Michael Jackson crane – the cherry picker live in concert!

Michael Jackson and his “Beat it” concert tour Crane! (Part 1!) One of Michael Jackson’s most famous live stage stunts was the “Cherry picker” (or the “Crane”). Kenny Ortega, in “This is it” announced that this was an iconic moment to see Michael back on his crane. I began writing this article only to realise that it is going to be LONG – so i’ll split it up and start … Continue reading →

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Michael Jackson performing Dangerous and Earth Song Live on “Wetten Dass?”

Michael Jackson appeared on the German television show “Wetten Dass..?” on the 4th November 1995. He was premièring the live performance of his History album song “Earth Song” as well as performing his song “Dangerous”. Michael Jackson had just performed the same Dangerous choreography at the MTV Video Music Awards on September 7th 1995 in New York. Michael Jackson would appear on the show twice in his life (the other … Continue reading →

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Michael Jackson History tour live in Seoul, Korea

Michael Jackson performed in Seoul (at the Chamsil Olympic Stadium), the capital of South Korea on October 13, 1996, on the Asian leg of his History World Tour. This was a great concerts and it was very eventful. We are going to review the concert and look closely at some of the cool parts of the show! Today we’ll look at the show from “Scream” through to “The way you … Continue reading →

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Michael Jackson and Beethoven

You might be surprised at the similarities between the two musical geniuses Beethoven and Michael Jackson. I have previously spoken about Michael Jackson’s relationship to classical music and his use of various classical pieces, in concert, performance and release, including Carl Orff’s “O Fortuna”, Modest Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition”, Aaron Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man”, Maurice Duruflé’s “Pie Jesu” and Beethoven’s music more than once. We will take … Continue reading →

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Earth Song Live at the World Music Awards 1996, Michael Jackson live in Monte Carlo

Michael Jackson performed “Earth Song” at the World Music Awards in Monte Carlo on May 8th 1996. Michael had just performed the same song at the Brit awards a couple of weeks earlier which had caused a world wide media storm. “Earth Song”, at the time had just been number 1 and one of the biggest songs in Europe. Today we are going to take a closer look at the … Continue reading →

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