I distinctly remember feeling uneasy/unsettled while watching his announcement. As others have said, at first I thought it might not be really him! There wasn't even anything all that specific that made me feel that way, I guess. . . . . . His smile. As someone pointed out, he smiled very rarely when speaking in public. At the announcement his smile was very broad, and continuous. Plus, I'd never seen him that giddy before. I thought he might be on some sort of medication (not that I would blame him, but that WAS my impression). And at the end, when he turned away from the lectern to leave? He had a flash of raw anger on his face. And then he quickly smiled again. But I remember thinking, WHY would he be angry? He'd just announced a series of concerts, sooooooo. . . . . . . .
Given the loose shirt he was wearing, it was hard to tell about his weight. I do remember my hair stood on end when he said, "the final curtain call." I'll admit, that scared me. Plus, I'm very psychic and had an ominous feeling that he would never do those concerts. Just a. . . . feeling. I watched the scramble for tickets, later, and people spending huge amounts of money on transportation and hotels, and the ominous feeling got worse. . . . that these were concerts that were not going to happen. Let me put it this way? Even if I could have afforded it, I would not have bought a ticket. The "premonition" was that strong. I hoped he could do it. . . but really didn't think/feel it would ever happen.
