Date: December 30, 2012
Round up of the year 2012
Here we go again, another round up of the passing year. Despite of King
of Pop stayed alive forever only in music then this year wasn't so boring.
Characteristic point of the year 2012 is precisely connected with 25th
Anniversary of “Bad” album and its exclusive edition given us by Sony. We had
been given 5 demos of the songs from Bad session which as for irony they sounds
like finished songs and the title of them are: "Al Capone", "Free", "Don't Be
Messin' Round", "Price of Fame" and "Song Groove (aka Abortion Papers)" as also
to this pack booklet with pictures from "Bad" session together with concert at
Wembley Stadium in London taken from Michael's private VHS re-mastered and
digitally recorded. And finally Spike's Lee "Bad 25" documentary which presents
us behind the scens of creating "Bad" album and to enjoy the film you need 2
hours (German "VOX" TV didn't broadcasted full movie). Less uproarious but in
memory we have also 30thy anniversary of "Thriller" album. Luckily Sony
have a mercy for us and didn't issue for us another "new stuff". In the next
year we will be given more no one new stuff from Michael's legacy and that's why
you should stay tuned. We are always up to date.
Source: GeniusMJ
Date: December 1, 2012
30th anniversary of revolution in music industry
Today it's 30 years after music industry has been revolution. After little
success of album "Off The Wall" Michael had decied to do much better album which
will get to #1. The first finished project of the "Thriller" album got into
a
trash, Michael felt down about the result he got, but he didn't give up, he started creating new one. The effect of finished and released the second
album became spectacular. The album in first two months got Gold and Platinum
certificate
and the same time. During Grammy Awards Michael broke new record, winning 8 awards
for a one artist, for Thriller. During night of Motown 25th TV Special Jackson performed his single Billie Jean and electrify audience
performing Moonwalk. The album became the album of all-times and gots to gusto of
every ethic group, after that used to music TV MTV broadcast Billie Jean after
being
warned by CBS Records, it was the first music video of black artist which
broke all barriers of racism and revolution MTV bringing them big popularity.
Michael gone further and created the first long time duration music
video about 13 minutes long of fantastic plot, special effect
and amazing dance choreography Michael made another record. There are 3 Michael's own songs on the album;
Beat It, Billie Jean and Wanna be Startin' Somethin'. Album kept his #1 position
on chart in US by 37 weeks, in UK kept 8 weeks of being #1. Today Thriller is
sold in more than 114 millions of copies worldwide. On November 15, 2006 Michael
gots Diamond Award for selling more than 104 millions of copies of Thriller.
Source: GeniusMJ
Date: October 7, 2012
Great selling of Bad 25th
Bad 25th is great selling album in Poland. This legendary album and its 3rd
issue on 25th anniversary can show us that King of Pop music is lifetime music.
Almost a moth later after Bad 25th is released the Gold plate status is reached
in Poland. MJ Estate is also reporting that only officially released Bad Tour
Live at Wembley is No. 1 selling in the world.
Source: MJ Estate
/ GeniusMJ
Date: September 5, 2012
Jackson's health, insurane and Randy Phillips' e-mails
The scene in Michael Jackson's London hotel suite left Randy Phillips in a panic.
Phillips was one of the world's most powerful music promoters and used to rock
'n' roll chaos, but the star's condition still floored him.
"MJ is locked in his room drunk and despondent," Phillips said in an email to
his boss at Anschutz Entertainment Group, the Los Angeles company staking a
fortune on the singer. "I [am] trying to sober him up."
Across the Atlantic, where it was still early morning, AEG President Tim Leiweke
read the message and fired back on his BlackBerry: "Are you kidding me?"
"I screamed at him so loud the walls are shaking," Phillips told him. "He is an
emotionally paralyzed mess riddled with self loathing and doubt now that it is
show time."
The story of Jackson's ill-fated comeback attempt has been told in news reports,
a manslaughter trial and a feature-length documentary. But a cache of
confidential AEG emails obtained by The Times offers a darker picture of the
relationship between the down-on-his-luck idol and the buttoned-up corporation
taking a bet on his erratic talents.
The 250 pages of messages illuminate the extent to which top executives were
aware of doubts about Jackson's stability as they prepared for his 50-show
concert run at their London arena.
The emails will probably play a central role in two lawsuits set for trial next
year. The shows' insurers are asking a judge to nullify a $17.5-million policy
that they say AEG got with false claims about Jackson's health and readiness to
perform. Jackson's heirs are pressing a wrongful-death suit that accuses AEG of
pressuring the pop star to carry on with a comeback despite indications he was
too weak.
Lawyers for AEG, which has denied any wrongdoing, said most of the
correspondence was produced as discovery in ongoing litigation. They said the
messages reviewed by The Times were incomplete and leaked to portray the company
in a negative light. The lawyers declined to provide additional emails that they
said would give a fuller picture, citing a protective order imposed by a judge
in the civil litigation.
"If you are in the creative arts business, you are going to be involved with
individuals who have a great many problems," said AEG attorney Marvin Putnam.
"Michael Jackson was an adult and … it is supercilious to say he was unable to
take care of his own affairs."
Michael Jackson was a megastar but also had a trail of burned investors and
canceled performances that loomed large when AEG began contemplating a deal with
him in the fall of 2008.
Even before meeting with Jackson, executives at the highest levels of AEG,
including billionaire founder Phil Anschutz, were seeking insurance to protect
the company's bottom line if the shows didn't come off, according to the emails.
Anschutz invited Jackson to a meeting at a Las Vegas villa in September 2008.
Paul Gongaware, an AEG Live executive who knew Jackson, emailed colleagues a
strategy memo. Wear casual clothes, he told them, "as MJ is distrustful of
people in suits" and expect to talk "fluff" with "Mikey."
The company was proposing a world tour that would net the cash-strapped star
$132 million, according to the memo. "This is not a number that MJ will want to
hear. He thinks he is so much bigger than that," Gongaware warned. Talk in terms
of gross receipts, he suggested.
The singer and AEG signed a deal in January 2009. According to the contract, AEG
agreed to bankroll a series of London concerts at its 02 Arena and Jackson
promised "a first-class performance." If he reneged, AEG would take control of
the debt-ridden singer's company and use the income from his music catalogs to
recoup its money.
There were doubters inside and outside the company. Dan Beckerman, AEG's chief
operating officer, sent Phillips, the chief executive of concert division AEG
Live, a YouTube link to Jackson's shaky 2001 MTV appearance and asked, "Can he
pull this off?"
"With time and rehearsal," Phillips wrote back.
Pressed by another promoter about Jackson's ability to deliver, Phillips shot
back in an email, "He has to or financial disaster awaits."
The contract required a medical examination as part of AEG's effort to get
cancellation insurance, and nine days after Jackson signed, a New York doctor
went to the star's Holmby Hills mansion. Dr. David Slavit concluded that Jackson
was in "excellent condition," an assessment that AEG would tout in the coming
months as proof that their star was healthy.
It's unclear how thorough the exam was. Slavit, an ear, nose and throat doctor
who listed his specialty as "care of the professional voice," wrote extensively
about Jackson's vocal cords in his report, which AEG said was given to its
insurance broker. But he was silent on Jackson's well-documented substance abuse
problems.
The singer had dropped out of at least one tour for drug treatment, but Slavit
wrote that past cancellations were "related to dehydration and exhaustion."
Asked on a questionnaire in the report whether he had "ever been treated for or
had any indication of excessive use of alcohol or drugs," Jackson circled "no."
AEG planned to announce Jackson's comeback in March with a London news
conference. But as the date drew near, Jackson dropped out of sight. Inside AEG,
there was growing fear.
"We are holding all the risk," Gongaware wrote to Phillips. "We let Mikey know
just what this will cost him in terms of him making money.... We cannot be
forced into stopping this, which MJ will try to do because he is lazy and
constantly changes his mind to fit his immediate wants."
"He is locked. He has no choice … he signed a contract," Gongaware wrote.
Publicly, AEG projected confidence. "The man is very sane, the man is very
focused, the man is very healthy," Leiweke assured a music industry symposium
the day before the news conference.
Jackson made it to London, but according to emails Phillips sent to Leiweke, the
star was intoxicated and refused to leave his suite. In the end, the emails
show, Phillips and Jackson's manager had to dress him.
"He is scared to death," Phillips wrote to Leiweke.
In an interview, AEG's attorney Putnam suggested Phillips had exaggerated in his
emails and said Jackson's behavior appeared to be a case of "nerves."
Jackson arrived 90 minutes late for the news conference and his brief comments
struck some of the 350 reporters gathered as disjointed and strange. Still, fan
enthusiasm was undeniable: Demand for an initial 10 shows crashed Ticketmaster's
servers.
Two months later, Jackson and AEG got insurance from Lloyd's of London,
according to the policy that is contained in court records. For rehearsals in
L.A., it only covered accidents. The policy would expand to include illness and
death coverage when Jackson got to London and was evaluated by Lloyd's doctors
there.
AEG officials first met Dr. Conrad Murray during May rehearsals. In the trial
last year that ended with Murray's manslaughter conviction, witnesses testified
that Jackson insisted that AEG hire the doctor as his personal physician for the
London shows at $150,000 a month.
Murray, who was deep in debt and in danger of losing his home, was giving
Jackson nightly doses of propofol, a powerful surgical anesthetic, for his
chronic insomnia, according to the doctor's statement to police.
In an interview, AEG's lawyers noted that none of the emails referred to
propofol and said no one at the company knew about Murray's use of it. Jackson
died before signing Murray's contract, and the doctor was never paid by AEG.
Those rehearsing with Jackson began sounding alarms in mid-June, according to
the emails, a month before his scheduled debut in London. They complained he
missed rehearsals, was slow picking up routines and would have to lip-sync some
of his signature numbers.
"MJ is not in shape enough yet to sing this stuff live and dance at the same
time," the show's musical director informed supervisors in an email. Jackson
missed another week of rehearsals, and when he finally showed up June 19, he was
too weak to perform.
Emails reviewed by The Times show far greater alarm about Jackson's mental state
than has emerged previously.
"He was a basket case," a production manager wrote. "Doubt is pervasive."
"We have a real problem here," Phillips wrote to Leiweke.
The show's director, Kenny Ortega, told Phillips their star was not ready for
the comeback and called for a psychiatric intervention: "There are strong signs
of paranoia, anxiety and obsessive-like behavior. I think the very best thing we
can do is get a top Psychiatrist in to evaluate him ASAP.
"It is like there are two people there. One (deep inside) trying to hold on to
what he was and still can be and not wanting us to quit him, the other in this
weakened and troubled state," wrote Ortega, who had known Jackson for 20 years.
"I believe we need professional guidance in this matter."
Phillips resisted the request for immediate psychiatric intervention. "It is
critical that neither you, me or anyone around this show become amateur
psychiatrists or physicians," Phillips wrote.
He added that Murray, "who I am gaining immense respect for as I get to deal
with him more," was confident the singer was ready.
"This doctor is extremely successful (we check everyone out) and does not need
this gig so he [is] totally unbiased and ethical," Phillips wrote.
At a meeting that day, Jackson vowed to improve, and Murray said he would help.
By all accounts, the next two days of rehearsals — the last of Jackson's life —
were superb.
In the recent interview, AEG's lawyer said the company responded responsibly to
concerns raised by Ortega and others by monitoring rehearsals and consulting
Jackson and his physician.
"Michael and the doctor stressed that he was OK. They had it under control,"
Putnam said.
Numerous emails show that at the same time, Lloyd's of London was pressing AEG
to schedule a complete medical examination for Jackson. The insurance company
had to be convinced the singer was healthy before they would expand the policy
to include illness and death, crucial coverage given reports from rehearsals.
That four-hour exam by Lloyd's in London would include three doctors, heart
monitoring and blood work. AEG's insurance broker tried to persuade Lloyd's to
drop the physical, according to the email discussions by AEG officials. AEG
suggested Murray could provide an oral recitation of Jackson's recent medical
history instead. Lloyd's refused.
Since agreeing to the policy in May, Lloyd's had sought additional information
from AEG — medical records, details about Jackson's daily fitness program and
responses to media reports about his health.
"Always with no response," a Lloyd's underwriter wrote.
Lloyd's also insisted on five years of medical records. The insurance company
wrote that it wanted a thorough account for all doctor's appointments, hospital
visits and cosmetic procedures since 2003.
Within AEG, it was determined that Murray was the best hope to get the records,
and in the final week of Jackson's life, officials sent at least 10 emails
reminding him to gather them.
Murray responded to the last of the requests June 25 in Jackson's darkened
bedroom suite, according to emails presented at the doctor's criminal trial. He
wrote that he had talked to Jackson and "Authorization was denied,"
Less than an hour later, Jackson stopped breathing, according to a timeline
Murray gave police.
A week later, AEG filed a claim for the entire $17.5-million insurance policy
and said publicly that it was out more than $35 million.
But within a very short period, it became clear that Jackson's demise, however
terrible for those who loved him, was a commercial boon for his heirs and for
AEG.
The celebratory documentary "This Is It," which AEG co-produced alone grossed
more than $260 million worldwide.
"Michael's death is a terrible tragedy, but life must go on. AEG will make a
fortune from merch sales, ticket retention, the touring exhibition and the film/dvd,"
Phillips wrote to a concert business colleague in August, adding, "I still wish
he was here!"
By Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times
Source: Los Angeles Times / GeniusMJ
Date: August 29, 2012
Happy Birthday Michael!
Time
is passing, Sony is releasing new stuffs for us... Sometimes there are even music
pearls. If he would be alive on stage today there would be passing 41st
anniversary of his career but in the mean time there is going to be released
25th anniversary of BAD album which will be available
in stores on September 18. Today is big day and sad day at the same time. Michael
you gone 3 years ago but as long as memory lives you are immortal. Happy
Birthday 54th time!
Source: GeniusMJ
Date: August 7, 2012 Bad
25th Anniversary Edition. Complete Tracklist.
Epic/Legacy
Recordings in collaboration with the Estate of Michael Jackson today announced
the highly anticipated track listing for the September 18th release
of Michael Jackson BAD25 that celebrates the
legendary album and record breaking BAD tour. Featured in the deluxe package,
are three CDs, two collectible booklets, and the first ever authorized DVD
release of a concert from the record breaking BAD World Tour – the July 16, 1988
sold out Wembley Stadium show in London.
Filled with previously re-mastered versions of iconic hits and un-released
recordings from the King Of Pop, the BAD25 anniversary
deluxe edition CDs and DVD will include the following:
CD one features re-mastered versions of Michael’s biggest hits on the
original BAD album, including, “Smooth Criminal,” ”Man In The Mirror,” “Bad,”
“Another Part of Me,” “The Way You Make Me Feel,” and “Dirty Diana” arranged in
the same sequence as they appeared on the original album released 25 years ago.
“Leave Me Alone” was added to the album as a bonus track following its initial
release and has been included on the disc.
CD two offers fans a rare listen to thirteen additional tracks, 6 of which
are previously unreleased demo recordings created at Michael’s personal studio
built at his then-home on Hayvenhurst Avenue in Encino, California. Also
included are all three bonus tracks from the 2001 expanded edition of BAD, the
previously un-released French version of Michael performing the classic, “I Just
Can’t Stop Loving You,” a high power version of “Speed Demon” remixed by Nero
and the brand new remix of “Bad” worked on as an electrifying collaboration
between Pitbull and Dutch DJ Afrojack.
Recordings included in this package reflect the songs and spirit of Michael
Jackson’s artistry during BAD’s recording sessions and have been selected to
show the different stages of how Michael’s songwriting and recording genius took
shape. Some tracks are so complete that any other artist but Michael Jackson –
who worked tirelessly to make sure his songs reflected his vision – might
consider them finished tracks. Others are less complete but offer insight into
Michael’s creative process in its various stages. Included is the demo, “Al
Capone,” an early incarnation of what ultimately became “Smooth Criminal,”
“Don’t Be Messin’ Around,” an example of a more complete demo, and a song
initially titled, “Song Groove.” That song later became known as “Abortion
Papers” which according to Michael’s own records, he spent considerable time in
weighing how best to thoughtfully address something that was, and remains, a
very personal and sensitive issue.
BAD25 – COMPLETE TRACKLISTING:
DELUXE BOX TRACK LISTING
CD ONE – Original Album
1. Bad
2. The Way You Make Me Feel
3. Speed Demon
4. Liberian Girl
5. Just Good Friends
6. Another Part Of Me
7. Man In The Mirror
8. I Just Can’t Stop Lovin’ You
9. Dirty Diana
10. Smooth Criminal
11. Leave Me Alone
CD TWO – Bonus Tracks, Unreleased Tracks, Demos, Remixes
1. Don’t Be Messin’ Around
2. I’m So Blue
3. Song Groove (A/K/A Abortion Papers)
4. Free
5. Price Of Fame
6. Al Capone
7. Streetwalker
8. Fly Away
9. Todo Mi Amor Eres Tu (I Just Can’t Stop Loving You, Spanish Version)
10. Je Ne Veux Pas La Fin De Nous (I Just Can’t Stop Loving You, French
Version)
11. Bad (REMIX BY AFROJACK FEATURING PITBULL – DJ BUDDHA EDIT)
12. Speed Demon (REMIX BY NERO)
13. Bad (REMIX BY AFROJACK – CLUB MIX)
CD THREE – CD Live at Wembley Stadium July 16, 1988
1. Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
2. This Place Hotel
3. Another Part Of Me
4. I Just Can’t Stop Loving You
5. She’s Out Of My Life
6. I Want You Back / The Love You Save / I’ll Be There
7. Rock With You
8. Human Nature
9. Smooth Criminal
10. Dirty Diana
11. Thriller
12. Working Day And Night
13. Beat It
14. Billie Jean
15. Bad
16. Man In The Mirror
DVD – DVD Live at Wembley Stadium July 16, 1988
1. Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
2. This Place Hotel
3. Another Part Of Me
4. I Just Can’t Stop Loving You
5. She’s Out Of My Life
6. I Want You Back / The Love You Save / I’ll Be There
7. Rock With You
8. Human Nature
9. Smooth Criminal
10. Dirty Diana
11. Thriller
12. Bad Groove (the Band Jam section)
13. Working Day And Night
14. Beat It
15. Billie Jean
16. Bad
17. Man In The Mirror (Encore)
And Bonus Tracks Include:
1. The Way You Make Me Feel (Performed at Wembley the previous night,
July 15, 1988)
2. I Just Can’t Stop Loving You/Bad (Performed at
Yokohama Stadium, September, 1987)
Source: MJJUnderground / GeniusMJ
Date: June 25, 2012 3rd Anniversary.
Today is 3rd anniversary since Michael gone. But as long as we are Michael
will live as well. We remember him and because of this occasion we would like to
invite you all MJ fans and not only for the party in tribute for King of Pop
which take place on June 30 in Warsaw's Club "Why Not" Wawelska 5 street,
from 9 p.m. til 6 a.m. But before you came into the party you can take part in
and have fun on Zombie Walk where you can dance to "Thriller" with teacher of
Jackson Style - Monika Brall. People who don't feel the steps can take part in
class with the teacher (cost 35 zl) in dance school "Uanga" in the back of CH
Wilenski.
In this year on TV we can watch:
E4ME TV (perisian channel): Michael's videos all day.
Europa Plus TV (russian channel): "Day of Michael Jackson"
Super RTL (german channel): Moonwalker and 100% Michael Jackson
SKY (german channel): The Life Of An Icon
Source: GeniusMJ
Date: May 21, 2012 Bad 25th Anniversary Deluxe
As
long as we don't have much news any longer then this event/celebration must be
noticed:
This Deluxe 25th Anniversary Edition includes three CDs, two
collectible booklets, and features the first ever authorized DVD release
of a concert from the record breaking BAD tour.
DVD - Michael Jackson’s legendary July 16, 1988 concert at Wembley Stadium
in London. This DVD is not a compilation of performances, but rather one
complete show, exactly as Michael performed it for Prince Charles, Princess
Diana and the 72,000 fans who were in the audience for that night’s sold out
show. The DVD was sourced from Michael Jackson’s personal VHS copy of the
performance as shown on the JumboTrons during the concert. This footage was only
recently unearthed and is the only known copy of the show to exist. The visuals
have been restored and the audio quality enhanced so that fans can share in the
excitement of that famous night.
CD1 - The original re-mastered album
CD2 - A CD containing previously unreleased material recorded in Michael’s
personal studio at Hayvenhurst. This material includes early demo versions of
songs from the album as well as demos for songs not included on the final album.
All of this material is being released as it was recorded during the BAD
sessions. Nothing has been added or changed. In addition, this CD also includes
new remixes from internationally renowned DJ/producers.
CD3 - A CD showcasing the audio from the
sound truck recordings of the July 16th Wembley performance. The
first-ever live Michael Jackson CD to be released, this is the only
concert from the BAD Tour known to exist on multitracks.
This
magnificent 3 CD/1 DVD box also includes two extensive booklets with yet
unseen photos from the recording sessions, video sets and the concert
tour, the original BAD cover art, a two-sided poster and more.
Price: 44.99$
Released date: September 18, 2012
You can pre-order the album on: MyPlayDirect.com
Source: MichaelJackson.com / GeniusMJ
Date: March 03, 2012 Michael
Jackson’s Back Catalogue Has Been Stolen
Sony music suffered its second major security breach in a year, with thieves targeting songs and unreleased material by Michael Jackson.
It’s alleged they downloaded more than 50,000 music files, worth
£160million, in the biggest ever cyber attack on a music company.
The news comes just a year after Sony paid £250million for the seven-year
rights to the songs following Michael’s death.
The contract with Jackson’s estate also allowed them to release 10 new
albums, including material from studio sessions produced during the making of
some of the star’s biggest albums.
The singer, who died in June 2009 at the age of 50, had recorded unreleased duets with artists ranging from the late Freddie Mercury and Black Eyed Peas singer Will.i.am.
In April the details of 77million gamers were stolen after Sony’s
Playstation Network was hacked. The breach cost Sony £106million and hugely
damaged their reputation.
The attack on the Jackson files occurred shortly afterwards but has not been revealed until now.
The hack was discovered during routine monitoring of social networking sites, Jackson fan sites and hacking forums.
A source close to the company said: ‘Everything Sony purchased from the
Michael Jackson estate was compromised.
‘It caused them to check their systems and they found the breach. There was
a degree of sophistication.
‘Sony identified the weakness and plugged the gap.’
The hack has compromised the work of other artists managed by the firm, including songs by Jimi Hendrix, Paul Simon, Olly Murs, the Foo Fighters and Avril Lavigne.
The source added that the second breach happening so soon after the first
‘would have made investors and artists think, ‘What other part of Sony isn’t
secure?”
Last night Sony admitted there had been a security breach and that the Michael Jackson material had been stolen but refused to say how much the hackers downloaded.
A source within the company said that although the Jackson estate had been told about the hack the company did not have to make the knowledge public as there was no customer data involved.
They added that computer experts had traced the hack to the UK by examining
a ‘fingerprint’ allegedly left behind.
The Serious Organised Crime division took up the case and two men appeared in court last week charged with offences under the computer Misuse Act.
They denied all charges and were remanded on bail.
Source: MJJCommunity.com / Sunday times / MJJUnderground / GeniusMJ
Date: February 17, 2012 MJ Estate Sues Dr. Thome.
Michael Jackson's estate sued the singer's former manager on Friday, claiming he lined his own pockets by persuading the pop superstar to sign unconscionable contracts in the final year of his life.
The lawsuit against Tohme R. Tohme came after more than a year of wrangling between Jackson's estate and the former adviser who has claimed he is owed 15 percent of the more than $310 million collected by the estate since the singer's death.
The lawsuit seeks the return of Jackson's property and financial records along with damages and a ruling that Tohme is not entitled to any money from the estate.
The contracts involved a refinancing of Jackson's debt related to Neverland Ranch and a producer's fee that Tohme negotiated for himself for Jackson's series of planned comeback concerts in London.
"This lawsuit is necessary to finally put a stop to abuse of fiduciary
obligations owed to Jackson and seeks to unwind the self-serving and
unconscionable agreements (Tohme) encouraged Jackson to enter into” and to
compensate the estate for failing to return Jackson's property, the complaint
states.
Tohme's attorney Paul Malingagio did not immediately return a phone message seeking comment Friday.
Tohme served as Jackson's manager from January 2008 until March 2009.
Estate attorney Howard Weitzman wrote in a statement that he expects Jackson's former manager to file his own lawsuit to try to gain money from the estate.
"We believe the facts will show that Mr. Tohme's claims are meritless and
that Mr. Tohme engaged in wrongdoing with respect to Michael Jackson starting
early in their relationship,” Weitzman wrote.
The lawsuit states that Tohme forced Jackson to pay him a finder's fee for introducing the singer to a group that saved Neverland Ranch from foreclosure. That deal earned Tohme more than $2.4 million and was just one of several deals he was involved in that the estate claims improperly benefited the adviser.
Tohme also negotiated a producer's fee of $100,000 a month for the "This Is
It” shows planned in London, although Jackson died before the concert series
began.
The legal action also alleges that Tohme improperly signed away the rights to artwork created by Jackson.
Tohme told The Associated Press in July 2009 that he had turned over more
than $5 million to Jackson's estate that the singer had stockpiled to purchase a
"dream home” in Las Vegas.
In September 2010, Tohme sought more than $2.3 million from the estate and
claimed he was owed 15 percent of revenue from the film "This Is It,” which used
footage from Jackson's final rehearsals.
Tohme was credited as Jackson's personal adviser in the film.
Source: AP / Washingtonpost / GeniusMJ
Date: January 31, 2012 THE IMMORTAL World Tour by Cirque du Soleil now in Europe.
While Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour by Cirque du Soleil
continues to electrify audiences across North America, a first set of highly
anticipated European tour dates have now been confirmed for 16 cities!
Get priority access to tickets to London, Stockholm and Helsinki today,
Jan. 30, to 10 cities across Germany and Austria on Jan. 31, and finally
Herning, Copenhagen and Madrid on Feb. 1!
Pre-Sale Access:
Here
Source: MichaelJackson.com / GeniusMJ
Date: January 26, 2012 Michael Jackson
has been commemorated at Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
Michael Jackson has been commemorated by his three children, Prince, Paris
and Blanket who imprint track of Billie Jean glove, footprint and their own hands. In front of the Grauman's Chinese Theatre on sidewalk was placed flagstone with real Jackson's footprint and autograph which Jackson made in 94' in Las Vegas.
On this celebration organized by MJ Estate took part Jacksons family, three kids, Katherine, Jackie, Tito, Taj and others. Speach about Michael made, Chris Tucker, Smokey Robinson, Quincy Jones, Justin Biber and others.
Source: MichaelJackson.com / GeniusMJ
