Michael Jackson's father, Joe has seemingly contradicted reports that surfaced earlier this week that the late singer's funeral was set to take place on would have been Jackson's 51st birthday.

When asked about the King of Pop's burial the 81 year-old told E!, “I don't know now. We have to figure it out.”

Rumours are rife that the burial has been delayed until August 31 as this will allow the family more to to prepare for the event.

As was previously announced earlier this week on Entertainmentwise, Jackson was originally going to be buried in private ceremony on 29th August at Forest Lawn cemetery in Los Angles,