Things move a whole lot faster these days. The death of Michael Jackson was announced last night, and this evening saw a tribute flash mob at Liverpool Street station, inspired no doubt by previous mobs held there. Organised by Milo Yiannopoulos via twitter, his blog, facebook and various other places, the mob was too big for the station itself and the police directed us outside onto Liverpool Street itself.

After something of a shaky start – standing near the press photographers, it was clear they had no idea what was going on, and nor did a fair chunk of the crowd – speakers were set up and tunes played.

There was certainly disappointment when the police shut the mob down after only four songs – and there was little or no actual moonwalking to be had; in the cramped confines of Liverpool Street, amid (let’s say) 400 people, there wasn’t enough room, so most settled for singing along, moshing and hand-waving.

Big props to the hundreds of people who came out – except those that, at times when the crowd was getting excited, wondered if it was Michael Jackson arriving to reveal the whole thing had been a sick publicity stunt. Semi-funny, but ultimately in bad taste.

There’s a whole set on Flickr here, while you can listen to some of the singing and music on AudioBoo (having some trouble embedding the new player, so click through for now).