I have read most of the comments posted on this topic. First I want to say I was very happy when I heard about this on the news- A new album due out in November.. that truly made my day, week and month- I feel extremely happy about this. alot of you have issues with the deal being with Sony- I'm not positive- but I really believe Michael's issues were with Tommy Mottola and not per se Sony. I also am under the impression Tommy is no longer with Sony- but even if the problems were with Sony, that would have been years ago.