Tribute Promoter's Letter 'Condescending and Insulting', Says MJ Community
Thursday, 08 September 2011
Written by Elliott Batte
Angry MJ fans have deemed a letter from Global Live Events to the members of the MJ Community as ‘condescending and insulting’ after they replied to concerns aired by MJ fan forums.
The letter, written by GLE's tributer producer Andy Picheta, individually addressed concerns felt by fans that have made it publicly known that they are against the concert. Picheta claimed that their concert will be “the only multi-artist, family led, pure Michael tribute that will ever take place” – but they fans believe the artists they have scheduled are a cause of concern, and that the tribute is not completely family led – Randy and Jermaine have opposed the concert since the start and various members of the Jackson family have become embroiled in the conflict surround it.
GLE have also come under scrutiny after they attempted to define what a ‘true MJ fan’ was – infuriating the members of MJ Community, who see themselves as the true fans. The letter, though, isn’t the only thing which has outraged fans – as bungling co-ordinators started selling tickets on a buy-one-get-one-free (BOGOF) basis in an attempt to shift some of the 75,000 tickets on sale for the concert.
The move will surely upset fans who have already forked out hundreds of pounds for tickets only to see the same tickets now effectively selling for half the price of just days previous. It’ll also stoke rumours that the concerts ticket sales have been poor, as the organisers try to raise their revenues needed before the show, scheduled for October 8th in Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium.
Fans on the M4Tribute Facebook page for the concert are particularly unhappy and have been posting messages reminding the organisers of previous MJ concerts that sold-out in minutes and broke ticket records – including a gig on September 7th 2001 (ten years ago yesterday) which sold out Madison Square in just 30 minutes.
The news comes after more bookings were announced for the show, including the not-so-renowned Tommy Organ, who played guitar on the This Is It tour and the more justifiable hiring of soul singer Gladys Knight.
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