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* [[FunnyAneurysmMoment Although it eventually worsened his addiction to Demerol and propofol later]], Michael's 1999 performance of "Earth Song" in Seoul, South Korea, deserves a mention: like most other performances of the song, MJ is lifted up high into the air on a wired platform that would then slowly descend back to stage level. Unfortunately, in this performance, [[https://youtu.be/zPIFLhR-BGA?t=352 the wires gave out]], and Michael dropped down ''fifty feet'' like a metric ton of bricks, wrecking both his back and legs in the process. However, Michael somehow remained standing, and [[Determinator not only managed to finish the song]], but [[TheShowMustGoOn refused to be rushed to the hospital, and ended the concert off with "You Are Not Alone", before FINALLY collapsing from pain and exhaustion backstage]]. The man barely survived getting crippled or killed, but still wanted to send his fans home happy. ''That's'' dedication, if nothing else.
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* ANY VIDEO he did was an event of their own. Check 'em out on [=YouTube=] and you will understand why.

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* ANY VIDEO Any video he did was an event of their own. Check 'em out on [=YouTube=] and you will understand why.



** And who directed the ''Bad'' music video? None other than the master himself, [[Creator/MartinScorsese MARTIN]] [[PrecisionFStrike MOTHERFUCKING]] [[Creator/MartinScorsese SCORSESE]]!

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** And who directed the The ''Bad'' music video? None video was directed by none other than the master himself, [[Creator/MartinScorsese MARTIN]] [[PrecisionFStrike MOTHERFUCKING]] [[Creator/MartinScorsese SCORSESE]]!Creator/MartinScorsese.



* His Speech calling out Sony and Tommy Mottola truly deserves an entry. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F3t2Gc0Qpo Watch the full video here!]]

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* His Speech calling out Sony and Tommy Mottola truly deserves an entry. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F3t2Gc0Qpo Watch the full video here!]]here.]]



* Back in 2004 Music/{{Eminem}} mocked Michael with "Just Lose It". So what did Michael do? A few years later in 2007 [[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/may/31/news.eminem he just bought the rights]] [[LaserGuidedKarma to Eminem's entire catalogue!]]

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* Back in 2004 Music/{{Eminem}} mocked Michael with "Just Lose It". So what did Michael do? A few years later in 2007 Michael's reaction was to [[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/may/31/news.eminem he just bought buy the rights]] [[LaserGuidedKarma to Eminem's entire catalogue!]]catalogue]] in 2007.
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* Although it was unfortunate that the second concert took place on the night before 9/11, his 30th anniversary concerts at Madison Square Garden were amazing. Slash, Usher, Destiny's Child, and Whitney Houston also perform at the event and Michael reunites with his brothers onstage for the first time in 17 years. Keep in mind that this was his first full concert in the continental United States since the ''Bad'' tour all the way back in ''1987''.

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* Although it was unfortunate that the second concert took place on the night before 9/11, his 30th anniversary concerts at Madison Square Garden were amazing. Slash, Usher, Destiny's Child, Music/{{Slash}}, Music/{{Usher}}, Music/DestinysChild, and Whitney Houston Music/WhitneyHouston also perform at the event and Michael reunites with his brothers onstage for the first time in 17 years. Keep in mind that this was his first full concert in the continental United States since the ''Bad'' tour all the way back in ''1987''.



* Michael and his sound team helped compose the soundtrack to ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic the Hedgehog 3]]'', to the point where a 16-bit version of "Black or White" was to be included in the soundtrack, but legal issues prevented this. Although Jackson ended up going uncredited due to him being unhappy of the limited audio capabilities of the UsefulNotes/{{Sega Genesis}}, his tracks are still there (although the only song confirmed so far to be explicitly composed by Jackson being Carnival Night Zone) and many parts of each song are either heavily sampled from or inspired by his ''Music/{{Dangerous}}'' album and standalone tracks. The credits theme also became the instrumental basis for "Stranger in Moscow".
* Back in 2004 Eminem mocked Michael with "Just Lose It". So what did Michael do? A few years later in 2007 [[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/may/31/news.eminem he just bought the rights]] [[LaserGuidedKarma to Eminems entire catalogue!]]

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* Michael and his sound team helped compose the soundtrack to ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic the Hedgehog 3]]'', to the point where a 16-bit version of "Black or White" was to be included in the soundtrack, but legal issues prevented this. Although Jackson ended up going uncredited due to him being unhappy of the limited audio capabilities of the UsefulNotes/{{Sega Genesis}}, UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis, his tracks are still there (although the only song confirmed so far to be explicitly composed by Jackson being Carnival Night Zone) and many parts of each song are either heavily sampled from or inspired by his ''Music/{{Dangerous}}'' album and standalone tracks. The credits theme also became the instrumental basis for "Stranger in Moscow".
* Back in 2004 Eminem Music/{{Eminem}} mocked Michael with "Just Lose It". So what did Michael do? A few years later in 2007 [[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/may/31/news.eminem he just bought the rights]] [[LaserGuidedKarma to Eminems Eminem's entire catalogue!]]
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* ANY VIDEO he did was an event of their own. Check 'em out on YouTube and you will understand why.

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* ANY VIDEO he did was an event of their own. Check 'em out on YouTube [=YouTube=] and you will understand why.
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* Michael's beatboxing ability needs to be heard/seen to be believed, "Tabloid Junkie" and "Stranger in Moscow" are the most obvious examples where it's left as is to form the base of the song but there's footage and stories of how he would recreate parts of his songs with such perfect accuracy it sounds like they were lifted straight from the album.
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* Michael was famous for using "crowd choreography" in his videos. That is, a large group of people led by him doing the same movements. While the choreography itself is impressive, both in video or live, Michael made it seem effortless. All of his backup dancers were either straining to nail the moves or were just a second off. Michael managed to make his often intense choreography look like it required zero effort on his part.
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* Back in 2004 Eminem mocked Michael with "Just Lose It". So what did Michael do? A few years later in 2007 [[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/may/31/news.eminem he just bought the rights]] [[LaserGuidedKarma of Eminems entire catalogue!]]

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* Back in 2004 Eminem mocked Michael with "Just Lose It". So what did Michael do? A few years later in 2007 [[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/may/31/news.eminem he just bought the rights]] [[LaserGuidedKarma of to Eminems entire catalogue!]]
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* Back in 2004 when Eminem mocked Michael with "Just Lose It" what did Michael do afterwards? A few years later in 2007 [[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/may/31/news.eminem he just bought the rights]] [[LaserGuidedKarma of Eminems entire catalogue!]]

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* Back in 2004 when Eminem mocked Michael with "Just Lose It" It". So what did Michael do afterwards? do? A few years later in 2007 [[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/may/31/news.eminem he just bought the rights]] [[LaserGuidedKarma of Eminems entire catalogue!]]
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* Back in 2004 when Eminem mocked Michael with his song "Just Lose It" including the music video what did Michael do? A few years later in 2007 [[LaserGuidedKarma he just bought the rights to Eminems entire catalogue!]]

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* Back in 2004 when Eminem mocked Michael with his song "Just Lose It" including the music video what did Michael do? do afterwards? A few years later in 2007 [[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/may/31/news.eminem he just bought the rights]] [[LaserGuidedKarma he just bought the rights to of Eminems entire catalogue!]]
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* Back in 2004 when Eminem mocked Michael with his song "Just Lose It" including the music video what did Michael do? A few years later in 2007 [[LaserGuidedKarma he just bought the rights to Eminems entire catalogue!]]
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** And who directed the ''Bad'' music video? None other than the master himself, [[Creator/MartinScorsese MARTIN]] [[PrecisionFStrike MOTHERFUCKING]] [[Creator/MartinScorsese SCORSESE]]!
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* His Speech calling out Sony and Tommy Mottola truly deserves an entry. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F3t2Gc0Qpo Watch the full video here!]]
** Him even saying that he doesn't mind for this video to be taped is just as awesome considering that this is one of his few angrier appearances in contrary to him being usually calm person.
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* Although it was unfortunate that the second concert took place on the night before 9/11, his 30th anniversary concerts at Madison Square Garden were amazing. Slash, Usher, Destiny's Child, and Whitney Houston also perform at the event and Michael reunites with his brothers onstage for the first time in 17 years. Keep in mind that this was his first full concert in the ''continental'' United States since ''the Bad tour''.

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* Although it was unfortunate that the second concert took place on the night before 9/11, his 30th anniversary concerts at Madison Square Garden were amazing. Slash, Usher, Destiny's Child, and Whitney Houston also perform at the event and Michael reunites with his brothers onstage for the first time in 17 years. Keep in mind that this was his first full concert in the ''continental'' continental United States since ''the Bad tour''.the ''Bad'' tour all the way back in ''1987''.
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* At the 2006 World Music Awards. Michael was honored with the Diamond Award, plus he gave what turned out to be his final performance in front of a live audience. Performing "We Are The World", Michael Jackson sung the song and danced along with the choir. The audience was cheering so loud during the entire performance that you could barely hear the music. Seriously, judging by the reaction, you what have thought that God himself came to Earth. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WviiygVo3Oc It has to be seen to be believed]].
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* Michael and his sound team helped compose the soundtrack to ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic the Hedgehog 3]]'', to the point where a 16-bit version of "Black or White" was to be included in the soundtrack, but legal issues prevented this. Although Jackson ended up going uncredited due to him being unhappy of the limited audio capabilities of the {{Sega Genesis}}, his tracks are still there (although the only song confirmed so far to be explicitly composed by Jackson being Carnival Night Zone) and many parts of each song are either heavily sampled from or inspired by his ''Music/{{Dangerous}}'' album and standalone tracks. The credits theme also became the instrumental basis for "Stranger in Moscow".

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* Michael and his sound team helped compose the soundtrack to ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic the Hedgehog 3]]'', to the point where a 16-bit version of "Black or White" was to be included in the soundtrack, but legal issues prevented this. Although Jackson ended up going uncredited due to him being unhappy of the limited audio capabilities of the {{Sega UsefulNotes/{{Sega Genesis}}, his tracks are still there (although the only song confirmed so far to be explicitly composed by Jackson being Carnival Night Zone) and many parts of each song are either heavily sampled from or inspired by his ''Music/{{Dangerous}}'' album and standalone tracks. The credits theme also became the instrumental basis for "Stranger in Moscow".

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* Check out all his work with Music/TheJacksonFive, then move on to his solo work: "Ben", "One Day In Your Life", ''Music/OffTheWall'', ''Music/{{Thriller}}'', ''Music/{{Bad}}'', ''Music/{{Dangerous}}'', ''Music/HistoryPastPresentAndFutureBookI'',...

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* Check out all his work with Music/TheJacksonFive, then move on to his solo work: "Ben", "One Day In Your Life", ''Music/OffTheWall'', ''Music/{{Thriller}}'', ''Music/{{Bad}}'', ''Music/{{Dangerous}}'', ''Music/HistoryPastPresentAndFutureBookI'',...His recorded output is so chock full of ''incredible'' pop music, [[AwesomeMusic/MichaelJackson it has its own page.]] It's a lot.


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** The mother of 'em all is "Thriller," considered one of the most influential music videos ever made - with all the production value of a classic zombie movie, the sequence when Michael [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie becomes a zombie]] and does a huge choreographed dance with the other zombies in particular is some seriously iconic stuff. For a brief period, they went so far as to give the video a theatrical release as a short film, ahead of ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}''.[[note]]This was an ultimately failed attempt to get the video an Academy Award nomination as a short subject.[[/note]]
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* Check out all his work with Music/TheJacksonFive, then move on to his solo work: "Ben", "One Day In Your Life", ''Music/OffTheWall'', ''Music/{{Thriller}}'', ''Music/{{Bad}}'', ''Music/{{Dangerous}}'', ''Music/HistoryPastPresentAndBookI'',...

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* Check out all his work with Music/TheJacksonFive, then move on to his solo work: "Ben", "One Day In Your Life", ''Music/OffTheWall'', ''Music/{{Thriller}}'', ''Music/{{Bad}}'', ''Music/{{Dangerous}}'', ''Music/HistoryPastPresentAndBookI'',...''Music/HistoryPastPresentAndFutureBookI'',...
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* The first MoonwalkDance]] he did in 1983, which introduced the world to his signature dance. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=u4ZL6lxzkxc#t=217]]

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* The first MoonwalkDance]] MoonwalkDance he did in 1983, which introduced the world to his signature dance. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=u4ZL6lxzkxc#t=217]]

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=u4ZL6lxzkxc#t=217 The first moonwalk]] he did in 1983, which introduced the world to his signature dance.

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* The first MoonwalkDance]] he did in 1983, which introduced the world to his signature dance. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=u4ZL6lxzkxc#t=217 The first moonwalk]] he did in 1983, which introduced the world to his signature dance.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=u4ZL6lxzkxc#t=217]]


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* Michael and his sound team helped compose the soundtrack to ''{{Sonic the Hedgehog 3}}'', to the point where a 16-bit version of "Black or White" was to be included in the soundtrack, but legal issues prevented this. Although Jackson ended up going uncredited due to him being unhappy of the limited audio capabilities of the {{Sega Genesis}}, his tracks are still there (although the only song confirmed so far to be explicitly composed by Jackson being Carnival Night Zone) and many parts of each song are either heavily sampled from or inspired by his ''Music/{{Dangerous}}'' album and standalone tracks. The credits theme also became the instrumental basis for "Stranger in Moscow".

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* Michael and his sound team helped compose the soundtrack to ''{{Sonic ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic the Hedgehog 3}}'', 3]]'', to the point where a 16-bit version of "Black or White" was to be included in the soundtrack, but legal issues prevented this. Although Jackson ended up going uncredited due to him being unhappy of the limited audio capabilities of the {{Sega Genesis}}, his tracks are still there (although the only song confirmed so far to be explicitly composed by Jackson being Carnival Night Zone) and many parts of each song are either heavily sampled from or inspired by his ''Music/{{Dangerous}}'' album and standalone tracks. The credits theme also became the instrumental basis for "Stranger in Moscow".
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* Michael and his sound team helped compose the soundtrack to ''{{Sonic the Hedgehog 3}}'', to the point where a 16-bit version of "Black or White" was to be included in the soundtrack, but legal issues prevented this. Although Jackson ended up going uncredited due to him being unhappy of the limited audio capabilities of the {{Sega Genesis}}, his tracks are still there (although the only song confirmed so far to be explicitly composed by Jackson being Carnival Night Zone) and many parts of each song are either heavily sampled from or inspired by his Dangerous album and standalone tracks. The credits theme also became the instrumental basis for "Stranger in Moscow".

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* Michael and his sound team helped compose the soundtrack to ''{{Sonic the Hedgehog 3}}'', to the point where a 16-bit version of "Black or White" was to be included in the soundtrack, but legal issues prevented this. Although Jackson ended up going uncredited due to him being unhappy of the limited audio capabilities of the {{Sega Genesis}}, his tracks are still there (although the only song confirmed so far to be explicitly composed by Jackson being Carnival Night Zone) and many parts of each song are either heavily sampled from or inspired by his Dangerous ''Music/{{Dangerous}}'' album and standalone tracks. The credits theme also became the instrumental basis for "Stranger in Moscow".
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* Music/MichaelJackson rarely cursed in public; but when a news photographer shoved one of his fans to the ground in an effort to get closer to the singer, Michael snapped at him, "No, no, don't you touch my fans! Fuck you!" It really shows that Michael really loves and respects his fans.
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* Michael and his sound team helped compose the soundtrack to {{Sonic The Hedgehog 3}}, to the point where a 16-bit version of "Black or White" was to be included in the soundtrack, but legal issues prevented this. Although Jackson ended up going uncredited due to him being unhappy of the limited audio capabilities of the {{Sega Genesis}}, his tracks are still there (although the only song confirmed so far to be explicitly composed by Jackson being Carnival Night Zone) and many parts of each song are either heavily sampled from or inspired by his Dangerous album and standalone tracks. The credits theme also became the instrumental basis for "Stranger in Moscow".

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* Michael and his sound team helped compose the soundtrack to {{Sonic The ''{{Sonic the Hedgehog 3}}, 3}}'', to the point where a 16-bit version of "Black or White" was to be included in the soundtrack, but legal issues prevented this. Although Jackson ended up going uncredited due to him being unhappy of the limited audio capabilities of the {{Sega Genesis}}, his tracks are still there (although the only song confirmed so far to be explicitly composed by Jackson being Carnival Night Zone) and many parts of each song are either heavily sampled from or inspired by his Dangerous album and standalone tracks. The credits theme also became the instrumental basis for "Stranger in Moscow".
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNyiFz9_-OY Dancing on top of an SUV]] in front of his fans during the 2005 trial. The song he was dancing to? "D.S.", the {{Take That}} song Jackson included on ''History'', about Santa Barbara County District Attorney Tom Sneddon, who prosecuted Jackson in both of the child sex abuse trials in 1993 and 2005. The lyrics say that someone named "Dom Sheldon" is a cold man, but if you listen to the song, he's clearly saying "Tom Sneddon".
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* He and his sound team helped compose the soundtrack to {{Sonic The Hedgehog 3}}, to the point where a 16-bit version of "Black or White" was to be included in the soundtrack, but legal issues prevented this. Although Jackson ended up going uncredited due to him being unhappy of the limited audio capabilities of the {{Sega Genesis}}, his tracks are still there (although the only song confirmed so far to be explicitly composed by Jackson being Carnival Night Zone) and many parts of each song are either heavily sampled from or inspired by his Dangerous album and standalone tracks. The credits theme also became the instrumental basis for "Stranger in Moscow".

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* He Michael and his sound team helped compose the soundtrack to {{Sonic The Hedgehog 3}}, to the point where a 16-bit version of "Black or White" was to be included in the soundtrack, but legal issues prevented this. Although Jackson ended up going uncredited due to him being unhappy of the limited audio capabilities of the {{Sega Genesis}}, his tracks are still there (although the only song confirmed so far to be explicitly composed by Jackson being Carnival Night Zone) and many parts of each song are either heavily sampled from or inspired by his Dangerous album and standalone tracks. The credits theme also became the instrumental basis for "Stranger in Moscow".
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* He and his sound team helped compose the soundtrack to {{Sonic The Hedgehog 3}}, to the point where a 16-bit version of "Black or White" was to be included in the soundtrack, but legal issues prevented this. Although Jackson ended up going uncredited due to him being unhappy of the limited audio capabilities of the {{Sega Genesis}}, his tracks are still there (although the only song confirmed so far to be explicitly composed by Jackson being Carnival Night Zone) and many parts of each song are either heavily sampled from or inspired by his Dangerous album and standalone tracks. The credits theme also became the instrumental basis for "Stranger in Moscow".
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* Although it was unfortunate that the second concert took place on the night before 9/11, his 30th anniversary concerts at Madison Square Garden were amazing. Slash, Usher, Destiny's Child, and Whitney Houston also perform at the event and Michael reunites with his brothers onstage for the first time in 17 years. Keep in mind that this was first full concert in the ''continental'' United States since ''the Bad tour''.

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* Although it was unfortunate that the second concert took place on the night before 9/11, his 30th anniversary concerts at Madison Square Garden were amazing. Slash, Usher, Destiny's Child, and Whitney Houston also perform at the event and Michael reunites with his brothers onstage for the first time in 17 years. Keep in mind that this was his first full concert in the ''continental'' United States since ''the Bad tour''.
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* Although it was unfortunate that the second concert took place on the night before 9/11, his 30th anniversary concerts at Madison Square Garden were amazing. Slash, Usher, Destiny's Child, and Whitney Houston also perform at the event and Michael reunites with his brothers onstage for the first time in 17 years.

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* Although it was unfortunate that the second concert took place on the night before 9/11, his 30th anniversary concerts at Madison Square Garden were amazing. Slash, Usher, Destiny's Child, and Whitney Houston also perform at the event and Michael reunites with his brothers onstage for the first time in 17 years. Keep in mind that this was first full concert in the ''continental'' United States since ''the Bad tour''.

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* Although it was unfortunate that the second concert took place on the night before 9/11, his 30th anniversary concerts at Madison Square Garden were amazing. Slash, Usher, Destiny's Child, and Whitney Houston also perform at the event and Michael reunites with his brothers onstage for the first time in 17 years. years.
** Since we're on the topic of concerts, any MJ concert was an absolute spectacle.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmwve14BKQI The 1993 Super Bowl Halftime show]]. It may be a bit bare bones today compared to the newer Super Bowl halftimes, but keep in mind, before this, you either had college marching bands or crappy no-name singing groups performing.

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