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Jackson, 50, died suddenly in June just weeks before he was due to launch the This Is It shows in London.

Footage from rehearsals will be shown simultaneously in 15 cities when the film, also called This Is It, premieres at 1am GMT on Wednesday.

Members of the Jackson family are expected to attend the Los Angeles premiere and footage will be screened to crowds outside the Odeon in London's Leicester Square.

The guest list for the London screening includes Leona Lewis, JLS, Estelle, Peter Andre and the cast of the Jackson tribute show Thriller Live.

The first public screening takes place at 4am on Wednesday when Jackson fans can see their hero preparing for the sold-out performances which would have taken place at the 02 Arena.

Filming began in March when Jackson announced the live performances, his first for more than two years, which he said would be his "curtain call". He died on June 25 after being rushed to hospital suffering from a suspected heart attack.

The LA County Coroner has since ruled the death was homicide caused by acute intoxication with the sedative propofol.

Jackson fans who set up the protest website This Is Not It are expected to make their voices heard at some of the film's premieres. They claim more could have been done to save Jackson and that he was treated as a commodity by people keen to make money from his fame.

An exhibition of Jackson's personal belongings will also open to the public on Wednesday. Michael Jackson, The Official Exhibition is at the O2 Bubble - just yards from where the singer announced his ill-fated comeback concerts.