Iconic singer Michael Jackson's public memorial tomorrow (July 7) will be headlined by fans and artists alike including Kobe Bryant, Usher, Mariah Carey and more.
Taking place from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, the list of entertainers was announced by The Jackson family Monday afternoon.
Ron Boyd (family friend), Kobe Bryant, Mariah Carey, Andrae Crouch Choir, Berry Gordy, Jennifer Hudson, Shaheen Jafargholi (finalist on "Britain's Got Talent"), Magic Johnson, Martin Luther King III, Bernice A. King, John Mayer, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Rev. Al Sharpton, Brooke Shields, Pastor Lucious Smith (family friend), Usher and Stevie Wonder.
Tomorrow's gathering reportedly drew over a million people who attempted to receive tickets for the event.
Michael Jackson's send-off will include some of music's biggest stars. It will be produced by the man long responsible for the Grammy's, and broadcast across the world. The streets of downtown Los Angeles will be filled with many of the 1.6 million people who registered for free tickets to the event -- which went to only 17,500 fans. The program will follow a private ceremony with Jackson's family. His casket, reportedly the same $25,000 model used for James Brown, will not make any procession through the streets, and Los Angeles police told fans they would enjoy better views of the event in front of their televisions. Officers planned a massive deployment to handle the surge of people and keep them from the event.
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Los Angeles Police Capt. Bill Murphy said the distribution process was going smoothly.
One person tried to pass off a photocopied voucher; he was ejected, Murphy said.
The 8,750 fans have until 6 p.m. PT to claim their tickets. iReport.com: "Surreal journey" to get Jackson tickets
Each winner gets two tickets, bringing the number awarded in the lottery to 17,500.
Just 11,000 of those are for seats inside the Staples Center. The other 6,500 would be for viewing the memorial telecast at the adjacent Nokia Theater. AEG Live, the promoter of Michael Jackson's London shows, owns and operates both venues.
Deka Motanya, 27, who works in a doctor's office in San Francisco, scrambled Sunday night to line up plane tickets so she and her boyfriend could fly to Los Angeles on Monday.
"Oh, yeah, I'm going," she said. "I'm e-mailing my boss saying I've got to leave early because I'm going to L.A."
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