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THRILLER LIVE is a spectacular, high-octane show that is moonwalking into the West End after three acclaimed UK tours and standing ovations across Germany, Holland and Scandanavia. In a phenomenal, unparallelled career, Michael Jackson has to date sold more than 750 million records, had 13 number one singles - more than any other male artist - and is one of the few artists to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice; once as a member of The Jackson 5 in 1997 and later as a solo artist in 2001. His numerous other achievements include multiple Guinness World Records, including one for 'Thriller' as the world's best-selling album of all time - 100 million copies and counting. In Thriller - Live, the non-stop hits just keep on coming from 'I Want You Back', 'I'll Be There', 'Show You The Way To Go', 'Can You Feel It', 'Rock With You', 'She's Out Of My Life', 'Thriller', 'Beat It', 'Ben', 'ABC', 'Man in the Mirror', 'Dirty Diana', 'Billie Jean', 'Earth Song', and many, many more.

Former 5 Star lead vocalist, songwriter and Brit Award-winner Denise Pearson is to make her West End debut in Thriller - Live, the spectacular, high-octane show specially created to celebrate the career of the world's greatest entertainer and undisputed King of Pop, Michael Jackson.

During the first live show on Saturday 10th January, it was announced that world-renowned lyricist Diane Warren would be joining the Eurovision: Your Country Needs You team, providing the lyrics to the song that will be written by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Former 5 Star lead vocalist, songwriter and Brit Award-winner Denise Pearson is to make her West End debut in Thriller - Live, the spectacular, high-octane show specially created to celebrate the career of the world's greatest entertainer and undisputed King of Pop, Michael Jackson.

Former 5 Star lead vocalist, songwriter and Brit Award-winner Denise Pearson is to make her West End debut in Thriller - Live, the spectacular, high-octane show specially created to celebrate the career of the world's greatest entertainer and undisputed King of Pop, Michael Jackson.

Thriller - Live, billed as the UK's 'next big musical', and featuring the mega-hit songs of Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5, has found their 'Young Michael', actually three of them reports UK theatre website WhatsOnStage. Layton Williams, Sterling Williams, and Kieran Alleyne have been cast in the musical and will rotate as the young Michael Jackson

The New York Post is reporting that 'almost Annie' Joanna Pacitti is getting another shot at fame by joining the upcoming members of American Idol's Hollywood audition ticket holders.

Thriller - Live, billed as the West End's next big musical, which features the mega-hit songs of Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5, is going to make one young boy's dreams come true - a starring role in the West End. In connection with West End transfer of the Thriller-Live tour producers  are launching a major hunt to find an young undiscovered talent to sing the songs of the young Michael Jackson in the show, which will open on January 2 at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue.

Long established as one of America's premier interpreters of pop standards and classics from the Broadway songbook, vocal icon Linda Eder takes a 180 degree turn, unveiling 'The Other Side of Me' on her eagerly awaited Verve debut.

KLEA BLACKHURST and BILLY STRITCH will celebrate the release of their new CD Dreaming Of A Song: The Music of Hoagy Carmichael with two weeks worth of performances at the Metropolitan Room.

The Wilshire Theatre Beverly Hills, 8440 Wilshire Boulevard; Beverly Hills, CA 90211, will open its doors to the general public on Sunday, September 21, 2008, after being closed for several months for completion of Phase I of the historic venue's Revitalization Project. Corky Hale Productions will present a star-studded musical event, entitled, 'It's Magic! A Tribute to Sammy Cahn' celebrating the life and lyrics of one of Hollywood's greatest Academy Awardâ-winning songwriters.

Toby Lightman's new independently released album, 'Let Go' produced by Boots Ottestad (Robbie Williams, Tim McGraw, Macy Gray, Jesse McCartney) follows her two Atlantic Records releases, 2004's 'Little Things' and 2006's 'Bird On A Wire'. 'Let Go' will be available on July 15, 2008 on itunes.

GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS, a division of Sh-K-Boom Records, is proud to announce the release of the new CD from KLEA BLACKHURST and BILLY STRITCH - Dreaming Of A Song: The Music of Hoagy Carmichael. Blackhurst took New York by storm with her acclaimed tribute to Ethel Merman, Everything the Traffic Will Allow; Stritch is an award-winning composer, arranger, vocalist and jazz pianist. Their first artistic collaboration mines the catalogue of one of America's most treasured songwriters, who wrote such standards as 'Skylark,' 'Georgia On My Mind' and 'Star Dust.' The recording is produced by Grammy Award winner Joel Moss and will be available in stores and online June 17, 2008. Klea and Billy will celebrate the CD with a special concert at Birdland Jazz Club (315 West 44th Street) at 7:00 PM on Monday, June 16. Please call (212) 581-3080 for reservations.

GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS, a division of Sh-K-Boom Records, is proud to announce the release of the new CD from KLEA BLACKHURST and BILLY STRITCH - Dreaming Of A Song: The Music of Hoagy Carmichael. Blackhurst took New York by storm with her acclaimed tribute to Ethel Merman, Everything the Traffic Will Allow; Stritch is an award-winning composer, arranger, vocalist and jazz pianist. Their first artistic collaboration mines the catalogue of one of America's most treasured songwriters, who wrote such standards as 'Skylark,' 'Georgia On My Mind' and 'Star Dust.' The recording is produced by Grammy Award winner Joel Moss and will be available in stores and online June 17, 2008. Klea and Billy will celebrate the CD with a special concert at Birdland Jazz Club (315 West 44th Street) at 7:00 PM on Monday, June 16. Please call (212) 581-3080 for reservations.

The Original Broadway Cast album of 'Spring Awakening' won the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album during the pre-televised 50th Annual Grammy Awards today, Sunday February 10. Tune-in for all the winners tonight on CBS at 8PM.

After only one month since the album launch and a hit debut single, 'Because Of You', Reba McEntire's latest album 'Reba Duets' is certified platinum by the R.I.A.A. with sales of more than one million copies.

In a stroke of good-timing for Broadway fans, Reba McEntire, who's new 'Reba Duets' album just hit #1 on the Billboard Charts, will be joining Brian Stokes Mitchell for his debut concert at Carnegie Hall on October 15. Click in for the scoop on what audiences can expect from this almost-sold out event!

MCA Nashville will release 38 million-selling artist Reba McEntire's 31st studio album entitled, Reba Duets September 18. McEntire will appear coast to coast on major TV, radio and print outlets, including an exciting appearance on 'Oprah' (Sept 19) where the she will perform two songs with Justin Timberlake and Kelly Clarkson.

New cast changes for the national tour of Rent have announced: Heinz Winckler will be playing Roger Davis and Anwar Robinson will be taking on the role of Tom Collins. Winckler was the winner of the first 'South African Idol' in 2002. Robinson was the 7th place finalist on the 4th season of 'American Idol.'

Disney's 'High School Musical 2,' Zac Efron and Vanessa Anne Hudgens were among the winners at the ninth annual Teen Choice Awards on FOX.