Michael Jackson has reportedly been offered a chance to pocket at least $30 million to perform up to 30 nights at London's Millennium Dome for $1 million per show.
Fox.com columnist Roger Friedman says AEG Live has offered Jackson a deal that would begin with a $10 million guarantee for 10 nights, with a maximum of 30 nights adding up to $30 million.
"It’s not a hard show to do, either," Friedman wrote in his Thursday column. "The proposal, as I’ve been told, is for Jackson to stage his bestselling album Thriller from beginning to end at each show. Then, for encores, he would add in several hits from Off the Wall and other albums.
"The catch: These shows must be completed by the end of 2008, to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the album. The promoters originally thought it could happen this spring, but they’ve revised their plans to the fall."
According to Friedman, the folks at AEG were really pushing for Jackson to appear at the Grammy's last Sunday to create buzz for the Millennium Dome shows. But, he never appeared as rumored because "he was too scared," a source told Friedman. "He was nervous about tripping or doing something wrong. He’s paranoid. He’s got to get over it."
Source: EURweb.com
Fox.com columnist Roger Friedman says AEG Live has offered Jackson a deal that would begin with a $10 million guarantee for 10 nights, with a maximum of 30 nights adding up to $30 million.
"It’s not a hard show to do, either," Friedman wrote in his Thursday column. "The proposal, as I’ve been told, is for Jackson to stage his bestselling album Thriller from beginning to end at each show. Then, for encores, he would add in several hits from Off the Wall and other albums.
"The catch: These shows must be completed by the end of 2008, to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the album. The promoters originally thought it could happen this spring, but they’ve revised their plans to the fall."
According to Friedman, the folks at AEG were really pushing for Jackson to appear at the Grammy's last Sunday to create buzz for the Millennium Dome shows. But, he never appeared as rumored because "he was too scared," a source told Friedman. "He was nervous about tripping or doing something wrong. He’s paranoid. He’s got to get over it."
Source: EURweb.com
