Well, Michael agreed to tour - not for 50 shows, though - for his children and fans, who were demanding for him constantly, so he didn't agree to this just for monetary purposes.Plus, he wanted to get his messages across, more clearly than ever, about the environment and probably the evil music industry. For he was in tune with the state of the world and cared for much more than just himself. Matter of fact, I think he often came last. I really believe he only agreed to do 10 shows, not even 31, based on his dislike of going on tour, his fears of not being able to make it. He showed up totally stressed out and quite upset at that fateful press conference in March, 2009.. It sort of seriously forebade evil, that press conference that he was pressured to do. But could he refuse to do more shows and risk infuriating his already hot-blooded fans? Could he risk losing them? Of course he had rather and should have, but that was not Michael, the one giving himself at beck and call.
Michael would have paid his debts (often, very often increased by being sued left and right) by doing 10 shows only, and by releasing that much anticipated new album. And he was to make another one, a classic album. And he intended to work on directing films, too. And he just had plenty of projects he worked on, when most thought he was lazying around, doing nothing. Lots of money was to be made really easily, especially since the world was hungering for him anew. AEG, and Thome Thome and other so many shady characters were out to make him sell Neverland and so many of his items, and everybody was making decisions on his behalf, but often without consulting him. He even expressed his disbelief in and fear of Thome, and fired him. Then fired Rowe, another leech. Then Dileo and Branca and Weisner came on board. One leech upon the other - who all now hold brave discourses laying the blame one on the other and saying how they were Michael's best friend.
Jackson indeed intended to cancel some shows further on, as he told that fitness trainer two weeks before he passed, and he appeared very upset to her, repeating "They were so mean.. Just so mean". "Do it or die", in the words of Philips. And there's no need to hear others' testimonies, to know it was just plain obvious they were sucking him dry, the life out of him. When watching This Is It, I really felt how life and strength was becoming to leave him... he was so frail and cold.
Who knows, maybe they planned to take his children away from him too. Geller and Lester and Fiddes and Klein are really serious about this now. All of a sudden? Neverland is almost dead and gone now. And I'm now just learning of alleged new attempts on behalf of Schaffel and others who were planning to get even more money from him by arranging a new child molestation trial, more devastating than ever that was sure to bury him for good - seeing as the 2005 and the 1993 attempt didn't work. And boy, all of these things happened already. Why should Deborah Rowe, who is now seeing the children, friends with one of the biggest proven schemers? Frank Dileo and his relation with that so-called AGE company - another strange connection.. Everybody wanted a piece of Jackson, their ever cash flow.
And AEG kept pressuring him to do these shows for two years. They witnessed his increased frailness when rehearsing, yet did nothing to cease with their threats and pressures. Philips himself forced Michael to appear to some rehearsals he didn't want to go to, going to his house for that and getting him ready - instead of being left to rest more, on top of having to be a father, a friend, and working on many other projects. Michael needed things done properly and on a longer period of time. Yet the rehearsals only lasted a month. Tickets went out for sale immediately after his press conference. I think he had no real friend.. No one to help him.
I was mentioning them witnessing Michael's increased frailty, and they saw him a liability, thinking to themselves how they'll lose serious money and how their reputation will get soiled. And now they're doing so very well, that even people who weren't fans before came to see their This Is It documentary and bought their DVD's and CD's, also falsely claiming "This Is It", the song, was new. Sales were so high that these people are bathing in money, eating money, burping money. And they just don't care about anything else. I think they may have gotten him to sign a 3-year tour too, according to dancers and other staff members that thought they were going to be on the road for 3 years. What they were really wrong about is that Michael was in agreement with this and was capable of honoring it. When he clearly expressed how he wanted to focus on films, and told even members of his family about this, such as one of Tito's sons. But everyone liked/likes to put words into his mouth, and that, oh, he was so eager to go on tour everywhere. And people wondered why he couldn't sleep and call him a drug addict, even though he could have been, given his life filled with lawsuits and enemies and false friends, but he wasn't, which the autopsy proves.
I'm sure there are many many other details making one convinced that Michael's demise was only a matter of time, and that June 25 was no accident. This must certainly have been told a whole lot, or so I guess, but it's never being mentioned enough.
