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July 30, 2009 – For convenience, I’ll be feeding upcoming concerts in the New York area to a post every month, please see the following list for band, venue, date/time, and ticket purchase info! Your welcome, I love you too, thank you, have a nice day, gesundheit, shut up, you stink, i’m sorry.

Concert Listings in New York for August:

Event	Location	Date
Destroyer	Bowery Ballroom New York, NY	July 30, 2009 Thursday 8:00 pm	Find
RX Bandits	The Fillmore – New York City New York, NY	July 30, 2009 Thursday 8:00 pm	Find
Grace Jones	Hammerstein Ballroom New York, NY	July 30, 2009 Thursday 8:00 pm	Find
Haste The Day	Blender Theater at Gramercy New York, NY	July 31, 2009 Friday 6:00 pm	Find
AC/DC	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ	July 31, 2009 Friday 7:30 pm	Find
Jody Watley	BB King Blues Club New York, NY	July 31, 2009 Friday 8:00 pm	Find
Steely Dan	Beacon Theatre New York, NY	July 31, 2009 Friday 8:00 pm	Find
Nightmare of You	Mercury Lounge – NY New York, NY	July 31, 2009 Friday 9:30 pm	Find
Thomas & Friends Live!	State Theatre-NJ New Brunswick, NJ	August 1, 2009 Saturday 2:00 pm	Find
Gin Blossoms	BB King Blues Club New York, NY	August 1, 2009 Saturday 8:00 pm	Find
Steely Dan	Beacon Theatre New York, NY	August 1, 2009 Saturday 8:00 pm	Find
Harlem Gospel Choir	BB King Blues Club New York, NY	August 2, 2009 Sunday 1:30 pm	Find
Octopus Project	Mercury Lounge – NY New York, NY	August 2, 2009 Sunday 7:00 pm	Find
Arctic Monkeys	Highline Ballroom New York, NY	August 3, 2009 Monday TBA	Find
The Start	Mercury Lounge – NY New York, NY	August 3, 2009 Monday 7:00 pm	Find
Depeche Mode	Madison Square Garden New York, NY	August 3, 2009 Monday 8:00 pm	Find
Steely Dan	Beacon Theatre New York, NY	August 3, 2009 Monday 8:00 pm	Find
The Duke & The King	Mercury Lounge – NY New York, NY	August 4, 2009 Tuesday 7:00 pm	Find
The Chapin	State Theatre-NJ New Brunswick, NJ	August 4, 2009 Tuesday 7:30 pm	Find
Los Campesinos!	Webster Hall New York, NY	August 4, 2009 Tuesday 7:30 pm	Find
Incubus	Radio City Music Hall New York, NY	August 4, 2009 Tuesday 8:00 pm	Find
Depeche Mode	Madison Square Garden New York, NY	August 4, 2009 Tuesday 8:00 pm	Find
Lovin’ Spoonful	BB King Blues Club New York, NY	August 4, 2009 Tuesday 8:00 pm	Find
Steely Dan	Beacon Theatre New York, NY	August 4, 2009 Tuesday 8:00 pm	Find
Erykah Badu	The Beach at Governors Island New York, NY	August 4, 2009 Tuesday 8:00 pm	Find
The Roots	Highline Ballroom New York, NY	August 4, 2009 Tuesday 11:30 pm	Find
Chris Isaak	Beacon Theatre New York, NY	August 5, 2009 Wednesday 7:30 pm	Find
Portugal The Man	Mercury Lounge – NY New York, NY	August 5, 2009 Wednesday 7:30 pm	Find
Incubus	Radio City Music Hall New York, NY	August 5, 2009 Wednesday 8:00 pm	Find
Fabulous Thunderbirds	BB King Blues Club New York, NY	August 5, 2009 Wednesday 8:00 pm	Find
Cyndi Lauper	St George’s Theatre Staten Island, NY	August 5, 2009 Wednesday 8:00 pm	Find
Eagles of Death Metal	Webster Hall New York, NY	August 6, 2009 Thursday 7:00 pm	Find
David Cook	Nokia Theatre Times Square New York, NY	August 6, 2009 Thursday 7:00 pm	Find
Now, Now Every Children	Mercury Lounge – NY New York, NY	August 6, 2009 Thursday 7:30 pm	Find
Andrew Strong	BB King Blues Club New York, NY	August 6, 2009 Thursday 8:00 pm	Find
Mark Kozelek	Music Hall Of Williamsburg New York, NY	August 6, 2009 Thursday 8:00 pm	Find
Old Crow Medicine Show	Beacon Theatre New York, NY	August 6, 2009 Thursday 8:00 pm	Find
Das Racist	Bowery Ballroom New York, NY	August 6, 2009 Thursday 8:00 pm	Find
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals	Prospect Park New York, NY	August 7, 2009 Friday 7:30 pm	Find
Ricardo Arjona	Madison Square Garden New York, NY	August 7, 2009 Friday 8:00 pm	Find
The Edwin Mccain Band	BB King Blues Club New York, NY	August 7, 2009 Friday 8:00 pm	Find
Joe Pernice	Bowery Ballroom New York, NY	August 7, 2009 Friday 8:00 pm	Find
Tracy Chapman	Hammerstein Ballroom New York, NY	August 7, 2009 Friday 8:00 pm	Find
Buju Banton & Friends	Madison Square Garden – WaMu Theatre New York, NY	August 7, 2009 Friday 8:00 pm	Find
Sugar Ray	The Fillmore – New York City New York, NY	August 7, 2009 Friday 9:00 pm	Find
The Radiators	Mexicali Live New York, NY	August 7, 2009 Friday 9:00 pm	Find
Blaze The Stage Summer ‘09 Invitational	Symphony Space New York, NY	August 8, 2009 Saturday 3:00 pm	Find
Big Daddy Kane	Prospect Park New York, NY	August 8, 2009 Saturday 7:30 pm	Find
Neville Brothers	BB King Blues Club New York, NY	August 8, 2009 Saturday 8:00 pm	Find
Errortype:11	Mercury Lounge – NY New York, NY	August 8, 2009 Saturday 8:00 pm	Find
Jazmine Sullivan	Central Park-NY New York, NY	August 9, 2009 Sunday 3:00 pm	Find
Dream Theater	Beacon Theatre New York, NY	August 9, 2009 Sunday 6:00 pm	Find
California ‘66 Revue	BB King Blues Club New York, NY	August 9, 2009 Sunday 8:00 pm	Find
The Pretenders	SummerStage – Central Park New York, NY	August 10, 2009 Monday 6:00 pm	Find
Hockey	Mercury Lounge – NY New York, NY	August 10, 2009 Monday 7:00 pm	Find
Steely Dan	Beacon Theatre New York, NY	August 10, 2009 Monday 8:00 pm	Find
Quicksilver Messenger Service	BB King Blues Club New York, NY	August 10, 2009 Monday 8:00 pm	Find
The Roots	Highline Ballroom New York, NY	August 10, 2009 Monday 11:30 pm	Find
Thrash & Burn Tour – Devildriver	The Fillmore – New York City New York, NY	August 11, 2009 Tuesday 6:00 pm	Find
American Idols Live	Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, NY	August 11, 2009 Tuesday 7:00 pm	Find
Sick Puppies	Highline Ballroom New York, NY	August 11, 2009 Tuesday 7:00 pm	Find
TV on the Radio	Prospect Park New York, NY	August 11, 2009 Tuesday 7:30 pm	Find
Steely Dan	Beacon Theatre New York, NY	August 11, 2009 Tuesday 8:00 pm	Find
Zach Williams	Mercury Lounge – NY New York, NY	August 11, 2009 Tuesday 9:00 pm	Find
Bonnie Raitt & Taj Mahal	Prospect Park Bandshell New York, NY	August 12, 2009 Wednesday TBA	Find
American Idols Live	Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, NY	August 12, 2009 Wednesday 7:00 pm	Find
Starlight Mints	Bowery Ballroom New York, NY	August 12, 2009 Wednesday 7:30 pm	Find
Heroes of Woodstock	Nokia Theatre Times Square New York, NY	August 12, 2009 Wednesday 8:00 pm	Find
Bat For Lashes	Webster Hall New York, NY	August 12, 2009 Wednesday 8:00 pm	Find
The Script	Webster Hall New York, NY	August 13, 2009 Thursday TBA	Find
Walter Trout	Mexicali Live New York, NY	August 13, 2009 Thursday TBA	Find
Lights Resolve	Bowery Ballroom New York, NY	August 13, 2009 Thursday 6:00 pm	Find
Cky	Blender Theater at Gramercy New York, NY	August 13, 2009 Thursday 7:00 pm	Find
Nomo	Mercury Lounge – NY New York, NY	August 13, 2009 Thursday 7:30 pm	Find
Friendly Fires	Music Hall Of Williamsburg New York, NY	August 13, 2009 Thursday 8:00 pm	Find
John Legend	Madison Square Garden New York, NY	August 13, 2009 Thursday 8:00 pm	Find
Tori Amos	Radio City Music Hall New York, NY	August 13, 2009 Thursday 8:00 pm	Find
George Thorogood & The Destroyers	Nokia Theatre Times Square New York, NY	August 14, 2009 Friday 7:00 pm	Find
Animal Collective	Prospect Park New York, NY	August 14, 2009 Friday 7:30 pm	Find
Drug Rug	Mercury Lounge – NY New York, NY	August 14, 2009 Friday 7:30 pm	Find
Walter Trout	BB King Blues Club New York, NY	August 14, 2009 Friday 8:00 pm	Find
The Warlocks	Bowery Ballroom New York, NY	August 14, 2009 Friday 8:00 pm	Find
Emiliana Torrini	Highline Ballroom New York, NY	August 14, 2009 Friday 9:00 pm	Find
Hercules and Love Affair	Blender Theater at Gramercy New York, NY	August 14, 2009 Friday 9:00 pm	Find
Animal Collective	Prospect Park Bandshell New York, NY	August 15, 2009 Saturday TBA	Find
Hercules And Love Affair	Music Hall Of Williamsburg New York, NY	August 15, 2009 Saturday 7:00 pm	Find
O.A.R.	Madison Square Garden New York, NY	August 15, 2009 Saturday 8:00 pm	Find
The Trash Can Sinatras	Bowery Ballroom New York, NY	August 15, 2009 Saturday 8:00 pm	Find
Marduk	Blender Theater at Gramercy New York, NY	August 15, 2009 Saturday 8:00 pm	Find
The Seventh Seal	Symphony Space New York, NY	August 16, 2009 Sunday 7:00 pm	Find
Saw Doctors	Highline Ballroom New York, NY	August 16, 2009 Sunday 8:00 pm	Find
Night Ranger	BB King Blues Club New York, NY	August 17, 2009 Monday 8:00 pm	Find
Chickenfoot	Beacon Theatre New York, NY	August 17, 2009 Monday 8:00 pm	Find
Brendan Benson	Bowery Ballroom New York, NY	August 17, 2009 Monday 8:00 pm	Find
Nyle	Blender Theater at Gramercy New York, NY	August 17, 2009 Monday 8:00 pm	Find
OTEP	Blender Theater at Gramercy New York, NY	August 18, 2009 Tuesday TBA	Find
The Platters	Westchester Broadway Theatre Elmsford, NY	August 18, 2009 Tuesday 6:15 pm	Find
Ambulance Ltd	Mercury Lounge – NY New York, NY	August 18, 2009 Tuesday 7:00 pm	Find
Eddie Jobson	BB King Blues Club New York, NY	August 18, 2009 Tuesday 8:00 pm	Find
The Breeders	Bowery Ballroom New York, NY	August 18, 2009 Tuesday 8:00 pm	Find
The B-52s	The Beach at Governors Island New York, NY	August 18, 2009 Tuesday 8:00 pm	Find
Sean Paul	Highline Ballroom New York, NY	August 18, 2009 Tuesday 8:00 pm	Find
The Wiggles	Izod Center East Rutherford, NJ	August 19, 2009 Wednesday 3:00 pm	Find
The Wiggles	Izod Center East Rutherford, NJ	August 19, 2009 Wednesday 6:30 pm	Find
The Scene Aesthetic	Blender Theater at Gramercy New York, NY	August 19, 2009 Wednesday 7:00 pm	Find
Peter Cincotti	Highline Ballroom New York, NY	August 19, 2009 Wednesday 8:00 pm	Find
Robben Ford	BB King Blues Club New York, NY	August 19, 2009 Wednesday 8:00 pm	Find
The Breeders	Bowery Ballroom New York, NY	August 19, 2009 Wednesday 8:00 pm	Find
The Honorary Title	Music Hall Of Williamsburg New York, NY	August 19, 2009 Wednesday 8:00 pm	Find
Peter Cincotti	Highline Ballroom New York, NY	August 19, 2009 Wednesday 10:30 pm	Find
The Wiggles	Izod Center East Rutherford, NJ	August 20, 2009 Thursday 3:00 pm	Find
The Wiggles	Izod Center East Rutherford, NJ	August 20, 2009 Thursday 6:30 pm	Find
Bouncing Souls	Webster Hall New York, NY	August 20, 2009 Thursday 6:30 pm	Find
Hed Pe	Blender Theater at Gramercy New York, NY	August 20, 2009 Thursday 7:00 pm	Find
Amy Ray	Mercury Lounge – NY New York, NY	August 20, 2009 Thursday 7:30 pm	Find
Moody Blues	Radio City Music Hall New York, NY	August 20, 2009 Thursday 8:00 pm	Find
Vienna Teng	Highline Ballroom New York, NY	August 20, 2009 Thursday 8:00 pm	Find
N.A.S.A.	Bowery Ballroom New York, NY	August 20, 2009 Thursday 8:00 pm	Find
Gregory Isaacs	BB King Blues Club New York, NY	August 20, 2009 Thursday 8:00 pm	Find
Juana Molina	Music Hall Of Williamsburg New York, NY	August 20, 2009 Thursday 8:00 pm	Find
Amy Ray	The Bell House Brooklyn, NY	August 21, 2009 Friday TBA	Find
The Wiggles	Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, NY	August 21, 2009 Friday 3:00 pm	Find
The Wiggles	Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, NY	August 21, 2009 Friday 6:30 pm	Find
Bouncing Souls	Webster Hall New York, NY	August 21, 2009 Friday 6:30 pm	Find
The Bad Plus	Highline Ballroom New York, NY	August 21, 2009 Friday 8:00 pm	Find
Priscilla Ahn	Bowery Ballroom New York, NY	August 21, 2009 Friday 8:00 pm	Find
The Antlers	Mercury Lounge – NY New York, NY	August 21, 2009 Friday 8:00 pm	Find
The Bad Plus	Highline Ballroom New York, NY	August 21, 2009 Friday 11:00 pm	Find
Nine Inch Nails	Bowery Ballroom New York, NY	August 22, 2009 Saturday TBA	Find
The Wiggles	Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, NY	August 22, 2009 Saturday 10:30 am	Find
The Wiggles	Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, NY	August 22, 2009 Saturday 2:30 pm	Find
Colin Hay	Hiro Ballroom New York, NY	August 22, 2009 Saturday 7:15 pm	Find
Iris Dement	Highline Ballroom New York, NY	August 22, 2009 Saturday 8:00 pm	Find
The Upper Crust	Mercury Lounge – NY New York, NY	August 22, 2009 Saturday 8:00 pm	Find
Rebelution	Blender Theater at Gramercy New York, NY	August 22, 2009 Saturday 8:00 pm	Find
Nine Inch Nails	Webster Hall New York, NY	August 23, 2009 Sunday TBA	Find
Harlem Gospel Choir	BB King Blues Club New York, NY	August 23, 2009 Sunday 1:30 pm	Find
Turntables On The Hudson	The Beach at Governors Island New York, NY	August 23, 2009 Sunday 2:00 pm	Find
McCoy Tyner	Highline Ballroom New York, NY	August 23, 2009 Sunday 10:30 pm	Find
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus	Blender Theater at Gramercy New York, NY	August 24, 2009 Monday 7:30 pm	Find
Britney Spears	Madison Square Garden New York, NY	August 24, 2009 Monday 8:00 pm	Find
KC & The Sunshine Band	BB King Blues Club New York, NY	August 24, 2009 Monday 8:00 pm	Find
Mew	Music Hall Of Williamsburg New York, NY	August 24, 2009 Monday 8:00 pm	Find
Nine Inch Nails	Terminal 5 New York, NY	August 25, 2009 Tuesday TBA	Find
Heaven & Hell and Coheed & Cambria	Madison Square Garden – WaMu Theatre New York, NY	August 25, 2009 Tuesday 7:00 pm	Find
Boy Crisis & Patrick Cleandenim	Mercury Lounge – NY New York, NY	August 25, 2009 Tuesday 7:00 pm	Find
Collective Soul	The Fillmore – New York City New York, NY	August 25, 2009 Tuesday 7:30 pm	Find
Tarrus Riley	BB King Blues Club New York, NY	August 25, 2009 Tuesday 8:00 pm	Find
Britney Spears	Madison Square Garden New York, NY	August 25, 2009 Tuesday 8:00 pm	Find
Counting Crows	Hammerstein Ballroom New York, NY	August 25, 2009 Tuesday 8:00 pm	Find
KC & the Sunshine Band	State Theatre-NJ New Brunswick, NJ	August 26, 2009 Wednesday TBA	Find
Nine Inch Nails	Terminal 5 New York, NY	August 26, 2009 Wednesday TBA	Find
Phil Vassar	Highline Ballroom New York, NY	August 26, 2009 Wednesday 8:00 pm	Find
Britney Spears	Madison Square Garden New York, NY	August 26, 2009 Wednesday 8:00 pm	Find
Panda	The Fillmore – New York City New York, NY	August 26, 2009 Wednesday 8:00 pm	Find
Taylor Swift & Kellie Pickler	Madison Square Garden New York, NY	August 27, 2009 Thursday 7:00 pm	Find
Rockin The Paradise	BB King Blues Club New York, NY	August 27, 2009 Thursday 7:00 pm	Find
Ours	Terminal 5 New York, NY	August 28, 2009 Friday TBA	Find
The Damnwells	Music Hall Of Williamsburg New York, NY	August 28, 2009 Friday 8:00 pm	Find
Adrian Belew	BB King Blues Club New York, NY	August 28, 2009 Friday 8:00 pm	Find
Polito Vega 50th Anniversary Concert	Madison Square Garden New York, NY	August 28, 2009 Friday 8:00 pm	Find
Jonah Smith	Bowery Ballroom New York, NY	August 28, 2009 Friday 8:00 pm	Find
Nat & Alex Wolff	The Fillmore – New York City New York, NY	August 29, 2009 Saturday 2:30 pm	Find
Paul Van Dyk	Rumsey Playfield – Central Park New York, NY	August 29, 2009 Saturday 6:00 pm	Find
Badfish	The Beach at Governors Island New York, NY	August 29, 2009 Saturday 6:00 pm	Find
Chris Cubeta And The Liars Club	Bowery Ballroom New York, NY	August 29, 2009 Saturday 7:00 pm	Find
Solilloquists of Sound	Mercury Lounge – NY New York, NY	August 29, 2009 Saturday 10:30 pm	Find
Harlem Gospel Choir	BB King Blues Club New York, NY	August 30, 2009 Sunday 1:30 pm	Find
Journey	Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, NY	August 31, 2009 Monday 7:00 pm	Find
Stardeath & White Dwarfs	Mercury Lounge – NY New York, NY	August 31, 2009 Monday 7:00 pm	Find
Bankie Banx	BB King Blues Club New York, NY	August 31, 2009 Monday 8:00 pm	Find

With the passing of the legend, King of Pop, Wack-o, or whatever you refer to Michael as, the web had seen a great surge that may have been groundbreaking.

The story created such a surge in online traffic that Google returned an ‘error message’ for searches of the singer’s name as it assumed it was under attack.

And just seconds after the story broke on the American entertainment website TMZ.com, messages or ‘Tweets’ about the singer on the micro-blogging site Twitter doubled, leading to a temporary shutdown of the site.

TMZ.com stole a march on traditional media outlets with its scoop that Jackson had died from a heart attack two hours before it was confirmed by the more ‘reputed’ sources of The LA Times and Associated Press.

Confusion reigned for several hours in newsrooms about whether Michael Jackson was in a coma or perhaps had already passed away – although some bloggers suggested the story was a hoax.

The 24-hour news services provided by Sky and BBC were forced to credit TMZ for their most up-to-date information.

American gossip blogger Perez Hilton wrote: ‘(Jackson) pulled a similar stunt when he was getting ready for his big HBO special in ‘95 when he collapsed at the rehearsal!

‘Either he’s lying or making himself sick, but we’re curious to see if he’s able to go on. Get your money back, ticket holders!’

How news of Jackson’s death spread around the Internet:

Scroll down for a timeline of events…

Rumours abounded as major news channels were reluctant to run the story with TMZ.com as the only source.

Despite breaking stories such as Mel Gibson’s anti-Semitic rant during a drunk driving arrest, the website is viewed by many as salacious and lacking credibility.

CNN waited for the coroner’s confirmation before it stated Michael Jackson was dead, despite being owned by Time Warner, the same company as TMZ.

Harvey Levin, managing director of TMZ said: ‘No matter what they say, people know we broke the story. That’s how competitors handle it. There’s no issue about our credibility.

‘We were getting calls from everyone under the sun, established news operations, asking, “Are you sure?” That’s such an odd question. We would not have published it if it were not true.’

Internet users however had no such qualms with the news source and turned to Twitter to spread the story.

By 10.30pm, Jackson-based Twitter traffic had risen to 12.26 per cent and peaked at 11.30pm with 22.61 per cent of all messages dedicated to the star. Nine of the ten most popular topics on Twitter were dedicated to the tragic king of pop by this time.

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone said: ‘We saw an instant doubling of tweets per second the moment the story broke.

‘It is the biggest jump in tweets per second since the U.S. presidential election.’

The Mail Online saw traffic double between 10pm and 12pm.

Meanwhile, computers running Google’s news section interpreted the fusillade of ‘Michael Jackson’ requests as an automated attack.

As a defence mechanism, it responded to requests for information about Michael Jackson with squiggly letters known as a ‘captcha.’

Just as online ticket buyers regularly do to complete their purchases, the Michael Jackson searchers had to enter the letters correctly to see Google’s new results.

On YouTube, traffic flowed to music videos of Jackson, while thousands posted videos of themselves sharing their thoughts on the legendary pop star.

Others were using Facebook to organise vigils and celebrations of Jackson. One in San Francisco with nearly 50 confirmed guests hoped to recreate the Thriller dance.

Within a few hours of the news of Jackson’s death, his 1982 album Thriller was the No. 1 album on iTunes. Several of his discs were also in the top 10 of the digital store.

Celebrities and fans alike posted a deluge of tributes on Twitter – significantly most of these came after the LA Times and the Associated Press had confirmed Michael Jackson’s passing.

Well-known Twitter fan Demi Moore wrote: ‘I am greatly saddened for the loss of both Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson. Especially for their children.’

Meanwhile another web hoax triggered false reports that American actor Jeff Goldblum had also died in a tragic fall while filming a movie in New Zealand.

It was suggested that Harrison Ford, who was working with Goldblum on a movie called Morning Glory, may have also met an untimely demise.

Unfortunately, an Australian entertainment reporter Richard Wilkins relayed the news of Goldblum’s supposed death on Channel Nine’s Today show.

This caused a flurry of calls to New Zealand police forcing Inspector Kerry Watson to issue a statement:  ‘Police at Kerikeri are receiving phone calls regarding a person falling from a cliff at Kauri Cliff,’ she said.

‘There is no such incident and police have no information to provide’.

Despite this, the viral was picked up by Twitter and spread like wildfire. The internet rumour became so popular that actor Kevin Spacey felt obliged to check if it was true.

He wrote on his Twitter page: ‘Jeff Goldblum is alive and well. I just spoke to his manager. Stop these stupid rumors.’

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How the news of Michael Jackson’s final hours broke…

12.21pm (local LA time) (8.21pm BST) – Paramedics respond to a call at Jackson’s home. He was not breathing when they arrived but had a personal physician with him. The paramedics performed CPR.

As this was happening: TMZ.com report Jackson, 50, suffered a heart attack and paramedics were unable to revive him

1pm (9pm) – Star’s father Joe Jackson tells E! News ‘he is not doing well.’

1.14pm (9.14pm) – Jackson arrives at hospital. A team of doctors attempt to resuscitate him for more than an hour.

1.35pm (9.35pm) – Jackson is in a coma and his family arrive at his bedside. Sister LaToya Jackson runs into the hospital sobbing.

1.45pm (9.45pm) – Hundreds of fans gather outside the hospital, anxiously waiting for news.

1.50pm (9.50pm) – ‘He had a heart attack,’ father Joe Jackson tells E! News by phone from Las Vegas. ‘He is not OK.’

2.26pm (10.26pm) – Jackson is officially pronounced dead.

2.35pm (10.35pm) – Fire official tells LA Times that Jackson is in hospital. This is then reported by Associated Press

2.44pm (10.44pm) -  TMZ.com breaks news Jackson has died, leading Google to crash.

3.27pm (11.27pm) – AP reports that a person with knowledge of the situation says Michael Jackson has died

4.25pm (12.25am) - CNN reports Jackson has died after confirmation from coroner’s ofifice

Jermaine Jackson holds a press conference at the hospital and confirms Michael died after having a heart attack

In the early hours Jackson’s body is transferred to L.A County Coroner’s Office.