Two Tribute Concerts for Michael Next Year

Japanese R&B singer AI announced that next year she will hold two tribute concerts for Michael Jackson with the help of his brothers—Jackie, Tito, Marlon, and Jermaine. She will also record songs together with the Jackson brothers. They haven’t talked about which songs or whether they will be sung for Michael, but AI says she wants to work with one of Michael’s producers. They have met with Teddy Riley in this regard. This female singer met with the Jackson family this year in order to make a documentary for Music On! TV, and the idea for these tribute concerts took shape from there. AI says she has been listening to this family’s songs since childhood, but when she spoke with them face to face, she felt like she was friends with them. After that, Catherine sent AI a letter thanking her. "I didn’t think I had done something for them that required them to thank me. I should have been the one to thank them. Catherine thanked me for putting together a good program, and I knew I had to respond. I wanted to say thank you, I love you. I was very happy to meet them and to give people the chance to know what kind of person Michael was and what their family relationships were like. After that, I listened to the Jackson Five songs and thought it would be great to sing these songs and dance with them alongside the people who were close to Michael—especially his family." Letters were exchanged for this purpose. In one letter, Catherine said: "Japan was one of Michael’s favorite countries. He loved visiting your beautiful country and he always felt a lot of love from his millions of fans in Japan." These concerts will be held on October 14 and 15, 2011 in Tokyo. No details have been given, but it is said that many singers will be present to perform. Source: eMJey / cnngo.com