For fans or merely curious, Michael Jackson boyhood home in Indiana still a draw

September 1st, 2009 Michael Jackson tribute lineup to be unveiled soonVIENNA — It's almost as mysterious as Michael Jackson's moon walk. Fans still don't know who will perform at a major tribute to the late pop star that will be held outside a 17th-century palace in Vienna later this month.

August 24th, 2009 Michael Jackson's mother praises Vienna tributeVIENNA — The King of Pop's mother said in a letter made public Monday that next month's global tribute for Michael Jackson in Vienna is "a wonderful idea" and an event that her son would have loved. The Sept. 26 concert — being planned by Jackson's brother Jermaine — will take place in front of a 17th-century palace in the Austrian capital.

August 20th, 2009 Ticket site swamped for Jackson tribute in ViennaVIENNA — Fans have swamped the Web site offering tickets for next month's global Michael Jackson tribute in Vienna. Some 85,000 passes for the Sept.

July 13th, 2009 Chicago bus tours Michael Jackson's home in GaryCHICAGO — A tour company is selling tickets for a tour from Chicago to Gary, Ind., to see Michael Jackson's childhood home and other places associated with his years there. "The King of Pop Hometown Tour," created by Chicago-based J W R Tours, promises stops at 2300 Jackson St., which was the singer's boyhood home; Jackson's junior high school; the high school his siblings attended; the steel mill where his father worked, and one of the first places the Jackson 5 performed.

July 10th, 2009 Dozens line up for Jackson Ind. hometown memorialGARY, Ind.

July 10th, 2009 Dozens wait for Jackson's Ind. hometown memorialGARY, Ind.

July 9th, 2009 Mayor: Jackson's dad to attend Ind. hometown eventGARY, Ind.

July 4th, 2009 Neverland closes until after LA Jackson memorialLOS OLIVOS, Calif. — Like an old Western boomtown, the makeshift village that sprang up around the gates of Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch was vanishing Friday, with visitors and vendors packing up tents, tarps, posters and CDs.

June 27th, 2009 Ind. mayor has big hopes for Jackson boyhood homeGARY, Ind. — The hardscrabble city of Gary, Ind., which rose to prosperity in its steelmaking heyday and saw its fortunes fall with the industry, sees an opportunity in the death of its most famous native: Michael Jackson.

June 26th, 2009 If this is the first thing you are reading in the morning or wherever with a stern disbelieving look in your eyes, I must sigh and say its true. Across the country, a wave of emotional outburst was recorded as word spread that Michael Jackson had collapsed and died on Thursday.

June 26th, 2009 Crowds gather in front of Jackson's childhood homeGARY, Ind. — Fans formed a prayer circle on the front yard of Michael Jackson's modest childhood home Thursday and hundreds more crowded the street after word spread that the "King of Pop" and Gary native had died.

March 29th, 2009 LONDON - Pop legend Michael Jackson has embarked on a rigorous training programme to ensure he will be fit and agile enough to perform his signature moonwalk during his London concerts this summer. The Daily Mail online reports, it has been eight years since he even attempted a public Moonwalk, in which he appears to glide backwards while walking forwards, but the singer, 50, is determined not to disappoint fans.

March 12th, 2009 LONDON - King of pop Michael Jackson will be renting Brit singer Rod Stewart's Essex mansion as he performs his London comeback tour at The O2 in July. Stewart, 64, has his pad just 31/2miles outside Greater London, it is set among the 180-acre Copped Hall estate, and even has a five-a-side football pitch.

March 11th, 2009 LONDON - Pop star Michael Jackson is renting rock star Rod Stewart's mansion in Essex as he stages a 10-show comeback at the O2 Arena in July. According to thesun.co.uk, the mansion is three and a half miles outside Greater London.

March 6th, 2009 LONDON - Michael Jackson has said he will stage his 'last performances in London' in July. He said the 'This Is It' shows would be his 'curtain call', reports mirror.co.uk.