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Old 31-05-2009, 12:51
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What kind of comeback tour is it?

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a1...e-at-gigs.html
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Old 31-05-2009, 12:54
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Sounds like they're just rumours, I guess we won't find out until he gets out on stage
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Old 31-05-2009, 13:21
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I'll still be staggered if he even turns up for the concerts.
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Old 31-05-2009, 13:23
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I'll still be staggered if he even turns up for the concerts.
Yeah me too
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Old 31-05-2009, 13:24
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Think I heard that Britney is known to mime at a lot of her concerts? I think Jacko's a legend of music, but if I paid for a ticket for anyone doing a concert and they turned up and just mimed it, I'd be royally pissed off.
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Old 31-05-2009, 13:26
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That's one of the several reasons I didn't book.
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Old 31-05-2009, 13:26
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Will he perform the classic 'Remember The Mime'?
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Old 31-05-2009, 13:27
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He hasn't done a fully live concert since the Bad Tour in the late 80s.
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Old 31-05-2009, 13:27
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I think with the very nature of the concerts, coupled with the size of the arena and distance the crowd will be from the stage it's entirely feasible that he won't even physically be on stage for the entire show anyway.

It won't exactly be a stretch to hire a dancer with a similar physical build and make him over to be a stand in - you'd never tell the difference from a distance.

Then I would imagine you'll get quite a few video retrospectives of his career.

All giving him ample time to be off stage and resting.

Two hour show, i'd wager he'd only physically be on stage for about a quarter of that.
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Old 31-05-2009, 13:29
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He has to mime if he sings too much his jaw falls off.
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Old 31-05-2009, 13:40
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If they got Michael, Britney and a few others together they could stage a huge all-day charity concert.

Mime Aid.
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Old 31-05-2009, 13:41
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I reckon it's best he mimes otherwise you'll hear a load of wimpering and strange noises.
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Old 31-05-2009, 13:41
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in his previous tours he only mimed 1 or 2 tracks that were very difficult to sing live / hit notes. The rest was live.
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Old 31-05-2009, 13:56
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Akon, the man who molested a 14 year old girl on stage and then threw a 15 year old boy offstage, says something may happen but he doesn't know.
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Old 31-05-2009, 14:04
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Think I heard that Britney is known to mime at a lot of her concerts? I think Jacko's a legend of music, but if I paid for a ticket for anyone doing a concert and they turned up and just mimed it, I'd be royally pissed off.
Britney mimes everything at all of her concerts. She doesn't sing anything at all live.
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Old 31-05-2009, 14:14
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Oh just beat it jacko..
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Old 31-05-2009, 16:34
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I thought it would be a ' double' who would be miming
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Old 31-05-2009, 16:47
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Britney mimes everything at all of her concerts. She doesn't sing anything at all live.
Good grief. And people pay to see this? Mind you, her voice is awful when recorded, and cleaned up, so goodness knows what it is like for real.
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Old 31-05-2009, 16:49
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Good grief. And people pay to see this? Mind you, her voice is awful when recorded, and cleaned up, so goodness knows what it is like for real.
You think that's bad, people topped themselves when Take That originally broke up, some crazy folk about.
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Old 31-05-2009, 16:55
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You think that's bad, people topped themselves when Take That originally broke up, some crazy folk about.
Link?
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Old 31-05-2009, 16:59
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Try www.google.com it was reported in the news at the time, there was also a counselling line set up for young women as well.
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Old 31-05-2009, 17:09
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Found the briefest snippet about a suicide line, but nothing about anyone actually doing the deed, hence me asking for a link.
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Old 31-05-2009, 17:12
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Good grief. And people pay to see this? Mind you, her voice is awful when recorded, and cleaned up, so goodness knows what it is like for real.
I don't understand the point. There are thousands, probably millions of girls worldwide who can dance and perform better than Britney (including her own backing dancers). Why not go and watch professional dancing instead?
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Old 31-05-2009, 17:47
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Britney mimes everything at all of her concerts. She doesn't sing anything at all live.
I think she does one ballad live, but that's mainly due to being able to sit on a stool ..

but then I wouldn't even be surprised if she still mimes to a "live" recording that's been polished up with a bit of auto-tune.
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Old 31-05-2009, 18:41
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I doubt there will be concerts. He's already pushed the back. Isn't this his schtik, anyway now? He's been sued countless times in the States for promising things, taking the money, and then pulling out (i believe).

How can anyone in their right mind look at him and think he's physically capable of moonwalking around the stage for hours, with or without the aid of an oxygen tent? Look at him! He's the cryptkeeper walking, he appears to have been dead for 200 years.
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