Where were you when you heard the news about Jacko?

[Derby_Dave]

Was sat outside my tent reflecting on the day listening to radio 2 when they broke it.

No doubts about it being true when the bbc tell me lol.

[simonthecyclist]

IN DANCE EAST LISTENING TO A REMIX OF THRILLER - A BLOKE LEANED OVER AND SHOWED ME THE NEWS ON HIS IPHONE - FELT QUITE BIZARE.

[Chimps in Balaclavas]

I was sat around a fire on the Pyramid field when some random bloke came up to us and told us, it was the most surreal thing I've ever experienced while at Glasto.

I didn't believe him at first until I heard someone else mention it, I also heard he was 1 of the special guests to appear there too. :angry:

No matter what anyone else says .. he was one of the greats with true legend status.

R.I.P Michael Jackson - The Prince of pop.

[CardiffWanderer]

We were walking past the Other Stage when we heard some bloke mentioning it, saying something like "we have to let the festival know". We assumed he was trying to start something for a prank.

Later we went to Avalon for the Hobo Jones gig and they started singing bits of Jackson songs, talking about "paying tribute" to him. Had to turn on my phone to check the news, and it was a truly surreal moment to have it confirmed.

[Ashaz42]

I was in The Snug around 10.30-11ish with a couple friends who got texts. I didn't believe it until I called home and they confirmed.

Very sad, though the tributes around the festival were ace. May he rest in peace.

[TimS]

The Dance Area became Rumour City as people departed East 17... with lots of people searching for someone with an iPhone to confirm the news as no one believed it, but too many people had heard about it...

I didn't hear anyone discussing the East 17 performance... :angry:

[alibear]

On my way out from East 17 at about 10.45. A couple of kids told us, but had a slight smirk on their faces so didn't even think twice about it. My Glasto-virgin friend couldn't get it out of her head so tried to find some news on her phone. I said theses rumours happen at festivals every year and to just ignore it. She then pulled up the BBC News site and we all huddled round and saw the stories, but they were all quite non-committal. So I text my mum and she said she'd keep me updated. After about 5 texts I got one from her sating 'unfortunately it's just been confirmed. xx' and immedidiately heard Smooth Criminal in the background. Was really weird.

On a funnier note, about half an hour later, while back at our tent stocking up on our booze, the young scamps camping next to us (who were all sound, really) were there too. One came out of his tent and one of them said, 'o, mate, Michael Jackson's died.' He immediately replied with 'What? I just come out of a K-hole and you tell me that?!'

maybe you had to be there, but it was bloody funny.

[alibear]

I didn't hear anyone discussing the East 17 performance...

[clockworkpurple]

We heard it announced on Worthy FM, then after the next song the presenter upgraded his condition to "seriously ill", then after the next song he was dead again. we were trying to tell passers-by, but of course no one believed us!

[Thatmax]

Heard some girls dancing and laughing who then ran up to us and shouted, jacksons dead to us. I knew it wasn't real of course as this sort of rumor always appears at festivals, and why would they be so happy about it?

The next day some guy had a BBC news story up on his phone in Dance East who was showing everyone. So sad