Fans arrive from near and far to bid Michael Jackson farewell in Los Angeles

October 9th, 2009 Soul legend GLADYS KNIGHT is set to retire from music after her current U.K. tour, according to her close pal TITO JACKSON.

September 30th, 2009 Jackson films sells out screenings worldwideLOS ANGELES — The Michael Jackson music documentary is selling out theaters around the world. According to Sony Pictures, hundreds of show times have sold out since tickets went on sale Sunday for "Michael Jackson: This Is It." The film was built around rehearsal footage for the late singer's planned London concerts.

September 30th, 2009 Jackson sneak peek screenings sell out in 2 hoursLOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson is still playing to sellout crowds. Advance screenings to the music documentary "Michael Jackson: This Is It" sold out within two hours early Sunday as fans who began lining up three days earlier snapped up all 3,000 tickets to the Los Angeles shows.

September 23rd, 2009 LONDON - The film showing Michael Jackson rehearsing for his comeback tour is set to have at least 15 simultaneous premieres around the globe. The 'This Is It' movie depicts the late King of Pop practising for his 50-show run at the O2 Arena in London.

September 9th, 2009 Rockers NINE INCH NAILS have rescheduled their scrapped farewell show in Los Angeles. The group was supposed to take to the stage last week (03Sep09) for the second of four final Los Angeles shows after they announced plans for an indefinite hiatus from the American live music scene in June (09).

September 5th, 2009 The Jackson family has publicly thanked the fans and mourners who attended MICHAEL JACKSON's burial ceremony in California on Thursday night (03Sep09), insisting they helped to sustain the famous clan following the death of the King of Pop. The pop superstar was finally laid to rest in The Great Mausoleum at Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park, where famous friends like Macauley Culkin, Elizabeth Taylor, Corey Feldman, Berry Gordy, Quincy Jones and the singer's first wife Lisa Marie Presley joined 200 guests for an outdoor ceremony.

September 4th, 2009 Sprinkling of fans seek view of Jackson funeralGLENDALE, Calif. — Few fans gathered — and those who did were kept at a distance — to say goodbye to Michael Jackson.

September 3rd, 2009 Fans yearn for view of Jackson funeralGLENDALE, Calif. — Few fans gathered — at a distance — to say goodbye to Michael Jackson.

August 21st, 2009 MICHAEL JACKSON is heading to the big screen sooner than expected - movie bosses are pushing the release date of the KING OF POP movie up by two days. The pop superstar was due to kickstart a 50-date residency in London as part of his This Is It residency in July (09), but he died on 25 June (09), just weeks before he was scheduled to make his live comeback.

July 13th, 2009 Michael Jackson fans gather at London's O2 arenaLONDON — Hundreds of Michael Jackson fans gathered outside London's O2 arena to pay tribute to the star on what would have been the evening of his first concert. The fans brought candles and flowers to lay outside the 23,000 seat arena Monday, where Jackson was due to begin his run of 50 concerts.

July 7th, 2009 Elephants lumber to Staples before Jackson serviceLOS ANGELES — Hours before a public memorial for Michael Jackson, a herd of elephants were on the march through downtown Los Angeles in a fitting start to a circus-like day. Eleven Asian elephants and seven horses from the Ringling Bros.

July 7th, 2009 Fans bid Jackson farewell outside memorial serviceLOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson fans came from near and far Tuesday to say last goodbyes to their pop music hero, some traveling from across the U.S. and Europe for his public memorial in Los Angeles.

July 6th, 2009 LONDON - As more than two million tearful fans flood into Los Angeles to bid farewell to late King of Pop Michael Jackson, police fear that riots may break out at his funeral on July 7. They fear that hundreds of thousands may gatecrash the Hollywood event, before fighting their way into the memorial service, to be held later at the 20,000-seater Staples Centre.

July 3rd, 2009 LA braces for horde of Michael Jackson mournersLOS ANGELES — Los Angeles officials are scrambling over the holiday weekend to figure out how to accommodate an expected horde of Michael Jackson fans who will show up for a public memorial service next week. The Jackson family said in a statement that the event has been set for 10 a.m.

July 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Late King of Pop Michael Jackson's family have declared that they will not be having a public viewing of the superstar's body at the Neverland Ranch. The family's publicist Ken Sunshine announced that there would be a public memorial for the fallen King of Pop, but it would not be held at his famed Ranch.