OK, so you take the gig. Where does it go from there? Were you involved at all in the development of the show?

“No. [Musical Designer] Kevin Antunes and [Director] Jamie King were. Kevin Antunes is the music designer, which is a new-age term for arranger. And he had the enviable job of going through all of Michael’s master recordings.”

Wow.

“And he was given permission by Sony to do this. And so it was a very serious deal. They opened his vault, his home studio, and he was able to just skim through anything he wanted and solo any track, including – especially – the lead vocals. And he was able to develop the arrangements through that process.

“And Jamie King – a very talented young man who started out as a dancer and then choreographer with Mike back during the ‘Dangerous’ tour, and now he’s [in announcer’s voice] Jamie King, show producer! He does all these shows for Rhianna and Justin and Madonna and everybody. So they were the ones who dealt with the development of the show.

“But I hired the band and as music director, it was very important to me to have as many musicians who worked with Michael and had a connection with him as possible. So out of the 12-piece band [that plays in ‘Immortal’], there’s five of us.”

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You can see photos from the new show: Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour’ which premièred in New York (The show will come to London’s O2 Arena, kicking off the European tour in October 2012)

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It’s being reported that Michael Jackson’s brothers, including Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon and Tito are going on tour, which will be the first time in over 30 years.

The brothers last performed with Michael Jackson in September 2001 for Michael’s 30th anniversary celebration.

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Time magazine have picked the most influential stars and icons since 1923 and obviously the King of Pop was included:

The glittering glove. The Thriller-era leather jacket. Those spit-shined penny loafers that gave him the otherworldly ability to glide across the stage.

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“Michael Jackson’s plush LA mansion is up for grabs. The singer’s 7-bedroom home is worth a handsome $23.9 million.

This surely looks like one of the most expensive celebrity homes for sale. Here’s a look at some of the most expensive celebrity homes”

“There’s a surreal quality to Cirque du Soleil’s “Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour,” which played this weekend at Newark’s Prudential Center, and it’s not just because its inspiration is no longer with us” … that’s what Frank Scheck of the NYPOST has said about the new Immortal Michael Jackson show which played in New York’s Madison Square Garden.

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There is a lot of talk this week regarding Michael Jackson’s vocals on the “Michael album and this was due to a TMZ story allegedly quoting Michael’s daughter saying that the vocals were not his. They then retracted this with a story that “Hold my Hand” was Michael’s vocals, which didn’t really address the original question at all … it answers a different question all together. With regard to Michael’s real vocals, you can use the search button of this website for some articles on all of that (although I haven’t commented on the Michael album). Here’s what the Huffington post are saying today …

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Michael Jackson back catalogue hacked

Michael Jackson article about the Sony playstation hack last year, including the alleged stealing of Michael Jackson track

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PRIVATE LIFE OF A GLOBAL SUPERSTAR AS MICHAEL JACKSON’S FAMILY PHOTO ALBUM

Surprising as it might seem, it appears Michael Jackson did manage to maintain a private life.

Less than three years after the King of Pop died, a never-before-seen family photo album is up for auction.

The snaps are of relatives and friends – most unknown to the public – and were taken in the 1970s. They provide a unique insight into pop’s most famous clan.

Bound in a nondescript cover, it looks just like any other family album. (Michael Jackson Billie Jean moves)

It was one of a massive collection of items Jackson placed into storage in the 1990s.

But they were repossessed shortly before his 2009 death because he could not afford to pay the £60,000 release fee.

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TMZ reported yesterday that Michael Jackson’s daughter was quoted as saying that some of tracks on the Michael album are fake and an impersonator. It looks like the story has been removed but the update is below via:

Michael Jackson Dance moves

Btimes have a story today about Adele selling more albums than Michael Jackson and “beating” the King of Pop. It comes from sales of her album IN THE UK of “21″ compared to Michael Jackson’s “BAD”, the last time I looked, the worldwide sales of the Bad album were at over 30 million copies!!! A little way to go yet I think! (also, she should have finished her speech no matter what, I say!)

Freddie Washington, composed the bass to the 80′s hit forget me not – that’s the song “Men in Black” by Will Smith, for the youth of today, by the way! Anyway, he is a serious bassist! I’ve already wrote about my second favourite bassist Guy Pratt who came up with the Earth Song bass line and now let’s look a little bit closer at the History tour …

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Donny Osmond is interviewed today talking about his relationship with Michael Jackson with some recent revelations. He said that Michael called him and said that he had rented a Hugh motor home and was on the road and was in hiding! Michael told him “‘Well, things are hitting the fan and there’s so much pressure.’. He is obviously a good caring man and you can see how they could relate to each other with their similar upbringings.

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‘I had a meeting, and umm…it turns out Michael wants to be in the game.’ And everyone was like, ‘What? Michael? What are you talking about?’”

“And he was like, ‘Yeah. Michael Jackson. He saw the game and he loves it and he really, really wants to be in it.’

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Anthony King’s Michael Jackson Dance Class

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