

when you have a SLURPEE machine in your house, you're cool in my book

Van Hunt On Michael Jackson:

A rare example of all the wonderful and awful things that can happen when what you were born to do changes lives.

bboy87 said:

They from 2008.

bboy87 said:

Of course he was a big kid, that's what made him a greatest best friend anyone can ever have. He can relate to kids that most adults can't.
Man, I wish I went to Neverland