Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special

The Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration was released in November 2001 on the thirtieth anniversary of Michael Jackson as a solo entertainer from the CBS Television Network as a two-hour special broadcast. His first solo single, Got To Be There 30 was years ago, appeared in 1971. The recordings consist of two concerts that took place on 7 September and 10 September 2001 at New York's Madison Square Garden. Within 5 hours, the tickets were sold out. The prices were the most expensive of pop history in general: The best seats cost up to $ 5000 These tickets included in addition to the concert, even dinner with Jackson..

Allegedly, Jackson earned U.S. $ 7,500,000 per concert, which corresponds to about $ 150,000 for every minute. The concerts had been scheduled for September of the same year. However, they were postponed due to the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001. A few hours before the show appeared Marlon Brando, to speak about humanitarian work; However, this was not broadcast due to poor response from the public.

Concert program

Opening of the Jubilee Concert by Samuel L. Jackson and the subsequent appearances Usher, Whitney Houston & Mýa to Michael Jackson's song Wanna Be Startin ' Somethin' from his 1982 album Thriller erschienenem.

In addition to the aforementioned artists sang more guests in honor of the " King of Pop":

The second hour began with the reunion of the Jackson Five. In addition to Michael Jackson Jermaine, Jackie, Randy, Marlon, and Tito occurred. They played a greatest hits medley, consisting of the following songs:

  • Can You Feel It
  • ABC
  • The Love You Save
  • I Want You Back
  • I'll Be There
  • Shake Your Body ( Down to the Ground ).

This was followed by a surprise guest * NSYNC for the song Dancing Machine danced.

There was a brief interruption in the Chris Tucker came on the scene and Jackson imitated. With the announcement to Billie Jean the concert continued. It followed Jackson's most successful song.

Then, the following songs were played:

  • Beat It featuring Slash
  • Black or White featuring Slash
  • The Way You Make Me Feel featuring Britney Spears
  • You Rock My World featuring Chris Tucker and Usher

The concert ended with the song We Are the World.

Concerts

Friday, September 7, 2001

Monday, September 10, 2001

Nominations & Awards

  • 2002: Primetime Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Choreography " for the choreographer Brian Thomas and Glenn Douglas Packard
  • 2002: NAACP Image Award in the category "Outstanding Variety Series / Special"
  • 2002: NAACP Image Award in the category " Outstanding Performance in a Variety Series / Specia " for Michael Jackson
Usher (entertainer) Thriller (Michael Jackson album) You Are Not Alone (film) Ben (song) Jermaine Jackson Jackie Jackson Randy Jackson (The Jacksons) Marlon Jackson Tito Jackson Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) 'N Sync Al Jarreau Deborah Cox Rah Digga Tamia Over the Rainbow Bootylicious Nelly Furtado 98 Degrees Aaron Carter I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor Dionne Warwick Gladys Knight Master P ABC (Band)
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