More untold things about the mysterious awards ceremony

Justin Stoneman from PopRevenge.com had warmed up the choir members who, on stage with Michael, ended up performing the disastrous We Are The World. He had secretly escorted them from the media seats to backstage—until, just a few steps away from Michael, one of the suspicious officers pulled him out of the choir line. This year’s ceremony stage was reminiscent of Michael’s 1996 London performance at the BRIT Awards. That year, Jarvis Cocker stormed the stage. After that incident, Michael left England’s stage scenes. [News explanation: At the BRIT ceremony, Michael received the “Artist of the Decade” award from Bob Geldof, the singer and founder of the charity organization fighting famine in Africa, and delivered a spectacular performance of “Earth Song.” Michael was on stage surrounded by about forty children who were representatives of disadvantaged children around the world. During part of this performance, Michael flew above the audience on a crane. The nonstop cheers of 2,000 spectators were deafening. While Michael was on the crane, Jarvis Cocker rushed toward the stage. He waved two fingers in the air in an insulting gesture and disrupted the line of singers on stage. Following this chaos, security forces came onto the stage to take Cocker down. Cocker ran around the stage and climbed on the furniture placed on stage. When one of the dancers went toward him, his foot slipped and he collided with several children, throwing them down from the top of the stage. In the end, security forces managed to arrest him and take him out of the hall. Source: Michael Jackson biography — eMJey.com ] Stoneman writes on this site that Michael’s performance was cursed from the beginning. The choir members weren’t even allowed to meet Michael, let alone rehearse with him before coming on stage. The choir—about 20 teenage kids in white T-shirts—had been surrounded by an air of confusion until a few minutes before they entered the stage. Stoneman, who had witnessed the whole thing up close, wrote: “It was amazing. Jackson looked nervous when he went on stage. The arrangements that Michael’s staff had made were like a disaster movie. Even I did better than them.” One choir member says: “None of us knew what was going to happen until just a few moments before going on stage. We were all brought to the corners of the stage to watch the final part of the ceremony. And still we didn’t know whether we were finally going to perform or not. Then we realized Michael was coming on stage, and we were hurried from the corners into the stage.” It has been reported that Michael received $400,000 for this performance. Source: eMJey / poprevenge