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Ryan is quoting from the UK tabloid the Sun. They are the ones that started this story. They probably picked up and embellished what the actual story was. Here it is.

LONDON, England (CNN) -- For thousands of Michael Jackson fans the news of the singer's death will be made even sadder by the fact they were looking forward to seeing him perform at London's O2 Arena.
Jackson performed at Wembley in 1988 as part of his "Bad" tour. Ticket holders for his O2 gigs have called for the concert to go ahead "in tribute."

Jackson performed at Wembley in 1988 as part of his "Bad" tour. Ticket holders for his O2 gigs have called for the concert to go ahead "in tribute."

Around 750,000 tickets for the 50-date show sold out within hours of going on sale in March. It was due to open next month and run until early next year.

Now it is unclear whether fans will be offered a full refund.

However, many Friday called for the concert to go ahead as a tribute to their idol.

Angel7, from South Africa, wrote on a Michael Jackson discussion board: "I do not want my ticket money back. I'd rather have the concert continue with the proceeds going to his children."

She then called for a worldwide petition to make it happen.

Julia J wrote on Yahoo that she was "devastated" after expecting to see him in August, but added that "a big tribute show for all the dates he had down to do concerts would be a great way to remember him."

Dave R from London also wrote on Yahoo that he had bought his ticket "for the chance to stand in an arena bursting with 19,999 other fans singing, dancing, cheering and screaming for each hit."

"I'd seize the opportunity to see that dream using videos, the same sets and dancers to create a wonderful show in tribute to the greatest showman of them all."

Many discussed which acts might appear at such a concert, touting Beyonce, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Elton John and Justin Timberlake. That the above would commit to such a time-consuming and grueling 50-show schedule seems unlikely.

Briton Teresa Matthews said that "the remaining members of the Jackson 5 could do the Tribute concert for their brother and, perhaps, have Janet sing the lead?"

Yeah I noticed a line about Justin being one of the people being thought about to take part in some tribute show type thing. Sounds like the fans just talking and throwing out some ideas about which acts could take part, hardly Justin suddenly doing a 50 date tour instead of Michael. Anyways I'm not sure whether even lining up a whole slew of artists to do tribute shows would work for the full 50 date tour. I could see people like Justin, Usher, Beyonce etc lining up to take part in maybe a few shows but the whole tour? I suppose if they got enough different acts together then maybe it could work. The Jackson 5 and Janet may be a better idea as (although I don't know what Janet is doing) the other guys wanted to do a tour anyways. I'm not sure if I would actually go though, any of the ideas doesn't really sit well with me personally.