More about: Michael Jackson
Due to Gene Simmons comments...
The estate of Michael Jackson has voiced concerns after KISS were booking to play at a tribute concert in honour of the late singer, it's been reported.
On Monday (August 15), the band were one of a number confirmed for the event at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff later this year.
But fans criticised the booking because of comments made by band member Gene Simmons in 2010 about Jackson's troubled private life.
Now, US celebrity website TMZ reports that Jackson's estate has written to Global Live Events, the promoters of the concert, with fears that KISS's appearance may tarnish the late star's reputation.
In the letter, Howard Weitzman, lawyer for the Estate, wrote: "It was extraordinarily embarrassing when no sooner than you announced this 'news' that he would participate in your concert that TMZ posted an item noting that Mr. Simmons called Michael Jackson - the man you are purportedly honoring - a child molester.”
It is the latest embarrassing problem for Michael Forever.
When the concert was announced Jermaine and Randy Jackson called the event “inappropriate”, despite earning the support of other members of the singer's family.
Michael Jackson - RIP
Michael Jackson live in Los Angeles, 1988
A young Michael onstage in London in 1974
With the Jackson 5 in the early seventies
Michael's last live performance - This Is It rehearsal, taken just days before his death
A dapper looking Michael Jackson in 1976
Michael in his live element at Madison Square Garden, New York in 1985
An infamous crotch grab at the Bercy Concert Hall, Paris during the 'Bad Tour'
Michael Jackson live in Los Angeles, 1988
A glorious fist punch, 1988
Michael live on a CBS special in 2001
Glove, check. Hat, check. White socks, check. Another defining image of Michael Jackson how he'd like to be remembered
Michael at the 2006 World Dance Awards in London. One of his last major public performances
Performing at the 1993 SuperBowl final at the Rose Bowl in California
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More about: Michael Jackson
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