Sure, I was told his name is Hadyn (a representative at Sony), in one of the three emails sent to me by the admin of the forum, of which I will not name for privacy purposes and frankly because I don't want to be kicked off the forum either.
This is going to take a while to explain but I have the time so I'll do it.
In a thread on the forum relating to the Grammys, I posted the following:
"What do you guys think the chances are of MJ actually performing at the Grammys?
I can see a medley of sorts happening, but I'm leaning more towards MJ just sitting in the crowd like I said before lol."
Then this prompted the admin (who had the meeting at Sony regarding the release of Thriller 25 back in December), to respond by saying:
"A medley was discussed"
I then replied by saying:
"This was discussed at the meeting you had at Sony?"
And then because I wasn't getting an answer I posted:
"I've cottened on to something haven't I?"
Within 2 minutes both my posts and his post were removed by him and
this was when I recieved 3 private emails from the admin.
The first email I recieved:
I shouldn't have mentioned the medley on the board.
I just hate knowing stuff and being forbidden from letting the fans know.
I must stress, though, that no performance or medley has been confirmed. For this reason it must not find its way onto the message board. Firstly because I don't want to give anybody false hope and secondly because Sony forbade me from discussing it.
My reply back:
No worries. I knew something was going on but
Cheers.
The second email I recieved:
At Sony they told me MJ was in discussions to perform at the Grammys; that there would be at the very least a tribute but that MJ would possibly perform.
Then another source told me a few weeks later that it was a planned medley of Billie jean/Beat It/Thriller with live vocals, a live orchestra and an 8-strong dance troupe.
This has not been confirmed, though, and I doubt it will happen.
It was definitely in the planning stages but we all know MJ and we all know he probably flaked out and went to the shopping mall instead of the rehearsal studio.
My reply:
[That is unbelievable. I can't believe you could keep this from people on this forum, but at the same time I know exacly why you did. People would go nuts and have it set in their minds that it was a definite performance.
Wow. I actually still can't believe that was being 'planned'.
I doubt it will happen too, we might be all shocked though. Fingers crossed something goes down.
The third and final email I recieved:
If (forum) were to post this information on the website or the messageboard after Sony specifically told us not to, they would never trust us with any information again.
Plus, as Haydn explained, when the X Factor appearance leaked, MJ pulled out. He doesn't like his surprises to be ruined by the press.
Also, as you say, the fans would get excited. Plus, if it doesn't happen - which it probably won't - there would be those who would use it as ammunition against (forum); accuse us of lying.
^That was the conclusion of it all. As for the source you were after, the source is Sony. The meeting between ____ and Hadyn at Sony HQ was to discuss Thriller 25 and get a sneak peak at 3 new songs: TGIM 2008, WBSS 2008 and P.Y.T.
Lots of other things were discussed about the promotion which I haven't heard of yet, one of them being the
unconfirmed performance by MJ. They were in negotiations back in December, so who knows what has happened since then.
EDIT: Lastly, this whole subject was stumbled upon because I was simply curious about what MJ's participation was going to be at the Grammys. A few words slipped and this was the result, but as per usual, still nothing confirmed
MJ always likes suprising remember
