Sources : My personal research, Wikipedia, Michael Jackson: For The Record by Chris Cadman & Craig Halstead, Twitter account of Damien Shields and the amazing archives of the MJCast.
STUDIO ALBUM
NONE
COMPILATIONS/SPECIAL EDITIONS/SOUNDTRACKS
The Essential Michael Jackson (Released on July 19, 2005)
Visionary: The Video Singles (Released on Released February 20, 2006)
Thriller 25 (Released on February 8, 2008)
King of Pop (Released on August 22, 2008)
The Motown Years (Released on September 9, 2008)
RARE AND UNRELEASED SONGS FROM THIS ERA
Everybody Wants To Be A Movie Star : One of the songs listed by MJ on a handwritten note of songs he wanted to finish in June 2009. Remains unreleased.
TV PERFORMANCES
NONE
SHORT FILMS/COMMERCIALS/MOVIES
NONE
PRESS
PHOTOSHOOTS
TV/RADIO INTERVIEWS
PUBLIC APPEARANCES (EXCEPT CONCERTS)
PRIVATE/FAMILY EVENTS
CONCERTS
This Is It (canceled)
Set list (according to Michael Prince)
Intro : MJ ROBOT
1/Wanna Be Startin’ Somthin’
2.Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough/Rock with You
3/Jam
4/The Drill/They Don’t Care About Us
5/Human Nature
6/Stranger In Moscow
7/Smooth Criminal
8/The Way You Make Me Feel
9/J5 Medley : I Want You Back, The Love You Save, I’ll Be There
You Are Not Alone (“Do Not Use”)
10/I Just Can’t Stop Loving You
11/Dangerous
12/Dirty Diana
13/Beat It
14/Thriller/Threatened
15/Earth Song
16/We Are The World/Heal The World
17/Black or White
18/Billie Jean
Will You Be There (“Do Not Use”)
ENCORE
19/Man In The Mirror/MJ Air
Dates (all cancelled)
First Leg
July 13, 2009 London United Kingdom The O2 Arena
July 16, 2009
July 18, 2009
July 22, 2009
July 24, 2009
July 26, 2009
July 28, 2009
July 30, 2009
August 1, 2009
August 3, 2009
August 10, 2009
August 12, 2009
August 17, 2009
August 19, 2009
August 24, 2009
August 26, 2009
August 28, 2009
August 30, 2009
September 1, 2009
September 3, 2009
September 6, 2009
September 8, 2009
September 10, 2009
September 21, 2009
September 23, 2009
September 27, 2009
September 29, 2009
Second Leg
January 7, 2010 London United Kingdom The O2 Arena
January 9, 2010
January 12, 2010
January 14, 2010
January 16, 2010
January 18, 2010
January 23, 2010
January 25, 2010
January 27, 2010
January 29, 2010
February 1, 2010
February 3, 2010
February 8, 2010
February 10, 2010
February 12, 2010
February 16, 2010
February 18, 2010
February 20, 2010
February 22, 2010
February 24, 2010
March 1, 2010
March 3, 2010
March 6, 2010
This Is It rehearsals in 2009
March 28 : Michael goes to CenterStaging, a studio in Burbank, California with Kenny Ortega and Travis Payne to start rehearsals for This Is It.
April 22/23 : Michael rehearses songs at CenterStaging.
June 4 : Michael attends rehearsals at the Forum for the first time. Michael visits Culver Studios on the set of The Drill/TDCAU and Thriller which would be shown on the backdrop screens of the show. Michael coaches the dancers before and during the filming, he also checks the visuals for Earth Song. Songs rehearsed : The Drill/TDCAU, Jam, Smooth Criminal, The Way You Make Me Feel, Stranger In Moscow.
June 5 : Rehearsals at The Forum. Michael arrives and hugs his dancers while the band is playing This Place Hotel. Vocal coach Dorian Holley warms up with Michael. Michael rehearses Human Nature, I Just Can’t Stop Loving You, Thriller, Beat It and a bit of Don’t Stop Til you Get Enough.
June 6 : Michael and his team checks special effects & stage production for the show. When Michael takes off the Balmain jacket, he is ready to perform on stage. A few songs from the second half of the setlist were rehearsed including You Are Not Alone, Billie Jean and Man In The Mirror. At the end of the evening, the complete staff gets on a round and Michael says some inspiring words for what they expect to live in the coming months.
June 17 : John Branca meets with Michael and Frank Dileo during rehearsals at The Forum and they talk about working together again. Stage rehearsals running through the first half of the set (Wanna Be, Speechless, Jam, The Drill, Human Nature, Smooth, The Way You Make Me Feel). MJ coaches the dancers on Dangerous, gets off-stage and sees them rehearsing the dance routine.
June 18 : Michael does not show up at rehearsals. Randy Phillips goes to Michael’s house at 100 Carolwood Way. In the presence of Dr Murray he demands Michael to stop seeing Dr Klein and stop takings the drugs Dr Klein give him.
Michael finally goes to the rehearsal at the Forum at 9:30 pm visibly shaken. He hugs his dancers and crew, he’s wearing a Michael Bush jacket that was supposed to wear during I Just Can’t Stop Loving You in the concerts. He rehearses I’ll Be There, The Jacksons medley and Black Or White.
June 19 : During the last day of rehearsal at the Forum, Michael seems upset, not coherent, drugged and disoriented so following Kenny Ortega’s suggestion he decides to go back home in order to rest.
June 23 : Michael and the “This Is It” team start rehearsing at the Staples Center in L.A. Michael rehearses several songs in full including Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin, Jam and They Don’t Care About us. Talitha reaches Michael’s hand after reherrsals and says later to her friends “Michael’s hand was trembling”.
June 24 : Last day of rehearsals for “This Is It” at the Staples Center. “Earth Song”, “Thriller”” & “Dangerous” are the last songs that Michael rehearse. Before going back home, Michael is given fan letters by his beloved Talitha. He dies from cardiac arrest a few hours later…
LIVE ALBUMS/TV BROADCASTS/COMMERCIAL RELEASE
Michael Jackson’s This Is It is a 2009 American documentary film about Michael Jackson’s rehearsals and preparation for the concert residency of the same name scheduled to start on July 13, 2009, at the O2 Arena, but cancelled due to his death eighteen days prior on June 25. The film includes additional behind the scenes footage, including dancer auditions and costume design. The film’s director, Kenny Ortega, confirmed that none of the footage was originally intended for release, but after Jackson’s death, it was agreed that the film would be made. The footage was filmed in California at the Staples Center and The Forum.
The film was given a worldwide release and a limited two-week theatrical run from October 28 to November 12, 2009, but the theatrical release was later extended for an additional three weeks in domestic theaters and one to three weeks in overseas markets. Tickets went on sale a month early on September 27 to satisfy a high anticipated demand; the film broke numerous pre-sale and box office records.
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