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Thursday, March 5, 2009
News / ??!! The Man Is Broke
Posted by Grant Brissey on Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 2:29 PM
In addition to being bat-shit crazy, MJ apparently needs money. Not only is he auctioning off all his weird, expensive belongings (see also, here), but he's just agreed to play up to 25 shows at London's O2 Arena.
Says AEG president and CEO Tim Leiweke:
"The man is very sane, the man is very focused, the man is very healthy," Leiweke said of Jackson. "I think he has been dragged through the mud."
And:
"Despite everything you read about him, he was fine," added Leiweke. "The man took a physical for us to go do these concerts."Leiweke also confirmed that it has taken some time to get Jackson to agree to the deal. Jackson has not released a studio album or played a full concert since 2001. His last major tour was the "HIStory" World Tour in 1996-1997.
"We spent two years working with Michael trying to get him comfortable with this," said Leiweke.
While these shows stand a chance of turning out like unintentional figurative reenactments of the Thriller video, they still won't be as good as this version.*
*Yes, I know I already posted this video.
Via billboard.biz
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