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Michael Jackson - The Solo Years - 30th Anniversary Celebration
An All-Star Salute to the King of Pop
Where? When? Tickets?
Where: Madison Square Garden / New York City, USA

When: September 7 and 10, 2001

Tickets: Tickets for Michael Jackson s Madison Square Garden concerts will go on sale Tuesday July 31st at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster and the Madison Square Garden box office.

More: Both evenings will feature a 48 piece orchestra, twelve background singers, a three-hundred member gospel choir, a two-hundred member children choir and a forty member dance ensemble.
Who will be performing?
Line-up for each show as follows:

Friday, September 7, 2001 (alphabetically):
Marc Anthony
Ray Charles
Deborah Cox
Destinys Child
Gloria Estefan
Billy Gilman
Whitney Houston
James Ingram
Quincy Jones & The Legends Of Jazz (including Al Jarreau, Ramsey Lewis, Herbie Mann, Les McCann, David "Fathead" Newman, Jimmy Smith, Clark Terry & Cassandra Wilson)
Mya
NSync
Jill Scott
Shaggy featuring Ricardo "Rikrok" Ducent & Rayvon
Britney Spears
Tamia
3T
Usher

Monday, September 10, 2001 (alphabetically):
Marc Anthony
Mary J. Blige
Deborah Cox
Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
Gloria Gaynor
Al Jarreau
Gladys Knight
Lil Romeo
Ricky Martin
Mya
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Diana Ross
Jill Scott
Usher
Luther Vandross
Dionne Warwick

Michael Jackson will also perform on both concerts and he will reunite with his brothers The Jacksons to perform a medley of their greatest hits.
More Information
Chairmen for the event are:
Alfred R. Berkeley lll
Jeff Bezos
Whitney Houston
Sean Lennon
Yoko Ono Lennon
Liza Minnelli
Leslie Moonves
Liam Neeson
Veronique and Gregory Peck
Elizabeth Taylor
David Weild

They will host a Champagne & Caviar Dinner in honor of Michael Jackson at Tavern On The Green following the concert on Friday, September 7, 2001.

More than two hundred stars from the motion picture, television, recording and sports fields will join together for this special celebration in honor of Jackson.

Michael Jackson said:
"I am very excited to celebrate my 30th anniversary as a solo artist with such an illustrious roster of talent and so many of my friends from the entertainment world. What makes this event even more rewarding is that my fans will be flying in from around the world. I look forward to performing live and reuniting with my brothers on these two very special nights."

The concert producer, David Gest, recently announced that Hollywood movie legend Marlon Brando will pay a special tribute to Michael Jackson at the September 7th concert. Jackson and Brando have been long time friends.