Michael’s age won’t be a limitation for him

In the past few days, after the announcement of Michael Jackson’s concerts in London, it seemed like everyone was humming the songs Billie Jean and Beat It. Tickets for these concerts became the hottest and fastest-selling in the city. Michael’s previous record in London dates back to the BAD tour in the 1980s. 20 years ago, Michael successfully held seven concerts in London at Wembley Stadium, with all tickets sold out. At that time, he received an award for the record and his name was entered into the Guinness World Records book. 504,000 people attended Michael’s magic on stage during the “Bad” tour concerts in London. Those were the “good” days of the “bad” era. But this time, instead of 7 concerts at Wembley, nearly 1 million people will be able to watch Michael Jackson in 50 concerts at the O2 arena—equipped with the most advanced and best concert facilities in the world. Before Michael, Prince and Madonna—who, like Michael, were born in the summer of 1958 and are 50 years old—also performed at this venue. Over these past few days, promotional posters for this series of Michael’s concerts, cleverly titled “This Is It” (or “That’s it, the end”), have been seen all over the city. The concert organizers say that Michael has broken the record for ticket sales speed in Britain! In addition, Anthony King, the founder of Michael Jackson’s dance classes in London—who also teaches these dances—has full confidence that Michael will be 100% ready for the concerts. He says that although Michael, like any other showman, must rehearse for his concerts, his age will definitely not be an obstacle. King, whose classes have received Michael Jackson’s stamp of approval, says: "Fred Astaire delivered the best dance of his career when he was over 50 years old. And so did James Brown." Many critics and music-industry experts are already calling This Is It the biggest stage comeback by a star in modern history. Anthony, whose brother has worked for Michael for a long time, believes that Michael Jackson is still the undisputed king of pop music. He says curiosity has reached its peak, and that the entertainment programming industry’s survival depends on exactly that. AEG has been very eager to sign Michael Jackson, and many people haven’t been surprised that such a big company managed to convince Michael to perform at the O2 arena. Randy Phillips, the company’s CEO, said that Michael’s London concerts will protect the O2 from stagnation and the economic crisis for the next two years. So, all in all, if everything goes according to plan—and if this truly is the “return of the king”—then you can call the O2, without question, “The Lord of the Rings.” And now that tickets have sold at this speed, they probably won’t stop until both sides are satisfied. Source: eMJey / huffingtonpost.com