Tickets priced between $70 and $105, are expected to sell quickly for the shows, despite concerns the 50 year old star may not be up for a return to the spotlight. The King of Pop has been plagued by financial, legal, and medical woes for years, and a previous attempt to relaunch Michael Jackson’s career collapsed amid reports of ill health and court action. Michael Jackson has appeared in public rarely since being acquitted of child molestation in California in 2005, and he has struggled to pay his debts last year, he was forced to give up the deed to Neverland, his 2,500 cre ranch and miniature amusement park in California. On Wednesday, Jackson launched a lawsuit against an auction house to stop the scheduled sale of more than 2,000 personal items from Neverland, including platinum and gold records, a customized Harley Davidson and a Rolls Royce limousine. The O2 has become a venue of choice for big name acts and comeback performers. Britney Spears is due to play there for eight nights in June, Prince did a 21 day series of shows at the arena in 2007, and Led Zeppelin played a one off reunion gig there the same year. The concerts possibly followed by other gigs and a 3-D movie based on “Thriller” could end up netting King of Pop Michael Jackson, 400 Million  chief executive of AEG Live, was quoted by the BBC as saying. That would be welcome news for Jackson, who has been entangled in lawsuits for years, but whether he is up for a world tour remains to be seen. Jackson’s recent work has been uneven: His last live performance in Britain was at the 2006 World Music Awards, but only managed a few lines of “We Are the World” before leaving the stage. A video of Michael Jackson trying to record a new single, shown at a British court last year when Michael Jackson was being sued for breach of contract, showed him struggling to keep up his powerful vocals. Rebecca Kellner, 17, said it didn’t matter really matter how Jackson sang the fans would come. “He’s not the greatest singer and maybe not the greatest person,” she said. “But he’s Michael Jackson King of Pop”

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