Posted by Adam

Monday July 13, 2009

Michael Jackson‘s eagerly-awaited 50-date comeback gigs at London’s O2 Arena was to have kicked off today, July 13.But his father, Joe Jackson, is adamant that if his son was still alive, he never would have been able to perform at all 50 shows.

“The comeback tour was a good idea, but the wrong idea about it. There was more tours added onto it,” Joe told ABC News in a new interview. “Michael told me himself. That he agreed to 10 shows. But they went and added all these other shows.”

“I was worried about his health because all the shows that I’m seeing — no artist can do those many shows you know, back to back like that,” Joe added. “And so I knew Michael couldn’t do all those shows.”

Jackson said he suspects his son’s sudden sudden death may not have been an accident.

“I just couldn’t believe what was happening to Michael,” he said.

“I do believe it was foul play,” Jackson added. “I do believe that. Yes.”

Longtime friend and sometimes financial advisor Leonard Rowe, no relation to Jackson’s ex-wife Debbie Rowe, also had his concerns.

“Michael Jackson was not ready. He was not fit,” Rowe says, “[unless] you can call weighting 110, 115 pounds fit.”

The music legend died June 25 after suffering an apparent cardiac arrest at his home in Los Angeles. It is widely believed that an overdose of painkillers caused Jacko’s untimely demise.

Detectives are waiting for toxicology tests and have revealed they seized a number of items from the star’s home at the time of his death.

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