A star-studded Michael Jackson tribute is expected to be announced at London’s O2 Arena featuring a hologram of the star, it has been claimed.
Reports claim stars including Justin Timberlake, pictured, Leona Lewis, Usher and Ne-Yo have been approached to perform at the concert by AEG Live and sing cover versions of Jacko’s tracks.
The gig will reportedly be held on August 29, on what would have been Jacko’s 51st birthday. It is claimed producers are hoping to project a hologram of the star onto the stage.
A source at AEG Live said: “There has been frantic activity both in AEG’s London and LA offices.
“It will be a celebration of Michael Jackson’s life through his music. The producers want to avoid a sombre memorial tone.”
Michael Jackson’s mother feels Neverland Ranch is too tainted to become a burial site for her son.
Katherine Jackson is said to have had heated discussions with Michael’s brother, Jermaine, who wants the singer to be buried at the ranch where he lived from 1988 to 2003. Charges of child molestation made against the singer and police raids are believed to have caused him to leave.
Katherine believes that Michael would not wish to be laid to rest there for the same reasons that he did not want to live there.
A source close to Katherine said: “Michael left Neverland for good, never to return. He felt violated by law enforcement after his molestation trial. He felt this place he had built had been tainted.”
Jermaine said: “This is his home, he created this. Why wouldn’t he be here? I feel his presence. And I love that. I want my mother to come back here and feel what I feel. He built this place with love and you can see it and feel it.”
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Michael Jackson reportedly wanted to quit music, just months before his tragic death.
The King of Pop died in LA suddenly on June 25 after he reportedly suffered a heart attack.
His close friend Bryan Michael Stoller, who knew Jacko for 20 years, said the star was planning to move away from music and into film-making.
He said: “It was almost as if he’d lost his love for music. He was so frail and exhausted.
“He wanted to move into film-making and told me it was much more important to him than music.”
But Jackson had signed up to perform 50 shows at London’s O2 Arena, which were due to start later this year, and Stoller claimed the stress of the tour was making him ill.
He said: “He looked like he wasn’t taking very good care of himself at all. He tried to be upbeat about the tour, but you could see that he was down and depressed. I have never seen him so bad.”
Michael Jackson has made over $20 million in record sales since his death, it has been revealed.
The 50-year-old pop legend died on June 25 after he reportedly suffered a heart attack.
Jacko is at the top of the iTunes charts in every country apart from Japan and it is claimed his post-death sales could beat those of Elvis Presley, whose estate reportedly brings in $48 million each year.
However, the money will reportedly be used to pay off the star’s massive debts despite claims he made $2 billion in the 40 years of his career.
Michael Jackson’s albums have soared to the top of Amazon’s best-selling list just hours after his death.
Online retailer Amazon.com has revealed that their No.1 best-selling album was the 25th anniversary reissue of his Thriller album.
Three other versions of Thriller came in at 12, 13, and 14. Jackson’s 2001 alum Invincible, his last studio album, came in at 10 and other albums in the list were compilations of his hits and his tracks with the Jackson 5.
In a statement Sony Corp Chairman, CEO and President Sir Howard Stringer said: “His artistry and magnetism changed the music landscape forever. We have been profoundly affected by his originality, creativity and amazing body of work.”
It is thought that Jackson, 50, died of a heart attack but the cause of death has not been confirmed.
