Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Marlon kicked off the Unity Summer Tour at Casino Rama in Ontario, Canada! After almost three decades, The Jacksons reunited on stage to do what they do best: perform on stage and entertain crowds! Before the show, the brothers did a backstage interview with Kiss 92.5 Toronto. Aside from a few technical difficulties, The Jacksons launched their tour Wednesday night. The show openend with a video montage of The Jackson 5 as it used to be with little brother Michael (who was a major presence through the night via stills and video and an actual tribute segment) the four remaining Jackson brothers kicked off their 95-minute show with "Can You Feel It". 

Backed by nine musicians Jackie (61) Tito (58), Jermaine (57) and Marlon (55) were otherwise front and centre, busting some familiar dance moves through early songs "Blame It On The Boogie" and "Rock With You" before sitting on stools and chatting to each other in a more slowed down second quarter. “How you feeling?” said Marlon, who shared lead vocals with Jackie and Jermaine (the strongest voice of the bunch) and Tito, the latter who also played guitar. Judging from the crowd who quickly gathered at the front of the stage, the audience of 4,500 (just shy of a sell-out), was feeling good. 

Marlon explained how he got the far-flung brothers back together, saying Tito was into building cars at the time. “Marlon, I was building my third son when you called me - get it right,” interrupted Tito with a smile. The tribute to Michael came in the otherwise uptempo third quarter full of old Motown classics "I Want You Back", "ABC" and "Never Can Say Goodbye", as Jermaine took over lead vocals on "Gone Too Soon" while stills of Michael were shown on a video screen above the drummer and the segment ended with a raised silver sequined glove raised in the air. “I miss you so much Michael,” one of the brothers later during "I’ll Be There" which sparked the first crowd singalong.

Then Jermaine was briefly given the solo spotlight for a trio of songs, "Dynamite," "Let’s Get Serious"( which saw him pick up a bass) and "Do What You Do" before the brothers returned with the final uptempo segment and couple of Michael Jackson classics, "Wanna Be Startin' Something" and "Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough", which really got the audience up and dancing. The final song of the night was a Jacksons chestnut, "Shake Your Body", and by that time pretty much everyone in the building was obeying that command. 

Marlon turned out to the group’s live wire with Tito commenting: “My brother the dancing machine. Just wind him up.”

SET LIST:

Can You Feel It
Blame It On The Boogie
Wanna Be Where You Are
Rock With You
Let Me Show You (The Way To Go)
Lovely One 
We're Here to Entertain You
Good Times
Looking Through The Windows
Time Waits For No One
Heaven Knows I Love You
Push Me Away
Man of War
Gone Too Soon
I Want You Back
ABC
Stop The Love You Save
Never Say Goodbye
All I Do Is Think You
I’ll Be There
Dynamite
Let’s Get Serious
Do What You Do
Can’t Let Her Get Away
Heart Break Hotel
Wanna Be Starting Something
Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough
Shake Your Body

Photos
Photo 4 and 5: thanks to MichelleThomas aka @MichaelJCanada