Michael Jackson’s unreleased ‘This Is It’ single to make debut online late Monday, Sony says

October 16th, 2009 MICHAEL JACKSON's forthcoming tour documentary THIS IS IT is turning into one of the hottest tickets of the year - over 1,600 screenings have sold out around the world, two weeks ahead of its release. The movie is a collection of rehearsal footage from the 50 London shows Jackson was scheduled to perform from July (09), less than a month after his untimely death.

October 12th, 2009 LONDON - Late King of Pop Michael Jackson's new song 'This Is It' gets its first airplay on October 12, nearly four months after he passed away. The track, which has the same name as Jackson's 50-date comeback concerts, will be delivered to radio stations amid tight security, so they can play it from 7.30am.

October 12th, 2009 New York (DPA) Michael Jackson's "This Is It" was launched online Monday and is the first song to be released after his death. "This Is It", a ballad about unexpectedly falling in love, was released on Jackson's official website www.michaeljackson.com at midnight in New York (0400 GMT) ahead of a documentary and album of the same name.

October 11th, 2009 MICHAEL JACKSON's first posthumous release THIS IS IT has leaked online - a day before Sony Music bosses were set to debut the song on the star's website. Music executives were set to release the previously unheard track on MichaelJackson.com at the stroke of midnight on 12 October (09).

October 11th, 2009 MICHAEL JACKSON's first posthumously released new track THIS IS IT will be available to download at the stroke of midnight on 12 October (09). Sony Music will unleash the previously unheard song, which features backing vocals from Jackson's brothers, online on Monday.

October 4th, 2009 Sony bosses have vaults full of of unreleased MICHAEL JACKSON recordings, which they plan to release sparingly in the coming months and years. At least five new tracks will appear on the soundtrack to Jackson's new concert rehearsal movie This Is It, including the title track and a spoken word poem called Planet Earth.

September 23rd, 2009 New Michael Jackson song to be releasedNEW YORK — The first posthumous release of a new Michael Jackson song, "This Is It," is scheduled for Oct. 12. Sony Music Entertainment offered few details about the song, except to say it includes backing vocals by Jackson's brothers.

September 14th, 2009 NBC: West set to rap and talk on 'Jay Leno' debutLOS ANGELES — Kanye West is getting his Hugh Grant moment on Jay Leno's new show. West was set to perform with Rihanna and Jay-Z on Monday night's debut of "The Jay Leno Show" but wasn't originally scheduled to chat with the host.

July 28th, 2009 Gretchen Wilson, Sony Music Nashville part waysNASHVILLE, Tenn. — "Redneck Woman" Gretchen Wilson and her longtime record label, Sony Music Nashville, have parted.

July 17th, 2009 TMZ reports about a Michael Jackson's unreleased song - "A Place with No Name". It sounds similar to the song "A Horse with No Name" released by the group America back in 1971.

July 10th, 2009 LONDON - While sales of Michael Jackson's earlier albums have boosted in the past few weeks, the new music recorded by the late King of Pop before his death is not expected to be release anytime soon, revealed president of his record label Epic. Jackson had been working on new music for several years with hip-hop and R and B stars like Will.i.am, Ne-Yo and Akon.

July 7th, 2009 LONDON - Michael Jackson's mother has reportedly turned his teenage bedroom into a memorial. Katherine was reportedly suggested to "build a sanctuary" to help her cope with the tragic loss of her son.

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 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Michael Jackson has left behind a mass of unreleased recordings that did not make it onto the records said the former chairman and CEO of Sony Music Tommy Mottola, the former chairman and CEO of Sony Music, which owns the distribution rights to the singer's music, confirmed there were stacks of previously unheard Jackson songs that might be repackaged and released in future. "There are dozens and dozens of songs that did not end up on his albums.

July 2nd, 2009 'Endless' unreleased music in Jackson's vaultsNEW YORK — Those familiar with Michael Jackson's vaults say the pop star has left behind a trove of unreleased music. Executives and lawyers who know the material anticipate the swelling demand of fans should be satisfied with unreleased tracks from studio sessions of some of Jackson's best albums, as well as more recently recorded songs made with Akon (AY'-kahn) and will.i.am (will eye AM').