Watch Michael Jackson final tour rehearsal (+video)
By decent at 3 July, 2009, 7:35 am
Footage of Michael Jackson rehearsing for his comeback tour just two days before his death has been released.The video, released by concert promoters AEG, shows an agile, healthy-looking Jackson, performing some of his signature moves with a troupe of dancers while rehearsing at the Los Angeles’ Staples Center.
Jackson, while demonstrably thin, is seen wearing a dark suit and red shirt, and dancing in a choreographed sequence as he works through the song They Don’t Really Care About Us, a track from his HIStory album.
The footage was reported to have been shot on June 23.
Grammy executive producer Ken Ehrlich, who was present at the rehearsal, said: “He wasn’t giving it full out. But vocally he had started to really project. I thought he was in great form.”
A photographer who was there when the footage was shot said Jackson looked like his old self.
“I watched in awe. From what I saw, Michael was back – and in real style.
“He was amazing, happy and energetic. He performed virtually non-stop for two hours and ran through about a dozen greatest hits. He stopped just a couple of times to tweak arrangements and work on moves with dancers.
“Every track he sang sounded terrific. I honestly could not wait to see the show,” he told the New York Post.
It’s actually hard to believe that he died two days after this was filmed.
Sources say that the rehearsal was shot in multi-camera high-definition video and multi-track surround-sound audio, and AEG are believed to be considering releasing the footage as a “live” album and DVD.
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he looked good and in shape, is a shame he died… RIP Michael, i think he had a lot to give but my grandma died just like him she was adicted to medications (or suscripted drugs) she used to inyect herself and made up that she was sick and all, and finally after everybody helped her and after a while she took meds again and her heart stoped.
VJ Mahria
it wasnt weeks it was days
he just announced a north american leg of his tour!!!! i’m gettng tickets.
@ Benish
Actually, he WAS found not guilty in 2005, during the second case.
In the first case, Jackson was so devastated that he was about to commit suicide. He would have never survived going through court, which is why he just paid to make it go away.
Bottom line, there is no evidence what so ever that he was guilty.
The only freak here is you.