The Jacksons come to Dublin this weekend where they are set to perform at Dun Laoghaire's Beatyard Festival.
This morning, an emotional Jackie Jackson spoke to Dave Fanning on RTÉ Radio 1 about how the Jackson 5 came to be, the death of his father Joe last month and how he still misses brother Michael.
Nine years ago, Jackie was walking through the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas with Jermaine's boys when he learned that brother Michael was dead.
Jackie told Dave about passing a store where Michael would have bought a lot of his antiques, 'all of a sudden inside the store they had a monitor up showing Michael buying antiques inside the store... and I was passing by just looking at Michael in the store on the monitor when all of a sudden this guy said, 'I hear Michael Jackson just died', and I turned around and looked at him and kept walking'.
Jackie spoke of hearing it a second time, which led him to call his mom: "Yes Jackie, he's dead. He's gone, and I broke down, I couldn't..." Jackie became upset during recalling the moment with Dave: "Someone had to drive me home, I couldn't drive home. It's very painful'.
Ahead of The Jacksons gig this weekend, Jackie spoke of knowing that Michael was a real talent and one of the best out there, they never begrudged him his success - "We were so proud of him".
The Jacksons play The Beatyard on Friday, August 3rd - find out more here.
