The Liverpool Music Awards director Ellie Phillips said the city's mayor Joe Anderson had asked that an award be renamed in tribute to Michael.

BBC: Michael and Frances Molloy

Flash Mob America, which stages events at corporate conferences and trade shows, began in 2009 after a group of friends put on a flash-mob tribute to Michael Jackson, which went viral.

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He also paid tribute to the late Michael Jackson with a DJ set in the middle.

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Likely working in its favor: host network CBS strived to bridge generations (and capture a broader audience) with a series of duets, including Lady Gaga and Elton John and Taylor Swift and Stevie Nicks, as well as a 3-D tribute to the late Michael Jackson.

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The prime minister has paid tribute to Aberdeenshire soldier Corporal Michael Pike who was killed in Afghanistan.

BBC: Prime Minister David Cameron in tribute to dead soldier

The Celtic Connections festival is to stage a tribute concert to the late Scottish folk legend Michael Marra.

BBC: Michael Marra

The 2013 festival included a tribute to Dundee singer-songwriter Michael Marra and performances by The Mavericks, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Old Crow Medicine Show, Salif Keita, Kate Rusby, Carlos Nunez, Dougie MacLean, Roddy Hart and the Lonesome Fire, Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares and Aimee Mann.

BBC: Mary Chapin Carpenter

As well as the roar of 70, 000-plus red-shirted rugby fans cheering on Wales, the stadium has played host to gigs including Paul McCartney, a Michael Jackson tribute concert and other sporting events.

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