Wacko in O2 dates this summer
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7921687.s...
He is hoping to sell lots of tickets, I hope the Ebay touts get stung. I reckon his market in the states has gone and that's why he wants to play here. I have a couple of his LP's 'thriller' and some before but didn't like any of his later stuff.
Would you go?.........not for me though
He is hoping to sell lots of tickets, I hope the Ebay touts get stung. I reckon his market in the states has gone and that's why he wants to play here. I have a couple of his LP's 'thriller' and some before but didn't like any of his later stuff.
Would you go?.........not for me though
I've just got the feeling he will either:
a) Do a couple of tracks then leave.
b) Not turn up due to some bizarre illness.
c) Mime his way through the whole concert.
It could be a good concert considering his back catalogue, but I just feel he hasn't got the energy to carry it off anymore.
a) Do a couple of tracks then leave.
b) Not turn up due to some bizarre illness.
c) Mime his way through the whole concert.
It could be a good concert considering his back catalogue, but I just feel he hasn't got the energy to carry it off anymore.
I don't want to be harsh but in the last decade he has gone back on every big business deal he has accepted.
That is why he is ending up in court because sheiks are offering him X million to write a musical, record an album etc, he accepts and bottles it.
It is going to cause a major ****storm because these tickets are going to go at huge prices on ebay and the touts are going to have to give the money back, or hundreds of thousands of people are going to be knocking on the promoter's door or their credit card.
If he does 21 nights there as planned without incident stopping some if not *all* of it, I will eat my hat.
That is why he is ending up in court because sheiks are offering him X million to write a musical, record an album etc, he accepts and bottles it.
It is going to cause a major ****storm because these tickets are going to go at huge prices on ebay and the touts are going to have to give the money back, or hundreds of thousands of people are going to be knocking on the promoter's door or their credit card.
If he does 21 nights there as planned without incident stopping some if not *all* of it, I will eat my hat.
Hub said:
I agree! He's 50 now, has been unwell, and hasn't toured for 12 years I think I heard. Clearly doing it for the money... could be interesting!
I'm not really a fan (although 'Bad' was one of the first albums I owned when I was a youngster!), but it could be a good show.
Axl Rose managed to pull it off, but I think whenever you see Michael Jackson he seems so frail. Even if he does make it through an entire show, I think if he tries to relive the past it will be sad to see.I'm not really a fan (although 'Bad' was one of the first albums I owned when I was a youngster!), but it could be a good show.
An "Audience with" type thing could be amazing though.
Good to see him about again albeit a little frail. IMO He is easily going to pick up £50m from these concerts and it will be a complete sell-out. I think he will then probably do a similar thing in other major cities...New York, Paris, Tokyo, Sidney...then retire, bank his cheque for £250m and release an anthology type CD/DVD and pick up another cheque from the huge sales of CD/DVD and build a f
k off mansion/circus/fairground in Dubai.
k off mansion/circus/fairground in Dubai.JustinP1 said:
I don't want to be harsh but in the last decade he has gone back on every big business deal he has accepted.
That is why he is ending up in court because sheiks are offering him X million to write a musical, record an album etc, he accepts and bottles it.
It is going to cause a major ****storm because these tickets are going to go at huge prices on ebay and the touts are going to have to give the money back, or hundreds of thousands of people are going to be knocking on the promoter's door or their credit card.
If he does 21 nights there as planned without incident stopping some if not *all* of it, I will eat my hat.
I don't think he has choice to pull out of this one...I think this is probably his last shot at a "comeback" before he gets too old or melts.That is why he is ending up in court because sheiks are offering him X million to write a musical, record an album etc, he accepts and bottles it.
It is going to cause a major ****storm because these tickets are going to go at huge prices on ebay and the touts are going to have to give the money back, or hundreds of thousands of people are going to be knocking on the promoter's door or their credit card.
If he does 21 nights there as planned without incident stopping some if not *all* of it, I will eat my hat.
The demand for this will be through the roof - the most expensive tickets are £75 without service charges - which is steep but cheap considering what I was expecting (chaper than Madonna IIRC)
He looked OK at his press conference, certainly not as bad as the media have recently made out.
He looked OK at his press conference, certainly not as bad as the media have recently made out.
He is going to have to come up with the goods right from the first night or the critics will have a field day. That will mean a lot of rehearsals and preparation and it's going to be tough for somebody whose biggest performances have been in a court room for the last 12 years or so. He won't get away with coming on stage and telling everybody he loves them, of course he does as they are paying him his wages, I would love anybody that paid me that sort of money. I really hope the Ebay touts get well and really stung with this one, hopefully with lots of nights there will be just enough tickets to go round in the current economic climate
Steve748 said:
I really hope the Ebay touts get well and really stung with this one, hopefully with lots of nights there will be just enough tickets to go round in the current economic climate
I'm not sure - he has a lot of obsessive fans that would probably go to quite a few nights, plus demand will be global!Saag Aloo said:
JustinP1 said:
I don't want to be harsh but in the last decade he has gone back on every big business deal he has accepted.
That is why he is ending up in court because sheiks are offering him X million to write a musical, record an album etc, he accepts and bottles it.
It is going to cause a major ****storm because these tickets are going to go at huge prices on ebay and the touts are going to have to give the money back, or hundreds of thousands of people are going to be knocking on the promoter's door or their credit card.
If he does 21 nights there as planned without incident stopping some if not *all* of it, I will eat my hat.
I don't think he has choice to pull out of this one...I think this is probably his last shot at a "comeback" before he gets too old or melts.That is why he is ending up in court because sheiks are offering him X million to write a musical, record an album etc, he accepts and bottles it.
It is going to cause a major ****storm because these tickets are going to go at huge prices on ebay and the touts are going to have to give the money back, or hundreds of thousands of people are going to be knocking on the promoter's door or their credit card.
If he does 21 nights there as planned without incident stopping some if not *all* of it, I will eat my hat.
He has squandered a fortune of something like half a billion dollars, and even lost the iconic Neverland.
For the last few years he has been living for free on rich benefactors on the basis that he was being given the chance of a lifetime last shot. A sheik built a studio for him which he never used, another paid him upfront to make a musical - all his 'last chances'.
Even in the last few years when he *was* working a decade ago, when he recorded his last album, as someone who was lucky enough to be working in the studio at the time, I can say that in the three months I was working there, he never came within 3000 miles of the studio as he was 'ill'...
Edited by JustinP1 on Friday 6th March 11:32
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