it's not just the bills part but also u know, Michael was still here, they may have had the touring in the back of their minds from the beginning, u know ''if we support him now and he comes outta this mess, it will be easier for us to persuade him to tour with us/record an album with us/appear on d grade reality show with us'' and so on. There were a lot of reasons to be on ''good terms'' with him for them then, but now he is dead, he isn't useful to anyone he died and left them nothing, heck, he purposely omitted them from his will. go figure.
I believe JErmaine and some others were even trying to get Michael to tour and record with them back in the late 90s/early 00s around Invincible and the 30th Anniversary. Running from one interview to the other claiming the Jackson 5 were reunited.
Jermaine was spreading this bs as recent as 2007/2008. It's like their stuck on some kind of weird fantasy that they could still hit it big.
One of Tito's first comments after the O2 dates sold out in March 2009 was, that he'd like Michael to incorporate them into his shows, I mean wth? Joseph showing up in his pimp suit with his ex con pal's in order to make Michael sign that goddam AGE deal. Katherine, Joe Michael Randy Phillips having a meeting due to the AGE nonsense, Joseph was pulling.. I mean all this is pure greed. They couldn't let the man be. Michael's family always seemed to have the ''I want exactly what you have/I want to be a part of your world/I want to be you'' kind of attitude toward MJ, up until he died and even now they still haven't let gone of that attitude.
TheChosenOne, I agree with u again.