Thursday, July 2, 2009

Jackson funeral set for Tuesday in L.A

Tickets will be free and 11,000 will be distributed to the public


Michael Jackson’s memorial service has been set for Tuesday at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.

AEG Live, which owns the Staples Center and was Jackson’s promoter, called a press conference for Friday at 10 a.m. to announce details, according to a press release from the office of the Jackson family’s publicist.

Randy Phillips, AEG’s chief executive, said tickets would be free and that 11,000 would be distributed to the public.

Jermaine Jackson: ‘I wish it was me'



Michael’s brother reveals new details of death scene: ‘I kissed his forehead’
The scene is still fresh in Jermaine Jackson’s mind: his mother’s grief-choked voice on the phone telling him the awful news; rushing to UCLA Medical Center and seeing the helicopters hovering overhead; kissing his brother’s lifeless form; watching the three children of Michael Jackson being brought in with a therapist to stand by their father’s body.

“There is nothing to be compared to this, ’cause we lost our brother, our hero. The world is mourning. We are mourning. The fans are mourning. It is unreal. Unbelievable,” Jermaine Jackson told TODAY’s Matt Lauer in an exclusive interview recorded at the famous Neverland Ranch of the “King of Pop” — the first in-depth interview with any Jackson family member since the singer’s shocking death last week.

‘Michael is dead’
His voice choked with emotion, Jermaine Jackson, wearing a vintage Jackson 5 shirt, wiped away tears as he described his mother calling him last Thursday to tell him that his brother was dead.

Source:msnbc.com

MJ's rehearsal video released


Source:msnbc.com
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