and lo and behold, we got a call from gilles la liberte. seen the cirque du soleil shows, they've created some of the greatest shows ever made. we figured this might be the perfect marriage. if you saw this, you saw what a perfectionist michael was. and we see the same level of detail in cirque du soleil. >> is it kind of fusion of cirque du soleil mixed with michael's music, is that right? >> that's right. one of our key objectives, cirque has a number of shows, and they're all outstanding. we wanted to make sure this was a michael jackson show. michael's fans wanted a michael jackson show. and cirque was on board for that. we hired many people who collaborated with michael. jamie king danced with michael. two of the choreographers worked with michael. there's a live band in the show, run by greg philinganes. this is a traveling rock show that will travel to arenas throughout the world, live band, michael's vocals, incredible visuals and incredible choreography. and you'll come away seeing something that i don't think has ever been done be

subsequently, michael visited montreal on more than one occasion to meet with the cirque owner gilles la liberterque. so we knew we had to create a live show. berry gordon called michael the greatest entertainer that ever lived. to do a live show properly, we knew it had to be something really special. you couldn't put somebody up on stage to try to impersonate michael. that would be absurd. so we considered the various alternatives. and lo and behold, we got a call from was interested in doing a michael jackson show. if you've seen the cirque du soleil shows, they've created some of the greatest shows ever made. we figured this might be the perfect marriage. if you saw this, you saw what a perfectionist michael was. and we see the same level of detail in cirque du soleil. >> is it kind of fusion of cirque du soleil mixed with michael's music, is that right? >> that's right. one of our key objectives, cirque has a number of shows, and they're all outstanding. we wanted to make sure this was a michael jackson show. michael's fans wanted a michael jackson show. and cirque was on board for that. we