Lionel Richie has revealed that Michael Jackson will posthumously appear in the 25th anniversary remake of “We Are The World” with his vocals and video footage from the original remastered for the new version.
What is particularly touching is that the video will feature Michael in a split-screen with sister Janet Jackson. Says Lionel, “She’s singing with Mike. It was all put together with fabulous choreography. It’s magical.”
In fact Michael’s mother Katherine Jackson put the request in herself.
The single to benefit Haiti is due out shortly and Lionel explains the re-do:
“When you say you’re going to redo, it conjures up all kinds of terrible images of what could go wrong. Everything could go wrong! Once we got there, we realized, who do we give the power to?
“A totally new group. And we put the icons in, of course ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ Tony Bennett, Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ because that├óΓé¼Γäós the ground floor of what will make the excitement come from the newer people, to stand next to those people.
“Snoop was having the best time of his life, just standing there next to Tony Bennett and Barbra Streisand. It was just a wonderful group of people together.”
Snoop and Barbra? This could be good!
But either way it’s going towards a good cause that everyone should support!
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