Glastonbury pays tribute to pop icon Jackson
Patrick Whyte12 April 2012
Tributes have been paid to Jackson at the Glastonbury Festival.
One reveller, David Harris, said many his songs were being played at events on the festival site in Somerset.
The 27-year-old from Oxford said: "We were just partying and people started getting texts saying he was dead.
"Everyone is walking around saying 'Have you heard the news?
"Michael Jackson is one of those people. He is like Kurt Cobain for people of our generation. He's central to our generation."
As the singer's death was announced at the festival, many revellers danced to Jackson's Beat It.
Steph Taylor, 28, of York, said: "It's tragic news. It was so unexpected.
"There were rumours he may have been a special guest here on Saturday afternoon. It's such a shock."
