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"Miracle on 34th Street" Concert

Date confirmed in “Rolling Stone” (archived) (“Tuesday [December 19, 2000]”)

“Rolling Stone” (December 20, 2000) (archived)

New York City radio station WKTU’s Christmas concert Miracle on 34th Street, held Tuesday at Madison Square Garden, was rife with surprises.

...Michael Jackson, decked out in a black motorcycle jacket, walked out, he was met with an eruption of screams, yells and applause.

Jackson’s fellow singers and the audience waited with bated breath for him to sing. He raised the mike to his mouth and said in a surprisingly strong voice, “I think I have laryngitis. I can’t perform tonight, but I wanted to say, Merry Christmas, I love you all, you’ve all been phenomenal. And the best is yet to come.”