Chris Hunt of Global Events – the organizers behind the Michael Jackson Tribute Concert “Michael Forever” – has been interviewed by the BBC (UK), here is what he has to say:
There’s nothing in this. It’s not something to get excited about. The notion that an event which reminds people just how fantastic Michael Jackson was, what a loss he was to the world he is, what a great singer, a great performer he was, should be inappropriate – it doesn’t compute, it doesn’t make sense. They were saying that it was a pity that there had not been a big scale, proper tribute to Michael. We began to think, ‘Why don’t we try and do one.’
LaToya was the lead one but there were other family members around as well. There are two that aren’t so happy. I don’t wish to be ungenerous to anyone. I have the greatest respect for Jermaine, who I’ve met a number of times. He did a couple of times announce that he was going to organise a concert like this and then wasn’t unable to do so. So I suppose it’s a little understandable.
We have the greatest respect for the fans. We’ve been listening to the fans. I think what’s happened is that there’s been a campaign, which some of them have listened to and haven’t heard our responses to it yet. This concert will sell out either very quickly or quickly. We have no worries about it at all.
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