MJ is about four weeks into tour rehearsals for his upcoming sold out, 50-date run at London’s O2 Arena beginning this July. Rehearsals are taking place in Burbank, CA, and are leading up to the legendary entertainer’s first live performances in 12 years. Production costs are reportedly $20 million, which promoter AEG Live is footing the bill for. The show was originally going to be capped at 90 minutes, but with the King of Pop’s ginormous song catalog, the show will be two-plus hours — something I’m sure his die-hard fans will not be unhappy about.

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All tickets for Michael Jackson’s 50 “final” performances at London’s O2 Arena (capacity 20,000) sold out in four hours Friday morning. Tickets went on sale at 7a.m., with some fans waiting in line since Wednesday. Fans were limited to four tickets per household, with prices ranging from $105 to $1,100 for VIP tickets. Approximately 750,000 tickets were sold.

Jackson originally announced he would play 10 shows at London’s newest arena, but due to overwhelming demand, an additional 40 dates were added. The gloved one’s run is now scheduled to end next February.

Jackson’s last world tour was in 1996’s to promote his “HIStory” album. He’s estimated to have sold more than 750 million records over the course of his career.

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No one is immune to the occasional downsides of technology. Superstar Michael Jackson’s website crashed today during the presale for his upcoming Farewell tour, set to play ten nights at O2 Arena (capacity 20,000) in London in July. The Ticketmaster-run website was not able to meet demand, displaying error messages when eager fans tried to purchase presale tickets. All tickets will go on sale this Friday the 13th, with more shows reportedly to be added in September.

Sidebar: Love muffins, as you may have noticed yesterday our website was down for a little while our servers were being upgraded to meet our rapid visitor growth.

Any love muffins curious about Michael Jackson’s comeback tour? Thoughts?

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