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AEG Live estimated that the first 10 concerts would have earned Jackson approximately £50 million. In preparation for the concert series, Jackson had collaborated with figures including fashion designer Christian Audigier, choreographer Kenny Ortega and bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno. Prior to his death, Allgood Entertainment sued him for $40 ...
The memorial service was organized by Jackson's concert promoter, AEG Live, and AEG Ehrlich Ventures, LLC (Kenneth Ehrlich, executive producer), [6] who gave away 17,500 free tickets to fans worldwide through an online lottery that attracted over 1.2 million applicants in 24 hours, [7] and over a half-billion hits to the webpage. [8]
1951: Concert pianist Simon Barere died of a cerebral hemorrhage at Carnegie Hall while playing Grieg's Piano Concerto. 1953: Gaetano Merola , San Francisco Opera General Director and co-founder, collapsed and died of a heart attack on August 30, while conducting an outdoor concert in Stern Grove.
America: A Tribute to Heroes was a benefit concert created by the heads of the four major American broadcast networks; Fox, ABC, NBC and CBS. Joel Gallen was selected by them to produce and run the show. Actor George Clooney organized celebrities to perform and to staff the telephone bank.
Both Jean-Michel Jarre's concert in Moscow 1997 and Rod Stewart's concert in Copacabana 1994 have been reported to attract audiences of more than 3.5 million people. Jean-Michel Jarre has attracted a live audience of more than a million spectators on five occasions, three times in Paris, 1979, 1990 and 1995, once in Houston, 1986, and once in ...
The Love Rocks NYC Benefit Concert has become an annual New York tradition and Thursday night’s show at the Beacon Theatre was one of the best on record, raising $3.8 million for the God’s ...
This year, The Weekend became the first artist to have 24 songs each individually reach a billion streams—and the first to perform in Spotify's Billions Club Live concert series.
In the US, MTV Live and VH1 broadcast the concert live from 11 am . The concert drew near double the viewing figures for the 2005 Live 8 concert with 1.4 million average over the 8 hours. [17] NBC broadcast a highlights show between 8 pm-11 pm EDT. The NBC showing was the US most watched programme, averaging 8.7 million viewers. [18]