Hundreds of MJ fans line up outside of the O2 Arena Friday morning to score those coveted tickets. Over one million have been sold out.
This morning, hundreds of Michael Jackson fans queued up in front of the O2 Arena to snatch up tickets for the concerts of the decade.
By noon in London town, all of the tickets, an estimated 860,000, were totally sold out. It took only five hours, making Jacko's concerts the fastest selling in history. When added to those sold during the pre-sale, Michael has sold over one million tickets in less than a day.
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AEG boss Randy Phillips admitted that he "underestimated" the demand for the concerts, going as far as saying the 50-date residency will make the company "recession-proof for two years".
As for the potential length of this mega-tour, he told BBC 1 Newsbeat: "We never thought '50 shows' and frankly based on the queues on Ticketmaster, plus the 300,000 registrants we still haven't issued codes to, we could spend two years here. Mike asked me how long he would be in the United Kingdom for and I told him, probably long enough to get a British passport."
The director of Ticketmaster UK said: "We often talk about unprecedented demand, but this week we have witnessed a live entertainment phenomenon...This was undoubtedly the busiest demand for tickets for an event which we have ever experienced."
Phillips also revealed that Jackson, who has reportedly suffered from insecurity that led to many undeveloped performance plans, is "thrilled" by the response. He even alluded to the possibility of a world tour after the residency.
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