MICHAEL JACKSON - JACKSON TO VISIT BERLIN FOR FATHER'S BIRTHDAY

Troubled singer MICHAEL JACKSON has planned a spectacular 1,000-guest party for his father's 76th birthday and will travel to Berlin, Germany next Friday (22JUL05) to attend the bash.

German newspaper Berliner Morgenpost claims the THRILLER star will join his sisters JANET and JERMAINE at a Berlin hotel for the party, which was originally intended to be a surprise.

Bosses at the unnamed hotel recently told the paper that Jackson's family was throwing a separate party there to thank fans for their loyalty during Jackson's child molestation trial, which ended last month (JUN05).