Michael Jackson fans find out Sunday whether they are one of 8,750 randomly drawn from an internet lottery to attend the pop singer's memorial in Los Angeles.
Fans had until 6 p.m. PT Saturday to register on the Staples Center website. Some 1.6 million people managed to get their names in by deadline.
The 8,750 selected will be notified through email after 11 a.m. PT Sunday. Each will receive two tickets and will be required to pick them up Monday at an off-site distribution centre.
At that point, a wristband will be placed on their wrists to prevent illegal sales. The tickets are free.
The tickets will admit 11,000 people to the Staples Center plus 6,500 in the Nokia Theater overflow section next door for the ceremony slated to begin at 10 a.m. PT on Tuesday after a private funeral attended by the Jackson family and close friends.
Those with wristbands that have been ripped, taped or tampered will not be allowed in.
The 50-year-old performer died June 25 at his rented home in Los Angeles. The official cause of death will not be known for a few weeks yet.
Jackson was in the city rehearsing for his comeback concert series, scheduled to begin July 13 at London's O2 arena.
Tuesday's ceremony will also be streamed live and several networks will also carry it.
City officials are bracing for massive crowds. Assistant police chief Earl Paysinger said as many as 700,000 people may try to reach the arena.
However, a broad area around the centre has been barricaded off already.
