The Jackson 3 Marlon, Tito, and Jackie Reuniting for International Tour

ForstAMoon

<br />The Jackson 3 Marlon, Tito, and Jackie Reuniting for International Tour <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Marlon, Tito and Jackie Jackson were so thrilled with the way they performed during a recent concert in Japan ... they've decided to take their show on the road ... TMZ has learned. <br /> <br /> Jackson family sources tell us ... the brothers will be embarking on an 18-20 show concert tour that will span across Europe. <br /> <br /> We're told the idea came together just two weeks ago ... when the guys were performing in Tokyo with a Japanese pop star named A.I. <br /><br />The brothers had such a good time on stage together ... that when the idea of a tour came up, they all jumped at the opportunity! <br /><br />Plus, the guys were so impressed with A.I., they've invited her to join them on the road. <br /><br />Sources tell us the Jacksons are hoping to get the tour launched by next month -- but we're told their team is still trying to nail down the schedule ... so it could be pushed back by a few weeks. <br /><br />So far, we're told Jermaine will not be joining the rest of the family ... but we're guessing he could change his mind ... if the price is right.

MJonmind

<br />Here's AI singing in Japanese with the 3 brothers. <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QgUJrv-JxQ<br /><br /><br />And the 3 singing at the Tribute in Wales.<br /><br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzWKMlu7fKw&feature=related <br /><br /><br />I'm glad they're having fun, but... all I really want is Michael. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

Grace

<br /> /bravo/ Congrats to Michael for this Christmas present !  mj_bad/ <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "A.I." meaning "Artificial Intelligence" or "Amnesty International" or was it rather simply singer "Ai", born in Los Angeles?<br /> <br />

On 29 November 2010 it was announced that Ai would be recording with The Jacksons and perform a tribute show with the Jackson family in Tokyo in 2011.

<br /> The next Ai album (to be announced) for 2012 already has a name "Independent" and the new music code is "TOCT-?????" under EMI who were bought by Universal in Nov 2011 (who ran their music codes as "UPCI-xxxx" ?)<br /> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_%28singer%29<br /> <br /> Universal being a subsidiary to Vivendi SA, France (Paris).<br /> Links to Sony Music Entertainment, American Idol, David Geffen, Bravado, Universal Studios, Canal+ ...<br /> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group<br /> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivendi<br /> <br /> "TOCT-?????" is a music catalog number of japanese Toshiba-EMI Ltd. who (in 2007) "sold the remaining 45% stake in the company to EMI, giving EMI full ownership of the company. The name was then changed to EMI Music Japan, reflecting Toshiba's divestiture from the business."<br /> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMI_Music_Japan<br /> <br /> So the future catalog number for Ai's album in 2012 will be following the number range of Toshiba-EMI Ltd. when Toshiba is out of the picture since 2007?<br /> <br /> O RLY ???<br /> <br /> <br /> See what these TMZ news incorporate as well:<br /> <br />

<br />Citigroup Sells EMI in Parts for $4.1 Billion to Vivendi, Sony <br />November 14, 2011, 4:11 AM EST<br /><br /> By Matthew Campbell, Amy Thomson and Andy Fixmer <br />Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Citigroup Inc. agreed to sell EMI Group’s recorded music and publishing businesses in separate transactions for a combined $4.1 billion.<br />    Vivendi SA’s Universal Music Group will buy EMI’s record labels, home to Katy Perry and Coldplay, for 1.2 billion pounds ($1.9 billion), and a Sony Corp.-led group that includes billionaire David Geffen will pay $2.2 billion for the publishing unit, according to statements yesterday.<br />    The breakup of London-based EMI, the 114-year-old music company that owns Abbey Road Studios, sells Beatles albums and publishes songs written by the late Amy Winehouse, ends a nine- month bidding war. Citigroup, the New York-based lender, seized EMI in February after investor Guy Hands fell out of compliance with loan covenants.<br />    “The two companies coming in to buy the asset know the music industry well; they’re not going to have any false pretenses about what will or won’t happen,” said Ben Rumley, an analyst at Enders Analysis in London. “We might be getting close to the point where the decline, in the recorded side at least, is ending.”<br />    The auction had a surprise ending, with the two winning bids outstripping rivals who had been in the lead for much of the process.<br />    Warner Music Group, owned by billionaire Len Blavatnik, offered $1.5 billion to $1.6 billion for EMI’s recorded arm, people with knowledge of the situation said last month. Sony was vying with BMG Rights Management GmbH, the music company controlled by KKR & Co., which had bid $1.8 billion to $2 billion for publishing, people said then.<br />                        Credit Markets<br />    Uncertainty in credit markets worked in Sony’s favor, because the private-equity suitors rivals for the publishing business depended on higher debt leverage and could extract fewer cost savings, said Rob Wiesenthal, chief financial officer of the Tokyo’based company’s U.S. unit.<br />    “It accrued to our advantage,” Wiesenthal said in an interview. “While credit markets fluctuated, we were able to secure soverign entities, which are long-term holders.”<br />    The Universal transaction values EMI’s recorded-music arm at about seven times earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and before synergies, Paris-based Vivendi said in a statement.<br />    Citigroup, based in New York, agreed to assume liability for employee pensions and any litigation with Hands’ Terra Firma Capital Partners, said two people with knowledge of the talks. Universal Music will assume all risk related to regulatory approval, said the people, who weren’t authorized to talk publicly.<br />                          Geffen Role<br />    Vivendi plans to finance the purchase with existing credit lines and a 500 million euro sale of non-core assets of Vivendi and Universal Music, the world’s largest music company.<br />    “Universal will go from being the largest recorded music company to significantly the largest recorded music company,” Rumley said. “Universal can generate huge economies of scale.”<br />    The Sony group, including the Mubadala Development Co. sovereign fund of Abu Dhabi, secured financing of more than $500 million from Blackstone Group LP’s GSO unit, people with knowledge of the talks said. Geffen, 68 and based in Los Angeles, made his fortune founding and selling Asylum Records and Geffen Records.<br />    Sony/ATV Music Publishing, the joint venture formed in 1995 that is co-owned with Michael Jackson’s estate, will oversee the world’s second-biggest music catalogue. Martin Bandier, Sony/ATV’s chairman and CEO since 2007, had previously overseen EMI publishing.<br />                          Song Value<br />    “This is the greatest grouping of songs from every decade,” Martin Bandier, chairman and CEO of Sony/ATV, said in an interview. Bandier had previously overseen EMI publishing. “It was a real advantage for us and our investor group to have a sense of the value of these songs and the potential that is yet untapped.”<br />    Music was the second-biggest contributer of operating income after financial services at Tokyo-based Sony during the fiscal year ended in March.<br />    The expanding girth of Universal Music and Sony will likely draw the attention of regulators, said Makan Delrahim, a former deputy assistant attorney general for antitrust under President George W. Bush. Sony’s music publishing business may draw more interest, he said.<br />    “That is a very concentrated industry,” Delrahim said in an interview. “That’s where you’re going to see much more scrutiny.”<br />                      Opposition in Europe<br />    Impala, the European trade group that represents independent music companies, said it will oppose the deal.<br />    The combination of EMI’s record label with Universal will ultimately be good for the industry and musicians, Vivendi Chief Executive Officer Jean-Bernard Levy said.<br />    “We are very confident that this transaction will be approved by the regulators,” Levy said on a conference call. “We expect to have a very deep and fruitful dialogue with them, and we believe we have very strong arguments.”<br />    Legal music-streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Inc.’s iTunes have helped record labels blunt the effect of plummeting CD sales, reviving investor interest in the sector.<br />    Industry wide, sales of record albums, which include digital downloads, compact discs, some vinyl LPs and cassettes, are up 3 percent, according to Nielsen SoundScan, the music industry’s sales tracking system. A total of 255 million albums have been sold in the U.S. so far this year, compared with 247 million this time last year. At this point last year, overall album sales were down 13 percent from the previous year.<br />                          Digital Sales<br />    Sean Parker, whose Napster music-sharing service helped destroy music companies’ traditional business models, said this year that labels were “dramatically undervalued” and were poised to make gains as a result of new online applications.<br />    EMI is the second major music label to change hands this year. Blavatnik acquired New York-based Warner Music in May for about $3.3 billion, including $1.99 billion in debt after a three-month auction.<br />    Citigroup slashed the value of what it was owed on EMI to 1.2 billion pounds from 3.4 billion pounds after the February takeover.<br />    Vivendi and Universal Music were advised by Allen & Co. and the law firm SJ Berwin, according to their statement.<br />    Sony’s group was advised by Joe Ravitch’s Raine Group, Peter J. Solomon Co., UBS Investment Bank and Guggenheim Securities LLC. UBS led the lending group and legal advice was provided by Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP and Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP.<br />    Citi Global Banking acted as financial adviser to Citigroup and EMI, while Clifford Chance LLP, Shearman & Sterling LLP and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP served as legal advisers.<br />--With assistance from Patricia Kuo and Katie Linsell in London, Anne-Sylvaine Chassany in Paris, Ragnhild Kjetland in Frankfurt and Jeff Bliss in Washington. Editors: Kenneth Wong, Anthony Palazzo, Donna Alvarado<br />To contact the reporters on this story: Matthew Campbell in Paris at mcampbell39@bloomberg.net; Amy Thomson in London at athomson6@bloomberg.net; Andy Fixmer in Los Angeles at afixmer@bloomberg.net<br />To contact the editors responsible for this story: Kenneth Wong at kwong11@bloomberg.net; Anthony Palazzo at apalazzo@bloomberg.net<br />

<br /> http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-14/citigroup-sells-emi-in-parts-for-4-1-billion-to-vivendi-sony.html

scorpionchik

Jackson 3 sounds sucks. What happened to Jermain and Randy? <br />Why was group called Jackson 5 in the past, counting Michael it should be Jackson 6 or Randy did not sing with them?

Andrea

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<br />Jackson 3 sounds sucks. What happened to Jermain and Randy? <br />Why was group called Jackson 5 in the past, counting Michael it should be Jackson 6 or Randy did not sing with them?<br />

<br /><br />Randy was too young when the Jackson 5 formed and then when they split from Motown (minus Jermaine), Randy joined the group and they became The Jacksons as Motown owned the name Jackson 5.

voiceforthesilent

Grace - thanks again for that publishing information. So, AI is really under Sony/ATV now? Is that correct? Interesting.<br /><br />I also wondered who the lead singer for Jackson 3 is going to be? AI? So, it should be AI and the Jackson 3? And, how in the world can you get a tour going in a few weeks? Doesn't it take much more planning and preparation? I seriously doubt this is true but stranger things have happened.<br /><br />Blessings

everlastinglove_MJ

So far, we're told Jermaine will not be joining the rest of the family ... but we're guessing he could change his mind ... if the price is right.

<br /><br />Do I sense some sarcasm is this remark? I wonder why

Grace

MJonmind txs for the videos!

Grace

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<br />So, AI is really under Sony/ATV now? Is that correct? Interesting.<br />

<br /><br />Ai is listed as belonging to EMI Japan label - so yes, under Sony / ATV umbrella now.<br />I hope they keep the EMI brand because that name rings a lot of good memories.<br /><br />

voiceforthesilent

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<br /><br />Here's AI singing in Japanese with the 3 brothers. <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QgUJrv-JxQ<br /><br /><br />And the 3 singing at the Tribute in Wales.<br /><br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzWKMlu7fKw&feature=related <br /><br /><br />I'm glad they're having fun, but... all I really want is Michael. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

<br /><br />Yes, thank you for posting these videos. All I could think about while watching them was the Jacksons reality show back in 2009 where the brothers didn't seem to be motivated to practice and sing. It seems fairly obvious to me that the reality show wasn't truthful when it showed the brothers more interested in pulling practical jokes and arguing than practicing.

blankie

The only thing to do... Stay tuned and look around  8).... ) mj_dance/ michael-jackson/

paula-c

This is the project that works TS :-\<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

MJonmind

Sounds like love for Michael!<br /><br /><br />

<br />Lyric added by: [color=rgb(102, 101, 97)]Kihana94[/color]

In the sky<br /><br />(AI)<br />Choudo anata no koto kangaeteta<br />Nani shiteru kana ? Genki kana ? tte<br />Omotte tan da yo <br />Socchino sekai ni wa<br />( Mou nareta no kana )<br />Donna basho ? Donna kanji ?<br />Kikitai koto ga yama hodo aru kara !<br /><br />I wish I could touch you<br />Kono tegami ga<br />Kimi ni todoku youni inotteru<br />Kanashii toki mo aru kedo<br />I'm alright!!! Daijoubu <br />Mata au hi made kouyatte<br />I write a letter ... (In the sky)<br /><br />(THE JACKSONS)<br />I can still feel your presence<br />(Even though you're gone)<br />I can still hear your heart beat<br />(Even though you're not home)<br />There's not a day that pass<br />That I don't think of you<br />I find myself up late at night<br />Wondering what to do<br /><br />I wish I could touch you<br />I wish I could feel you<br />I wish I could see you<br /><br />But you're so far away<br /><br />I wish I could Hold you<br />tell you that I love you<br />You're so far away now<br />(but) the only thing I could do<br />Is write a letter ... (In the sky)<br />Write a letter ... (In the sky)<br /><br />(AI + THE JACKSONS)<br />Even though you're not here yeah<br />Wanna let you know I miss you<br />So I'm writing this letter<br />To show you that I love you<br /><br />Cause it still feel like you're near<br />Even though I know you're far away<br />I still keep you deep inside my heart<br />Each and everyday<br /><br />I wish I could touch you<br />I wish I could see you<br />But you're so far away<br /><br />I wish I could hold you<br />You're so far away now<br />(but) the only thing I could do<br />Is write a letter ... (In the sky)<br />Write a letter ... (In the sky)<br /><br /><br />http://kihana949.livejournal.com/8337.html<br />http://www.jpopasia.com/celebrity/ai1/videos/letter-in-the-sky-feat-the-jacksons::16902.html

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