Looking Ahead

Looking ahead: News to watch in the weeks to come | The Editors

The concert that wasn't

July 13: This is the day late King of Pop Michael Jackson was to kick off his run of 50 performances in London to sellout crowds. Jackson died on June 25 in Los Angeles the day after an evening rehearsal for the performance. Fans, who paid between $82 and $124 for the landmark tickets to the "This is It" series of shows in London (postponed from July 8), may choose between accepting full refunds upon returning the tickets or simply holding onto the keepsakes as souvenirs. Some may simply put the ill-fated tickets on eBay.

Sotomayor hearings begin

July 13: Utah Republican Orrin Hatch says it's "highly likely" President Barack Obama's first nomination to the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor, will be confirmed by the Democrat-controlled Senate. But that doesn't mean there won't be some fireworks when the judge's confirmation hearings begin on July 13. Expect conservatives to target her ruling in Ricci v. DeStefano as an appeals court judge. In the case, Sotomayor sided with the city of New Haven, Conn., a stance recently dismissed by the present Supreme Court, which sided with white firefighters who felt they had been discriminated against.