The concert promoter for Michael Jackson’s concerts has demanded answers from the late star’s doctors.

Randy Phillips, CEO of AEG Live, who were staging his ‘This Is It’ 50-date London residency want to check over the results of the medical checks taken by the ‘Thriller’ star-who died of a suspected cardiac arrest last Thursday (25.06.09)

Michael was passed by medical experts as fit to perform and then died suddenly, amid rumours of a painkiller addiction.

Randy said, ”Maybe they didn’t do a good enough job. We want answers. We have poured millions of cash into Michael’s comeback.

“All the tests pointed to him being in fine physical shape. It is a complete mystery. The insurance company had an independent physician fly out from New York and give him a five-hour exam.

“We were told he passed with flying colours. Now I would like to see the results. If he was taking that amount of prescription drugs, wouldn’t that have been picked up in a blood test?

“We must know the results. I don’t know what our legal rights are.”

 The medical test was reported to have included over 50 different checks and tests. With the results stating Michael was fit enough to perform, AEG Live secured insurance cover for the first 22 concerts but were unable to convince insurers to cover the full 50 shows at a cost of £300 million.

The promoters now face multi-million pound payouts to every ticket-holder.

Randy also told of his last conversation with Jackson during rehearsals the night before he died.

He told Britain’s Daily Mirror newspaper, “He did a three-hour rehearsal and we all finished up at 12.30am on Thursday morning. He was really excited.

“He was super-charged and did a group hug with the director Kenny Ortega and his manager. He was like a kid in the candy store-he was so up for it.

“I walked him out to the car and he put his arm around me and, speaking softly like always does, he said to me, ‘Do you know what-we are here, we are going to make it. I love you for doing this and now I know I can do it.”

There have been claims over the past few days that ABBA will perform some of Michael’s O2 arena concert dates.

The quartet have so far resisted offers to reform following their split in 1983 but AEG Live are hoping to get them to sign up to take on several of the vacant dates.

David Campbell, chief executive of AEG Europe, said, “There’s a little foursome out in Sweden we keep talking to.”

A source close to the ‘Super Trooper’ hitmakers warned a comeback would be tricky.

The insider said, “There are millions on the table. But there are many hurdles to overcome.”

On Tuesday 23^rd June Take That’s Circus Tour rolled into Manchester for a run of 5 nights at Lancashire County Cricket Ground. I was there on Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday to witness their homecoming.

Before Take That took to the stage I got to see The Script perform as the support act who were amazing and really got the crowd going throughout their half hour set. One to add to the list of concerts I’d like to go too.

Just before 8.30pm as the cast of performers dressed as cloud people made their way out to the b-stage with the balloons the atmosphere began to build. As the balloons were released into the sky and the first bars of Greatest Day rung out 50,000 people screamed the place down. This was followed by Hello after which Mark announced ‘Your boys are home’. It was clear that Take That loved being back in front of a home crowd and one that was happy to scream, sing and dance the night away in front of them. The pitch was a sea of people and there was not an inch of space left within the Cricket Ground.

The Garden went down a storm again as the elephant rose from beneath the b-stage and made its way to the main stage. Once on the main stage they invited us to ‘enter their circus’ where the stage was suddenly filled with acrobats, trampolinists and dancers. On the main stage they performed Shine, Up All Night, The Circus, Wooden Boat. On Sunday before Jason sang Wooden Boat Gary suggested he should drop his trousers for the audience, after much protesting from Jason and shouts of ‘off, off’ from the fans, he finally gave in and dropped his trousers to the giggling screams of the fans.  Howard took lead vocals on What Is Love and during the song they all dressed up as clowns. They then went into a medley of their early hits complete with the old dance moves before all unicycling from the main stage to the b-stage, with the exception of Gary who rode a small trik.

Never Forget was performed with a troop of drummers and the ground erupted as everyone threw their arms in the air to join in and the sight of 50,000 people joining in was amazing.

Relight My Fire was a big production, with fire, acrobats, dancers and the singer who originally sang the song making an appearance on stage with the boys. The concert ended with Hold Up A Light as the sky was turned to different colours and Rule The World ended the concert complete with a firework display towards the end of the song.

Mark announced during the concert that ‘there was no place like home’ and the Manchester crowd couldn’t have agreed more.

Next stop on the Circus Tour for me is Wembley on Friday 3^rd July and I can’t wait to see it all again.

On Friday 19^th June I went to the Manchester Evening News Arena to see Boyzone on their Better 09 Tour. After seeing them on their reunion tour last year I was expecting to see something new from them, instead I got the same as last year but with a different stage set and costumes. They did add in the latest single Better and Ronan sang Time After Time from his current solo album Songs For My Mother.

They opened the show with Love You Anyway and then went straight into Picture Of You, at which point some very scantily clad female dancers made an appearance and even through numerous costume changes the dancers never wore much. They added in a couple of album tracks; And I and Must Have Been High.

Mixed in with all their old hits they did a medley of Queen songs which was possibly one of the better moments as it was something different to last years show. Stephen did a solo of Beyonce’s song Single Ladies, which was; quite frankly cringe worthy to watch. A very strange song choice and he couldn’t have made himself look more camp if he’d tried.

Towards the end of the show they were suspended above the audience and propelled over to a mini stage at the back of the arena. Life Is A Rollercoaster got them there where they then performed Words before being propelled back to Baby Can I Hold You.

They put a different theme to When The Going Gets Tough and A Different Beat when they went all army military complete with dance moves involving air rifles.

Overall the 2 hour show was good, I enjoyed it, but if they want to cement their return to the music industry they need to come back with some amazing new material and tour off the back of that, not off their hits from 10 years ago, good once for the reunion, slightly more boring for the follow up tour when you expect to see new material mixed in with the old.

Take That kicked off their Circus Tour in Sunderland on 5th June. This tour has cost £10 million to put on the road and will see them play to over 1 million fans, in 7 cities across the UK and Ireland, throughout 21 dates at some of the biggest stadiums in the country. Billed as their biggest, best and most extravagant tour in their history I travelled from Manchester to the Ricoh Stadium in Coventry on Monday 8th June to see the tour for my own eyes.

To say I was excited would be an understatement; I had been waiting for this day since tickets went on sale on 31st October 08. Travelling down the M6 with my friend and our tour mascot ‘Gary the Bear’ we passed the time listening to……….what else Take That.

Arriving in Coventry and walking to the stadium the atmosphere was building, street lamps around the stadium had signs on welcoming Take That to town. The merchandise stands outside the ground, housed in tents to look like bigtops were selling merchandise to the thousands of fans happy to pay out for souvenirs of the tour.

We had standing tickets on the pitch and were lucky enough to get a spot within 8ft of the b-stage at the back of the pitch. The main stage was at one end and the b-stage about ¾ of the way back, both linked by a walk way. At 8.30pm mist started to descend slightly over the stages and performers/dancers dressed as cloud people carrying big bunches of brightly coloured balloons made their way from the main stage to the b-stage. The performers gathered in the centre of the b-stage and as the music rose and the first bar of Greatest Day was played the balloons were released into the sky to reveal Take That!

The concert was amazing from start to finish; they did a full 2 hour set of new and old hits. When they sang Back For Good they had rain pouring on them, the effect was spectacular. The main bit for me though was when they sang The Garden and a huge mechanical elephant rose from underneath the b-stage, Take That stood on the top of the elephant and it walked to the main stage, a sight that had to be seen to be believed and an effect never before attempted in a live concert.

Once on the main stage they performed hits including Shine, The Circus and Wooden Boat, before dressing up as clowns and on unicycles making their way back to the b-stage to perform some of the old classics, complete with original dance moves, including dropping their pants! Relight My Fire was another huge production involving circus acts, dancers and fire. The anthem that is Take That – Never Forget was amazing and included 20 plus performers dressed in circus attire and playing drums around their necks, the sight was amazing.

Hold Up A Light was brilliant, the sky and stage being turned into lots of colours and everyone on the main stage dancing onto the b-stage where the elephant once again rose. The final song was Rule The World and lights were aimed into the sky to look like stars and fireworks went off over the stage.

They never stopped for 2 hours and I wondered how they would better the Beautiful World Tour, but they have. They have once again raised the barrier for a pop concert and attempted what others haven’t. Having a cast of over 40 performers on stage with them at various times was brilliant and you got a show rather than just a concert.

This tour is the best by far, pushing the boundaries of live performances and Take That really do Rule The World. Next stop on The Circus tour for me is Manchester on 23rd June and I can’t wait to see it all again.

Rihanna performed for the first time on stage since she was allegedly assaulted by her on/off boyfriend Chris Brown.

The ‘Disturbia’ singer joined Kanye West at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala in New York on Monday (04.05.09) dressed in a black Dolce and Gabbana power suit.

The duo performed Kanye’s song, ‘Say You Will’ before Rihanna sang an emotional ’Live Your Life’ from the heart.

A source said, “Kanye wanted her to do it. It was his idea, buy Vogue editor Anna Wintour obviously had to approve it. Anna was at the run-through during the day and was so in to it.”

The audience went wild when they saw the 21-year-old singer, shouting messages of love and support.

Rihanna avoided any conversation or comments about Chris, and instead smiled and waved at the audience.

Many of the celebs at the Met ball were happy to see Rihanna back doing what she does best.

Rachel Roy said, “I love the performance. I think every woman stood up and cheered for Rihanna. We’re happy to support her and we want her to rock.”

After the performance and show, Rihanna was seen chatting to Victoria Beckham, Madonna, and fashion designers Marc Jacobs and Stella McCartney.

Later in the evening the ‘Rehab’ actress was seen talking to ‘Gossip Girl’ star Blake Lively at Jacob’s after-party at trendy restaurant Monkey Bar,

At the meal, insiders say that Vogue editor, Anna spent a lot of time with Rihanna and sang her praises all night. One insider said, “Anna was telling Rihanna how great she was. It looks like someone may be ending up on future pages of Vogue in the very near future.”

Later Rihanna was spotted dancing with close friends at club, Bungalow 8.

Chris Brown, 20, has pleaded not guilty to assault and making criminal threats in a Los Angeles court last month.