Well it looks like Jermaine Jackson jumped the gun when he announced Chris Brown as a headliner of the upcoming Michael Jackson tribute concert. Chris’ people just released a statement to the media:
“Chris is not confirmed to perform or participate in any capacity for this show,” the publicist for Brown’s label tells E! News.
Below is our post prior to the statement released by Chris Brown’s publicist..
CHRIS BROWN is to make his musical comeback by headlining the upcoming tribute concert to MICHAEL JACKSON in Vienna, Austria. The R&B star was sentenced to five years probation and ordered to serve six months hard labor after pleading guilty to a vicious assault on his ex-girlfriend Rihanna last February.
The hitmaker has not performed in public since the incident, but now is ready to make his return to the stage – he has been announced as the first headline act for the star-studded Jackson tribute concert set to take place on September 26th. The news was revealed by the King of Pop’s brother Jermaine Jackson at a press conference in Vienna on Tuesday.
“Michael was his idol and he (Brown) dedicated his first number one hit in the U.S. to Michael. Chris is a very, very talented artist.”
Other artists on the bill include Mary J. Blige, Natalie Cole and Sister Sledge. The rest of the line up will be unveiled in a series of press conferences to be held over the course of this week with scheduled stops in both London and Berlin, Germany.
Jermaine revealed the tribute concert, which will take place in front of 65,000 fans at Vienna’s former imperial Schoenbrunn Palace, will feature a multi-cultural line up – because his brother’s music touched people all over the globe.
He adds, “We have many, many surprises. This is growing more and more, and we have more names to announce. We want this to be a dignified performance for Michael – he attracted people from around the globe so we need to have a diverse mix of talent.”
JERAMINE SHOWED THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I GUESS JAY-Z WANT BE THERE
GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!! CONGRATS CHRIS…WELCOME BACK BABY. AFTER THE STORM THE SUN DOES SHINE…..GOD FORGIVES NEVER TURN TO MAN FOR IT. Stay Strong…Last Long.
@ 29
i can think of about 50 artist off the top of my head that impersonates MJ…….chris just happens to do it very well……..
Congrats Chris! Be Good. Keep your hands to urself. Shut your mouth on said “incident”. Perform ur @ss off!
Congrats Chris hope they let u perform, watever happens just be strong and keep ya head up u got talent u can still make it to the top if u have faith God, good luck
@ WTF thanks for the clarity..just the same best of luck for him. He’d be the best person for this job anyway
booooooooooooo
that is all.
oh, and rip mike jack. love forever.
LMAO @ THE PIC CL CHOSE! TOO FUNNY!
LMAO @ THE CHRIS BROWN STANS WHO GOT THEIR FEELINGS HURT AGAIN.
YA BOY’S CAREER IS DONE! GET OVER IT!
I can see all the chris stans excited. Let’s be honest, what target group was his music aimed at? His target group were Pop teeny boppers not Rap hood rats. He messed up his reputation by his own self. If it was another chick, he would still be looked at as a scum, women beater and a punk. The only thing that will save his career is if he goes into rap and dance. Other than that he will no longer be accepted by society.
Lmao @ tealeaf. Co-sign with LoL. Why did CL post that pic?
Wow! Jeremaine is sucha good guy for giving that boy a chance. He deserves it,
& as much as i hated the interview on larry king; chris deserves a 2nd chance. I’m glad he’s getting that.
But why does stupid tabiloids have be like “he’s has yet to confirm blahblah; he is schuduled but his PR hasn’t confirmed” ; it’s a YES or NO! It doesn’t have to be SO complicated. :/ hate that!
But GO CHRIS BREEZY!
@ Young Money
Haha I had a feeling you or some other chris brown hater was gonna come on this post talking ish. But guess what? It DOESN’T MATTER CAUSE He’s BACK BAYBEEEEE ! Hahaha .
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…….. it will never happen ,,,,,TRUST…lol
………. go do your community service chris and sit down somewhere
…….. you are done…. jermaine get that grease off
………. and stop spreading rumors…lol
So what is up with Jermaine saying all these people are gonna perform without confirming it with them first????? First you saying Chris is gonna perform but his PR said its not confirmed.
You saying MJB is gonna perform, she said she can’t cuz shes scheduled to be in Italy at the time (on ET tonight)….Whats goin on Jermaine?? Plus you got your family pissed off cuz you tryna take over the whole show??…Whats really good??
Haters fall back…it ain’t CB’s fault Mr. Jackson here is jumping the gun without any confirmation! The boy’s career ain’t over, at least Jermaine recognizes true talent, at least he WANTS him to be in the show
CHRIS JUST LEAVE THE U.S. MAYBE YOU CAN STILL HAVE A CAREER IN OTHER COUNTRIES WHERE THEY DON’T VALUE WOMEN. I DON’T LIKE YOU OR YOUR MUSIC BUT I’M JUST SAYING.
Lame
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yall stfu! I’m 26 dammit I am a fan of Chris Brown. I’m no teeny bop! Hell the yougin made good music and good music is good music no matter what age. I am disappointed that he wont be performing….i was looking foward to it.
Chris brown is wack and to headline a show like that with his reputation is disugting that’s why Katherine said HELL to the NO!!!!! Chris is not headlining jack but those wack interviews that he does which shows he can’t read or write!!!!
GOOD I MISS MY BOO. HE’S PAYING HIS DUES 4 WHAT HE DID AND STILL HAS 5 YEARS OF PROBATION. LET THE MAN DO WHAT HE WAS BORN 2 DO. PLEASE RIHANNA IS STILL IN LOVE WIT HIM, SO THE FUCK IS EVERYONE STILL MAD 4 SHE’S NOT.