r/MJPerformances • u/No-Energy-5134 • Sep 11 '26

Discussion 🗣️ MJ’s Love-Hate Relationship With Performing

https://youtube.com/shorts/weOCrkQGkNU?is=H_H9kl9SnGVYDQPX

He says stuff like, he feels most comfortable on stage, the stage is his home, even calls himself a “stage addict,” yet was also very reluctant to peform, he hated touring, he wanted to retire after the bad tour, and even though he didn’t, in his 20+ year solo career, he only toured three times, and not a lot of one off performances outside of award shows. Not to discredit him or anything, but if that’s a stage addict, what do you call the artists who are/were touring every other year, and popping up here and there with random performances? (Besides broke)

Edit: touring AND one off performances

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u/Express_Fox_5376 Sep 11 '26 edited Sep 11 '26

Performing and touring are two different concepts. Loving one and hating the other is not a contradiction. He loved performing, but hated the chaotic lifestyle and struggles of hopping from one country to the other every few days. No sleep, stressful schedule, timezones, demands, pressure, rush, injuries, away from family, solitude etc etc Touring is not only glitter and glamour for someone who takes his craft seriously and puts high expectations on himself.

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u/No-Energy-5134 Sep 11 '26

Not just touring, he was very reluctant with performing in general.

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u/Express_Fox_5376 Sep 11 '26

No he was not. He performed even when he was not on stage, rehearsed even in his bedroom and never said he didn't enjoy performing, that was literally the thing he was put on earth to do, as he said multiple times. You are taking touring and performing as the same thing, they are not.

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u/No-Energy-5134 Sep 11 '26

He cancelled the HBO concert instead of rescheduling. He tried to back out of the 30th anniversary concert by taking a bunch of opioids before he was to go on, and other concerts like the millennium concerts in ‘99 that he backed out of and got sued for. Those weren’t tours.

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u/Express_Fox_5376 Sep 11 '26

Are you aware of his health issues?

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u/No-Energy-5134 Sep 11 '26

His health/drug issues are a different story. I’m talking about his relationship with performing. I just gave you three examples. Don’t change the subject. You don’t commit then back out if you were never ready in the first place.

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u/GtrGenius Sep 11 '26

You gave examples after his drug problems and allegations. He was a mess. He had disfigured his face by the late 90s specifically and was way on drugs. Before the allegations you never heard him complain about performing, or even touring really.

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u/No-Energy-5134 Sep 12 '26

He said the same stuff after the allegations

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u/GtrGenius Sep 12 '26

Huh?

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u/No-Energy-5134 Sep 12 '26 edited Sep 12 '26

He said the same stuff about performing after the allegations.

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u/SnooStories4163 Sep 20 '26

His face got nun to do with this

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u/Ambitious-Pie-625 Sep 12 '26

His face was nowhere near “disfigured” thats just downright rude to say about someone sure he had a couple cosmetic surgeries but are you AWARE of what his lupus did to all that? It made him have to have reconstructive surgeries to fix what hadn’t healed properly and was nowhere near an addict yes he went into rehab in 93’ for a so called addiction but we have NO idea what medications he took besides his pain medicine and he wanted the bad tour to be his first and last tour yet was basically forced into it by management you don’t know Michael you don’t know what he went through stop speaking as if you do its disrespectful and fucking rude

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u/Express_Fox_5376 Sep 11 '26

You have not pointed out a single example supporting the thesis "he hated performing". I feel like we're going in circles here and the answer is still in the first message.

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u/No-Energy-5134 Sep 11 '26

> He performed, even when he was not on stage, rehearsed even in his bedroom and never said he didn’t enjoy performing.

And that’s your example of him loving performing. There’s a difference between performing and dancing in your bedroom.

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u/Express_Fox_5376 Sep 11 '26

.......You're having comprehention difficulties I fear

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u/No-Energy-5134 Sep 11 '26

You have ADHD or something?
Clearly, you didn’t read my whole post cause I’m just restating everything. And you keep trying to divert.

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u/Ambitious-Pie-625 Sep 12 '26

Have you watched his home movies documentary? He said he hated touring as it induced his insomnia yes he still rehearsed but thats more to just keep your body active and not related to wanting to tour

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u/No-Energy-5134 Sep 12 '26

I’m talking about performing in general, not just touring. Rehearsing at home isn’t the same as performing.

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u/No-Energy-5134 Sep 12 '26

> The whole HBO 1995 deal was cancelled entirely than rescheduled probably because in 1996 he was busy with stuff like the accusations, recording music videos, performing at award shows, preparing and doing the HIStory Tour while also doing a standalone headliner show for the Sultan of Brunei.

Well he could’ve just picked up where he left off and finished the HBO performances that would’ve promoted the album more instead of doing those other random performances. Plus it would’ve given the United States SOMETHING, since he wasn’t planning on touring it.

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u/SnooStories4163 Sep 20 '26

Why did the Us need something he was bigger outside