Up Close With Director/Choreographer Jamie King: Music’s $2 Billion Man!
May 31 2012, Published 8:30 a.m. ET
Breaking Celebrity News Senior News Director
Jamie King is aptly named -- he is, without a doubt, the King of the Blockbuster Concert.
King’s work directing 20 concerts for some of music’s biggest names has grossed more than $2 billion in ticket sales to date, making him live music’s most respected and sought out director and choreographer in the world today. Several months ago, Variety honored King with a special 12-page career tribute issue appropriately titled, "Variety's Billion Dollar Tour Director." (Note: they were off by a billion!)
Fresh off a string of triumphs, which includes Rihanna's Loud tour, Britney Spears’ Femme Fatale tour, Madonna’s Super Bowl Halftime Show, and Cirque du Soleil’s Michael Jackson Immortal World Tour, the multi-talented King - a former dancer from Madison, Wisconsin - recently mounted a 90-minute concert extravaganza, Q’Viva! The Chosen Live, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.
The spectacular one-night-only live show was inspired by the groundbreaking television show Q’Viva! The Chosen, which was co-created