Posted Mon 13 Jul 2009 11:51AM BST
The costs of last week's big Michael Jackson memorial bash are
still causing much debate in Los Angeles. As previously reported, while
AEG Live - the promoters of Jackson's axed O2 residency - covered the
costs of the actual event itself, hosting 
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Posted Mon 13 Jul 2009 11:50AM BST
The head of the LAPD, Police Chief William Bratton, has refused to
rule out murder in his investigation into Michael Jackson's untimely
death. He's not said that there's any reason to especially suspect foul
play was behind the singer's cardiac ar Posted Fri 10 Jul 2009 12:27PM BST
Increased policing, rubbish collection, sanitation, traffic control and moonwalk monitoring before, during and after this week's Michael Jackson memorial service cost the city of LA $1.4 million, the mayor's office has revealed. Do you think the rubb Posted Fri 10 Jul 2009 12:12PM BST
The boss of Sony's Epic US division has confirmed that new recordings made by Michael Jackson prior to his death will be released eventually via her label, but said that there's no rush, and that they hadn't yet discussed the specifics of how and whe Posted Tue 7 Jul 2009 12:28PM BST
And finally from the Jacko file today, more reports on AEG Live's
insurance in relation to the fifty night Jacko residency that never
was.
As
much previously reported, the extent and nature of the promoter's
insurance policy has been much Posted Tue 7 Jul 2009 12:26PM BST
The Jackson family last night announced a preliminary list of the
music types who will take part in the big Jacko memorial show in LA
today, with Mariah Carey expected to kick off the proceedings and
Lionel Richie, Usher, Smokey Robinson and Stevi Posted Thu 2 Jul 2009 3:47PM BST
Yeah, the more I think about it, the more dodgy this "well, you
could keep your ticket if you want to, but it'll cost you fifty quid"
thing is. And an increasing number of Jacko fans are letting their
feelings on the matter be known. ... Posted Thu 2 Jul 2009 3:43PM BST
As expected, Michael Jackson's will was filed with the LA court yesterday, and according to reports it requests that his entire estate be put into a trust, the beneficiaries of which will be his mother Katherine Jackson and his children. Katherine is Posted Wed 1 Jul 2009 12:45PM BST
On other AEG-related matters, Phillips told Sky that the last minute cancellation of the Jacko residency would not have too negative impact on his company. He said: "Our company will be fine financially from this".
As previously reported, it's bee Posted Mon 29 Jun 2009 5:35PM BST
Glastonbury boss Michael Eavis has said that he's happy to pay the
£3000 fine that will be enforced because of a broken curfew, because
the final minutes of Bruce Springsteen's over-running set at the
weekend's festival were worth it.
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