MJ wanted to recreate Victoria Falls for his concert
International
ani-Staff
Washington,
(ANI):
Late
michael
jackson
wanted
Africa's
Victoria
Falls
be
recreated
onstage
during
his
'This
Is
It" concert.
The
budget
of
Jackson"s
London
gigs
shot
up
from
7
million
dollars
to
24
million
dollars
as
the
King
of
Pop
tried
to
perfect
his
act.
The
popstar
died
in
June,
just
weeks
before
the
show.
Randy
Phillips,
the
president
of
promotion
firm
AEG
Live,
insisted
the
gig
would
have
been
spectacular,
and
expensive.
"The
original
budget
was
seven-and-a-half
million
dollars
(and)
I
knew
when
we
did
the
deal,
knowing
Michael,
it
would
go
to
10,
maybe
12;
by
the
time
it
hit
24,
I
was
actually
ready
to
jump
off
the
balcony
because
we
were
running
out
of
time,
running
out
of
money" Contactmusic
quoted
Phillips
as
saying.
"He
said
to
us
he
wanted
us
to
recreate
Victoria
Falls...
We
looked
at
each
other
and
said,
''How
are
we
gonna
do
that?
We
were
able
to
talk
him
out
of
the
waterfall,"
he
added.