In late November 2001, the CBS television network aired 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 00 and included a dinner with Michael Jackson and a signed poster. Jackson reportedly earned .5 million for each of the two concerts, which is over 0000 per minute. The concerts are mentioned in the VH1 biopic Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story, which notes that the last of the two concerts wrapped up just hours before two hijacked jet planes were crashed into the Twin Towers of Lower Manhattan’s World Trade Center (see September 11th terrorist attacks). Marlon Brando appeared in the concert to speak about humanitarian work but it was not broadcast due to poor response from the audience. Raw footage can be found online.
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@crystal1761 no, this is is it billie jean would be the last….
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHAEL JACKSON
when u use hd it goes slow and skips
The last billie jean…..
no one can take ur spot as king
I LOvE YOu ” kINg Of PoP fOrEVeR “…
i love michael
If u look closely when Michael does dance the last time. You notice that CBS edited some stuff. The first time, Michael has a microphone, and the next minute he doesnt. U can also tell by the lights, first they were blue, then purple, then blue again. But other than that, pheonmoial performance.
5:31 Maculay Culkin, Elizabeth Taylor and Liza Minelli enjoying the show. Michael was thee entertainer of the Century!!!
when michael slaps on the fedora hat and puts on the glove, you know things are going to blowwww!!!
he is such a babe! just can’t stop watching his videos and never will!!!! Please come back mj. we all miss you
cbs needs to run this anniversary special again. this is a great performance! they need to run some new michael jackson stuff instead of the same old stuff they have been running since his death! we all know that there is all kinds of great michael jackson stuff out there!!! I think his fans deserve to see all the tour dvds and everything!
So great! This is live sang!
Electrified! MJ was the angle moonwalking into the world. But he was hurted. The world owned toon much for him. R.I.P the King of Music and Dance
Forever MJ!!!
LUV UUUUUUu!
U will Always be the BEST!!
incredible
great video