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| Tickets for a public memorial service for Michael Jackson in Los Angeles on Tuesday will be available via the internet, organisers have revealed. | Tickets for a public memorial service for Michael Jackson in Los Angeles on Tuesday will be available via the internet, organisers have revealed. |
| Details were announced by AEG Live, the star's promoter, which owns the Staples Center where the service will be held. | Details were announced by AEG Live, the star's promoter, which owns the Staples Center where the service will be held. |
| Eleven thousand free tickets are to be issued for the service. | Eleven thousand free tickets are to be issued for the service. |
| Fans wishing to attend must register at staplescenter.com for their tickets and names will later be chosen at random, it was announced. | Fans wishing to attend must register at staplescenter.com for their tickets and names will later be chosen at random, it was announced. |
| Another 6,500 tickets will be issued for a simulcast of the service at the nearby Nokia theatre. It means a total of 17,500 fans will be able to see the events free. | |
| Officials said 8,750 pairs of tickets would be allotted to the successful entrants. Only US residents will be allowed to apply. | |
| No other details of the service itself were revealed. | |
| 'Stay at home' | |
| Officials appealed to other fans to watch the memorial service from their own homes, amid fears that thousands of people without tickets could flood the area. | Officials appealed to other fans to watch the memorial service from their own homes, amid fears that thousands of people without tickets could flood the area. |
| "If you do not have a ticket, if you are not credentialed, not only will you not be allowed at these venues, you will not be allowed in this area," said Los Angeles police chief Earl Paysinger. | |
| The star had been rehearsing for his London concerts at the Staples Center, in central Los Angeles. | The star had been rehearsing for his London concerts at the Staples Center, in central Los Angeles. |
| In a press conference, family representative Ken Sunshine said they wanted to accommodate as many fans as possible. | In a press conference, family representative Ken Sunshine said they wanted to accommodate as many fans as possible. |
| "It is all about the fans," he said. | "It is all about the fans," he said. |
| Officials said that no funeral procession would take place and the memorial service would not be shown on screens outside the venues. | |