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Last Updated: Monday July 06 2009 06:16 GMT

Tickets to Michael Jackson memorial on sale

The Staples Center in Los Angeles

Tickets to be at Michael Jackson's memorial service in America are already on sale on the internet.

The service takes place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday, and 17,500 tickets have been given away free to fans who applied online.

More than 1.6m people tried to win tickets, and hours after the winners were told, some tickets were on sale.

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to go to Los Angeles to be there when the service takes place.

They've been told by police not to gather near the Staples Center, but it's thought many will ignore the warning.

A tribute to Michael Jackson in Los Angeles

Earlier 8,750 people were sent an email telling them they had won a pair of tickets to the event.

When they pick them up from a baseball stadium in Los Angeles they will be given two wristbands - one to wear themselves and one for whoever they choose to give the other ticket to.

Service shown on TV

A British flag in Los Angeles
Many thousands of people are expecting to travel to America from Britain

If they wanted, the winners could sell that second ticket.

Police in America have told people the best way to watch the service if they haven't got a ticket is on television.

Many TV stations around the world will be broadcasting the show live.