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Michael Jackson’s final This Is It tour encompassed much more than 50 concerts in London.

Choreographer Kenny Ortega said Jackson had plans to take the O2 Arena tour of the UK around the world over a period of three years.

Ortega’s documentary of the same name has brought high acclaim in just 24 hours since opening, earning more than US$2.2 million on its first day in the US.

Ortega said Jackson talked a lot about a world tour that would have included Australia.

“We would just be hanging out on a rest break and sitting in the dressing room and he would say ‘Kenny, have you ever been to India?’ I would say, ‘No, I really want to go to India so badly. I haven’t been.’ He’d say, ‘You must. You must. When I take the show to India whatever you are doing you have to stop and come back and join the tour.’ He’d say, ‘What about Japan?’ I’d say, ‘Yes of course. I love Japan. I want to go to Japan.’ He’d say, ‘What about Africa?’ I’d say, ‘Yes, Africa’.”

Ortega said: “I realised he wanted the world. He wanted to take this all over the world.”

Singer Miley Cyrus is feeling ill on her world tour.

The Hannah Montana star may have only just started her Wonder World tour, but is feeling unwell already.

The 17-year-old wrote on her Twitter page: “Woke up with a sore throat. Why am I always sick?”

During a recent concert in Salt Lake City, Miley ran off stage and when she came back on, announced she had strep throat.

Cyrus even had to take to her Twitter page after the concert to tell fans to keep their “fingers crossed” she makes the next few concerts.

Miley also posted a picture of her dad Billy Ray Cyrus, wearing a blonde wig and hospital mask on her Twitter page.

She wrote next to the picture: “These are the times that my daddy REALLY comes in handy. He made me smile through the worst pain I’ve ever felt.”

Coldplay star Chris Martin said he would consider making a solo album only if he split with wife Gwyneth Paltrow and “desperately” needed money.

Chris, 33, is married to Hollywood actress Gwyneth, 36, and said he is not planning a solo album any time soon.

He said: “It would probably mean I’ve been dumped by my wife and I desperately need the money.

“Hell would not only have to freeze over but be skated over and completely closed up.

“The Pope would have to declare it didn’t even exist. I cannot think of anything worse.”

Chris and the rest of the band are currently touring the world and have been watching DVD boxsets of hit US TV series The Wire while away from home.

Chris said: “The main thing I do on tour is write, then go watch The Wire.”

Source: Splash News