Michael Jackson News

A tribute to ’Thriller’ including a talk from John Landis, a contest and a dance performance will be taking place on April 24th

Martin Bandier, CEO of Sony/ATV, has hinted that talks to get the Beatles songs onto iTunes store are closer to being finalised.

To celebrate MJWN’s 10th Anniversary, we are giving away 10 items of Michael related merchandise to our members in a free draw.

Akon’s version of ‘Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’’, taken from ‘Thriller – 25th Anniversary Edition’, is released as a single today.

Legacy Recordings is teaming up with new music community, JamsBio.com in search of your favourite memories of ‘Thriller’.

A Michael tribute band called ‘Who’s Bad’ are performing at the Canal Room, West Broadway in New York on April 18th, 2008.

Sony BMG’s ‘My Thriller Video’ event, which is inviting fans to perform their own version of ‘Thriller’, could be a winner!

Judge Melville has agreed that Michael should not be named as a defendant in the Ruiz family case against their mother’s death.

Michael’s ‘Thriller 25’ album has now gone 12 times platinum and remains at Number 8 in the Australian Top Ten after 2 months!

MJSUNIFC (MJ’s United Nation International Fan Club) are organizing an event in Las Vegas to celebrate Michael’s 50th birthday.

Remember Michael as the Scarecrow in ‘The Wiz’? A different version has been produced and performed by young people in Texas!

In today’s Sunday Mirror (UK) Mark Lester, one of Michael’s oldest friends, speaks of his pride in Michael’s strength of character

Chris Cadman and Craig Halstead have given us two copies of their latest book ‘Michael Jackson – For The Record’ to give away.

Former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash has spoken about Michael in a new interview saying that, “In my mind he’ll always be a hero.”

Today MJWN celebrate our 10th Anniversary! We will be having a series of give-aways during April as a thank you for your support.

Michael’s ‘Thriller 25th Anniversary Edition’ album has now sold more than one million copies worldwide, in just over a month.

The case against Michael by the family of a lady who died in the hospital during Michael’s trial in 2005, may now not proceed.

To add to the previous information on Neverland’s foreclosure, it seems that this has only been postponed until May 14th, 2008.

Akon’s ‘Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’’ will be released as a CD Single in the US on April 1st 2008. It’s available to pre-order now.

According to a report by the BBC, Michael has refinanced Neverland Valley Ranch, preventing it from being auctioned off next week.

Club One in Ascot, Berkshire, is holding a tribute night to Michael on March 14th, with a Michael impersonator at centre stage.

Sources are reporting a deal by iTunes to include the songs from the Beatles catalogue, owned jointly by Sony/ATV and Michael.

For the 1st time ever and through the magic of technology, anyone can now star in the greatest music video of all time – Thriller

Dancers, including impersonator Navi, will be performing in the Victoria Place shopping centre in Milton Keynes on March 7th 2008.

As we reported some weeks ago, XM Radio have named March as their ‘Michael Month’ to celebrate the release of ‘Thriller 25’.

The judge in the Extrajet taping case has ordered the company to hand over $12 million in damages to Mark Geragos and associates.

In a recent interview Akon has hinted that Michael may guest on the first single to be released from his newest album ‘Acquittal’.

Matt Forger, who worked on the original ‘Thriler’ 25 years ago, has been a consultant on Michael’s newest ‘Thriller 25’ project.

Fall Out Boy will cover Michael’s ‘Beat It’ on the bands new live album expected to be released on April 8th, 2008 in the US.

A legal notice has been issued to Michael that unless he pays a $24 million, Neverland will be auctioned on March 19th 2008.

Waddell Media, who are currently working on a programme for the BBC, has asked us to put out the following information.

Today MJWN’s Shona Carpenter married her Michael in Ascot. both bride and groom looked fabulous in their wedding attire.

The UK single chart has four songs from Michael, including the new remix’s of ‘The Girl Is Mine’ and ‘Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’.

Countries from all over the world have Michael’s ‘Thriller 25’ album in the top five of their music charts, but not Billboard US!

The 25th anniversary edition of ’Thriller’, the world’s best-selling album of all-time, is USA’s #2 Top-Selling Album this week.

Michael’s ‘Thriller 25th Anniversary Edition’ has entered the UK album charts at number 3, making it this weeks highest new entry.

Many reviews have been written about ‘Thriller 25’, the vast majority are really positive, but just look at this one!

SonyBMG USA have told us that they are almost certain that ‘Thriller 25th Anniversary Edition’ will make the US Album Chart Top 5.

Thanks to the release this week of Michael’s updated ‘Thriller 25’, New Zealand’s Telecom Music Store now exceeds 2 million tracks

Maxim magazine are featuring Michael’s ‘Thriller 25’ on their website, with comments on the newly released CDs, and video footage.

As the ‘Thriller 25’ album is released in the USA, two partners of SonyBMG USA would like to hear your opinions on the album.

‘Paste’ magazine features Michael on the cover, plus an article and a poll to show the readers’ favourite song from ‘Thriller 25’.