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"Sound of Vienna" concert to commemorate Michael Jackson

2009-08-27 09:26 BJT

Special Report: King of Pop Michael Jackson |

VIENNA, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- The work of the late king of pop Michael Jackson will be commemorated at a concert, "Sound of Vienna," to be held here on Saturday.

Pop star Michael Jackson waves to supporters as he leaves the Santa Barbara County Courthouse after he was found not guilty in Santa Maria, California in this June 13, 2005 file photo. Jackson died from a lethal dose of the powerful anesthetic propofol given in a cocktail of drugs, leading authorities to suspect his doctor of manslaughter, court documents showed on August 24, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
Pop star Michael Jackson waves to supporters as he leaves the Santa Barbara
County Courthouse after he was found not guilty in Santa Maria, California
in this June 13, 2005 file photo. Jackson died from a lethal dose of the
powerful anesthetic propofol given in a cocktail of drugs, leading 
authorities to suspect his doctor of manslaughter, court documents showed
on August 24, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Puerto Rican singer Jose Feliciano, an eight-time Grammy-winner, plans to lead the audience in a minute's silence for Jackson at the concert before singing Jackson's famous "Billy Jean."

Feliciano will also perform his thematic hit "Sound of Vienna" in new version backed by an orchestra and provide his version of the Viennese zither player Anton Karas' melody from "The Third Man."

Belgian singer Arno Hintjens and a Viennese band "Figure in Frame" will also perform at the concert.

 

Editor: Liu Fang | Source: Xinhua