In late November 2001, the CBS television network aired a two-hour special in honor of Michael Jackson's thirtieth year
as a solo entertainer (his first solo single, "Got to Be There", was recorded in 1971). The show was edited from footage of
two separate concerts Michael had orchestrated in New York City's Madison Square Garden on September 7 and September 10 of
2001. The shows sold out in five hours. Ticket prices were pop's most expensive ever; the best seats cost $5,000 and included
a dinner with Michael Jackson and a signed poster. Jackson reportedly earned $7.5 million for each of the two concerts, which
is over $150,000 per minute. The concerts are mentioned in the VH1 biopic Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story, which
notes that the last of the two concerts wrapped up just hours before two hijacked jet planes were crashed into the Twin Towers
of Lower Manhattan's World Trade Center (see September 11th terrorist attacks).
SET LIST:
" Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' " Usher, Mưa and Whitney Houston
"Ben" - Billy Gilman
" It Wasn't Me " - Shaggy featuring Rayvon and Rikrok
" Heal the World " - Mưa, Deborah Cox , Rah Digga , Monica and Tamia featuring The Brooklyn Youth Choir
" My Baby " - Lil' Romeo featuring Master P
" She's out of My Life " - Marc Anthony
" Bootylicious " - Destiny's Child
"I Want Candy" - Aaron Carter
"Home" (from The Wiz) - Monica
"You Can't Win" (from The Wiz) - Jill Scott
"Ease on Down the Road" (from The Wiz) - Monica , Jill Scott , Al Jarreau , Deborah Cox
" You Are Not Alone " - Liza Minnelli
"I Will Survive" - Gloria Gaynor
"Get Ur Freak On" - Missy Elliot and Nelly Furtado
"I'll Never Love This Way Again" - Dionne Warwick
" I Just Can't Stop Loving You " - James Ingram and Gloria Estefan
" Man in the Mirror " - 98 Degrees, Usher and Luther Vandross
" Can You Feel It " - The Jacksons
"ABC" - The Jacksons
" The Love You Save " - The Jacksons
" I'll Be There " - The Jacksons
" I Want You Back " - The Jacksons
"Dancing Machine" - The Jacksons and *NSYNC
" Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) " - The Jacksons
" The Way You Make Me Feel " - Michael Jackson
" Black or White " - Michael Jackson and Slash
" Beat It " - Michael Jackson and Slash
" Billie Jean " - Michael Jackson
" You Rock My World " - Michael Jackson, Chris Tucker and Usher
Available both in NTSC & PAL.
