Why merely surf the web when you can serf it, medieval style, with Meteor Games‘ newest title?

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Bad news for fans of the King of Pop: The Facebook livestream of Michael Forever: The Tribute Concert has been canceled.

Facebook commerce outfit Milyoni had teamed up with Ridgeline Entertainment for the October 8 event from Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, which will be hosted by Jamie Foxx, with scheduled performers including Beyoncé, Christina Aguilera, The Black Eyed Peas, Jennifer Hudson, and Smokey Robinson.

The event is still scheduled to proceed, but it won’t stream on Facebook. Milyoni explained in a statement:

Due to legal challenges brought by the music labels that own the rights to Michael Jackson’s lyrics, we have been notified by concert promoters Global Live Events and Ridgeline Entertainment that the live Facebook broadcast of the Michael Forever tribute concert has been canceled. As the technology provider behind the live Facebook broadcast, Milyoni will fully refund all customers who pre-purchased access to the concert using Facebook Credits or PayPal.

Milyoni Chief Executive Officer John Corpus added:

While social media presents a new opportunity for artists and concert promoters to reach global audiences, it is still a new and disruptive frontier ripe with challenges. Milyoni will continue to work closely with our music and entertainment partners to pursue this new channel of distribution, beneficial to both artists and fans worldwide.

If you’ve ever bought tickets for an event that got canceled, we’d love to hear from you in the comments section — what was the refund procedure like?

CBS comedy “The Big Bang Theory“ and its geeky cast of characters strike a chord with many people, as the show’s fan page boasts more than 16 million likes, so why did it take so long for the debut of a Facebook game based on the series?

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Michael Jackson became the most popular person on Facebook in July 2009, following his sudden death June 25 of that year. But will that help a pay-per-view concert in his honor convince people to shell out cash to watch it?

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The website for A&E Television Networks’ Biography Channel has launched tailored versions of Facebook plugins called My Connections and Your Friends’ Connections.

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Facebook users are injecting a little java into their status updates in honor of National Coffee Day.

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When it comes to Facebook fans for female celebrities, it appears that Lady Gaga is now under Rihanna’s umbrella.

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First, there was the Boss Button, which enabled employees to sneak peeks at NCAA March Madness on Demand at work, knowing that the click of a button would call up a fake PowerPoint presentation. Now, for those who use Facebook in the office, there’s Excell Book.

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Today is Father’s Day, and Facebook is exploding with happy thoughts and salutes to fathers around the world. And then, there are these dirty dozen, “tributes” to those who haven’t quite cut it as parents and role models: Read the rest of this entry »

Weather became a hot topic among Facebook users this week, as a heatwave scorched much of the U.S., particularly the east coast.
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