Jackson to sing with brothers on reunion album

Meanwhile, the twice-divorced Jackson is slated to host a panel discussion next month at Carnegie Hall in New York on the "fine art of balancing romantic love, familial love and professional dedication," it was announced this week.

The Valentine’s Day event, a benefit for Jackson’s Heal the Kids charity, will be moderated by the singer’s friend and Heal the Kids co-founder, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, author of the book "Kosher Sex."

Jackson, who will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist in March, currently is working on a new solo album for Epic Records, his first since the two-disc "History" release in 1995, she said.

That release is expected out later this year, according to an Epic spokeswoman.

No details of the as-yet untitled Jackson reunion project were immediately available.

Jackson’s five brothers — Randy, Jermaine, Marlon, Tito and Jackie — announced plans in March, 1999, to record an album together under Randy Jackson’s label, Modern Records.

Randy Jackson said then that the album was expected to blend pop with rhythm and blues, in the tradition of the hit-making Jackson 5, which recorded a series of top singles for Motown Records in 1969 and the early 1970s.

In 1975, four of the original Jackson 5 — Jackie, Tito, Marlon and Michael — Left Motown and signed with Epic, adding Randy, and became the Jacksons. Motown retained rights to the name the Jackson 5.

Jermaine Jackson initially stayed at Motown but rejoined his brothers at Epic in 1984 for the "Victory" tour and album, which peaked at No 4 on the Billboard pop album charts and featured the hit single sung by Michael Jackson, "State of Shock." The last album released by the Jacksons as a group was 1989’s "2300 Jackso.