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Michael: We’ll Never Forgive You For the Chris Brown Thing

11/16/06, 12:52 pm EST

Michael JacksonAfter reportedly demanding a series of amenities that included a private jet, first class air travel for about 20 people and his own floor at his London hotel, Michael Jackson’s insanely hyped live performance at last night’s World Music Awards involved him singing along for a few bars with a recording of “We Are the World” backed by a collection of confused looking multi-ethnic children. Fans were less than psyched, and in this video clip you can hear them muttering “he’s gonna come back,” hope morphing into outrage as Jackson regaled the crowd with a series of Miss America waves and “I love yous” before strolling offstage.

It’s hard to tell via this clip alone, but some reports claim the sound was cut, meaning that the WMA organizers may be at least partially responsible for this fiasco of a performance? Although it also appears that Jackson was having a really hard time hitting even the few notes he sang, so perhaps the sound was cut on purpose? Who knows. What a disaster.

The crowning embarrassment of the evening is the fact that Chris Brown was offered up as a replacement performer and sang “Thriller” himself, supporting that age-old theory that if you can’t have Michael Jackson you’ll settle for any black American pop star adept at moonwalking. In this clip you can check out Brown’s moves (and familiar red leather jacket.) And here you can actual hear some of the song. Be appropriately disturbed by how many of the fans seem convinced they are watching Michael Jackson.


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threapy | 11/16/2006, 1:25 pm EST

jacko likes boys jigga what?

Ken Vail Jr. | 11/16/2006, 1:32 pm EST

michael is such a hasbeen…i still enjoy hearing ‘rock with you’ and ‘beat it’ and a few others…just go away michael! what a wanker.

Interstate Brickface | 11/16/2006, 2:16 pm EST

I’m just surprised Michael has “fans”. Who are these people?

Larry | 11/16/2006, 2:32 pm EST

The hell with Michael & Janet. I’m sick of both of them. There of bunch of has been 80″s crybabies.

nathan | 11/16/2006, 2:34 pm EST

Trust Jackson to choose the pretentious and irrelevent World Music Awards to make his “comeback”.
It’s just the latest proof that he has somehow along the way lost the ability to entertain.

heavyhitter | 11/16/2006, 3:08 pm EST

Guns N Roses’ “Chinese Democracy” is now odds on to his records shops in 2007 after the band’s label admitted this week they were none the wiser to a November release schedule.

Axl Rose had recently revealed his intention to get the $15m, ten-year-old project onto the shelves before the end of the year, and a press release for the Chinese Democracy Tour at the beginning of October 2006 also stated that “there are only 13 Tuesdays left between now and the end of the year” – dropping a hint that the album would be released on a Tuesday between October 3rd and December 19th.

However, it looks near impossible that the album will be released in time for Christmas as the band’s label, Universal Records, claimed this week that they had yet to received any information regarding a release date. With a likely four to six week turnaround required from GNR’s management delivering the masterwork (not to mentioned publicity and promotion) it looks extremely unlikely the set will drop now until February, with January a traditional dead-zone for big new albums.
In other news, a new live DVD is in the pipeline for February.
Guns ‘N’ Roses – Live In Chicago” will be released on February 5th 2007 (we’re sure of that), and was recorded at Chicago’s Allstate Arena.

Tracks included on the set are Nightrain, Mr. Brownstone, Live And Let Die, Attitude, Its So Easy, Wild Horses, Patience, Double Talkin Jive, Civil War, Welcome To The Jungle, November Rain, You Could Be Mine, Godfather Theme and Coma.

Cendor | 11/16/2006, 3:32 pm EST

the whole show and every show like it was / is a fiasco. it’s all plastic. from the image is everything mtv to lindsey lohan to the stage to michaels face. michael had and may still have talent, but his eccentricitie.s and just plain freakoid behavior makes his talent a non-issue. he doesn’t seem to know what’s good and what’s not – only concerning himself with bombast. one day all these morons will wake up and realize that there is practically NO substance in todays popular music. it’s gotten out of hand.

meme | 11/16/2006, 3:36 pm EST

first of all when did michael or any of his ppl say michael was going to perform. i think u ppl should stop listening to the media because they always over hype things for no reason. and i agree that michael isn’t at the hieght of his career anymore but when ur down ther’s no place to go but up. Even though i don’t agree with some things michael decised to do you can’t deny that he is well can be an incredible entertainer when he wants to and is very talented.

Anonymous | 11/16/2006, 4:00 pm EST

Michael Jackson sucks. Off The Wall was fine, but everything
else fell off circa 1984. He’s hopeless.

Tom | 11/16/2006, 4:02 pm EST

Fell off like his nose. L.

awesum guy | 11/16/2006, 4:05 pm EST

there werent a lot of people that were looking forward to a mj comeback, but even they were expecting more than this.

this just shows how out of touch with reality jackson has become

Linda | 11/16/2006, 4:57 pm EST

MJ has lip syncs 99% of the time, when his mic is turned on we always hear his voice weak or cracking. The big secret in the music industry is He Cant Sing! If he could he wouldnt lip sync. Now that the industry isnt covering for him anymore, we all will see the truth about him. ALL of it was & is Smoke & Mirrors!

wtf? | 11/16/2006, 5:35 pm EST

MJ has fans!?! really!?! they must be on drugs….

Brendan vella | 11/16/2006, 5:36 pm EST

Ok lets make a point! the media have made this in to something from nothing! I was there on the night, at the front of the stage and ive seen with my own eyes that his mic cut off, i have video evidence that shows mj singing perfectly then his mic cuts, he then turns round looking for help from sound people, tho no one helped they left him up there with no mic and this is his first show in london for over 7 years. He done well on the night! He was NOT BOOED off stage. people loved him! so Media get your facts correct. Let him do his thing.

Peace to MJ X

Brendan vella | 11/16/2006, 5:39 pm EST

PS This is to LINDA: Your deff and blind. for saying what you did. He can sing and was doing a good job until mic cut off. you dum freak.

Brendan vella | 11/16/2006, 5:50 pm EST

Ken Vail Jr. your a prick
threapy your a prick to

Mike | 11/16/2006, 5:52 pm EST

Actually, Michael can really sing….he has just chosen to lip sync in front of a live audience for the last 20 years. But when he sings, like actually gets down with it…he smokes any of today’s R&B artists.

But this trend is running it’s course. People want the goods. No backing track, no lip sync’ing….either come with it, or be gone. Are you talented, or are you Rhianna?…just a pretty face pushing an overly produced creation made in the studio.

Guy | 11/16/2006, 6:01 pm EST

I respect you Brendan vella, all these other guys are pricks and don’t know what they’re talking about! i’ve heard so many people saying that he couldn’t sing on the night, but what the hell do they know, MJ wasn’t even planning to perform…he just felt obliged to because of the hype that the media made of his ‘comeback’

charliemapleton | 11/16/2006, 6:14 pm EST

Chris Brown’s performance?Blatant.Michael Jackson feat.kids’ choir?(damn near)Bizarre(despite all the unecessary,false hype with all the boundary-crossing controversy).He’ll definitely come back with a vengance though…musically.

Zippy | 11/16/2006, 6:51 pm EST

Point 1. Michael was asked by the BBC on the red carpet before entering the awards if he was performing – he shook his head and said ‘No, it’s just a misunderstanding, I’m collecting an award’ – he was never meant to be performing, once again, the media have taking everything out of context to make the guy look bad.

Point 2 :

I was there on the night and I can tell you MJ’s singing was brilliant (Also, live). Yes, his mic did cut out that was annoying, but hardly his fault, he wasn’t ’struggling’ to hit the high notes at all, his falsetto was spot-on.

Point 3: Boo’d off stage? I can tell you now that simply isn’t true, at no point was Jackson boo’d off stage.

Overall, he looked confident and personally, considering the guy never intended to perform, I think it was pretty decent of him to come back on stage and sing what he did, any other artist would have just left.

b | 11/16/2006, 6:59 pm EST

If Michael can’t sing and only lip syncs, explain how he has an amazing voice on every song of all of his albums.

Anonymous | 11/16/2006, 7:05 pm EST

michael jackson is ammmmazzzing i love him!! yay!

Stephanie (German national) | 11/16/2006, 8:33 pm EST

Want to add: What Reuters and all the ones who copy-and-paste journalists did is a shame.

I’ve studied well all court transpripts and came to the result that the allegations against the singer must have been false.

He didn’t perform for 10 years, was never a big talker, went through hell during the trial. The press set up high expectations but didn’t pave the way. For MJ – very much afraid of people – it was a big step to show up on stage again. If Michael Jackson sold more than 100 million records he deserved to get the award. There’s no need to ruin the dignity of the awardee by setting up high expectations which he couldn’t fulfill. The award was already “earned” and didn’t have to be “earned” by a performance which was already prejudged by the press. Shame on the press, most of all on Reuters.

die mr. jackson | 11/16/2006, 8:36 pm EST

Why is it that Europeans can’t understand that Michael Jackson is a perverted, child-molesting monster? I think they worship celebrities. Madonna, Cher, Celine Dion, and a lot of others, could probably commit cold-blooded murder over there, in plain view, in public, and get away with it. I’m saying, I think these people are gullible idiots.

mma | 11/16/2006, 11:18 pm EST

MJ makes comeback! Town pederast now international celebrity big music make go bing bing bingbingbong bong! Borat would skewer Jackson worse than Ali G skewered Mr. and Mrs. Posh Spice. It would be a massacre and would reveal what a mangled monster MJ is.

I have no sympathy for Jackson. He deserves none. He is rich and can afford to be miserable, bitter and washed up in a home more expensive than most countries’ GDP. He never has to have any contact with the outside world for the rest of his life. He can relive his glory days over and over and never have to poison the world again. But then I wouldn’t have the comedic pleasure of laughing at his fans defend him.

If he can’t deliver the goods – he shouldn’t perform. Not that I actually watch the WMAs. I am a worthwhile person and have a life you know?

Many of his album sales were before soundscan made sales numbers honest. In 1982-84 all of my relatives had Thriller but none of them listen to it now. They bought it because it was marketed well through radio, music videos and TV hype. They bought it because it was the conformist thing to do.

Most of the things that are popular aren’t popular because they’re good – they’re popular because they’ve had everything possibly offensive to a powerful interest group removed. Thriller belongs in that category.

You really look stupid meriting Jackson with some sort of genius label. Being a talented singer and dancer only goes so far – how old does he have to get before he stops exploiting children like a creepy pedophile nursery daycare nurse?

i smoke a lot of | 11/16/2006, 11:24 pm EST

CRACK!
can you feel me?

cathy p. | 11/17/2006, 1:49 am EST

To look at MJ is just sad….he could melt at any moment, and then the children of the world may be safe again…..he’s fucking sad….who even listens to this guy???

Gina | 11/17/2006, 6:00 am EST

gosh what an amazing command of the English language you have ‘threapy’

Michael Jackson is a musical genious. Stop with all your ‘he likes boys/hasbeen/can’t sing RUBBISH. Respect this man for what he has done in his amazing 42 yr career. Do you expect any of todays ’stars’ to be comanding a 5min ovation in 42 yrs? No.

EVERYONE at WMA was there for MJ. And they got what they wanted. So what if he didn’t sing the whole song. MJ is the type of performer that causes anyone who see’s him to scream with excitement (including a bloke behind me who exclaimed ‘I don’t even really like MJ but this is amazing’

All your sick MJ jokes are so overdone. Get over it and see him for what he is. The greatest entertainer of our time, who, for a fact has one of the most amazing live voices I have ever heard (and after 7 concerts I think I may know)

OAO.

richardjamesuk | 11/17/2006, 7:55 am EST

Media got it wrong as per usual, Michael wasn’t going to perform, 1. When would he have praticised the dance routine ready for it (think people, Michael is a perfectionist he would have been rehearsing for two weeks before this?) 2. Michael doesn’t really want or need to do a medley or an old song it would be pointless (Let him come back Full Strength) 3. He was there to collect an award, which he should have recieved years ago for the amount of albums sold. 4. The sound was dodgy and the night was ball-ups from the start also by the sounds of the WMA youtube and friends who went there. 4. Ill advised doing We Are The World,don;t get why he did that? 5. Personally this won’t mean sh*T in reality because let Michael record the new album amd then prove why he is a legend.

Trust me Michael doesn’t have to prove anything….it’s everybody else who does, all the pretenders like Justin and Ushers (and wannabes)will never ever have the cultural and musical impact Michael Jackson has had, or ever will have or even come close to, Prince and Madonna either i might add. Just accept Michael for what he had done and let him do his new album and accept that this is one of th best entertainers ever in the history of music, and leave it at that.

Also cut the crap about the little boys and sh*T it’s boring and idiotic, don;t see you go on about how other rock stars have weird eccentrics, so get over yourselves.

His face and melting plastic and all that crap too, let him do what he wants he earned the money and worked his ass off to get it, so get a life. Don’t hear people go on about Beyonce having nose surgery to look more white and other stars, it is the industry…about perfection.

Anonymous | 11/17/2006, 10:44 am EST

chris brown is such a wannabe he will never ever replace mihcael y he did that i don’t know but michael is the only one that can ever peforem THRILLER….sorry chirs michael has it

mabeMJ | 11/17/2006, 11:22 am EST

MJ kicks arse!! You bunch of cock suckers that spend your time writing comments like these for no other reason than you have no life! if you seem to dislike the guy so much then why waste your time and energy, you’d never say it to a true fans face or you’d get a smack .
i was there on the night and can assure you all that you read in the press is hyped up crap, he looked confident when accepting the award and came back on stage for his fans and his fans only, there was no planned performance just press speculation that went to far. atleast the event sold tickets to the public so that the blessed people that did attend got a treat and know the truth.

Beyonce openned the show and she wouldnt come on until everyone stopped chanting for MJ, the whole arena went mad and continued to do so all the way through and CRAZY aint even the word when he did come on!! The guy got a standing ovation for five minutes atleast.

Lets hope all you fans that the aired version is not edited so that the truth is revealed

Pedigree Music | 11/17/2006, 12:59 pm EST

It seems like Michael Jackson is href=”http://www.pedigreemusic .com/node/394″>just as pissed at the World Music Awards.

Prior | 11/17/2006, 5:02 pm EST

Wow that was a pointless dig at europians, i feel embarrassed for you being such a short sighted retarded american. Just because im from europe does not mean i instantly ‘dig’ Michael Jackson. Although i think he will definitely have accomplished more in his life than you ever will. Go back to school you nob jocky.

me! | 11/17/2006, 7:31 pm EST

chris brown is the best and i love him!!!!!

real fan | 11/18/2006, 5:36 am EST

michaels voice did not crack he hit the high notes and did not perform because of the sound being cut- I was there at earls court- he is still a superstar- and working with Will.I.Am on his new album its bound 2 be a hit-FUCK OF MJ HATERS

MJ Jr. | 11/18/2006, 5:16 pm EST

I don’t know why you guys are always saying negative things about Michael.There was no evidence that he touched any of those boys. Haven’t you ever heard of extortion. Well, that’s what they were trying to do. He is the most successful, biggest selling,popular,influential, and talented artist in history!Leave him ALOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONE!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kash | 11/18/2006, 7:56 pm EST

Stop acting like a kid. He was collecting an award what do you want him to do. There was no official statement from michael’s people that he was going to perform, its a press tactic to build it up and shoot him down, so predictable. He’s still the biggest celebrity with the largest following and if that’s hard to take then tough luck.

your dad | 11/18/2006, 8:05 pm EST

What a disgrace you are Elizabeth Goodman. Your sinister reporting is sickning. Who are you to question michael jackson. Its up to him to do what he wants, he has nothing to prove. Take a good look at yourself in the mirror first before you question the greatest living music icon.

Ozzie guy | 11/19/2006, 5:40 am EST

Yes, Michael Jackson has fans, many fans – and I am one of them. There are only a few people in the music industry who deserve to have fans, and Michael Jackson is one if them. Stop being a class A fuckwit and deal with it.

WoundedGoat | 11/19/2006, 10:23 am EST

Yes MJ does lipsync due to dance routines, is he expected to sing and dance for all of a two and a half hour show? This is for anyone who thinks he cant sing check out his performance of Man in a Mirror at the Grammys OH MY GOD!!!! the number one vocal performance ever. Yes he doesnt fit in with the world today why because he has been pushed away by the Media who build up a star and try to break a star. MUSIC will win out though i say bring back Quincy to the mix for old times sake, some real arrangements none of the Rodney Jerkins BS casio keyboard crap.

sosie | 11/19/2006, 1:43 pm EST

michael looked amazing healthy and breath taking handsome he stil got it big time the award was an award not a come back any smart personne understand that. the come back will be with the new album not with the song thriller so weak up and drink your coffee.

Trent McCloskey | 11/20/2006, 1:17 am EST

You people are so delusional… and yes, i expect every performer to actually *gasp* sing for 2 and a half hours. MJ deserves all the media backlash he’s getting. He’s under suspicion of touching kids innapropriately yet he continues to share beds w/ them. Not a genius in my book.

maki aka mj junior fan | 11/21/2006, 4:58 am EST

listen all mj haters keep your stupid immature remarks to yourself dnt hate on michael just cuz hes made it big for more than 40 yrs and leave chris brown alone hes a michael jackson fan n am sure mj fans would love to do what he did

keana | 11/22/2006, 12:49 pm EST

I love it so much and the performens

kimberly brown | 12/1/2006, 10:17 am EST

Waz ^ Chris Brown im ur #1 fan Because of ur music nd ur looks Thank You Love Mizz Brown

Anonymous | 12/3/2006, 8:54 am EST

DimePiece | 12/5/2006, 2:45 pm EST

F@#k all the people that’s hating on Chris @ Micheal why yall hating they still go be on the top living large and Chris Brown is my husband so hate on that Bi#@hes!!!!!

fyz | 12/7/2006, 11:13 am EST

that is OUTRAGEOUS! how can you talk about chris like that?! he did an AMAZING job and and you haters picking on his performance. you should even be glad he accepted the offer or performing. because people like you aren’t grateful enough to thank him. and he isnt JUST some black american popstar thank you very much…he is a LEGEND at only the age of 17…get your facts right and stop hating.

chrisbrownluvaXxX | 12/11/2006, 8:12 am EST

chris brown did an amazing job and I can’t beleive you spoke about him like that he isn’t just any “black American pop star adept at moonwalking”. He has even been named the new michael jackson maybe you should just accept him as that

MiA | 12/15/2006, 2:37 pm EST

NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO I WILL ALWAYS
LOVE YOU SO WILL YOU MARRY ME

Finding_Scotty | 2/3/2007, 3:25 pm EST

Chris Brown ‘the new Michael Jackson’? What a load of poo. The kid isn’t anywhere near Michael Jackson – even when MJ was 6 he pisses all over Chris Brown with the talent he had back then. Chris Brown can dance, but his vocals really aren’t all that amazing. And the person who said he’s a legend at 17… wtf are u on? If he’s a ‘legend’ then I’m a God. Elvis is a legend, The Beatles are legends, Michael Jackson is a legend. Chris Brown is a modern day popstar who nobody will remember in 20 years time.

AMII | 2/4/2007, 6:12 pm EST

I LIKE CHRIS BROWN HOLD’IN HIS DICK I WNAT THAT BIG JUICY DICK SO BAD I GET RERSEAA

mecca lubbs cb | 2/16/2007, 5:09 pm EST

i think that all u rejects hatin on cchris brown shood shut up cuz its hard to dance and sing at the same time cuz i perform and ya’ll think its easy lets see u try to dance and sing good at the same damn time

Laura Weber | 3/27/2007, 5:57 pm EST

just one question! Brendan Vella? Where are u from? Do I know u?

T Sneddon | 4/3/2007, 1:16 pm EST

MJ is a filthy creep who hates women and loves little boys with their pants down.

Gavin | 4/11/2007, 8:56 pm EST

MJ did touch my wee wee.

C princess | 3/17/2008, 5:18 pm EST

Chris Brown can sing, and he can dance. so for those of you who be hatin need to call: 1-800-get ya grillz fixed, o.k. He is talented and yall are right, he aint as good as MJ, hes better!!!

C princess | 3/17/2008, 5:26 pm EST

Chris Brown is fine and talented 4 yo info. he smoked that performance and MJ is a sorry bitch who messes with little boys and who dont give a damn about his fans. you cant tell me im wrong on this one.

C princess | 3/17/2008, 5:26 pm EST

Chris Brown is fine and talented 4 yo info. he smoked that performance and MJ is a sorry bitch who messes with little boys and who dont give a damn about his fans. you cant tell me im wrong on this one.

yessica | 4/5/2008, 10:44 am EST

lovely part

Why | 6/18/2008, 7:39 pm EST

Why are you guys hating on Micheal so much?What have he ever done to you all?And even though you don’t want to admit it to yourselves,you KNOW Micheal Jackson is a LEGEND!Sure,Chris Brown is good,but even when Micheal was 19 he was 10000000000000×100000 better than Chris.He acn sing and dance like….he’s program to that alone.And don’t for a second believe all that child molesting crap! You guys are real haters.Let’s just give Chris Brwon a chance and let’s see if he can be on Micheal Jackson’s level or even better. p.s.”Thriller is still a best selling album.Where is “Exclusive”or”Chris Brown”? p.s.s.I love Chris Brwon,though.

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