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The Jacksons bringing Motown sound to Soaring Eagle in Mount Pleasant By Sue White | For MLive.com on May 27, 2014 at 2:00 PM, updated May 27, 2014 at 2:01 PM
MOUNT PLEASANT, MI – The Jackson 5 rocked the music world long before Michael emerged as the King of Pop.
In 1969, Jackie Jackson and his brothers Jermaine, Marlon, Tito and Michael sold 2 million copies of their first single, "I Want You Back" with "Who's Loving You" on the B side, in a mere six weeks.
In 1970, they became the first group in history with four consecutive No. 1 hits and a year later, they had their own Saturday cartoon series.
At a celebration their mother Katherine organized in 2011, a tribute to Michael Jackson, who died in June 2009, the brothers realized they still had a song in their hearts and an audience eager to hear them.
"We didn't know how it would turn out," admitted Jackie Jackson, adding that the brothers hadn't regularly performed together much since 1984's Victory Tour. "But with Michael's passing, we wanted to sing the songs. That brought us together again and it was so good, we decided to go for it."
And that's what brings Jackie Jackson and brothers Jermaine, Marlon and Tito at 8 p.m. Friday, June 13, to Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort. Tickets, on sale at the box office and through etix.com, cost $59, $54, $44 and $34.
The show includes a tribute to Michael, but it's much more, with a multimedia element that includes vintage takes on their legendary rise to fame.
"There's never enough time to sing all the songs everyone wants to hear," Jackson said. "But we do some of the Jackson 5 stuff from the Motown years and some of Michael's solo music. The Jackson sound is still there and it works out so wonderful for us. There's really nothing like it; it's a great show and we have a great time performing together again."
They're eternal showmen, agreed a reviewer who caught them during an extended run at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. And while Michael is missed, the show stands alone as more than just a tribute to the King of Pop.
There's even a new album in the works, "but we didn't rush it," he said.
"We knew we had one shot at this and we're very happy with where it is going. We're making a lot of music, no matter where it comes from. We like it," Jackson said.
In the process, it helped them work through the grief of losing their brother. But it also returned them to the fishbowl existence they've lived since their father Joe had them playing clubs around Gary, Ind., earning $8 and whatever patrons threw onstage for five sets each night.
"With social media today, everyone is a reporter and everyone is under surveillance," Jackson said, giving a short laugh. "With everyone is watching and taking photos and recording, you have to be careful what you say and do or it will come back and haunt you.
"There's a positive side to it and a negative side. Unlike reporters who had to go to school for it, these ones can post whatever they want. The way I look at it, I'll start worrying when they stop talking about us at all."
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