Who's bad? Jacko concerts 'not really sold out'

AEG, the promoter of Michael Jackson's record-breaking London residency, is selling "hospitality" tickets for ten times their face value, even as it claims the event has completely sold out, it has emerged.

Chief executive Randy Phillips was hounded by the media yesterday after claiming "show business history" had been made when one million Jacko tickets, priced £50-75, were bought in a matter of hours.

But with fans now driving up the market value on auction website eBay, riverScrap.com has learnt that at least 50,000 tickets were held back for AEG to sell directly to fans at a price of £770 ($1075) each.