LONDON, England - A flashmob of hundreds of dancing and singing Michael Jackson fans, some donning his trademark single glove, descended on a London train station on Friday to celebrate the life of their late hero.

The crowd at Liverpool Street station, alerted by social networking sites Twitter and Facebook, waved Michael Jackson posters in the air as the party started with "Billie Jean", followed by "Thriller" and "Bad".

After the final song was played, the crowd started chanting "we want more", leading to a "Bad" being played again as dozens of fans showed off their versions of Jackson's famous moonwalk.

Organiser Milo Yiannopoulls, who had contacted the crowd in a matter of minutes, paid tribute to the star, saying: "Obviously everybody's interested in the scandal and controversy, but really I think his legacy is the music, as we're here to enjoy the music."

One of the crowd, Anne Lovett from Normandy in France, said: "A genius of pop music and music in general died and I'm pretty upset about it. "I'm a classical musician and a trained classical pianist and he really touched my heart as a performer."

The self-styled "King of Pop" died on Thursday in Los Angeles at the age of 50, just weeks before he was due to give a series of comeback concerts in London.