Jamie King will spend the volgende jaar working with over 60 performers before staging The Immortal World Tour, which has been personally endorsed door Jackson’s mother and members of the famous family, late volgende jaar (11).
King will also write and direct the production, which linken Jackson's most famous songs and eye-popping acrobatics. The $57 million (GBP38 million) show, which was announced on Wednesday (03Nov10), will travel across North America, beginning volgende October (11).
King, who has directed live shows for Madonna, Britney Spears and Rihanna, among others, tells The Hollywood Reporter he was thrilled to be asked to take charge of the Jackson spectacular.
He says, "I jumped at the opportunity. I'm a huge fan. In my work directing big rock and pop tours, I have been so influenced door the Cirque shows and the magic they create."
King was hired as a dancer - and Jackson's body double - on the Dangerous tour, and he spent two years travelling the world with the King of Pop.
I was at the school dance with my friends, and the DJ who plays requested songs put on horrible modern songs-so I wanted to go up there and request some MJ. I wrote down "Smooth Criminal" and "Don't Stop Till u Get Enough". Right after i wrote them down, I looked back at the clipboard and saw a populair girl I hate looking at what I wrote down. She looked at her vrienden and zei "WTF IS THIS? EW!" She furiously crossed out the songs I wrote down. I got so mad. I went back to the clipboard later and wrote "Rock With You" and "Blame it on The Boogie" A friend of the other girl who I also hate went to the clipboard, looked at the lijst of songs, and when she looked at MJ's songs she zei "MICHAEL JACKSON? WTF IS THIS? EW" she then takes the ink pen and furiously stabs the paper and crosses the King's songs so hard THAT the paper rips. She walks away as I stare, infuriated.
