Many younger acts – Ne-Yo, JLS, Jamie Foxx, Craig David – said that Michael had been an inspiration for them. Other highlights were from Cee Lo Green (“I Can’t Help It”), Alien Ant Farm (“Smooth Criminal”) and a duet from long-time Jackson family friends Gladys Knight and Smokey Robinson (“I Just Can’t Stop Loving You”). The party infiltrated the stadium, where Ne-Yo kicked off the show, announced by a pyrotechnics display that blazed across the white glove-shaped stage – reportedly the biggest rig used for a show in Europe.īritish boy band JLS received the loudest screams of the night for “Blame It On The Boogie,” performed with Jacksons Marlon, Tito and Jackie. On Saturday afternoon, there was a carnival atmosphere in the streets of Cardiff, Wales surrounding Millennium Stadium, where over 40,000 fedora-wearing fans blew whistles and danced to Michael’s greatest hits, which blared from local pubs. Ticket sales were suspended at one point (and subsequent tickets sales were said to be poor), there was trouble with the line-up, and division between the Jackson family over the timing of the event all contributed to reports branding it a non-starter.īut apparently no one had bothered to tell the fans. The pre-concert news seemed to indicate certain disaster.
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