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本帖最后由 Vinces 于 2009-6-30 19:49 编辑
随着Michael Jackson周三的过世，75万买了票准备欣赏他在伦敦O2体育馆表演的观众将无缘体验这场炫目夺人的视听盛宴。但根据报道，原计划举办50场的“This Is It”主办方AEG Live公司，已经录下了足够多的Jackson彩排视频来发行至少一张现场表演的CD/DVD。
娱乐网站The Wrap报道，Jackson周二在斯特普尔斯中心（the Staples Center ）最后的排演已被多视频、高清晰录象和多音轨录音。根据未具名的信息来源透露，这些记录了本该在O2体育馆表演结束后举行全球巡演的影音资料可以作为这位歌星的最后一张专集发行。这些记录是AEG Live公司和Jackson达成协议的一部分，即制作一张这位歌手现场表演自己热门金曲的专集和DVD。如果报道属实，这将帮助AEG Live公司弥补由于Jackson溘然长逝而带来的数以千万计美圆的损失。至截稿时间为止，AEG Live公司发言人尚未对此作出回应。
The Wrap报道，虽然Jackson过去2个月里在许多原计划的彩排中都未现身，但却在周二为伦敦7月13日开幕演出的整体排演中出现。据报道，最后的彩排包括舞者、乐师和空中表演者，而Jackson则悬吊着、以从鬼屋出现的3D视角的Thriller造型现身。
周一（6月29日），《今日美国》披露了严防把守的彩排内幕，描述这个极其华丽的Jackson演出中有漂浮的星球、一台喷火架、许多烟火、20英尺高的木偶、巨型蜘蛛以及Jackson所有的标志性舞步。
“他不断尝试，不断成功，做着从未有过的最盛大的演出，”加利福尼亚博尔班克的中央舞台总裁Johnny Caswell说。据报道，在把彩排地点搬到更大的场馆之前，Jackson从3月底到6月初一直在那里为演出工作。
“直至他离开我这里，他已经去过好几个录音室，当时在一个有1万平方英尺的摄影棚，”Caswell说。“然后他们去了会议场，看中了斯特普尔斯的高度。这场演出实在太大了，他们根本不可能准时安排好的，所以才延后演出。”Caswell说，有些报道说Jackson延后是因为健康问题“纯属荒谬”，并解释道是不断膨胀的制作规模才导致演出推后。
有报道称Jackson死前服用了一些强劲的处方药，随后的心脏停搏导致了他的死亡。而洛杉矶的县验尸官则要根据日后的毒理测试来确定其真正死因。
尽管有一些说法是这个已有一段用药历史的脆弱歌手可能无法完成这场12年来的首次巡演，但根据《今日美国》的报道，周三他在斯特普尔斯中心最后的彩排中表现的非常积极。在那儿，他与一支超过80名舞者、舞蹈指导、乐队成员与排练表演的队伍一起工作着。
在这最后一次彩排中，Jackson戴上耳机、走上高架台演唱了Dangerous，先是清唱，然后乐队加入。
曾在Britney Spears的Circus巡演中制造魔幻效果的天才魔术师Ed Alonzo，在6周前也加入了Jackson的演出。他说自己为流行之王设计了一系列眼花缭乱的效果，包括一只在Jackson周围悬浮的发光玻璃星球，然后当开场曲、1982年的Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'开始时飞入人群。Dirty Diana会随着一台喷火架和一个玩火的空中钢杆舞蹈者播放，Alonzo说道。之后一个火女在床边缠着Jackson，并用金色绳索绑住他，接着当他奋力挣扎时，一条红布会从他面前钻出来裹住他，人们会看到他的影子。而当布褪去，大家会发现原来是那个女人在挣扎。而Jackson，则活生生地站在舞台正中央。
“绝对不可思议，”Alonzo说，“几天前这才刚做到完美，相当令人难以置信。尽管只是和舞者们一起随便排练，他的舞步也是丝毫不差 —— 就和我们许多年前在MV里看到的Jackson一样。”Alonzo说别以为Jackson看起来偏瘦，他的健康状况很好，在彩排中活力四射。Jackson的经纪人， Frank DiLeo告诉Hollywood记者，在周二午夜结束了最后的排练后，Jackson对演出相当满意。“他对我说，‘Frank，我真开心……我们的时候到了。’他搂着我，”DiLeo说。
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Michael Jackson's Last Tour Rehearsals Filmed For Possible Release
Show included floating orbs, aerial dancers.
By Gil Kaufman
Following Michael Jackson's death on Thursday, 750,000 people who bought tickets to see him perform at the O2 in London will never get the chance to experience the stunning visual and musical spectacle the singer had in store for them. But, according to reports, AEG Live, the promoter of the "This Is It" 50-date residency, recorded enough of Jackson's rehearsal material to release at least one live CD/DVD.
Entertainment industry Web site The Wrap reports that Jackson's final rehearsal at the Staples Center on Wednesday was recorded in multi-camera, high-definition video and multi-track audio. The recording could be released as the singer's final album, according to unnamed sources close to the now scuttled tour, which was reportedly due to go around the globe following the O2 residency. The recordings were made as part of a deal cut by AEG Live with Jackson, which included plans to produce a live album and DVD of the singer performing his greatest hits. If the reports are true, the recording could help AEG Live recoup some of the estimated tens of millions of dollars it is expected to lose as a result of Jackson's untimely death. A spokesperson for AEG Live could not be reached for comment at press time.
The Wrap reported that Jackson had failed to appear at "many" of the scheduled rehearsals over the past two months, but he did appear at the full run-through on Wednesday in anticipation of the July 13 kick-off of the London shows. The final rehearsal reportedly included dancers, musicians and aerial performers, as well as Jackson suspended from a crane at one point and a 3-D view of a "Thriller"-inspired haunted mansion.
On Monday (June 29), USA Today pulled back the curtain on the closely guarded rehearsals, describing an over-the-top Jackson extravaganza that was to feature floating orbs, a flaming bed, lots of pyrotechnics, 20-foot-tall puppets, giant spiders and Jackson breaking out all his signature dance moves.
"He was trying, and succeeding, in structuring the biggest, most spectacular live production ever seen," said Johnny Caswell, co-owner of CenterStaging in Burbank, California, where Jackson worked on the show from late March to early June before shifting rehearsals to larger venues, according to the paper.
"By the time he left my facility, he had graduated through several studios and was on a soundstage taking up 10,000 square feet," Caswell said. "They moved to The Forum, outgrew that and needed the height at Staples. The show was getting so damn big, they couldn't finish it in time. That's why they had to delay." Caswell said reports that Jackson had delayed the start of the engagement due to health problems were "nonsense," explaining that the ballooning size of the production caused the push back.
While it has been reported that Jackson had been taking a number of powerful prescription medications prior to his death and that he died following cardiac arrest, the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office has deferred determining his cause of death pending further toxicology tests.
Despite some suggestions that the frail singer with a history of medical problems might not have been strong enough to complete his first full-fledged tour in 12 years, according to USA Today, he was very engaged during Wednesday's final rehearsal at the Staples Center, where he worked with a crew of more than 80 dancers, choreographers, band members and crew to polish the show.
Jackson began what would be his final rehearsal by putting on a headset and walking to an elevated platform to sing the song "Dangerous," at first a cappella, then joined by his band.
"Misfits of Magic" founder Ed Alonzo, who worked on illusions for Britney Spears' Circus tour, joined the Jackson show six weeks ago. He said he designed a number of stunning effects for the King of Pop, including a glowing glass sphere that would float around Jackson and then into the crowd during the opening song, 1982's "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'." A version of "Dirty Diana" was to feature a flaming bed with a pole-dancing aerialist "playing the part of the fire," Alonzo said. After the fire woman pursued Jackson around the bed, she would tie him to the bed posts with gold rope, and a sheet of red fabric would spring up in front of him as he struggled in silhouette. When the sheet fell, it would be revealed that it was the woman struggling, not Jackson, and he would then materialize on a stage in the middle of the arena.
"It was an amazing show," Alonzo said. "The thing was just days away from being perfected. It was incredible. Even though it was just a walk-through with the dancers, his moves were dead-on — the same Michael Jackson we (saw) through the years in music videos." Alonzo said that while Jackson seemed underweight, he appeared to be in good health and was energetic during the rehearsal. Jackson's manager, Frank DiLeo, told the Hollywood Reporter that after finishing the final run-through around midnight on Wednesday, Jackson was feeling good about the show. "He found me and said, 'Frank, I am so happy. ... This is really our time.' He put his arm around me," DiLeo said.
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