{"id":1032172,"date":"2026-08-30T02:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T02:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1032172\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T02:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T02:37:13","slug":"prince-jackson-makes-rare-appearance-wishes-dad-michael-happy-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1032172\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Jackson makes rare appearance, wishes dad Michael &#8216;happy birthday&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prince Jackson made a rare public appearance in Las Vegas over the weekend to mark what would have been his late father Michael Jackson\u2019s 68th birthday on August 29.<\/p>\n<p>In video footage obtained by Page Six on Saturday, Prince, 29, raised his right hand on the count of three to shout, \u201cHappy birthday, Michael!\u201d in unison with a crowd of fans. <\/p>\n<p>Prince dressed casually for the occasion at Cirque du Soleil\u2019s Michael Jackson ONE show, wearing a black backwards ball cap and a black shirt.<\/p>\n<p>Prince Jackson was spotted shouting \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d to his late father, Michael Jackson, alongside fans in Las Vegas, as seen above. @JPASC24<\/p>\n<p>The eldest son of Michael Jackson was seen in Vegas at the Michael Jackson ONE show. @JPASC24<\/p>\n<p>He was also spotted happily chatting with attendees and seemingly signing autographs while <\/p>\n<p>The King of Pop <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/article\/michael-jackson-kids-prince-paris-blanket\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shared son Prince<\/a> \u2014 along with daughter Paris, 28, and son Bigi, 24 \u2014 with <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/08\/12\/parents\/paris-jackson-details-unconventional-first-meeting-with-mom-debbie-rowe-at-age-15\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ex-wife Debbie Rowe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The former couple tied the knot in 1996 and divorced in 1999 after three years of marriage. <\/p>\n<p>Prince previously <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/24\/style\/how-prince-jacksons-michael-la-premiere-look-paid-tribute-to-dad-michael-jackson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">paid a sartorial tribute <\/a>to his father at the Los Angeles premiere of biopic \u201cMichael\u201d in April. <\/p>\n<p>Prince chatted with fans at the venue.   @JPASC24<\/p>\n<p>He wore a black shirt and shorts.  @JPASC24<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cBeat It\u201d singer\u2019s eldest child wore a piece of fabric from his dad\u2019s wardrobe in the form of a red armband over his suit. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichael Bush was the costume designer for my father; he designed the suit that I was wearing,\u201d\u00a0Prince told ABC News. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd actually, the armband was made out of the fabric that my dad would always wear \u2014 the red corduroy shirt. And that was my childhood, like if I hugged my father, that was what he was wearing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prince took time to sign autographs, as well, as seen here.  @JPASC24<\/p>\n<p>August 29 would have been the King of Pop\u2019s 68th birthday. He\u2019s seen here in 1983.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Jackson, seen above in 1993, died in 2009.  WireImage<\/p>\n<p>He was also spotted back in 2024 \u2014 alongside his siblings, aunt La Toya Jackson, and uncle Marlon Jackson \u2014 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/11\/05\/parents\/michael-jacksons-kids-paris-bigi-attend-uncle-titos-funeral\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">funeral of his uncle Tito Jackson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When speaking to ABC News about his father, Prince \u2014 who was an executive producer on the 2026 biographical film \u201cMichael\u201d \u2014 said the pop legend was \u201cprobably one of the most misunderstood people out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Grammy winner passed away on June 25, 2009, from a heart attack caused by acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication. He was 50. <\/p>\n<p>Prince <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/prince-jackson-addresses-king-of-pop-controversy-shares-who-comes-close-to-claiming-the-crown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">told Entertainment Weekly in 2022<\/a> of his father\u2019s death, \u201cAs long as you celebrate them, they\u2019re never gone.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Jackson made a rare public appearance in Las Vegas over the weekend to mark what would have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1032173,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[33],"tags":[185,111375,9477,172,171,2184,1018,975,9475,101844,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-1032172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-birthdays","tag-celebrity-children","tag-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment","tag-las-vegas","tag-michael-jackson","tag-music","tag-parents","tag-prince-jackson","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117182139425404014","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1032172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1032172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1032172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1032173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1032172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1032172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1032172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}