Joe Jackson: Michael Jackson Pushed Into Too Many Tour Dates

Jul 13th, 2009 - ABC News

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Bucking assurances from managers who had seen Michael Jackson's final concert rehearsals, Joe Jackson said his son would not have been able to complete the 50 shows scheduled for the pop icon's "This Is It" tour and was forced into booking more performances than he was capable of.

"The comeback tour was a good idea, but the wrong idea about it. There was more tours added onto it," Joe Jackson told ABC News' Chris Connelly in an exclusive interview. "Michael told me himself. That he agreed to 10 shows. But they went and added all these other shows."

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