Question: did michael jackson start the this is it tour

Answer: No, This Is It was a planned residency show of 50 concerts by Michael Jackson at the O2 Arena in London, scheduled to run from July 2009 to March 2010. The shows were to be Jackson's first major series of concerts since the HIStory World Tour finished in 1997. With all concerts sold out, Jackson suffered a cardiac arrest and died less than three weeks before the first concert was scheduled to begin.