Michael Jackson's Larger Than Life Plans For Comeback Tour

Michael Jackson couldn’t sleep at night because he was so ‘super-charged’ with excitement and new ideas for his doomed This Is It concert. The legendary singer was continuously coming up with new, over-the-top, ideas which ultimately worried concert promoter bosses and director Kenny Ortaga. President of AEG Live Randy Phillips talks to Entertainment Weekly about Michael’s tour saying:

"It quickly became clear that Jackson’s creative ambitions for the concerts were beyond anything he’d ever attempted. With the budget already past $24 million, Jackson told his team he wanted to recreate one of the world’s largest waterfalls — Victoria Falls in southern Africa — on the stage. “I was ready to jump off the balcony of my office,” says Randy Phillips, president of the concert promotion firm AEG Live. “We went and met with Michael, and [director] Kenny [Ortega] said, ‘Michael, you’ve got to stop. We’ve got an incredible show, we don’t need any more vignettes.’ Michael said, ‘But Kenny, God channels this through me at night. I can’t sleep because I’m so supercharged.’ Kenny said, ‘But Michael, we have to finish. Can’t God take a vacation?’ Without missing a beat, Michael said, ‘You don’t understand — if I’m not there to receive these ideas, God might give them to Prince.’ ”

The entire article will be in the new issue of Entertainment Weekly, out Friday October 16th