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(CBS/AP) Yet another Michael Jackson sibling won’t attend the tribute concert for the late singer and this Jackson may be the most famous: Janet. Janet Jackson said Monday she won’t attend a planned tribute concert for 카지노사이트 her older brother Michael in Wales because the show coincides with the trial of a doctor charged in the King of Pop’s death. Pictures: Michael Jackson The singer’s one-sentence statement to The Associated Press does not criticize the show, as her brothers Jermaine and Randy have done, but cites the court case as her reason for not attending. “Because of the trial, the timing of this tribute to our brother would be too difficult for me,” her statement reads. Her statement was released on what would have been her brother’s 53rd birthday. Organizers of “Michael Forever — The Tribute Concert” have struggled to line up top-name acts and have been criticized by fans and the late singer’s estate for multiple reasons, including its costly tickets, timing and remote location. The show is scheduled for Oct. 8 in Cardiff, Wales, and the singer’s mother, Katherine, and some of her children are scheduled to attend. Christina Aguilera, Smokey Robinson, and Cee Lo Green are the top-names listed as performers so far. Organizers had to rescind an offer to the band Kiss after fans and Michael Jackson’s estate noted that singer-bassist Gene Simmons had harshly...

(CBS) “Rites of Passage” is the theme for this year’s sold-out Burning Man festival, which began Monday in the Nevada desert. This is the 25th anniversary of Burning Man, a celebration of art, invention and independence. And for the first time, the event, which continues through Saturday, has been sold out. Attendance is limited to 50,000 people a day. In the Black Rock Desert, about 100 miles north of Reno, participants create Black Rock City, a temporary metropolis dedicated to community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance. They depart one week later, having left no trace whatsoever. Food is available to buy, but artists and 마카오예측 artisans are encouraged to swap and barter, not sell, their goods. It began in 1986 when Larry Harvey and Jerry James burned an 8-foot effigy on a California beach in honor of summer solstice. An effigy is burned every year at the end of the event. Four years after the first burning, the festival was moved to the remote Nevada desert where it has been gaining participants ever since. It also has been gaining activities which this year, in addition to the giant art installations, include cooking classes yoga courses and bocce ball tournaments. Smaller,year-round events also are scheduled...