Talk:This Is It (concert residency)/Archive 1

Archive 1

The Cancellations Section

...whats the point? Physischitzo 16:11, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

What's the point of the article, in fact? Since the tour won't happen, it's non-notable. Just a bunch of business arrangements to be settled. Not encyclopedic. So tagged. Piano non troppo (talk) 05:40, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Considering the circumstances, this article is very notable as it would have been the last tour of michael jackson, and it wasn't as if the developments were ongoing, everything was completed except for the actual realization of the performances. There is enough info here and more to come in order to speak of concert ticket sales, set lists, visual components, background and conception, and financial matters. The fact that he died before it was realized is absolutely irrelevant; there are many other comleted tour articles that don't even come close to this one in quality, which could easily pass GA once a few details are sorted. The death of michael jackson and michael jackson's this is it are the only articles where this one can be merged and all of the information here does not really apply there. The former is already sufficient in length and the latter is about the production of a film; all of the business matters of the tour and other subjects cannot all be mentioned there. So it should be untagged for these reasons.GreekStar12 (talk) 10:18, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

I don't think anybody can question it's notability. It is the most anticipated comeback of all time, and set various world records for speed and volume of ticket sales. Something like a million tickets sold in one day. At the very least it is a record for the venue for most consecutive sell-outs.

Speaking of setlists, there is an incomplete one http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs268.snc1/9527_1124985245038_1239341459_30384878_2445559_n.jpg It seems to be Startin' Somethin'/Jam/They Don't Care About/They Don't Care About Us/Human Nature/Smooth Criminal/The Way You Make Me Feel/J5 Medley/Off The Wall Medley/I Just Can't Stop Loving You/Dangerous/Black or White/Dirty Diana/Beat It. Other confirmed songs (ref: the video footage) include Thriller, Threatened, We are the World and Earth Song. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.141.22.86 (talk) 16:23, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Concert Details

Jackson once singed and danced in Stimulated Inc.'s studio for 2D and 3D footages for the backgorund Chaos LED screen to be set onstage behind him and for the already discussed Dome Project. The Dome Project would consist seven works: Smooth Criminal (Jackson inserted into classic 2D black-and-white film noir chase sequence); Thriller (3-D movie starting in a haunted house with a ghostly image of Vincent Price, then moving into a graveyard where the dead awaken); Earth Song (3D short film featuring little girl who wanders through rain forest, takes a nap and dreams of the splendor of nature, and awakens to find the natural world has been devastated); They Don't Care About Us (a/k/a Drill, 2D film in which a sea of soldiers march in unison; 10 male dancers replicated hundreds of times); MJ Air (3-D movie in which a 707 jet pulls into the frame; hole was to open in screen for Michael Jackson to enter; jet flies away); The Final Message (3-D movie of little girl from rain forest embracing the earth); and The Way You Make Me Feel (2D theatrical background featuring male dancers fashioned as historical construction workers).

AEG despite their previous statements does not have so many footages, but most of them are from the June 23 - 24 rehearsals.

'The setlist for This is it:' Wanne Be Startin' Somethin', Jam, They Don't Care About Us/Drill medley, Human Nature, Smooth Criminal, The Way You Make Me Feel, Black or White, Jackson 5 Medley, Off the Wall, I Just Can't Stop Loving You, Dangerous, Thriller/Threatened medley, Beat It, We are the World and Earth Song.

Other video sequences for the backgorund Chaos LED screen to be set onstage behind him would include the followings: Flashes and Glimpses (historical timeline of last century in 90 seconds); Startin' Somethin' (animation with letters MJ and words This Is It); Jackson 5 Medley (graphic animation featuring Jackson 5 logo); I Just Can't Stop Loving You (animation of a baroque hall of mirrors); Dangerous (graphic animation replicating brainwaves); Dirty Diana (graphic animation replicating fire); We are the World (graphic animation containing religious icons); and Heal the World (stock footage of children).

AEG furthermore owns over 1.000 color, digital photos taken on May 6 and June 22 - 23.

source: http://lesliemjhu.blogspot.com/

Are you sure about this? I read on TMZ and Rolling Stone Magazine that the opening nmber would have been Thriller. LeslieMJHU has a 'history' of false information. MaJic (talk) 01:37, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Jackson was feeling under the weather and went back to his home the LA where he was looked over by Doc merry where he was put on meds, and lather died.

Rename?

I think we should rename it This Is It (Michael Jackson Tour). Shark96z (talk) 23:48, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

It shouldn't be renamed because it wasn't actually a tour, as a tour implies that he would have been moving to multiple venues. It is infact a concert series performed at one venue, something that is uncommon in N.America but is normal in many European countries. GreekStar12 (talk) 10:10, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Agreed. Technically, it is not a tour but a Residency. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.141.22.86 (talk) 16:21, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

I have cleaned this up and removed almost all trace of the incorrect word "tour". It now only appears as part of the infobox template, and when talking about other tours such as HIStory. I think it only crept in to the article in the first place as a result of newspaper headlines written by careless journalists... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.175.37.54 (talk) 23:54, 31 January 2013 (UTC)