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During his Michael Jackson's 1982 track Thriller tops the Nielsen BDS list of the most played Halloween-themed songs of the year. Numbers 2 and 3 are Monster Mash by Bobby Boris Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers and Ghostbusters by Ray Parker, Jr.
Mary Chapin Carpenter plays at The Town Hall, Birmingham, UK, supported by Tift Merritt.
Cirque Du Soleil and the estate of Michael Jackson officially announce 'Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour', a combination of Jackson's music, with 'thrilling choreography and visual effects'. The tour is planned to begin in Montreal, Canada, in October 2011 before moving on to New York, Miami, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, and then taking up a residency in Las Vegas.
Robert Levon Been, bassist of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, is fined 18,500 euros and given a three month suspended sentence in Germany, Europe, because of an incident in which he accidently injured a fan at a gig in Munich earlier in the year.
70s teen pop idol David Cassidy is arrested for DUI in Florida, USA, after he makes an illegal right turn against a red light. He is held overnight in jail, and will be ordered to go to in-patient rehabilitation and put on probation for five years.
Pixie Lott is announced as an ambassador for Beatbullying and donates her song Get Weak, about the pressures of bullying, to raise awareness of Beatbullying's The Big March.