14 DAY TRIAL // As thousands of fans around the world are still in shock over the postponement of the first dates of the “This Is It” series of live performances, Akon is casting more doubt as to Michael Jackson’s ability to make it through 50 dates. According to the R&B star, the King of Pop will certainly not be singing live this summer at London’s O2 Arena, as a WENN piece reveals, as quoted by HollywoodRag.
Fans looking forward to Michael exercising his unique voice might have to put their expectations on hold since chances of him actually singing live are close to none, Akon thinks. Still, the singer believes, that is not to say those who’ve bought tickets for the concert will be completely disappointed, since Michael will most certainly put on quite a show – the kind worthy of the one who has been dubbed the King of Pop and who still holds to this title after so many years in the industry.
“Michael singing I’m not so sure about. He will perform but not sing.” Akon reportedly said in a recent interview. Nevertheless, “it’s going to be amazing, I can definitely tell you that. I’m going to have front row tickets. I will have the best tickets in the house and will be so close to the stage you will think that I am on it.” Since this is not some unnamed “spy” dishing inexistent or improbable details to the media, but someone as famous as Akon (who even worked with Jackson in the past), it’s likely what he says is true, several US media outlets are pointing out.
Still, if this proves to be accurate, then it will surely upset fans a bit more. After all, it is being said, they have been promised the most explosive, unbelievably wonderful musical performance ever known to mankind and they rushed to buy the tickets for all 50 dates in just a couple of hours. Now that everything seems to point to this being not quite as organizers AEG Live described it, some angry voices are likely to be heard in the following weeks, word in the industry has it.
As fans must already know, the first dates for Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” have been pushed back on account of a scheduling conflict that did not allow the star to rehearse properly for the opening nights. The initial July 8 show will take place on July 13, and the following dates have been rescheduled as follows: July 10 for March 1, 2010; July 12 for March 3; and July 14 for March 6.