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LOS ANGELES — The director of Michael Jackson’s comeback concerts, Kenny Ortega, has said the show must go on — even though the King of Pop no longer can.
Although plans are not yet confirmed, Ortega is seeking to create a tribute to the singer using some of the choreography, costuming, musical staging and films Jackson engineered for his 50-date “This Is It” concert run at London’s O2 Arena.
He said he was “only imagining.” But the director outlined an idea to organize a collaboration modeled on “We Are the World,” the 1985 song written by Jackson and Lionel Richie to benefit African charities that enlisted a group of pop superstars, including Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Diana Ross.
