Re: What to expect for the 10th anniversary from the MJ State
I've thought about this many times over the past 10 years, and I agree they would be working on this NOW. In fact I hope they'd have been working on it for quite a while by now as 15months left until the anniversary. We know the likes of Fiddes and others are already planning to cash in, so let's hope the Estate can divert attention from those with some great official releases.
I guess there is huge potential for a This Is It anniversary edition with some new footage, accompanied by a re-release or new marketing for the This Is It album. The MJ Estate don't need to release a new hits album because there are already too many, but I guarantee there will either be an album re-release or a new release to coincide with the anniversary. Maybe we'll get another chalk!
I'd like there to be a proper concert celebration - the one the family put on in Cardiff (of all places) was a shambles and even though there were good performance from Beyonce etc it just fell a bit flat IMO. It wasn't anywhere near sold out which was a shame.
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I'd like there to be an official tribute song released! Better On The Other side was, in my opinion, a great tribute and the video was well done but it wasn't released commercially as a single at the time and that was a real shame. Biggie had 'I'll be Missing You' by Puffy etc and it was a great hit. It's still played no the radio now. But MJ has nothing. there was talk of a song called 'Still The King' being worked by Will I am (I think) which was going to feature artists MJ inspired and that could be a great song if it ever materialised. At least in theory anyway.
Of course a new MJ song release would be great, but it has to be something that could gain radio play and not appeal to only MJ fans, and I don't think there is much material left that (a) is in a useable state; and (b) sounds contemporary enough for release as a single now.
I've been getting more interested in Pinball so for a random release, I'd like to see an official pinball machine, just like Elvis, KISS, ACDC and others.