New Michael Jackson song airs, from beyond-grave album

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New Michael Jackson song airs, from beyond-grave album
"Hold My Hand," a duet with US singer Akon, an album of songs the King of Pop wrote before his death, according to producers. -AFP

Sun, Dec 12, 2010
AFP
LOS ANGELES - A second song from a new posthumous album by late pop legend Michael Jackson was released on Thursday, days before the beyond-the-grave record hits music shops around the world.
"Hold My Hand," a duet with US singer Akon, went online complete with video ahead of the December 14 release of "Michael," an album of songs the King of Pop wrote before his death, according to producers.
A first song from the album, "Breaking News," was released last month and triggered an online storm of debate over whether the vocals were indeed sung by Jackson himself.
The video for "Hold my Hand" "tells the story of the song through a collage of images of both Michael and Akon as well as people representing Michael?s legacy, shining a light on the aura left behind by King of Pop.
"The video is a tribute to all that Michael stands for -- life, in all its permutations...love, and its power.... A video of memory, healing and joy," said the video's producer Mark Pellington, cited on Jackson's website.
When the first song was released record label Epic Records was forced to issue a statement saying it was confident the album was indeed Jackson singing, after fans and La Toya Jackson questioned its authenticity.
"We have complete confidence in the results of our extensive research as well as the accounts of those who were in the studio with Michael that the vocals on the new album are his own," said Epic.
The cover of the new album shows images of the eccentric singer at various stages of his career, dominated by one of him being crowned by cherubs with a biblical-looking star in the background.
A film, "This is It," was released last year with footage of rehearsals by Jackson for a series of London concerts he was preparing for before he died in June, 2009.

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Michael Jackson was hooked on Red Bull but demanded 'intravenous sleep medicine', experts claim at Murray trial

Michael Jackson complained he couldn't get any sleep even though he was hooked on highly-caffeinated Red Bull drinks, jurors in the Conrad Murray trial were told.

Nurse practitioner Cherilyn Lee was called to the singer's rented mansion in Los Angeles several months before his death to help the star after he felt tired and anaemic.

Miss Lee told the court: 'He was drinking so many highly caffeinated sodas that I thought that could be one of his problems.
Performance high: Michael Jackson, pictured ahead of his planned O2 Arena shows in London, was said to struggle to come down after being on stage

Performance high: Michael Jackson, pictured ahead of his planned O2 Arena shows in London, was said to struggle to come down after being on stage

'He loved to drink Red Bull. But he told me he was having trouble getting any sleep and he said that whatever I told him he would do.'

The nurse was speaking yesterday as defence lawyers launched their case to clear Jackson's private doctor, Conrad Murray, who has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter.
Highly caffeinated: Michael Jackson was hooked on the energy drink Red Bull, a nurse claimed in court

Highly caffeinated: Michael Jackson was hooked on the energy drink Red Bull, a nurse claimed in court

Miss Lee said Jackson was interested in her holistic natural cures and she started giving him vitamins intravenously after first being introduced to him through one of his bodyguards in February 2009.

She also recommended herbal teas to help him rest.

She said he called her to come to the house when he arrived back in Los Angeles after flying home from London following his public announcement of his planned O2 Arena shows and asked her to go on tour with him.

She said: 'He said, I am feeling so great with the therapies you have rendered me that I would love for you to go with me.'

Earlier, another doctor who claimed to have treated Jackson for between 15 and 20 years told how he refused Jackson's pleas to administer hospital anaesthetic so he could sleep.

Dr Alan Metzger said he'd treated Jackson over the years for anxiety and sleep disorders.

'Sleep was the issue, particularly after performing. He could not come down,' said Dr Metzger.

He said Jackson asked him for 'intravenous sleep medicine' in April 2009.
Alternative remedies: Cherilyn Lee, a nurse who treated Michael Jackson for sleep disorder in early 2009, testifies during Dr Conrad Murray's trial for involuntary manslaughter in Los Angeles Superior Court

Alternative remedies: Cherilyn Lee, a nurse who treated Michael Jackson for sleep disorder in early 2009, testifies during Dr Conrad Murray's trial for involuntary manslaughter in Los Angeles Superior Court
Refusal: Dr Allan Metzger, the former doctor of Michael Jackson, said he would not give the singer anaesthetic

Refusal: Dr Allan Metzger, the former doctor of Michael Jackson, said he would not give the singer anaesthetic

'I think he used the word ''juiced'',' he said. 'He didn't believe that any oral medicine would be helpful. He wanted some form of anaesthetic.'


The doctor told the jury at Los Angeles Superior Court that no amount of money would have persuaded him to grant the singer's request.

Dr Murray is accused of giving Jackson a lethal dose of the powerful sedative Propofol, which should only be used in a hospital setting.

The case continues.