Cirque du Soleil To Launch Michael Jackson Show in 2011
By Travis Woods
Billboard reports today that Michael Jackson has been dead just long enough to get his very own Cirque du Soleil tribute show in Las Vegas, which sounds like it will shape up to be a very classy and subdued tribute, as all things in Vegas tend to be. Except for that time that… well, let’s just say the cops are getting harder and harder to spot there each and every year.
Moving on, the show will debut as a live tour in 2011 followed by the permanent production in Vegas, set to debut in 2012 “at a property owned by MGM Mirage Inc.” that is as-yet undecided. Both Cirgue and Jackson’s estate will each own a stake of 50% of the project, and both will evenly split the costs required to put the show on.
According to John Branca, co-executor of Jackson’s estate:
“Having attended Cirque du Soleil performances with Michael, I know he was a huge fan…We are excited to be partners with Cirque du Soleil to give Michael’s fans a truly unique way to hear, see and feel Michael’s music.”
Further, Katherine Jackson, the late King of Pop’s mother, said that “our family is thrilled that Cirque du Soleil will pay tribute to my son in such an important way.”
Thursday, June 3, 2010 11:48AM
[...] More Michael Jackson’s death has given the world a lot over the past year – a planned Cirque du Soleil tribute show in Las Vegas, a much-needed spike in music sales, a misty-eyed revisionism that allows a lot of us to forget the [...]
Monday, September 27, 2010 12:25AM
Exciting, I had better start saving my airfare from New Zealand, can't wait . Only wish I had seen Michael himself in concert.
Thursday, November 4, 2010 11:04AM
[...] As we reported earlier this year, “Michael Jackson has been dead just long enough to get his very own Cirque du Soleil tribute show in Las Vegas, which sounds like it will shape up to be a very classy and subdued tribute, as all things in Vegas tend to be.” And now, the Cirque du Soleil has announced the debut performance of the show—it will launch in Montreal in October of 2011, with a tour to follow that will hit 26 U.S. and Canadian cities in the following eight months, according to Yahoo Music: [...]