This Is It
Thursday, November 26, 2009
, Posted by Anonymous at Thursday, November 26, 2009
This Is It
This Is It was a planned series of fifty concerts by Michael Jackson to be held
at The O2 arena in London. They were scheduled to begin in July 2009 and
continue through March 2010. Less than three weeks before the first concert
date, and with all concerts sold out, Jackson died after suffering cardiac
arrest.
Jackson officially announced the concerts at a press conference
held
inside The O2 arena. AEG Live, the concert promoters, released a
promotional
video that took up an entire commercial break, setting a record
for ITV. The
shows were to be Jackson's first major series of concerts since
the HIStory
World Tour finished in 1997, and had been cited as one of the
year's most
important musical events. Over one million people would have
attended in total.
Randy Phillips, president and chief executive of AEG
Live, stated that the first
10 dates alone would have earned the singer
approximately £50 million.
Originally only 10 concerts were announced,
however public demand resulted in a
50 date sold out residency. Ticket sales
broke several records and AEG Live
stated that Jackson could have sold more
dates. Jackson's album sales increased
following the announcement. READ MORE
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