Jacksons Plan ‘King of Pop Tribute’
Members of the Jackson family held a press conference on July 25 in Beverly Hills to announce Global Live Events’ International Historical Tribute Concert honoring the late King of Pop Michael Jackson, which is set to take place on Oct. 8, 2011.
Michael Forever: The Tribute Concert is scheduled to take place at the Millennium Center in Cardiff, Wales, a theater that can hold 75,000 people.
Performers for the event have not been announced but Global Events Live plans to unveil one signed artist a day over the next two weeks.
The event will benefit charities in the U.S. and UK.
After the news conference, a spokesman for Jackson’s estate said the executors were not aware of the concert plans and had not authorized the use of Jackson’s name for the concert.
Complicating things further, Jermaine and Randy released a statement later saying that they did not support the event because the event was scheduled to take place during the criminal trial of Jackson’s doctor, Conrad Murray.
“We want to make clear that this does not reflect the position of the entire family,” the brothers’ statement said. “While we wholeheartedly support the spirit of a tribute that honors our brother, we find it impossible to support an event that is due to take place during the criminal trial surrounding Michael’s death.”
