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Pop's royal court is gathering to salute its king.
Britney Spears, Whitney Houston and *N SYNC are among the celebrities who will appear on CBS' "Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration, The Solo Years", to be taped Sept. 7 and 10 at New York's Madison Square Garden for broadcast during the 2001-02 season. The special will also reunite the Jackson family for the first time in 20 years.
The often-reclusive musician will perform solo for the first time on stage in 11 years and will join Houston and Spears for duets. In addition to sharing youthful success, Jackson and Spears have both been Pepsi's choice spokes-stars in their respective generations.
In a decades-spanning collision of boy bands, the Jacksons will present a number with *NSYNC as well as a medley of their past recordings.