The cast of 'Thriller Live' were honoured to be asked to perform at the World Music Awards as part of a tribute to Michael Jackson, who collected the Diamond Award for sales of over 100 million albums.
The press had been reporting that Michael Jackson was due to perform, and that he would recreate his legendary 'Thriller' video live on stage. This was NEVER the case. The facts are that it was the cast of 'Thriller Live' who would be recreating the infamous video on stage with US R&B star, Chris Brown - a very talented dancer, and huge fan of Michael Jackson.
As everyone knows there were many problems surrounding the WMAs, but there are many stories floating around that are simply not true, or that have been blown out of all proportion.

Yes, it was a shame that so many people were led to believe that Michael Jackson was going to perform, and we were surprised that nobody issued a press release to deny this rumour. The event should have been remembered for Michael Jackson's incredible record-breaking music sales, and not for an impromptu rendition of 'We Are The World'.

Of course we would have all loved to see Michael Jackson actually performing, but he chose to close the show with a song that was very much in spirit with what the event was meant to be about - charity, caring and giving.

After the show, Michael met the cast of 'Thriller Live', and thanked the dancers one by one, some of whom were in tears. Michael also thanked Producer, Adrian Grant, and Director, Kerys Nathan, for the wonderful performance.

We would also like to extend special thanks to legendary choreographer, Lavelle Smith Jnr., who flew in from LA to help co-ordinate the performance between Chris Brown and the 'Thriller Live' cast.

Sincerely,
Thriller Live
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