Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (2001) on Netflix
Michael Jackson marks thirty years as a solo entertainer with two concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Singers, actors and athletes appear alongside him onstage.
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Plot summary
Over two nights in September 2001, Michael Jackson takes the stage at Madison Square Garden in New York City to mark thirty years as a solo entertainer, a span that reaches back to 1971, when "Got to Be There" became his debut solo release. Both concerts sell out within two hours, and the best seats, which include VIP access, bring a signed poster and a dinner with Jackson. Singers, actors and athletes join him onstage, and songs from the album Invincible appear in his live set. Footage from the two performances is edited into a two-hour television special that CBS airs later that year.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (2001)
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- According to some sources, Michael Jackson was scheduled to be at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 to return a two-million-dollar watch used for the concert and a diamond necklace for Elizabeth Taylor, but overslept and did not make it.
- The two Madison Square Garden shows sold out in two hours, and the best seats, with VIP access, cost $10,000 each, among the most expensive ever for an event, and included dinner with Michael Jackson and a signed poster.
- The event marked Randy Jackson's final concert with his brothers; he went on to sing backing vocals on Michael's posthumous 2009 song "This Is It" with Jackie, Tito and Jermaine before retiring from entertainment.
- In the 2011 documentary Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon, presenter David Gest claimed Michael Jackson was on drugs during the concerts; Jackson himself said he simply had not rehearsed for the first show and was self-conscious of his performance.
