The story of MICHAEL JACKSON, TOHME TOHME and AEG LIVE. Part 1
March 10, 2013
The AEG Live advocates active in this blog say that this concert promoter is no worse than others, Michael Jackson was no angel and should not be looked upon as a victim, and since we don’t know why Randy Phillips yelled at Michael, we should not pass judgment on AEG – what if there were reasons for it?
This forces me to make a kind of a review about the relations between Michael Jackson and AEG in the months prior to his death.
1. CONTRACT
First of all let me say a short word about the so-called contract between AEG Live and Michael Jackson (‘so-called’ because it was actually a letter of intent). Besides it being a dubious document in terms of its validity, there is also no force on this planet to convince me that it was made in the interests of both parties as is usually done between civilized people. No, it was made in the interests of one party only - AEG Live, and in the very best case was a way to coerce Michael into making those shows and blackmail him if he wanted to back out, and in the worst case was a tool to squeeze millions out of Michael’s gross exploitation and grab his assets if he was unable to perform.
Behind the seemingly respectable façade of those ‘contract’ papers you will see the grossest exploitation, disdain for Michael Jackson and the immoral taking advantage of him as an artist and human being. There is even a special legal term describing this kind of a business relationship and the name to it is an unconscionable contract:
An unconscionable contract is one that is so one-sided that it is unfair to one party and therefore unenforceable under law. It is a type of contract that leaves one party with no real, meaningful choice, usually due to major differences in bargaining power between the parties.
In a lawsuit, if the court finds a contract to be unconscionable, they will typically declare the contract to be void. No damages award or specific performance will be issued, but instead the parties will be released from their contract obligations.
Unfortunately only few have read that contract and cannot imagine how immoral it is. Many are also confused by the vagueness around Michael’s state of health, his reasons for the alleged missing of rehearsals and AEG’s propaganda about their huge losses which they never sustained.
With so much talk about how lovely AEG Live is I decided to make a full check-up of my own impression of them and review it from the most neutral position possible. What if I am really unfair to AEG Live? If I am this is no good, and it was from this premise that I started this review. The story below is what came of it.
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