AP - White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says President Barack Obama saw pop star Michael Jackson as a spectacular performer and music icon whose life nonetheless had sad and tragic aspects. -- read full article
Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:49:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
AP - Dozens of mourners are placing stuffed animals and other mementos at a makeshift memorial to Michael Jackson in front of the Detroit building that was the launching pad for the superstar's career.
AP - A collection of Michael Jackson memorabilia is up for auction in Las Vegas a potentially lucrative coincidence a day after the singer's death. -- read full article
Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:54:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
AP - Police investigating Michael Jackson's death looked into his medical treatment Friday, seeking to interview one of the pop king's doctors and seizing a car that they said may contain drugs or other evidence.
Yahoo! Music - Pixies frontman Black Francis has revealed that he is planning to record the band's first new album since 1991's Trompe Le Monde with a Hollywood film director. -- read full article
Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
AP - It was a where-were-you moment in a digital age. Michael Jackson's death was not learned from a fatherly TV news anchor. Instead, the news first spread online.
AP - Michael Jackson didn't want to be just a superstar. Like the Beatles, he wanted to be the biggest, the king. He wanted to topple the reigning man with the crown, Elvis.