Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special

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Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Concerts
Tour by Michael Jackson
File:MJ30thposter.jpg
Promotional poster for Jackson's New York City show
Associated album Invincible
Start date September 7, 2001
End date September 10, 2001
Number of shows 2 in North America
2 in total
Michael Jackson concert chronology

The Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special was a 2001 New York City revue show by Michael Jackson. It took place on September 7, 2001 and September 10, 2001. In late November 2001, the CBS television network aired the concerts as a two-hour special in honor of Michael Jackson's thirtieth year as a solo entertainer (his first solo single, "Got to Be There", was recorded in 1971). The show was edited from footage of two separate concerts Michael had orchestrated in New York City's Madison Square Garden on September 7 and September 10 of 2001. The shows sold out in five hours. Ticket prices were pop's most expensive ever; the best seats cost $10,000 and included a dinner with Michael Jackson and a signed poster. Jackson reportedly earned $7.5 million for each of the two concerts, which is over $150,000 per minute. The concert official Boxscore was $10,072,105 for both concerts.[1]

To some fans, Jackson appeared more disoriented in the first concert as he only did one short moonwalk and improvised the ending of the Billie Jean performance. To explain Jackson's disoriented appearance, David Gest claimed in his film Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon that Jackson was on drugs during the concerts. However, Jackson himself stated that he did not rehearse for the first concert. In Jermaine's book You Are Not Alone: Michael Through a Brother's Eyes, Jermaine Jackson stated that Michael was taking Demerol, a pain relieving medicine with psychotropic effects. The show attracted numerous celebrities such as Marc Anthony, Jill St. John, Ann Miller, Jay-Z, Britney Spears, Naomi Campbell, Monica, Janet Leigh, Liza Minnelli, Elizabeth Taylor, Macaulay Culkin, Mýa, Natalie Cole, Chris Tucker, Samuel L. Jackson, Destiny's Child, Jill Scott, Kenny Rogers, Gloria Estefan, Yoko Ono, Sam Harris, Angie Harmon, O-Town, Grant Hill, Robert Wagner and Tamia.[2]

Set lists

Friday, September 7

Song Performer(s)
"Can You Feel It"
"HIStory Intro"
"I Want You Back"
"Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)"
"ABC"
"The Love You Save"
"I'll Be There"		 The Jacksons
"Dancing Machine" The Jacksons
*NSYNC
"The Way You Make Me Feel" Michael Jackson
Britney Spears
"Black or White"
"Beat It"		 Michael Jackson
Slash
"Billie Jean"
"You Rock My World"		 Michael Jackson

Monday, September 10

Song Performer(s)
"Can You Feel It"
"HIStory Intro"
"ABC"
"The Love You Save"
"I'll Be There"
"I Want You Back"
 The Jacksons
"Dancing Machine" The Jacksons
"Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)" The Jacksons
"The Way You Make Me Feel" Michael Jackson
"Black or White"
"Beat It"		 Michael Jackson
Slash
"Billie Jean" Michael Jackson
"You Rock My World"
 Michael Jackson
Usher
Chris Tucker
"We Are the World"

"You Rock My World (Reprise)"

 All Artists
Kenny Rogers
Yoko Ono
Quincy Jones

Concert Dates

Date City Country Venue
September 7, 2001 New York City United States Madison Square Garden
September 10, 2001

Personnel

References

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