MJ goes Visionary - The Video Singles ab 17. Februar wÜchentlich [in Deutschland immer freitags]

Auch die endgültigen Covers kann man sich jetzt hier anschauen:

http://www.mjjforum.com/forums/index.php?s...pic=69827&st=75

Zum beispiel:

http://www.michaelmania-e.net/images/YOUARE.jpg

I got response from Sony Music Belgium! (about Visionary)

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As some of you know, yesterday I e-mailed Sony Music Belgium with the question if Visionary would be released in Belgium and the rest of Europe or UK only, like I heard ... And this is the respsonse (it was in dutch so gonna try too transelate it)

Dear Kevin,

This is an international release, wich means that it will be on sale everywhere from 20 FEBRUARY.

So you can go to you record store and order one if you like.
Succes ! This is realy a collectors item !

greets,
Linda

http://www.mjnewsonline.com/board/showthre...4813#post884813

Michael Jackson Fans To Celebrate New Release In London

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/1/prweb336342.htm

Fans will celebrate Michael Jackson's new VISIONARY Video Singles release in London's famed west end.

London, UK (PRWEB) January 24, 2006 -- On April 23rd of this year, fans from across the globe will unite in London's west end to celebrate the remarkable career, song, and dance of the King of Pop, their idol, Michael Jackson. Hundreds upon hundreds are expected to attend, making for a truly memorable day.

It is being called an extravaganza, and will feature two parts: a cinema screening, and the "VISIONARY Party" - an event all in its own, to honour Michael Jackson's upcoming VISIONARY Video Singles release, set to launch this February.

Spanning from 1-3pm, the cinema screening will highlight performances from Jackson's greatest tours and concerts, giving fans the chance to watch their idol on the big screen, in all his glory.

The 7-hour VISIONARY Party will feature some of the worlds greatest Michael Jackson impersonators and tribute artists; two Michael Jackson art exhibitions; DVD and book signings; merchandise; and even more yet to be announced.

The fan club organizing this extravagant day, MJ News Online, hosts the largest Michael Jackson fan community on the web, which houses nearly 10,000 members worldwide. Their bimonthly fan magazine, entitled "ontheline," reaches up to a thousand fans from all over the world.

Fan club president, Paul Akinbanjo had this to say of the event: "Our motto is 'bringing the fans closer together', which is simply what we're doing here.

"We're all coming together in our support of Michael Jackson, to have an incredible time, and to enjoy the music that he has given to us; to move on from any obstacles we may have faced, and to look to the future.

"Visionary describes Michael perfectly, and we hope to convey that with this day."

Full details of the MJ News Online Michael Jackson VISIONARY Event can be found at http://www.visionaryevent.com - Tickets are on sale now.

Can new singles format revive Jackson?
A new duel format CD/DVD is to receive a major push from record company Sony-BMG as they re-release 20 of Michael Jackson's greatest hits - but can it revive the artist's flagging career?

Every week for the next five months, Jackson's back catalogue will be released on the new "duel disc" format - on one side with the music, but, flip it over, and the original video is on it.

"With Michael Jackson being such a visual artist, it's obviously a very compelling proposition," Darren Henderson, in charge of the commercial marketing of the project, told BBC World Service's The Music Biz programme.

"The packaging that each of these singles is housing is very lavish. We're going back to the original single artwork - and each of these singles are limited editions."

Confusing format

The first single to be released will be Thriller, with the next 19 singles to released over the subsequent weeks.

The releases follow Sony's Elvis singles project, which began at the start of last year. Each one of these singles went into the top five, and three were number ones - including the thousandth number one.

Mr Henderson said the Michael Jackson releases would do even better, "partly because of his current status and awareness, but also because of the compelling proposition of having the video on one side of the DVD and the audio on the other."

However, John Lewis, music writer for Time Out magazine, said he had doubts about the new format.

"They're actually very confusing," he said.

"A lot of people who have bought these discs take them back to the shops, because there's no printing on them - or if there is, it's right near the middle. You're not entirely sure which side is the audio and which is the DVD.

"But they are taking off... this is clearly something that is going to add value to CDs."

The latest album reissue of Jackson's back catalogue, The Essential Michael Jackson, was a major flop in the US, selling just 8,000 copies in the US in its first week and only reaching number 128 in the chart.

But Mr Lewis said that he felt there are enough "obsessive Michael Jackson fans who are going to buy these things" to make the singles reissues worthwhile.

"I think people were sceptical about the success of the Elvis number One campaign, but they sold 750,000 singles because there is a core of manic Elvis fans who will just buy these things because they're out there and limited edition.

"And there are enough Michael Jackson obsessive to maintain good sales."

Being indulged However, Mr Lewis also said that he felt re-releases are likely the only Michael Jackson music to be put out for the foreseeable future.

He argued that Jackson has "lost the chance" to reinvent himself.

"The fact that he just looks so awful [means] that the key demographic who buy pop music - the teen market - are just going to see pictures of him now and just be rather horrified and put off by it," he said.

"I think Michael Jackson is at that stage now where he surrounds himself with people who indulge him and tell him that everything he does is wonderful.

"He needs somebody who is enormously critical to come into the studio with him and say, 'this is rubbish, get rid of this,' - and push him as hard as Quincy Jones once did.

"Only then will he turn out something half-decent."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4651034.stm