The Michael Jackson Tribute Performance

Anyone who has ever attended a Michael Jackson tribute show in Las Vegas will testify to the excitement and exhilaration that penetrates the performance venue. These shows are a true effort to get the true essence of the King of Pop, and best represent the Michael Jackson legacy. In keeping with Michael Jackson’s own energized and charismatic performances, an MJ tribute show is guaranteed to be energetic and very physical.

A lot goes into carrying off the perfect act which wows the audience and brings it to its feet screaming with adulation. Michael Jackson a great singer. It was the full package of music, appearance, performance and personal magnetism that carried millions of people under his spell for 20 years. Retaking all this and more, in front of a critical audience, requires a special effort.

The real challenge of the Michael Jackson Impersonator starts when he enters the stage. The artist has to make all the thousands of nuances that make up Michael Jackson, just right. The performer put their best into each move, and trademark moonwalk. The bright costumes, trademark white glove, fedora hat and particular body stance have to be perfected down to the T. Lip synching doesn’t cause as much of an impact. So the performer has to work on his voice, tone and modulation to sound just like Michael Jackson. Audiences don't care if the Michael Jackson impersonators Lip synch. Sometimes its about the dance moves.

The show itself is full of energy. The audience is overawed by the remarkable resemblance that the Michael Jackson impersonator bears to the King. And then the artist begins his note- perfect rendition of Michael Jackson’s million selling hits like Thriller, Billie Jean, Beat It, Heal the World, Scream, Black or White and the crowd goes wild dancing to the foot tapping music. Reactions are strong and have to be experienced to be believed. A few members of the crowd look thunderstruck, while quite a few are even drawn to tears.

It’s amazing that the King of Pops’s legacy lives on even after his death. The popularity of the Michael Jackson Impersonator, that has sustained this line of work, is beyond understanding. Each performer puts his all into every performance. A few people may say that a tribute performer has no identity of his own and is recognized only by his Michael Jackson impersonation. But what keeps him coming back to it year after year, show after show, is seeing the reaction on people’s faces. He does it because he loves the devotion and adulation he sees on people’s faces. What could be a better tribute to the Michael Jackson?