Michael is not Ashlee Simpson or Lindsay Lohan or Britney Spears. They have something to prove, he does not!
Michael was under heavy scrutiny when the History album came out. He didn`t sing live in any of his TV shows. VMA1995, Soul Train Awards, Wetten Das, Brit Awards, WMA1996, The History Tour. Everything Michael did or said back then was being twisted in the media. Michael does not get half the shit now he got back then, and still no one gave a rats ass if he lip synced or not.
You guys are inexperienced and influenced by the media. You don`t know what will happen, yet you moan about it like its obvious. In 1995/1996/1997 Michael was 36/37/38 years old. Still young and fit. He sang almost the entire Brunei concert live, and yet he mimed the History Tour, for a good reason. Nobody said anything, except the fans. The fans are the only one`s complaining about it. If Michael lip syncs more then half the O2 show, the only people who are gonna complain about it, is YOU! And if the press is goin to say anything about it, it is because the fans complain about it. If you keep your mouth shut, they won`t write about it. But if you complain openly, they will write "Fans slam Michael for lip syncing"
Everybody knows Michael can sing, that is why he is the only artist that gets away with it. And that is how it should be also. Michael does not deliver a rock concert, he delivers a pop concert of a magnitude no other artist can come close to. He is expected to dance, that is what the fans want the most. He takes a huge risk singing live every night, and he tires quickly from doing both, so he skips the vocals to deliver the moves and not get bloody Laryngitis.
If he chose not to dance so much and sing instead, you all would be complaining about that to.
Lets get one thing straight. Michael does not have to do shit. He does not have to perform, release an album, even talk to his fans. He has done it all, and if I were in that position I would say stop. Enough is enough. Yet, he works his ass off to get in shape, record music and prepare to please us fans yet again.
Lets drop this lip sync, what song he must not play, how the show must not be done none sense and enjoy that the King is back. Because it won`t happen again. You want to miss out the greatest comeback in HIStory??