Michael Jackson: Back to the Pop Stage at the End of 2003?

In the late part of this year, Michael Jackson is returning to the international pop music stage better than ever. Although this news has not been announced by official sources, it has been heard through several insiders close to this music star. These rumors also claim that his first music video will be released soon, and that the album’s promotion will go even beyond HIStory. As written by MJ News Online, "This album is scheduled to be released at the end of this year (Gregorian). The promotion for this album will be shown in cinemas around the world. This ad will be in the form of a small video in which Michael plays a human who is dying and then returns to life again. These videos are taken from Michael, and editing on them is currently underway." MJ News Online also reports that "Michael will introduce the first song from this album for the first time during a major music program on television." Other sources also say that a new short film—or at least a TV teaser—has indeed been taken from Michael, directed by Brett Ratner, and that this video is set to be shown two months before the album’s release. There is talk that Michael plans to release more than one album in the next four years. The Smooth Criminal site goes even further and claims that an album of Michael’s best moments, with four new songs, will be released in the current November (Aban-Azar) and that it will be followed by a concert tour in 2004, including at least 15 European countries, and that Michael’s next album will finally hit the market in November 2004 (Aban-Azar 83). It seems the first album will be under Sony Music, but the company releasing the next album is not known. It is said that Michael is in negotiations with Universal Music. Again, I emphasize that none of this information has been confirmed so far by official sources, and that posting it on this page is only to inform you about what people are talking about here and there on the internet.