2018 News Archive

Here’s everything that happened at the Diamond Celebration in Las Vegas, which included a Q&A with the Estate, an MJ One show and an exclusive evening party.

‘Thriller 3D’ will be shown in all 400+ IMAX theaters in the United States and select IMAX theaters in Canada and the UK starting in two days on September 21st.

The Independent has reported that ‘Thriller’ has been voted The Most Inspiring Album Of All Time by British people and has had the biggest impact on their lives.

Drake’s song ‘Don’t Matter To Me,’ featuring Michael, will be his next radio single. The track will be played on pop, adult pop and rhythmic stations next week.

British Comedians Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer are currently making a movie which is about two best friends that are in search of Michael Jackson’s white glove.

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Will Vinton has died at the age of 70. Vinton not only created the California Raisin characters, but also worked on ‘Moonwalker’.

Michael Jackson’s Halloween, a one-hour animated adventure with the King of Pop’s music as its soundtrack, is coming back to CBS in the USA on Sat, October 20th.

A new book on Michael has been released. The book, ‘The Complete Michael Jackson – The Man, The Music, The Moves, The Magic,’ is available from Carlton Books.

Guitarist Melvin Ragin, who featured on Michael Jackson’s ‘Off the Wall’ album and who’s know as ‘Wah Wah Watson’ due to the way he played the guitar, has died.

Michael Jackson’s ‘BAD’ jacket that he wore during his first solo tour, is going to auction in November with Julien’s Auctions. Estimates are already at $100,000.

Next year, ‘Thriller Live’ will be in Dubai for five nights. It will be opening at the Dubai Opera from Tuesday, March 26th through to Saturday, March 30th.

Watch a music and light show that has been put together as a tribute to Michael for this Halloween created by Tom BetGeorge and Magical Light Shows in California.

Steve Porcaro, who co-wrote Michael Jackson’s ‘Human Nature’ with John Bettis, tells the story behind the hit song that featured on Michael’s ‘Thriller’ album.

Michael is once again the highest-paid dead celebrity, earning $400 million in the last year; more than double all the rest of those in the top 10 put together.

Weird Al Yankovic who is well known for doing two parodies of Michael Jackson songs ‘Eat It’ and ‘Fat’, wanted to release a third song called ‘Snack All Night.’

MJWN team member Callum Ross shares his memories of growing up in a house surrounded by Michael and how it was his influence that made him want to be a musician.

Retailer Amazon have released their 2018 Christmas commercial, which features none other than a rendition of The Jacksons ‘Can You Feel It,’ written by Michael.

If you would like to be in with a chance of winning a Michael Jackson ‘BAD’ 2019 Calendar by Danilo, then we have 3 x A3 & 3 x Limited Edition up for grabs!

A collection of Michael’s personal drawings including a self-portrait and one of him with his sisters are to be auctioned on November 9th by Julien’s Auctions.

Whilst on tour in Australia and during her guest appearance on the popular show ‘The Project’, Dionne Warwick spoke of her first meeting with Michael Jackson.

Due to it’s popularity at Halloween, Michael’s ‘Thriller’ has re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 at No: 31. The highest position it has been since April 7, 1984.

Michael’s ‘BAD’ tour jacket, which was being sold by Juliens Auctions, sells for an amazing $298,000, which is almost three times more than the asking price.

The ‘Michael Jackson: On The Wall’ art exhibition will be opening at the Grand Palais in France on November 23rd and will run through to February 14th next year.

The documentary ‘This Is It,’ which showed Michael rehearsing for his O2 Arena concerts before suddenly passing away in June 2009, will be streamed on Netflix.

American fashion designer and artistic director at Louis Vuitton, Virgil Abloh, says he is going to design a collection of fashion items based on Michael Jackson.

As another year draws to close, we would like to take this opportunity to thank you and wish all of Michael’s fans a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

As we gear up to Michael’s 10th anniversary in 2019, we take a look back at some of the top MJ news that made the headlines over the past twelve months in 2018.