Y’all, when I tried to access the site for ticket sales (www.michaelforevertribute.com), the link didn’t work. But Susan62509 apparently was successful and she provided us with the following info (emphasis mine):
The Michael Forever Tribute Concert per their website:
Chose your ticket price and TELL US HOW MUCH during registration YOU will give to charities.
The more YOU pledge to charity, the more CHANCE you have of getting a ticket. Tickets will range from 55 to 289 plus shipping. Registration will last from Aug. 4 to Aug. 7 (76 hours only).
If you are successful you will be invited to purchase a ticket within the time band you selected. YOUR charity donation will be COLLECTED at the time of TICKET PURCHASE.
Susan’s commentary:
1. Next week (for 76 hours) tickets can be purchased. The is the window set up to determine whether Global Live Concert will go ahead with the concert or cancel it. The stadium holds 70K people.
2. By having ticket buyers pay their donation separately means (1) the Jackson’s do NOT have a charity 501c established to receive donations (2) All profits will go to Global and the Jacksons.
3. The Wales site said there are 3 charities: Los Angeles Aids Project, Princes Trust but failed to list the 3rd charity. What is the Princes Trust? I’ve never seen that listed under MJ’s charities…
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This so-called “tribute” concert “to honor Michael” is a TOTAL money-making scam by the Jacksons and NONE of the proceeds are going to charity. You read that correctly: NONE of the PROCEEDS FROM TICKET SALES are going to charity. ALL of the concert proceeds, as Susan62509 pointed out, will be going directly into the pockets of the Jacksons and the promoter, Global Live Events LLP.
The Jacksons have expertly manipulated the media into doing their bidding for them and tricking the fans into believing that proceeds from this concert will benefit charity when not one penny will go to charity. And because these “journalists” are lazy, they did not adequately research the facts before reporting (in the world of modern journalism, fact checkers are considered an unaffordable luxury and many of them have been fired). Here are some statements by the media about this concert that are incorrect, misleading and/or incomplete (emphasis mine):
CONCERT PROCEEDS will go to several charities.
It will RAISE MONEY for three charities including the Los Angeles-based Aids Project.
PROCEEDS FROM THE TICKET SALES will benefit three of Michael Jackson’s favorite charities, including AIDS Project Los Angeles and The Prince's Trust.
To clarify:
The ONLY money being contributed to and benefitting ANY of these 3 SELECTED charities (chosen by the Jacksons) will come from an EXTORTED PLEDGE that the FAN must make in exchange for nothing more than a CHANCE to LATER purchase a ticket to the concert BY INVITATION ONLY.
To make an analogy, you are not making an extorted pledge to purchase a CONCERT ticket; you are making an extorted pledge to purchase a LOTTERY ticket; the WINNERS of the lottery LATER receive an INVITATION – to PURCHASE a concert ticket.
Every penny of the pledge comes out of YOUR OWN POCKET; every penny of the concert ticket price goes into the pockets of the Jacksons and the promoter. NO ONE is giving any money to charity EXCEPT YOU.
The only people who get INVITATIONS to PURCHASE a CONCERT TICKET are the ones who make the highest PERSONAL PLEDGES (out of their OWN pockets) to the Jackson’s selected charities.
The Jacksons selected 3 charities, but they only revealed to us the names of 2. We have not been given the name of the 3rd charity. Is it Heal the World (with, as Jermaine has said, “Mother Katherine at the helm”), or perhaps the Jackson Family Trust, or maybe some other “charity” with the Jacksons and/or their associates standing to gain from any donations made to it? We just don’t know.
When you make a PLEDGE to a charity, it is LEGALLY BINDING, and if you don’t fulfill that PLEDGE, then you are held legally liable. You MUST honor your pledge and pay it.
Therefore, many people (aka “sucker fans”) could make a legally binding pledge to contribute to the JACKSON SELECTED charities and NEVER receive an “invitation” to later purchase a concert ticket, because they didn’t pledge “enough” money to the Jackson charities out of their own piggy banks. The Jacksons themselves will never give ONE DIME to charity. Not a single penny from TICKET SALES will ever be given to charity – it all comes from YOU.
So when the media states that “CONCERT PROCEEDS” or “PROCEEDS FROM THE TICKET SALES” will benefit three of MJ’s “favorite” charities, they are incorrect. When they state that the “CONCERT” will “RAISE MONEY” for charity, they are misleading – the reader assumes that the money will be raised from the sale of concert tickets when, in fact, the Jackson’s demand a personal financial commitment out of the fan’s own pocket in exchange for nothing more than a CHANCE to purchase a concert ticket. And when they state that three Jackson-selected charities will benefit, but provide the names of only two, and don’t tell us whether anyone involved in this concert has a financial conflict of interest with any of these charities, then the information they have provided is incomplete.
So, clearly, this is going to be a BIG money-making venture for the Jacksons and the concert promoter, when you consider that they’re charging Michael’s fans from $89 to $470 plus shipping per ticket, and the arena holds 75,000 seats. (By contrast, Michael was charging his fans a max of $100 for tickets to his “This Is It” concert.)
But, friends, the bucks don’t stop there! The concert will be broadcast around the world to 30 countries in both 2D and 3D. That means pay per view TV, a shortened version for showing in movie theaters, DVD and CD sales, and probably so much more. That’s where the REAL money will be made. The ticket sales for the actual concert are just a drop in the bucket. They want the arena filled with screaming fans so that they can get the footage they need for future sales. It’ll look real good.
The Jacksons have NO respect for Michael’s fans. They think his fans are stupid, obsessed MJ ADDICTS who will pay ANY price for ANYTHING MJ-related and who can be easily manipulated and exploited. Meanwhile, they are laughing all the way to the bank. They figure that “This Is It” made about $300 million, and they’re licking their chops at the thought of possibly EXCEEDING that, especially since THEY WON’T BE GIVING A DIME OF THE PROFITS TO CHARITY. The Jacksons and the promoter shrewdly planned this concert to take place BEFORE the Cirque du Soleil tour so that they could steal the thunder of that event and so that fans would empty their pockets into the Jackson coffers before emptying them for the Cirque tribute, which actually benefits the estate. Shameless.
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I don’t find it strange that this concert is taking place in Wales, and not in the States, because I think that when they do these things outside the U.S., the estate executors can’t stop them. Don’t quote me on that because I’m not a legal expert, but I remember reading something to that effect, and that’s probably why so many of the Jacksons and their shady associates are pursuing their shameless ventures abroad. That’s undoubtedly why Marc Schaffel and Debbie Rowe went together to Japan to hawk their MJ movie, why Papa Joe is hawking his cologne and vodka abroad, and why Alejandra was shopping her book out of the U.S.
Another fan site says Katherine has to get approval from the estate for the concert. Not sure if that’s correct, because the estate knew nothing about it. Maybe that’s because Katherine and her cohorts cunningly waited until only 10 days before tickets go on sale to hold a press conference announcing the concert, perhaps in the hopes that this would not allow the estate adequate time to legally stop them. You’d have to be insane to hold a press conference BEFORE getting the necessary approvals, if they are needed. Then again, we’re talking about the Jacksons... Notice that they didn’t use Michael’s name in the concert title because they’re not allowed to use his name: it’s just “Michael Forever: the Tribute Concert.” (That’s also why Joe Jackson didn’t use “Michael Jackson” for his cologne.) I think they said it’s going to be Thriller-themed, but I don’t think they can use his music, even if it’s outside the U.S., so what are they going to do for 4 hours during this concert?
And that brings us to Global Live Events LLP. They claim that they’ve worked with a range of artists including Abba, The Beatles, Eric Clapton, Madonna, Placido Domingo, and Jackson himself to produce a TV special. Yet when I checked Wikipedia and Google, it appears that Global Live Events LLP was incorporated less than 4 months ago. See below:
http://ukdata.com/company/OC363200/GLOBAL-LIVE-EVENTS-LLP
Company details for GLOBAL LIVE EVENTS LLP (Registered No OC363200)
Registered Office 89 WHITELADIES ROAD, BRISTOL, BS8 2NT, UNITED KINGDOM
Incorporation Date 29-03-2011
Type Other - includes Limited Liability Partnerships
Now, there are other LLPs associated with Global Live Events, so what they claim may be true. But it’s very suspicious: was this one incorporated and registered in the UK to avoid the legal reach of the estate, and specifically for the purpose of promoting this particular concert? And who are the people behind this LLP? Are some of them the shady “business partners” of Katherine, such as Howard Mann, Marc Schaffel, Deiter Weisner et al?
If there’s a legal eagle out there reading this, please set us straight on these matters if you can.
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Consider the following (emphasis mine):
-- No acts have been announced for the concert yet but a notice on the event's website PROMISES "the world's greatest performing artists" will appear.
-- Concert organizers have not yet publicly revealed who will be among the "host of top artists" at Jackson's tribute concert…the complete lineup will be rolled out over the next 10 days through Aug. 3 IN ORDER TO BUILD SUSPENSE AND EXCITEMENT, according to organizers.
-- "When I was told SOME of the names of the artists performing, I knew it would be fit for a king,” said Michael Jackson's mother.
TRANSLATION: Nothing but empty PROMISES. The promoters are having trouble finding ANY performers, let alone “the world’s greatest performing artists” to commit to this project. They gave Katherine a couple of names (so she claims), and I’d be willing to bet they’re people who haven’t actually signed on the dotted line. The promoters want us to believe that they’re purposely withholding the list of performers and will throw us scraps over a 10-day period to “build suspense and excitement,” but the truth is probably closer to “Vienna revisited,” and they’re scrambling to find ANYONE who would be willing to go along with this shady fan scam.
What artist in their right mind wants to be associated with a concert that misleads the public into thinking that the concert is for charity when it’s really to line the pockets of the Jacksons? That’s horrible PR, and MJ fans will wind up being furious at them because it will seem as if they were part of the scam. Maybe they can get Corey Feldman.
And, mark my words, they will pimp out PPB during this thing in some way – you can be sure of it. The promoter is already doing so by using them as “bait” to get fans to bite and buy tickets. Global Live Events has “started a trust fund” for the three Jackson children for when they each turn 21, and they gave Katherine a check for $100,000. That’s $33,333 for each of the children, with no promise to add any additional amounts to that “trust fund.” Are these children living in poverty after the death of their father that they need a “trust fund” from a concert promoter? These kids will be multi-millionaires by the time they’re 21.
What do they need with a lousy $33G? What happened here is that Global Live Events shrewdly invested $100,000 for what they hope is positive PR to promote ticket sales, and I would be surprised if they write it off on their tax return as a business expense. But instead of positive PR, they’ll get nothing but negative PR from it, because the fans can see right through it for exactly what it is: the shameless exploitation of Michael Jackson’s children to lure fans into buying tickets for a concert that the fans have been falsely led to believe will benefit charities – something that would horrify Michael Jackson.
The fans are not as stupid as the Jacksons think. We are on to ALL of them by now – even mother Katherine. For two years we’ve watched them shamelessly try to exploit Michael and his children and attempt to thwart the success of the estate’s legitimate ventures in every classless way possible. Fans are already protesting this concert. She below for a link to a good article:
FANS PROTEST “MICHAEL FOREVER” TRIBUTE
http://muzikfactorytwo.blogspot.com/2011/07/michael-jackson-fans-protest-michael.html
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TAKE NOTE: Despite all of these unanswered questions and concerns, NEITHER THE JACKSON FAMILY NOR PROMOTERS TOOK QUESTIONS FROM THE PRESS.
They held a press conference, provided their partial and misleading information, expected us to just swallow it whole, and left, taking no questions so that they wouldn’t be challenged or pressed for further information, because they don’t WANT to provide any more information and they COULDN’T survive challenging questions from the press.
If they were forced to provide more information or answer questions, people could easily see that this isn’t a “tribute” to honor Michael, and it’s not a concert for charity; this is a deceitful money-making scam by the Jacksons, designed to trick the fans, and led by the 82-year-old family matriarch, who keeps complaining that the estate hasn’t give her her 40%, even though the estate is still paying off her son’s debts and estate taxes and has taken care of her every need. It was a “hit and run” by the Jacksons: hit them with imperfect information, run away, and hope that nobody realizes what they’re up to for at least the next 10 days – so they can sell 75,000 “charity” concert tickets.
THIS CONCERT IS NOT A “TRIBUTE” TO MICHAEL – IT IS AN EMBARRASSING INSULT – WITH HIS OWN MOTHER “AT THE HELM.”
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Michael would roll over in his grave if he knew what was going on right now.
