Jermaine Jackson honours his late brother

South Korean fans of the deceased U.S. pop star Michael Jackson dance during a flash mob event commemorating the second anniversary of his death at Gwanghwamoon Square in central Seoul June 25, 2011. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

TORONTO - JERMAINE Jackson performed a nostalgic tribute concert on Friday to his late brother Michael Jackson to mark the second anniversary of the pop star's death as part of the 12th International Indian Film Academy festivities in Toronto.

Dressed in a Michael Jackson-inspired outfit, complete with a red military-style jacket, V-neck white shirt, fitted black slacks and a black cummerbund with an emblazoned number '5,' the former Jackson 5 performer sang a medley of his brother's hits including Scream, Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' and Can You Feel It.

'This is a special moment in the show because it's a tribute to my brother,' said Jackson moments before joining Indian singer Sonu Nigam to perform This is It, a song written by Nigam after the megastar's death, which the singers dedicated to the pop icon.

The pair performed at IIFA Rocks, a Bollywood-inspired concert and fashion show bonanza which is part of the academy's three days of film, song and dance that culminates in Saturday night's awards ceremony, often referred to as the Indian Oscars.

IIFA Rocks also kickstarted the awards portion of the weekend by presenting some technical film awards in between bouts of fashion runway shows and high-energy musical performances.

Romantic comedy Band Baaja Baarat and the action movie Dabangg led the pack, each scooping up three awards. Toronto's Ricoh Coliseum was packed with excited Bollywood fans who could hardly contain their excitement when South Asian superstars including Slumdog Millionaire actor Anil Kapoor, Bollywood king Shah Rukh Khan and veteran stage and film star Anupam Kher took the stage to announce the winners. -- AP

Jermaine Jackson (left) and Sonu Nigam (right) perform at IIFA Rocks during the 2011 International Indian Film Academy Celebrations in Toronto on Friday, June 24, 2011. Jackson performed a nostalgic tribute concert Friday to his late brother Michael Jackson to mark the second anniversary of the pop star's death as part of the 12th Indian International Film Awards festivities in Toronto. -- PHOTO: AP

Young people dressed as zombies walking the streets in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, June 25, 2011. It has been already the 5th time this year in Warsaw Michael Jackson 'thriller' fans dressed up and walked on the streets. -- PHOTO: AP

Young people dressed as zombies walking the streets in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, June 25, 2011. It has been already the 5th time this year in Warsaw Michael Jackson 'thriller' fans dressed up and walked on the streets. -- PHOTO: AP

Liz Taylor and Michael Jackson: reunited?

This Feb 16, 1997 file photo shows Elizabeth Taylor arriving with Michael Jackson at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles for her birthday celebration. -- PHOTO: AP

LOS ANGELES - 'I DON'T think anyone knew how much we loved each other,' Elizabeth Taylor said after Michael Jackson's 2009 death, reflecting the intense - if perhaps unlikely - bond between the pair.

Taylor and Jackson shared a key formative experience in common: they were both child stars who arguably missed out on a proper childhood. The pop icon and Hollywood legend were at times inseparable, with homes near each other in the plush Bel Air and Beverly Hills neighbourhoods west of Hollywood.

After Taylor's death on Wednesday at the age of 79, the blogosphere was alive with talk of them being reunited in heaven. 'She is probably up in heaven right now, going monkey shopping with Michael Jackson,' said one blogger, referring to infamously eccentric stories from Jackson's life.

Taylor, who died of complications from congestive heart failure in the Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles, was knocked sideways by Jackson's untimely death aged 50 in June 2009.

Tabloid reports suggested she was hospitalised with grief, apparently confirmed when she said via Twitter: 'I'm home from the hospital sore, but intact. Of course I'm still grieving for Michael... I always will.'

'My heart... my mind... are broken,' she said. 'I loved Michael with all my soul and I can't imagine life without him. We had so much in common and we had such loving fun together.' -- AFP

HOW THEIR FRIENDSHIP STARTED

Their friendship began in the 1980s when Taylor abruptly walked out of a Jackson concert in Los Angeles complaining that she could not see the performance or hear the music, according to news reports of the time.

Jackson called Taylor afterwards in tears, reports said at the time, but once she explained the reason for her exit the pair got talking, and it developed from there.

'Then we met, and spent more and more time with each other, and just became really good friends. Told each other everything,' Taylor said in a 2006 interview, cited by Fox News.

They were united notably by what Taylor called 'horrible' childhoods, blighted by having become celebrities at a young age. -- AFP