Early January : Michael offers radio hosts Big Boy and Fuzzy a preview of “Thriller 25th” in the Las Vegas recording studio The Palms in the presence of Blanket, Will I Am and Peter Lopez.
Michael rehearses with Lavelle Smith for the upcoming Grammy Awards. But soon after the performance is cancelled.
Michael works on a Pepsi commercial featuring the Thriller dance for the upcoming Superbowl half time ads.
January 7 : Michael takes Prince, Paris and Blanket to Madame Tussaud’s was museum in Las Vegas.
January 12 : Michael and the kids attend the Tournament of Kings at Excalibur in L.V.
January 14 : The Girl Is Mine 2008″ is released on CD single. For Thriller 25, will.i.am, remixed “The Girl Is Mine”. Entitled “The Girl Is Mine 2008”, the remix featured an original solo demo of the song by MJ.
Mid January : Michael Amir aka Brother Michael arrives in Las Vegas and steps up as Michael’s new personal assistant. Nation Of Islam takes over Michael’s security.
Michael and the kids leave the Palms and move to a rented house on Palomino Lane, Las Vegas.
January 26 : Michael accepts an award celebrating the 25th anniversary of Thriller in a pre-recorded video message aired during the NRJ Awards ceremony on French TV network TF1.
February 03 : The Super Bowl Ad for “SoBe Life Water”, featuring animated lizards, Naomi Campbell, and the song “Thriller”, airs during the Super Bowl XLII. Michael had showed animators at “Studio at the Palms” how to make the lizard’s necks move for the “Thriller” dance.
February 04 : Michael’s talks with acclaimed New York artist Kehinde Wiley is reported.
February 08 : Thriller 25, the 25th-anniversary edition reissue of Thriller (1982) is released by Sony BMG’s reissue division, Legacy Recordings. Along with the original material, the reissue contains remixes, new material, a DVD (for some versions) and collaborations with contemporary artists. Thriller 25 debuts at number one on the Billboard Top Pop Catalog Albums and in nine other countries. Two singles, “The Girl Is Mine 2008” and “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ 2008”, are released from the album to moderate success, and a number of the other remixes charted despite no physical release.
February 13 : Michael hosts a party for Prince’s 11th birthday at their Vegas home.
February 20 : Birth of Bryce Connor Jackson, first child of Taryll & Breana Cabral.
February 21 : Michael hosts a big party for Blanket’s 6th birthday with Grace, Aileen, Brother Michael at their Vegas home.
March 20 : Birth of Delore “Dee Dee” Dior Jackson, daughter of TJ & Frances.
March 26 : Michael, Prince, Paris and Blanket are having lunch at Planet Hollywood inside the Miracle Mile Shops in Las Vegas
April 3 : Michael hosts a party for Paris’ 10th birthday at their Vegas home.
April 23 : Jermaine introduces Dr Tohme Tohme to Michael.
May : Michael works with producer RedOne in a Las Vegas studio.
Early may : Dr Tohme calls Tom Barrack to wire $23 million in order to save Neverland from foreclosure. In exchange Barrack and his company Colony Capital receive 50 percent ownership of Neverland.
May 16 : Michael takes Prince, Paris and Blanket to see “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” at Brenden Theaters (Palms/Las Vegas).
May 23 : Michael attends French stylist Christian Audigier’s 50th birthday party at Petersen Automotive museum in Hancock Park, Los Angeles, where he meets French singer Johnny Halliday among others.
June : Michael and producer Neff-U start working on songs at this 2710 Palomino Lane home studio in Las Vegas. They work on a new version “A Place With No Name”. Michael calls Ne-Yo, inviting him to collaborate on songs for his future album.
Michael is very upset when “Hold My Hands” leaks online.
June 3 : Michael has dinner with Thomas Barrack Jr, chairman and CEO of Colony Capital LLC, at the Las Vegas Hilton’s Verona Sky Villa.
June 6 : Michael takes Prince, Paris and Blanket to see “Kung Fu Panda” at Brenden Theatres (Palms)
Late June : Michael hires Dr Thome Thome as his new manager and president of MJJ Productions.
As a result of a financial reorganiation of the Neverland Valley Ranch, all of Michael’s personal belongings have o be removed from the property.
Dr Tohme R Tohme contact Darren Julien of Julien’s Auction House.
July : Michael meets with painter Nate Giorgio to discuss a future project.
July 7 : Michael is spotted in Las Vegas leaving a bookstore and being pushed in a wheelchair by an assistant, while Prince, Paris and Blanket walk with a security guard.
July 29 : Michael attends a performance of Mystère by Cirque du Soleil at the Treasure Island Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas with Prince, Paris & Blanket.
August 07 : Michael’s manager Dr Tohme sign an agreement with Julien’s Auction House on behalf of Michael in order to remove all his personal belongings from Neverland while simlutaneously arranging for an auction of certain selected items that were no longer desired by Michael.
August 16 : Michael goes to 40-40 Club (Palazzo) in Las Vegas for the third time in a month.
August 22 : Sony Music releases “King of Pop” , a compilation album of songs by Michael Jackson, in commemoration of his 50th birthday in 2008. The track listing of the album differs significantly across countries because fans in each country where Sony BMG operated national offices were allowed to vote on which songs would appear on that country’s edition of the album. The initial pool of songs, which also differed across countries, was selected from Jackson’s back catalogue and also included a new “megamix” of five songs from the Thriller album that was created by Jason Nevins. “Billie Jean” is the only song to appear on all versions of the album.
August 26 : Michael attends a performance by Cirque du Soleil at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas with Prince, Paris and Blanket.
August 27 : Michael goes to Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas.
August 28 : From his home in Las Vegas, Michael gives a telephone interview to Chris Connolly, which airs on ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ the following day. Michael speak about his past, present and future as well as his dreams for his children.
August 29 : Michael celebrates his 50th birthday with Prince, Paris and Blanket in their Las Vegas home.
Colony Capital reaches out to AEG Live to discuss a possible new tour for Michael.
September : After three years as their private teacher, Aileen Medalla bids farewell to Michael and the kids and leaves Las Vegas to go back home to the Philippines.
September 4 : Janet presents Tito, Jackie, Marlon and Randy with the lifetime achievement BMI Icon Award in Beverly Hills.
Following the acceptance of the icon award, the Jackson brothers posed on stage for photos with father Joseph, mother Katherine and sisters Janet, LaToya and Rebbie. Michael and Jermaine do not attend the presentation.
September 09 : The Motown Years (also known as The Motown Years 50), a 3-disc compilation box set by American singer Michael Jackson and the group The Jackson 5, is released by Motown Records and Universal Music Group to celebrate Jackson’s 50th birthday. The 50-track album features all of the hits through the Motown years from both the Jackson 5 (like “ABC”, “I Want You Back”, “Never Can Say Goodbye”) and Michael’s solo material (including “You’ve Got a Friend”, “Ben”, “Ain’t No Sunshine” and “One Day in Your Life”), all of them released during their tenure with Motown (1969–1975), with the exception of “Farewell My Summer Love” and “Girl You’re So Together”, which were released in 1984, long after Jackson and the group had left the company.
September 10 : Michael and the kids have dinner at Benihana at the Las Vegas Hilton.
September 23 : During a phone conversation with friend and spritual advisor June Gatlin, Michael confides his fears about his new manager Dr Tohme.
October 20 : Michael and the kids leave their Las Vegas home and check in at the Bel Air Hotel in Los Angeles.
Michael has a meeting at the Bel Air Hotel with Dr Tohme and Randy Phillips to discuss a new tour with AEG.
October 24 : Michael isspotted visiting Elizabeth Taylor’s house in his pajamas.
October 29 : Michael takes Prince, Paris and Blanket to an Halloween party in L.A.
Michael visits Elizabeth Taylor at her home in Bel Air.
October 30 : Michael takes Prince, Paris & Blanket to Borders Library in Westwood.
Michael’s spokesperson, Dr. Tohme, in response to recent rumors regarding Michael’s participation in a Jackson 5 reunion, has issued the following statement from Michael Jackson:”My brothers and sisters have my full love and support, and we’ve certainly shared many great experiences, but at this time I have no plans to record or tour with them. I am now in the studio developing new and exciting projects that I look forward to sharing with my fans in concert soon.”
October 31 : Michael meets with Dr Tohme and Randy Phillips at the Bel Air Hotel to talk about the AEG deal.
Michael takes the kids to an Haloween party at Natalie Maine’s house (the singer from the Dixie Chicks) They were invited by Veronique Peck.
November : Michael sets up a recording studio in his Bel Air Hotel suite to work on tracks with his longtime musical engineer Michael Prince. Michael records vocals on “Days In Gloucestershire”, “Best Of Joy”, “I Was A Looser” ou “Hollywood Tonight”.
Rod Temperton has a meeting with MJ at his hotel suite during which MJ plays Rod several songs. Some of the songs already had lyrics, which MJ wanted to improve. Others were instrumentals without any lyrics at all. The songs MJ plays for Rod are Best of Joy, Hollywood Tonight, The Loser, The Way Your Love Me, Beautiful Girl, Dark Lady, DIE, and Can’t Stop Loving You.
November 02 : Michael texts his nephew Taj, thanking him for taking a trip to Vegas.
November 10/11 : Michael leaves notes to the fans from the Bel Air Hotel in Los Angeles saying that he’s working hard on “music, film and performance”.
November 11 : Michael has given up title to his Neverland ranch, transferring the deed to a company he partly controls. The singer filed a grant deed on the ranch that makes the new owner an entity called the Sycamore Valley Ranch Co. LLC, a joint venture between Jackson and an affiliate of Colony Capital LLC,Colony Capital is a Los Angeles-based real estate investment company run by billionaire Tom Barrack. It owns several properties in Las Vegas, including the Las Vegas Hilton.
November 15 : Michael speaks with some of his fans including Jenny Winnings at the Hotel Bel Air.
November 17 : Day 1 of Sheik Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa VS Michael Jackson trial in London. Michael’s lawyers ask for him to give evidence by video link from the U.S., citing an unspecified medical condition.
November 18 (Day 2) : Testimony of Sheik Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa.
November 20 (Day 3) : Michael’s lawyer Robert Englehart tells the judge on that the doctors have cleared Michael to travel to the UK so that he can testify.
November 21 (Day 4) : Testimonies of Grace Rwaramba, Guy Holmes and Mark Stewart.
November 23 : Michael cancels his trip to London upon learning that his legal team has reached a settlement with Sheik Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa’s lawyers.
November 27 : Michael celebrates Thanksgiving with Prince, Paris and Blanket at their new home. A $38 million Holmby Hils estate rented for $100,000 a month on Carolwood Drive. The pad has seven bedrooms, 13 baths, 12 fireplaces, a screening room, a guest house, a swimming pool and a garden.
November 28 : Michel spends time with his fans Robert and Talitha in a suite of the Bel-Air Hotel.
December : Tom Barrack and Dr Tohme Tohme convince Michael to accept a concert deal and they contact Randy Phillips from AEG Live in oder to start negociations.
December 14 : Michael is spotted wearing a Zorro mask while shopping in Los Angeles.
December 20 : Michael is spotted wearing a Zorro mask while visiting his Dr Arnlold Klein, his dermatomogist’s office in Beverly Hills.
December 22 : Michael Jackson’s official and sole spokesperson, Dr. Tohme Tohme, in response to recent rumors regarding Michael’s alleged medical condition, has issued the following statement:
“Concerning this author’s allegations, we would hope in the future that legitimate media will not continue to be exploited by such an obvious attempt to promote this unauthorized ‘biography.’
The writer’s wild allegations concerning Mr. Jackson’s health are a total fabrication.
Mr. Jackson is in fine health, and finalizing negotiations with a major entertainment company & television network for both a world tour and a series of specials and appearances.”
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December 24/25 : Michael celebrates Christmas eve with Prince, Paris and Blanket and their guests Dr Arnold Klein and Carrie Fisher in their new Holmby Hils home.
The golden gates of Neverland are removed and put into storage in an nondescript warehouse on the outskirts of Los Angeles as part of a public auction next April 2009. More than 2,000 items, ranging from personal effects and costumes to pieces from Michael’s private art collection as well as fittings and furnishings from his Neverland ranch, will be up for sale at a four-day public auction at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles.
December 31 : Michael is spotted at Hennessey and Ingalls a Santa Monica bookstore. He then visits Dr Klein in Beverly Hills.
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