Michael Jackson Tribute At Apollo Theater Today

The Apollo Theater is ready to open its doors between 2 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. for mourners to remember music icon Michael Jackson. During 45 minute intervals, 600 mourners at time will be allowed inside the theater where Jackson and his brothers won Amateur Night in 1967. The mourners will be able to leave memorabilia and flowers, while Jackson's music will be played along with video tributes. Mourners can also sign the tribute wall outside the theater. Under the Apollo's marquee, Reverend Al Sharpton will be leading a moment of silence at 5:26 p.m.—Jackson's time of death—and give a eulogy. On Wednesday night, there will be a moonwalking component during Amateur Night at the Apollo. Apollo Theater Foundation President Jonelle Procope said, "We at the Apollo thought it was important to put these events together to give Michael's fans the chance to remember him as the consummate entertainer that he was." The Apollo Theater is on West 125th Street, between between Adam Clayton Powell (7th Avenue) & Frederick Douglass Blvd (8th Avenue).

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By Jen Chung in Arts & Entertainment on June 30, 2009 9:02 AM

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Nerjizerbunny

Geeze, whatever happened to allowing someone to be buried in the ground before speaking ill of them? Have we truly lost at least that civility????

babyhitler

anybody see the BET awards? that shit was so ghetto and it looked like their budget was $15 dollars. That's a damn shame. MJ was a pedo later in life but his early years was super brilliant. I was expecting obama level blackness but we got soulja boy level for the BET awards.

ihategoth

Hey asshole. Guess what?!!! That kid Chandler, that Michael Jackson was suppose to have molested, finally confessed and admitted his father made him lie to get money.

Excuse me. I didn't mean to call you an asshole. What I really meant to call you was an "whole ass"!!!!

babyhitler

Hey dick face, guess what? that story is fake. It's like the debbie rowe "doesn't want the kids" story. It was made up and easily eaten by pedo apologists like yourself. If you thought rationally for a minute to yourself, the kid would never say he made it up cause he'd have to give the millions back. But you didn't dick face.

gigiNYC

Must really be a great disappointment to Sharpton that MJ's personal physician was black. Kinda takes the wind of his opening to holler that the doctor was responsible. And the subsequent marches and lawsuits, of course.

Surely, there must be some way he can blame the cops for something. Can't let a great opportunity like this go to waste

Gothamist_Cynic

Sharpton should fly mourners out to LA for the funeral instead of letting them hang out at the Apollo.

hotstepper

"Reverend Al Sharpton will be leading a moment of silence at 5:26 p.m"

that's rich, the city's biggest windbag promoting silence.

jen480

Count the times "mourner" is used in this article.

ides_of_march

Glad to see that Harlem sees fit to pay tribute to a man who hated himself for being black. Bravo.

wobbleSmith

good point. i'll never understand this about MJ and his fans.

citizenerased

Yeah enough already. Sharpton needs to give it a fucking rest.

nicemarmot

I never hated Michael Jackson before, but now that I've been subjected to a nonstop media onslaught and ten of his same exact songs playing over and over everywhere I go...GRRRRR STOP HE WAS A WASHED UP SINGER!!!

NannyState

Thank you. This rotting garbage is stinking up every media outlet for what? So the few remaining MJ fans feel less ridiculous about their creepy idol? Bury the little voodoo doll and move on. The Neverland carousel ride is closed.