Jacko Turns Down Steve Wynn

Michael Jackson

From Norm’s Vegas Confidential Column November 3, 2008:

Michael Jackson was approached about performing for the opening of Steve Wynn’s Encore tower in December but declined, it has been learned.

Jackson, who last performed in 2002 at a concert for the “Every Vote Counts” campaign at the Apollo in Harlem, N.Y., has been recording in the Palms studios.

Encore is Wynn’s $2.2 billion project that adds a 2,034-room tower next to Wynn Las Vegas, which opened in 2005.

Jackson was back in the news in recent days when he announced he won’t be joining a Jackson 5 reunion tour set for 2009.