'We were up 20 hours a day working on this thing,' music supervisor Michael Bearden recalls.
By Jocelyn Vena
Michael Jackson in "Michael Jackson's This Is It"
Photo: Sony/ Aeg
It probably comes as no surprise that when Michael Jackson was planning his This Is It shows for London's O2 arena, he wanted them to be grandiose. The pop star used his well-documented artistic vision and work ethic to make sure every detail was right.
The people who worked with Jackson on those shows remember how hard he worked to make sure the shows would go off without a hitch.
"We were up 20 hours a day working on this thing, deciphering notes that Michael wanted that he had just given us," music supervisor Michael Bearden told MTV News. "I mean, just hands-on with everything he did. Just very passionate. Professionalism is what he was all about."
Jackson never stopped coming...
By Jocelyn Vena
Michael Jackson in "Michael Jackson's This Is It"
Photo: Sony/ Aeg
It probably comes as no surprise that when Michael Jackson was planning his This Is It shows for London's O2 arena, he wanted them to be grandiose. The pop star used his well-documented artistic vision and work ethic to make sure every detail was right.
The people who worked with Jackson on those shows remember how hard he worked to make sure the shows would go off without a hitch.
"We were up 20 hours a day working on this thing, deciphering notes that Michael wanted that he had just given us," music supervisor Michael Bearden told MTV News. "I mean, just hands-on with everything he did. Just very passionate. Professionalism is what he was all about."
Jackson never stopped coming...
- 10/27/2009
- MTV Movie News
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