Article: Jackson fans camp out for tickets to late pop star s film.

Byline: AFP

LOS ANGELES: Michael Jackson devotees have been camping for days in downtown Los Angeles to get tickets for the debut of a film about the fallen pop star rehearsing for a concert tour derailed by his death.

By Saturday morning about 300 people were ensconced in a queue in front of the Nokia Theatre, where commemorative tickets for debut showings of "This Is It" were to go on sale the first minute into Sunday.

"We don t sleep, we stay up all night," said Leticia Martin, who had staked out a spot near the front of the queue.

The 26-year-old medical technician spent Friday night learning dance moves to Jackson s iconic ...

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