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Today in Michael Jackson History March 13th
HISTORICAL DATES
1979 -The Jackson's 'Destiny' (LP) is certified Gold. Destiny is the twelfth album released by The Jacksons, in 1978, on Epic Records. The album would eventually sell over four million copies worldwide, two million in America during its initial run and two million worldwide. The album marked the first time in the band's career in which they had total artistic control, and was also the first album produced by the brothers. The accompanying tour was a huge success running on many legs and also toured overseas. In honor of its 30th anniversary, Destiny, including two bonus tracks of rare 12-inch disco mixes previously unavailable on CD, was released January 27, 2009 on Epic/Legacy
1984 - Michael is on the cover of TIME magazine titled "Why He's A Thriller"
1988 - Michael Jackson performs his 2nd of Two BAD Concerts in St Louis ( Missouri ).
2009 - Tickets to the public for Michael's 50 live dates at London's O2 arena sell out on Ticketmaster. After the pre-sale On March 11, 50% of seats for dates 1–45 and all the seats for dates 46–50 went on sale to the general public on March 13. Roughly 500,000 tickets for the arena concerts by Michael have sold out within about four hours of becoming available, organisers announce today. This means nearly one million people will be able to see The King of Pop perform at the 20,000-capacity venue. At this stage, the sales of King of Pop were up 400% and the sales of Thriller were up 200%. After the news of the venue being sold out tickets then appeared on eBay for as much as £10,000 with one seller seeking $35,000 for VIP tickets to the opening show on July 8. Shortly after the concerts sold out Randy Phillips, head of AEG Live, spoke to Michael on the phone to pass on the news of the great reception by his fans around the world. "He was crying. I could hear it in his voice - he was choked up." The following records were or would have been broken: "The biggest audience ever to see an artist in one city", "The most amount of people to attend a series of arena shows", "The fastest ticket sales in history"
PICTURE OF THE DAY
Beautiful Michael Jackson - Destiny Tour
SONG OF THE DAY
Destiny
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VIDEO OF THE DAY
Michael Jackson- APOM Live Bad Tour 1988 St Louis PRO Snippet
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Wherever you go-in every country,or in every continent, people yearn
and hunger for only one thing, to love and be loved. Love transcends
international boundaries and heals the wounds of hatred, racial, prejudice,
bigotry and ignorance. It is the ultimate truth at the heart of all creation."
~ Michael Jackson
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