Fans vow to hold on to concert tickets

IRISH ticket-holders for the last ever Michael Jackson concerts are set to ignore the offer of a refund for the chance to keep a piece of music history memorabilia.

Thousands of Irish fans of the controversial star were expected to travel to England next month for the first date on the singer’s 50-date comeback at the O2 Arena in London on July 13.

More than 750,000 people bought tickets for the chance to see the star in the flesh when they went on sale in March, with the one ticket every 11 seconds sale-rate making the This Is It residency gigs the fastest-selling in music history.