One-million tickets sold for Jackson concerts within two days

American pop star Michael Jackson announced his new tour three days ago in London. More than one million tickets have already been sold. Original plans to hold 10 summer concerts in Europe, today expanded to 50, his agents said.

see The European tour starts in London - and fans lined up for hours around the block to get their hands on tickets, the United Kingdom's news media report today. The controversial Jackson's first London concert at London's 02 Arena was sold out within just hours: tickets went across the counters at the rate of 33 tickets per minute when the box office opened on March 11, box office agents said. see The 50-year-old, hugely-talented entertainer-dancer has chosen London for his comeback tour because he still believes in his popularity among the fans across Europe, reports say. Jackson's agents say that 'he is in better condition than recent photographs suggest and he could still withstand the rigors of any concert series." AEG Live, the company that runs the O2 arena, say the concerts could fetch him more than $2 million per night.