Michael Jackson looked good and sounded strong in a video from rehearsals, two days before his sudden death on June 25, seeming to contradict the theory that the King of Pop was chronically ill and had been sickly for a while.

The video, released to CNN by AEG Live, the promoters behind Jackson’s scheduled comeback tour at London’s O2 Arena, does, however, seem to bolster the company’s claim that they have hundreds of hours of material from tour rehearsals that could be used as a concert DVD and live album.

In the nearly two-minute video, Jackson performs a highly choreographed routine to the end of “They Don’t Care About Us,” arguably the most controversial hit of his career, with a troupe of eight dancers. “They Don’t Care About Us,” from the 1995 hits collection “HIStory,” raised protests when it was initially released over what many considered anti-Semitic slurs, charges Jackson denied as a misinterpretation of a song about tolerance. After the uproar, Jackson returned to the studio and changed the offending words for a new version of the song that was used on all subsequent pressings of “HIStory.”

The song's original video below

Janet Jackson's appearance at last night's BET Awards was simple and heartfelt, saying, "To you, Michael is an icon. To us, Michael is family, and he will forever live in all of our hearts. On behalf of my family and myself, Thank you for all of your love. Thank you for all of your support. We miss him so much.”

"Man in the Mirror" (1988 Grammys): The second half of this clip, where Jackson sings live and trades off with the choir, may be his most inspirational TV performance.

"I Want You Back"/"ABC" (The Ed Sullivan Show, 1970): Michael at his cute-dynamo best.

1. "Thriller"

2. "Beat It"

3. "Billie Jean"

4. "Scream"

5. "The Way You Make Me Feel"

Yeah, it's been 20 years since Spike Lee's "Do The Right Thing" turned pop culture upside-down, as fearmongers tried to scare people away from the movie's opening weekend, claiming that there would be widespread riots after people saw it. Oh right. Didn't happen. Don't believe the hype.

Spike Lee and the movie's cast -- Danny Aiello, Joie Lee and Rosie Perez -- as well as Common, DMC, Branford Marsalis, Gloria Reuben and others will be on hand Monday night at the DGA Theater in Manhattan for a special screening of the movie.

But that celebration means that it's the 20th anniversary of Public Enemy's "Fight the Power" setting the music industry on edge as well, as soon as Chuck D. promised, "1989 -- the number, another summer, sound of the funky drummer!" Was the movie or the song more effective in the long-term at bringing attention to America's racial divide? It depends on whom you ask. All I know is that song was nearly everywhere I went in the summer of '89 from dance clubs and record stores to the streets of relatively white-bread suburban Cleveland, repeatedly spreading the word and making a mantra out of "Elvis was a hero to most..." among young folks of all races and classes. And "Fight the Power" still stirs things up internationally, whenever Public Enemy throws it down.

They deserve to get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on the strength of that song alone -- not to mention all the powerful work that came before and after.

Looking for a summer road trip? Well, the Virgin Music FreeFest at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Md., on Aug. 30 has offered up a destination and a day of free music from Weezer, Blink-182, Taking Back Sunday, Public Enemy and The National among others.

Free ticket offers go to Virgin Mobile subscribers tomorrow and Friday and what's left of the 35,000 tickets will be available on Ticketmaster for free starting Saturday at 10 a.m. (Ticketmaster will charge$5 if they mail them out, but for those willing to pick up the tickets at the venue, they'll be service fee-free as well.)

Also on tap: Franz Ferdinand, The Hold Steady, Girl Talk, Mates of State, Wale and more.

PHOTO: Weezer from Geffen Records

SETLIST: Crazy in Love (featuring Jay-Z) / Naughty Girl / Freakum Dress / Get Me Bodied / Smash Into You / Ave Maria / Broken-Hearted Girl / If I Were A Boy / Sweet Dreams / Diva / Radio / Me, Myself and I / Ego / Hello / Baby Boy / Irreplaceable / Medley: Check On It/Bootylicious/Bug A Boo/Jumpin’ Jumpin’ / Upgrade U / Video Phone / Medley: Say My Name/Independent Woman/Bills, Bills, Bills/No, No, No/Survivor / At Last / Listen / Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) / Halo

PHOTO: Beyonce at Madison Square Garden Sunday night (Getty Images Photo)

Beyonce photo gallery from MSG

    The Phoenix live show flies by.
    Maybe it’s all those repeated lyrics that Thomas Mars sings – quick, one-syllable bursts like “sometimes in the fall, fall, fall” and “calling hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey” – combined with their general uptempo songs. But once they hit the ground running with  the bouncy “Lisztomania,” they don’t really break stride until the launch of the epic “Love Like a Sunset” ten songs. By that point, it’s not just Mars, who spends the song laying on his back in the middle of the stage, who needs a break.
    It’s part of Phoenix’s charm that their songs are a bit dizzying, that their mix of indie rock and Eurodisco sweeps you up into a nightclubbing haze.
    The songs from their potent “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix” album are not just well-crafted, but polished and incredibly well-edited – no extraneous bits, not even in concert. “Lasso,” for example. still clocks in under three minutes, all Strokes-ish structure and New Order atmospherics punctuated by Mars’ spiky delivery.
    But for anyone wondering how Phoenix has made the leap from longtime likable French dance artists to one of 2009's breakthrough stars, the answer is in how they’ve reworked their older material to fit next to the new stuff. “Run Run Run” started off laid-back and loping like the original before exploding into guitar mayhem from the wild riffs of Laurent Brancowitz and Christian Mazzalai. The first encore “If I Ever Feel Better” traded its Brazilian-tinged disco roots for a rockier base and morphed into a string of power chords cast like the opening of Yes’ “Owner of a Lonely Heart.”
    Phoenix’s 75-minute set at the sold-out Terminal 5 showed that the success of “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix” is only the starting point. They are aiming for far bigger things.

SETLIST: Lisztomania / Long Distance Call / Consolation Prizes / Lasso / Napolean Says / Funky Square Dance / Rally / Girlfriend / Armistice / Love Like a Sunset / Run Run Run  / Too Young / Sometimes in the Fall / Rome // ENCORE: If I Ever Feel Better / 1901

PHOTO: Phoenix by Pascal Textiera for Glassnote.

From last night's CMT Awards... Taylor Swift teams with T-Pain for her hip-hop debut, including the Lonely Island-esque line: "You can find me baking cookies at night. You out clubbin'? But I just made caramel delights!"

Swift had a big night -- winning video of the year and female video of the year for "Love Story" and playing "Pour Some Sugar on Me" with Def Leppard to close the show. [Video below]

PHOTO: Lil Wayne is coming to the Beach. Photo by Getty Images