SWANSEA schoolboy Shaheen Jafargholi was set to duet with Michael Jackson at all 50 of his dates at the O2 in London, thisissouthwales can reveal.

The 12-year-old Dylan Thomas Community School pupil had signed a lucrative deal as an employee on the record-breaking tour and was set to sing a duet with Jackson, performing the icon's 1992 hit Heal the World, taken from the album Dangerous.

Shaheen's agent Mark Jermin spoke to the Post minutes after the memorial concert to Jackson finished on Tuesday, which saw Shaheen perform for around one billion people across the world.

Watch Shaheen's Jackson memorial performance below

Mark said: "Shaheen's duet was going to be towards the end of the show as a bit of a surprise for the audience. As they finished singing Heal the World, Michael was going to pass a lit torch to Shaheen. It would have been to symbolise passing his knowledge on to the next generation and it would have been a really poignant moment for everyone."

Shaheen secured his place on Jackson's This Is It tour after wowing executives at a top secret London audition. Around 20 children from the Mark Jermin Stage School in Swansea were also set to be involved in the tour.

Read more on Shaheen's experience in LA in Thursday's Evening Post.