Glastonbury, one of the world's largest music festivals, began on an unexpectedly somber note on Friday as fans gathering for the usually exuberant event in bucolic southwestern England awoke to the news of Michael Jackson's death.
Rumors had circulated the festival's giant campsite throughout the previous evening, but had been dismissed as the kind of false hearsay which usually circulates around the isolated rural venue.
But confusion quickly turned to shock for many, as Jackson's music played in festival bars and news of his demise spread by cell phone.
"It's totally weird," Sally Anne Aldous, 29, told CNN. "People are just getting text messages saying Michael Jackson is dead. Michael Jackson is dead,"
With a laid-back focus on mainly alternative music, the Glastonbury festival -- expected to attract as many as 137,000 music-lovers -- is not a venue where people would normally to expect to hear Jackson's music.
But few here deny the singer's influence.
An impromptu memorial was already held late Thursday at the "Stone Circle," a neolithic monument in the festival's grounds.
Fans are now wondering whether stars like Bruce Sprinsteen, Lady GaGa and Lilly Allen, who are expected to perform at the festival, will pay tribute to Jackson by singing some of his iconic songs.
Festival organizer Emily Eavis wrote on her Twitter site: "So sad to hear the news about MJ. There will be tributes all over the site all weekend. A truly great artist. Emily."
There has been no official statement yet from the organizers of Glastonbury to tell fans of the news or to say how they will respond to the entertainers' death.
Source:cnn
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