MICHAEL JACKSON - 30th Celebration, New York City, NY

From Michael Jackson Fanclub


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Michael Jackson: The Solo Years 30th Anniversary Celebration

Below you will find detailed information on the 2 special tribute concerts 'Michael Jackson: The Solo Years 30th Anniversary Celebration', an all-star salute to the King Of Pop, which took place in New York, USA.

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When?
Date: September 7, 2001 & September 10, 2001
Time: 7:40 p.m.



Where?
Madison Square Garden in New York (USA)
To see a seating chart or find other information about the venue go to the web site of Madison Square Garden.



Who?
The following artists performed at the two concerts.
Friday, September 7, 2001:


Michael Jackson

Jackie, Tito, Marlon, Randy, and Jermaine Jackson

Marc Anthony (will perform 'She's Out Of My Life')

Bobby Brown

Ray Charles

Deborah Cox

Destiny's Child ('Bootylicious')

Gloria Estefan

Billy Gilman ('Ben')

Whitney Houston

James Ingram

Quincy Jones & The Legends Of Jazz including Al Jarreau

Herbie Mann

Les McCann

Liza Minnelli ('You Are Not Alone' with 300 member gospel choir)

Monica

Mya

David "Fathead" Newman

Jill Scott

Shaggy featuring Ricardo "Rikrok" Ducent & Rayvon

Slash ('Black & White', 'Beat It')

Jimmy Smith

Britney Spears (duet with Michael on 'The Way You Make Me Feel')

Tamia

Clark Terry & Cassandra Wilson

Usher

Monday, September 10, 2001:


Michael Jackson

Jackie, Tito, Marlon, Randy, and Jermaine Jackson

Marc Anthony

Bobby Brown

Aaron Carter ('I Want Candy')

Deborah Cox

Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott

Nelly Furtado

Gloria Gaynor

Al Jarreau

Gladys Knight

Lil' Romeo

Liza Minnelli ('You Are Not Alone' with 300 member gospel choir)

Monica

Mya

98o

Jill Scott

Slash ('Black & White', 'Beat It')

Usher

Luther Vandross

Dionne Warwick

Presenters:
Marlon Brando

Elizabeth Taylor

Chris Tucker




The Show
* Michael Jackson debuted a single from his new album ('You Rock My World') and performed some of his greatest hits. He did also perform a duet with Britney Spears ('The Way You Make Me Feel').
* The Jackson 5 (Jackie, Marlon, Tito, Michael, and Jermaine) and The Jacksons (Jackie, Marlon, Tito, Michael, and Randy) reunited for the first time in twenty years. They performed a medley of their Motown and Epic Records hits. Michael choreographed all the numbers.

* The young divas Mya, Tamia, and Deborah Cox, each of whom has had a number one pop or R&B smash in the last year, performed together for the first time. The collaborated on Michael's 'Heal The World' together with Lil'Kim.

* Forty pop, R&B and country legends sang a special tribute to Michael at the end of the first show.

* Both evenings featured:


a forty-eight piece orchestra

twelve background singers

a three-hundred member gospel-choir

a two-hundred member children's choir

a forty member dance ensemble




Guests
More than two hundred stars from the motion picture, television, recording, and sports field joined together for this special celebration in honor of Michael Jackson. Dignitaries from around the globe did also participate in the event.
Among those were: Muhammad Ali, Carroll Baker, Ann Blyth, Marlon Brando, Kobe Bryant, Petula Clark, Macaulay Culkin, Willem Dafoe, Angie Dickinson, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Patty Duke, Rhonda Fleming, June Haver, Celeste Holm, Sally Ann Howes, Kim Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Anne Jeffreys, Magic Johnson, Jennifer Jones, Quincy Jones, Eartha Kitt, Piper Laurie, Janet Leigh, Sean Lennon, Yoko Ono Lennon, Gina Lollobrigida, Ann Miller, Reggie Miller, Sir John Mills, Hayley Mills, Liza Minnelli, Patricia Neal, Liam Neeson, Franco Nero, Margaret O'Brien, Master P, Gregory Peck, Jane Powell, Vanessa Redgrave, Debbie Reynolds, Barbara Rush, Jane Russell, Ann Rutherford, Lizabeth Scott, William Shatner, Penny Singleton, Jill St. John, Elizabeth Taylor, Chris Tucker, Robert Wagner, Ruth Warrick, Esther Williams, and many more.




Chairmen
Chairmen for the event, who were present for the concert and a special dinner following the performance, were:
Alfred R. Berkeley lll (Vice Chairman, Nasdaq)

Jeff Bezos (Founder & CEO, Amazon.Com)

Whitney Houston

Sean Lennon

Yoko Ono Lennon

Liza Minnelli

Leslie Moonves (President & CEO,CBS)

Liam Neeson

Veronique and Gregory Peck

Elizabeth Taylor

David Weild (Executive Vice President, Nasdaq)




Quotes
Michael:
"I am very excited to celebrate my 30th anniversary as a solo artist with such an illustrious roster of talent and so many of my friends from the entertainment world. What makes this event even more rewarding is that my fans will be flying in from around the world. I look forward to performing live and reuniting with my brothers on these two very special nights."

Joel Peresman, Senior Vice President of Radio City Entertainment:

"all of us at Madison Square Garden are thrilled to be the host for MICHAEL JACKSON: 30th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, THE SOLO YEARS, which will truly be a historic event for not only Madison Square Garden but for New York City."




Tickets
MJFC was very glad to provide fans with NY concert tickets for different categories and prices. After receiving more than 2000 reservations the limited number of tickets was offered in chronological sequence of the reservations with members of the MJFC and subscribers to Michael! magazine given first priority.




Special Dinner And Tickets For Preferred Seating
There were also limited tickets available including admission to the special dinner and carnival held in honor of Michael Jackson and preferred seating for the concert performance.
The Champagne and Caviar Dinner and Carnival in honor of Michael Jackson was hosted by the chairmen of "Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration, the Solo Years". The dinner took place at Tavern on the Green at 11:15 p.m. on Friday, September 7, 2001. You also had the option of buying a ticket to the concert on Monday, September 10, 2001, and still attending the dinner and carnival on Friday, September 7, 2001.

3 types of tickets were available - all including admission to the dinner and carnival and preferred seating for the concert performance.

Gold seat - $1,600.00 each - concert ticket for $800.00 and a dinner ticket for $800.00

Platinum seat - $3,000.00 each - concert ticket for $1,500.00 and a dinner ticket for $1,500.00, in addition, each guest received a limited edition commemorative poster signed by Michael Jackson. With the purchase of a table for 10, you received a full page black and white add in the program book.

Benefactor seat - $5,000.00 each - concert ticket for $2,500.00 and dinner in the Crystal Room where Michael Jackson and the dinner chairman were seated, in addition, each guest received a limited edition commemorative poster signed by Michael Jackson and a limited edition program book signed by various other celebrities. With the purchase of a table for 10, you received a full page color add in the program book.





Additional Details
Producer: David Gest
Production: World Events LLC
Both evenings were filmed for a two-hour television special which shall be shown throughout the world.

Additional press releases concerning the concert can be found in our News Archive.