King of Pop Michael Jackson Will this be the Final Curtain Call?

Michael Jackson’s Final Performances will be at least a series of 10 concerts starting July 08, 2009.

Tickets go on sale this Friday March 13,2009 at 7 am. Ticket prices are £75 / £65 / £50 + booking fees. For the hundreds of screaming fans gathered to the O2 Arena, Michael Jackson the King of Pop remains a king.

He announced these words to the fans saying, ” These will be my final show performances London, this will be it, when I say this is it, it will really be it. This is the final curtain call.”

He was on stage for less than four minutes and spoke a few words. He turned in circles a few times, repeated words “I LOVE YOU ALL”, chuckled, and threw an ending air punch. Jackson being there was enough for his hundreds loyal fans ranging from a young to middle-aged adult males, some wearing only one white glove symbolizing Jacko’s costumes.

10 years ago since Michael Jackson last launched a major tour. All his media coverage was all about his personal difficulties– financial, mental and physical conditions– accusations of being a pedophile which placed him in court.Throughout the announcement in London at the O2, He looked happy for a performer who has disappeared for over 10 years from the stage.

People expect Jackson will be playing many of his past hits and there are rumors of new songs as well. Jackson said “I am coming to London to play the songs my fans want to hear.”

25 years ago, originally released in the US last November 30, 1982 by Epic Records “Thriller” was one of the world’s top-selling albums of all time. Thriller of Michael Jackson is still a widely searched for on the internet with an estimated 30,000 searches each month in the USA alone. And He was named by the Guinness World Record as the “Most Successful Entertainer of All-Time”. And two times introduced into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

After Michael Jackson was labeled in the past headlines as Jacko to Wacko Jacko, everyone will be waiting to see if he can fill a stadium the size of the O2 Arena that holds a capacity of 20,000 when his concerts open up in July.

Despite of the bazaar actions and other less complimentary things, Michael Jackson was and will always be one of the biggest superstar of music. Here are the list of Michael Jackson’s top songs of the ’80s.

1. “Off the Wall”

Off the Wall album was crafted from funk, disco-pop, soul, soft rock, jazz and pop ballads. Jackson gained a positive reviews for his vocal performance on the record and won the singer his first Grammy Awards since the early 1970s. With Off the Wall, Jackson became the first artist to have four singles peak inside the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. The album was a commercial success, to date it is certified for 7× Multi-Platinum in the US and has sold 20 million copies worldwide.

2. “Rock with You”

“Rock with You” was released as the second single and scored as one of the first Billboard number-one singles in the 1980s, as well as one of the last big hit songs of the disco era. The release date of the song came just in time, since in 1980, disco seemed to reach its peak and its popularity slowly waned as it was swept aside by punk rock and new wave. The song reached number one on both the pop and R&B singles chart and became one of Jackson’s most-loved songs.

3.”Beat it”

“Beat It” is a hit single from Michael Jackson’s album Thriller. It was the third single from the album. “Beat It” won Jackson two Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. “Beat It” is also notable for its guitar solo, a guest performance by Eddie Van Halen. In the 30th anniversary show live on television, Slash, lead guitarist of Velvet Revolver and the former lead guitarist from Guns N’ Roses, played with Michael during the performance of the song. In a reader’s poll made by Guitar World magazine the solo was voted as the 67th greatest guitar solo of all time.

4. “Billie Jean”

“Billie Jean” was a worldwide commercial and critical success; becoming one of the best-selling singles of 1983, and dominating the the US and UK charts simultaneously. Considered one of the most revolutionary songs in history, “Billie Jean” was certified platinum in 1989.

5. Human Nature

Human nature is a concept that includes the ways of thinking, feeling and acting, that all human beings have in common.The branches of science associated with the study of human nature include sociology, sociobiology and psychology, particularly evolutionary psychology and developmental psychology. Philosophers and theologians have also carried out research on human nature.

6.Say say say

“Say Say Say” is a song by Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney. The track was written by the duo, and produced by George Martin for McCartney’s fifth solo album, Pipes of Peace (1983). The song was the pair’s second duet, following “The Girl Is Mine” for Jackson’s Thriller (1982). Recorded during McCartney’s “War sessions”, the single became Jackson’s seventh top ten hit in a year, upon it’s release in October, 1983. “Say Say Say” was a number one hit in the US, peaking at number two in the UK. Number one in Canada, Finland, Italy, Norway and Sweden, the single peaked within the top ten of Austria and New Zealand.

7. Wanna Be Startin’ Something

“Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’” is a 1983 single released from Michael Jackson’s multi-platinum selling 1982 album Thriller. It was the first track on the album, and the fourth song released as a single. The song has recently been re-recorded by Jackson and R&B artist Akon for the Thriller – 25th Anniversary Edition album called Thriller 25.

8. “Thriller”

The album was released on November 30, 1982 by Epic Records as the follow-up to Jackson’s critically and commercially successful 1979 album Off the Wall. Thriller explores funk, disco, soul, soft rock, R&B and pop. However, Thriller’s lyrics deal with generally darker themes, including paranoia, and the supernatural.

9. Man in the Mirror

When released as a single in the spring of 1988. It is one of Jackson’s most critically acclaimed songs and it was nominated for Record of the Year at the Grammy Awards. The song garnered massive airplay and topped the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks.

10. Smooth Criminal

The seventh single from Michael Jackson’s Bad album (1987). The song contains a fast-paced beat intertwined with Jackson’s lyrics about a woman named Annie, who has been attacked in her apartment by a hitman. It was released as a single in early 1988 and peaked at 7 on the Billboard Hot 100. It has since become one of Jackson’s most popular songs.