I am with Michael Jackson on that.
The fact that for his solo tours he kept his dance routines pretty much the same for certain songs and also that he did not really change the style of the effects and visuals of the songs' performances makes a lot of sense.
Look, for example, how unnatural and odd the ‘Black Or White’ performance is with the crane in Mexico (1993).
Many fans who attended that Dangerous concert were confused by that change and certainly wanted instead to see the expected, normal performance of that song.
There is another example (although not a tour) that clearly proves how the audience expects from him his old, established on stage dance routines that are tied with certain songs.
I am referring to the 2001 MSG performances that prove how the audience anticipates from him his old, established dance routines (such as, in ‘The Way You Make Me Feel’, or ‘Billie Jean’
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The audience's great reaction when he started performing his established dance routines (at MSG in 2001) leaves no room for doubt about that.
Also, it is not true that Michael Jackson wanted to sing live more for the ‘This Is It’ shows.
Michael Prince clearly exaggerates about that because (like some other people who worked on the preparations of those shows in 2009) he likes to portray a positive, healthy image of Michael Jackson during those rehearsals.
Also, Michael Jackson sings live ‘Will You Be There’ at the NAACP Image Awards in 1993 (that was the one and only time that he sang that song live on stage).