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Madonna pays tribute to Michael Jackson in concert (AP)

Yahoo! Music News - 1 hour 26 min ago

U.S singer Madonna performs on stage, during her Sticky and Sweet tour at the O2 arena, in London, Saturday, July 4 2009. AP Photo/Joel Ryan)AP - Madonna paid tribute to Michael Jackson on Saturday night in the same arena where he was to stage his comeback, dancing along with an impersonator doing Jackson's distinctive moves.


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More than 1 million seek tix for Jackson memorial (AP)

Yahoo! Music News - 3 hours 55 min ago

Michael Navarro, left, Michael Navarro, Jr., 7, center, and Gina Rodriguez, all from Los Angeles, sign and photograph a large poster at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Saturday, July 4, 2009, which will be the site for the late pop star Michael Jackson's memorial service taking place Tuesday, July 7, 2009.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - More than 1.2 million people have now registered to get tickets for Michael Jackson's memorial service next week.


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AP Interview: Jackson adviser Tohme breaks silence (AP)

Yahoo! Music News - 4 hours 39 min ago

Dr. Tohme Tohme, an advisor to Michael Jackson, stands in front of a painting of Jackson titled 'The Book,' by artist Brett-Livingstone Strong, in the law office of Dennis Hawk in Santa Monica, Calif., on Friday, July 3, 2009. Tohme vividly remembers the first time he met with Michael Jackson to discuss his finances. It's not the money talk that stays with him now, but his enchantment at entering Jackson's world of love.  (AP Photo/David Zentz)AP - Dr. Tohme Tohme vividly remembers the first time he met with Michael Jackson to discuss the pop star's finances. It's not the money talk that stays with him now, but his enchantment at entering Jackson's world of love.


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Networks to offer live Jackson memorial coverage (AP)

Yahoo! Music News - 4 hours 46 min ago

Lynne Champion, of Melbourne, Australia, poses near the gates of the late Michael Jackson's former residence, Neverland Ranch, in Los Olivos, Calif., Saturday, July 4, 2009.  (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)AP - The memorial for Michael Jackson may be a tough ticket live, but it shouldn't be hard to find it on television.


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Former Beatles, Stones manager Allen Klein dies (Reuters)

Yahoo! Music News - 4 hours 51 min ago

FILE - In this January 1977 file photo,Yoko Ono, center, and John Lennon, right, are shown with Allen Klein, president of ABKCO Industries Inc., and former Beatles manager. Former music manager Allen Klein, a no-holds-barred businessman who bulldozed his way into and out of deals with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, has died, Saturday, July 4, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo, file)Reuters - Infamous record label owner Allen Klein, who played a key role in the demise of the Beatles and also nabbed control of some of the Rolling Stones' best-known songs, died in New York on Saturday after a battle with Alzheimer's disease, a spokesman said. He was 77.


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Fans overlook Michael Jackson's dark side (Reuters)

Yahoo! Music News - 7 hours 50 min ago
Reuters - Just as people choose to forget that Elvis Presley was a bloated drug addict when he died, so Michael Jackson is now the subject of posthumous veneration that overlooks the dark side of his life.
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Recession adds to challenges for suburban arts (AP)

Yahoo! Music News - 8 hours 1 min ago
AP - When he hired Itzhak Perlman as artistic director of the Westchester Philharmonic in 2007, Joshua Worby thought he'd hit a grand slam.
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Jackson Memorial Service Details Revealed (E! Online)

Yahoo! Music News - 8 hours 56 min ago

Jackson Memorial Service Details Revealed(E! Online)E! Online - Family, friends and fans of Michael Jackson are finally being given the opportunity to celebrate the life of the King of Pop.


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Michael Jackson book a headache for Jackie O (Reuters)

Yahoo! Music News - 9 hours 9 min ago
Reuters - Michael Jackson crossed swords with a lot of people when he was alive, but perhaps none more important than Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
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Massive demand for Jackson memorial tickets (Reuters)

Yahoo! Music News - 11 hours 59 min ago

Rolando Chrestien, of French Guyana, performs near the gates of the late Michael Jackson's former residence, Neverland Ranch, in Los Olivos, Calif., Saturday, July 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)Reuters - More than half a million fans from around the world applied for 17,500 free tickets to Michael Jackson's public memorial service next week, organizers said on Friday as a massive security operation got underway.


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Jackson was loving and attentive father, many say (AP)

Yahoo! Music News - 15 hours 8 min ago

Macky Dancy Jr., 7, looks at a rarely seen portrait of Michael Jackson on display at the Dancy-Power Automotive Group, a showroom that sells luxury cars to celebrities, in the Harlem neighborhood of New York Thursday July 2, 2009. Owner Marty Abrams says the oil painting titled 'The Book' is the only portrait Jackson sat for because he was friends with Australian painter Brett-Livingstone Strong. The 40-inch-by-50-inch portrait was sold for $2.1 million in 1990. Abrams chose the showroom because it is near the Apollo Theater, where the Jackson 5 won Amateur Night in 1967. (AP Photo/David Goldman)AP - When Rabbi Shmuley Boteach brought his children to play with Michael Jackson's kids at Neverland Ranch some eight years ago, the rabbi's youngsters naturally made a beeline for the fabulous rides — the Ferris wheel, the roller coaster, the bumper cars.


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Jackson kids face hurdles to coping with his death (AP)

Yahoo! Music News - 15 hours 11 min ago

A card signed by fans is shown at the gates of the late Michael Jackson's former residence, Neverland Ranch, in Los Olivos, Calif., Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)AP - No matter how unusual their lives may have been so far, Michael Jackson's children now face a universal trauma felt by all kids who suddenly lose a parent.


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U2 asks fans to support Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi (AP)

Yahoo! Music News - 17 hours 58 min ago

U2's Bono performs during their 360 Tour at the Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, July 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)AP - As U2 kicks off its world tour, the Irish rockers are turning a spotlight on Myanmar's jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.


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R&B singer Maxwell ends seven-year break (Reuters)

Yahoo! Music News - Sat, 07/04/2009 - 09:55
Reuters - A vanishing act has become practically de rigueur for R&B musicians of a certain caliber. Many make a mega-hit album or two, collect Grammy Awards and critical accolades -- and then disappear.
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Cuba's Fidel Castro honored with a reggaeton song (Reuters)

Yahoo! Music News - Sat, 07/04/2009 - 09:34

A vintage car moves past a portrait of Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro in Havana July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Enrique De La OsaReuters - Since he swept into power 50 years ago, Cuba's Fidel Castro has been honored in poems, movies and paintings and now in reggaeton, a form of music widely popular among Cuban youth but not island leaders.


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Stone Temple Pilots accentuate old faves (Reuters)

Yahoo! Music News - Sat, 07/04/2009 - 08:38

Drummer Eric Kretz (back), Scott Weiland and Dean DeLeo (R) of Stone Temple Pilots perform at the Virgin Mobile Festival in Baltimore, Maryland August 10, 2008. REUTERS/Bill AuthReuters - For a reunited band bent on having a future, Stone Temple Pilots spent most of its House of Blues show Wednesday visiting the past -- the distant past.


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ABBA's Andersson shoots down London reunion talk (AP)

Yahoo! Music News - Sat, 07/04/2009 - 08:20
AP - Forget those reports that Swedish supergroup ABBA will be reuniting to cover Michael Jackson's sold-out concert dates.
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How Jackson's "Thriller" changed the music business (Reuters)

Yahoo! Music News - Sat, 07/04/2009 - 08:05
Reuters - In early 1984, when Epic Records executives presented their slate of upcoming releases at the convention in Hawaii of parent company CBS Records, they couldn't resist playing up the success they were experiencing. So between the pitches for new albums, Epic inserted stock footage of semi trucks and a voice-over that thunderously announced, "There goes another load of Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' albums!"
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Michael Jackson's music had impact around the globe (Reuters)

Yahoo! Music News - Sat, 07/04/2009 - 07:43

Visitors watch a video of a performance at the Michael Jackson exhibit in the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles July 3, 2009. REUTERS/Phil McCartenReuters - Michael Jackson went from being Gary, Ind.'s most talented kid to one of the most recognizable human beings on the planet. While his worldwide album sales were astounding, that wasn't the sole reason for his fame. His ascendancy went far beyond the cash register -- he inspired dance moves, dictated fashion trends and raised awareness for social causes around the globe.


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Los Angeles officials brace for Jackson memorial (Reuters)

Yahoo! Music News - Sat, 07/04/2009 - 07:09

A general view of the kitchen in the main house that was once used by Michael Jackson at Neverland Ranch in Los Olivos, California July 3, 2009. REUTERS/Phil Klein (UNITED STATES ENTERTAINMENT OBITUARY)Reuters - Los Angeles city officials are planning a massive security operation for Michael Jackson's public memorial service next week, and on Friday urged fans who do not win a ticket in a random drawing to stay away from the basketball arena where the singer will be memorialized.


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