<p>The 17-year-old slipped in a few lines from his hit song ‘Billie Jean’ in between her hit single ‘Sweet About Me’, much to the cheer of Jackson fans, reported BBC.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The news of the artist’s death had spread like wildfire throughout the Glastonbury Festival as revellers transmitted the message using the bush telegraph yesterday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A Glastonbury spokesman said there was nothing formal planned to mark Jackson’s death, but added “a lot of the performers will be talking about it during their sets”.</p>.<p>Many festival-goers learned of the news late last night as DJs scattered around the festival site began playing Jackson tracks.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“They started playing loads of his music and we thought, ‘Oh, that’s really strange’ and then someone said, ‘Michael Jackson’s dead’ and we were like, ‘No way’,” said a fan.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“Everyone thought it was a joke at first — then people started watching the news and saw it was true,” another reveller added. <br /> <br /> </p>.<p>The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts is the largest greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Founded by Michael Eavis, the festival best known for its contemporary music will have other bands playing over the weekend in honour of the singer.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“He will be so sadly missed. He’s such an influential artist, I think many of the people here have been brought up on Michael Jackson. His music crosses musical boundaries, it’s a big shock,” Eavis told BBC.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“You realise what a fantastic legend we’ve lost, the like of which we can’t really replace. As an exponent of song and dance, no-one came close,” he added.<br /><br /></p>.<p> Emily Eavis, who helps her father organise the festival called him a “truly great artist”. “There will be tributes all over the site, all weekend,” she added.</p>
<p>The 17-year-old slipped in a few lines from his hit song ‘Billie Jean’ in between her hit single ‘Sweet About Me’, much to the cheer of Jackson fans, reported BBC.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The news of the artist’s death had spread like wildfire throughout the Glastonbury Festival as revellers transmitted the message using the bush telegraph yesterday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A Glastonbury spokesman said there was nothing formal planned to mark Jackson’s death, but added “a lot of the performers will be talking about it during their sets”.</p>.<p>Many festival-goers learned of the news late last night as DJs scattered around the festival site began playing Jackson tracks.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“They started playing loads of his music and we thought, ‘Oh, that’s really strange’ and then someone said, ‘Michael Jackson’s dead’ and we were like, ‘No way’,” said a fan.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“Everyone thought it was a joke at first — then people started watching the news and saw it was true,” another reveller added. <br /> <br /> </p>.<p>The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts is the largest greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Founded by Michael Eavis, the festival best known for its contemporary music will have other bands playing over the weekend in honour of the singer.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“He will be so sadly missed. He’s such an influential artist, I think many of the people here have been brought up on Michael Jackson. His music crosses musical boundaries, it’s a big shock,” Eavis told BBC.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“You realise what a fantastic legend we’ve lost, the like of which we can’t really replace. As an exponent of song and dance, no-one came close,” he added.<br /><br /></p>.<p> Emily Eavis, who helps her father organise the festival called him a “truly great artist”. “There will be tributes all over the site, all weekend,” she added.</p>