HIStory World Tour

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HIStory World Tour
One of many identical statues, positioned throughout Europe to promote HIStory.
World tour by Michael Jackson
Location	Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania, North America
Associated album	HIStory and Blood on the Dance Floor
Start date	September 7, 1996
End date	October 15, 1997
Legs	3
Shows	44 in Europe 19 in Asia 11 in Australasia 6 in Africa 2 in North America 82 played

The HIStory World Tour was the third and final worldwide solo concert tour by American artist Michael Jackson, covering Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania and North America. The tour included a total of 82 concerts and was attended by approximately 4.5 million fans, beating his previous Bad World Tour with 4.4 million. The tour was the largest concert tour ever by a solo artist in terms of attendance at the time grossing a total of over $165 million (excluding free concerts).^[1] The HIStory World Tour spanned the globe with stops in 58 cities, 35 countries on 5 continents. Unlike the Bad and Dangerous World Tours, the History World Tour has never been released on DVD, despite many fans requesting it. However, there have been several full concerts leaked on the internet.

Royal concert in Brunei

Prior to the tour, Jackson performed a free concert at the Jerudong Park Amphitheatre in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei on 16 July 1996. The concert was in celebration of the fiftieth birthday of Hassanal Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei and was attended by the Brunei royal family.
Much of the concert resembled Jackson's Dangerous World Tour, including his outfit, stage, and the setlist, keeping the details of the upcoming HIStory Tour a close secret. This concert was not part of the Dangerous World Tour nor the HIStory World Tour. The concert also marked the debut live performance of "You Are Not Alone" and "Earth Song" as well as the last performances of "Jam", "Human Nature", "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" and "She's Out of My Life" at a Jackson concert. This concert was also among the last performances of "Billie Jean" and "Beat It" being sung fully live; most subsequent performances have been partially lip-synched.
The full concert was never broadcast on television but was a rare promo item in possession of private collectors; a high quality VHS copy has been leaked.

The changes

• "Carmina Burana" of the "Brace Yourself" introduction was replaced with a similar piece of opera.
• "Jam" had a shorter ending than usual.
• "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" was performed with Marva Hicks rather than Siedah Garrett. In the middle of the song, Michael almost sang Marva's part. They sang an extra chorus.
• "The Way You Make Me Feel" replaces "Workin' Day and Night".
• "The Way You Make Me Feel" begins with the slow intro from the 1988 Grammys performance, which features the 1st verse, and the main instrumentation skips the 1st verse.
• "You Are Not Alone" replaces "Will You Be There".
• "Billie Jean" instrumentation is slower than the Dangerous or Bad World Tours, similar in style to the later HIStory Tour (which used a slightly down-pitched a cappella for playback), but sung live. The dance ending has a repeated snare sound like that from "Why You Wanna Trip on Me", similar to the 1995 MTV Awards performance but without the bassline. Future performances of Billie Jean had this snare, but only in the beginning of the dance. Like the Dangerous and Bad Tours, Jackson does not beatbox before singing the final line and throwing the hat.
• In "Beat It", Michael sang the wrong lyrics in the second verse. Also, he threw his jacket at the end, which he did in HIStory Tour.
• The 1995 MTV Video Music Awards version of "Dangerous" replaces the 1993 American Music Awards version.
• Michael wore the golden shin pads in "Black or White" instead of the black ones. It began to be used in this show before HIStory Tour.
• "Heal the World" wasn't performed, but would be present in the HIStory World Tour.
• "Man in the Mirror" ended with a curtain call, instead of the Rocket Man finale.
• "Earth Song" was performed as an encore, and featured live adlibs at the end of the song.
• Although "Earth Song" is usually performed with the cherrypicker(and it was present in the concert because Jackson performed "Beat It"), he didn't use it in this performance but would use it on the HIStory Tour.
• The concert included the final live performances by Jackson of "Human Nature", "Jam", "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" and "She's Out of My Life". "Human Nature", "Jam" and "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" were later rehearsed for the 2009–2010 This Is It concert series, while "She's Out of My Life" was rehearsed for the first of Jackson's 1999 MJ and Friends concerts in Seoul, but later removed from the setlist.

Set list: Royal Brunei concert[show]

Tour announcement

Jackson at Perth Airport in 1996.

The birth of Kingdom International, a joint venture between Jackson and HRH Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, the nephew of the Fahd bin Abdul Aziz, the King of Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005, was announced at a press conference held at the Palais des Congres in Paris, France on 19 March 1996. Kingdom International allowed opportunities to be created and developed in the entertainment industry. In this conference Jackson said "Kingdom International is a dream come true." It was then announced that Jackson would embark on his third solo world tour. Unlike Jackson's past two, the HIStory World Tour was not sponsored by Pepsi-Cola.

First leg (1996)

Jackson started the tour off with a concert at Letna Park in Prague, one of Jackson's largest single attended concerts in his career. On October 7, 1996, he performed for the first time ever in Africa in front of 60,000 fans in Tunis in a solo tour. During the tour's stopover in Sydney, Australia, he married his wife (later ex-wife), Debbie Rowe in a private and impromptu ceremony. He was interviewed by Molly Meldrum In Brisbane. On January 3 and 4, 1997 Jackson only performed two concerts in North America. He did not perform in the USA mainland, but rather in Honolulu, Hawaii at the Aloha Stadium to a crowd of 35,000 each.

Second leg (1997)

Jackson performing "Earth Song" in Lausanne.

The second leg started off on May 31, 1997 at the Weserstadion in Bremen, Germany. Set list changes included the addition of "Blood on the Dance Floor" and later on the removal of the Off the Wall Medley and "The Way You Make Me Feel". After,It was only during the first concert in Bremen that Jackson donned a red jacket for "Blood on The Dance Floor," which was later replaced with a blue uniform. "Blood on the Dance Floor" was taken off the set list after the concert in Oslo on August 19, 1997. Also, Jackson performed at the Parken Stadium on his 39th birthday with 50,000 fans. He was presented with a surprise birthday cake, marching band, and fireworks on stage before the Jackson 5 Medley. Pro footage of this is found in Michael's private home movies. A concert was supposed to take place on August 8 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, but was canceled due to poor ticket sales (this was the only concert that was canceled during the tour). The concert at Hippodrome Wellington of Ostend, Belgium was supposed to be held on August 31, 1997, but was postponed to September 3 following Princess Diana's death. During the September 3 concert audiences were required to be put into "cages". Starting with this concert, several of the final concerts had begun with Jackson's cover of Charlie Chaplin's Smile being played back, and an image of Diana on the jumbotron for some parts of the concert. At the concert in Munich on July 6, the camera lets you see every little thing happening like Michael going on the crane between "Thriller" and "Beat It" or Michael on his way backstage with Michael Bush, his costume designer. Sometimes at the end of "HIStory" Michael went through the floor, as he did in Brunei. But most of the time, he went backstage. The same thing happened with the camera between Thriller and Beat It in Amsterdam on June 10 and lets you see him coming out of the wall and climbing the ladder to the crane and then starting the song when he's completely on the crane and when the ladder is out of the way and taken through the wall where Michael and Michael Bush came from. It was also Bush's job to put the ladder on and take it back. He also had to signal the machines when Michael is safely up on the crane and ready.

Song Info

• "The Way You Make Me Feel" was performed without the 2nd verse and it was withdrawn from all shows after Gelsenkirchen [Jun. 15].
• "Off the Wall Medley" was withdrawn from the show in Tunis and withdrawn permanently following the concert on June 13, 1997, in Kiel.
• "Come Together"/"D.S." was withdrawn from the show in Mumbai [Nov. 1], Manila [Dec. 8], Bandar Seri Begawan [Dec. 31], and all the second and third leg shows.
• "Blood on the Dance Floor" was performed in all the second leg shows until August 19 (Oslo) except Vienna (Jul. 2); it was performed with a red jacket in Bremen (May 31).
• "Dangerous was withdrawn from the show in Tokyo (Dec. 20) and Manila (Dec. 8).
• At every HIStory World Tour stop, during "You Are Not Alone", one lucky girl was allowed to dance with Michael on stage.
• In the performance of "Heal the World" in Bucharest, the headset microphone was having problems. So, one of the backup singers lent Michael his microphone.
• At every concert with a predominantly Muslim audience, such as Tunis or Kuala Lumpur, the "Black Panther" video was replaced with "Brace Yourself". Jackson also refrained from his crotch-grabbing move instead putting his hand more outside the thigh or towards the belly.
• In one of the performances in Tokyo, Michael slipped when he was leaning for "Smooth Criminal". The footage was shown on YouTube, it was taken by a fan (though the audience blocks the view of the moment Jackson falls down).
• During the first concerts in Amsterdam and Sydney, Michael sang "Beat It" fully live.
• In the middle of the year, Michael's friend Princess Diana died from a car accident. During the concert in Ostend Michael told the crew to put Charlie Chaplin's song "Smile" on and at the end of the song, Michael said "R.I.P Princess Diana" through the microphone. During the same concert Michael paid a tribute to Princess Diana, because during the performance of "Heal the World" there would usually be a picture of the globe on the big screen, but for this concert it was replaced with a picture of the Princess of Wales.
• During the first concert in Seoul, Michael was on the crane for "Earth Song", when a fan jumped on it to meet Michael. Michael held the man for safety and at the end of the song the security guards took him away from Jackson.
• During the August 29 concert in Denmark it was Michael's birthday and after "You Are Not Alone" there was a surprise birthday performance for him by the crew. Starting with a marching band coming in and after that, two of the crew members presented Michael with a birthday cake and after he quoted, "This is beautiful, thank you so much." At the end he thanked his fans for the surprise.
• In some of the first concerts in Europe, the jacket for "Thriller" and "Come Together"/"D.S." were red when they are usually white for "Thriller" and blue for the medley.
• During the first European concerts, Michael donned a rare jacket that was used during "Thriller".
• Michael usually performs "Billie Jean" with his hair in a ponytail, but during the second leg of HIStory World Tour, at a concert in Amsterdam, Michael performed the whole "Billie Jean" number with his hair down because his hairtie fell out. Amateur footage of this concert can be found on the internet.
• In Munich, on July 6, during "Scream" his jacket accidentally opened up.
• Usually Michael performs "Stranger in Moscow" with his jacket open, but from the Bremen May 31 concert to Amsterdam June 10, he performed the song with his jacket closed.
• On the second concert in South Africa, Michael's longtime friend Diana Ross attended the show and made a surprise appearance on stage in the middle of the performance of "Heal the World".

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Royal Brunei concert
July 16, 1996	Bandar Seri Begawan	Brunei	Jerudong Park
First leg
Europe
September 7, 1996	Prague	Czech Republic	Letna Park
September 10, 1996	Budapest	Hungary	Népstadion
September 14, 1996	Bucharest	Romania	Lia Manoliu Stadium
September 17, 1996	Moscow	Russia	Dynamo Stadium
September 20, 1996	Warsaw	Poland	Bemowo Airport
September 24, 1996	Zaragoza	Spain	Estadio La Romareda
September 28, 1996	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Amsterdam Arena
September 30, 1996
October 2, 1996
Africa
October 7, 1996	Tunis	Tunisia	Stade El Menzah
Asia
October 11, 1996	Seoul	South Korea	Olympic Stadium
October 13, 1996
October 18, 1996	Taipei	Taiwan	Chungshan Soccer Stadium
October 20, 1996	Kaohsiung		Chungcheng Stadium
October 22, 1996	Taipei		Chungshan Soccer Stadium
October 25, 1996	Singapore	Singapore	National Stadium
October 27, 1996	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Merdeka Stadium
October 29, 1996
November 1, 1996	Mumbai	India	Andheri Sports Complex
November 5, 1996	Bangkok	Thailand	Muang Thong Thani City Center
Oceania
November 9, 1996	Auckland	New Zealand	Ericsson Stadium
November 11, 1996
November 14, 1996	Sydney	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground
November 16, 1996
November 19, 1996	Brisbane		ANZ Stadium
November 22, 1996	Melbourne		Melbourne Cricket Ground
November 24, 1996
November 26, 1996	Adelaide		Adelaide Oval
November 30, 1996	Perth		Burswood Dome
December 2, 1996
December 4, 1996
Asia
December 8, 1996	Parañaque	Philippines	Asia World City Concert Grounds
December 10, 1996
December 13, 1996[2][3][4]	Tokyo	Japan	Tokyo Dome
December 15, 1996
December 17, 1996
December 20, 1996
December 26, 1996	Fukuoka		Fukuoka Dome
December 28, 1996
December 31, 1996	Bandar Seri Begawan	Brunei	Jerudong Park
North America
January 3, 1997	Honolulu	United States	Aloha Stadium
January 4, 1997
Second leg
Europe
May 31, 1997	Bremen	Germany	Weserstadion
June 3, 1997	Cologne		Mungersdorfer Stadion
June 6, 1997	Bremen		Weserstadion
June 8, 1997	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Amsterdam Arena
June 10, 1997
June 13, 1997	Kiel	Germany	Nordmarksportfield
June 15, 1997	Gelsenkirchen		Parkstadion
June 18, 1997	Milan	Italy	San Siro
June 20, 1997	Lausanne	Switzerland	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
June 22, 1997	Bettembourg	Luxembourg	Krakelshaff
June 25, 1997	Lyon	France	Stade de Gerland
June 27, 1997	Paris		Parc des Princes
June 29, 1997
July 2, 1997	Vienna	Austria	Ernst-Happel-Stadion
July 4, 1997	Munich	Germany	Olympic Stadium
July 6, 1997
July 9, 1997	Sheffield	United Kingdom	Don Valley Stadium
July 12, 1997	London		Wembley Stadium
July 15, 1997
July 17, 1997
July 19, 1997	Dublin	Ireland	RDS Arena
July 25, 1997	Basel	Switzerland	St. Jakob Stadium
July 27, 1997	Nice	France	Stade Charles-Ehrmann
August 1, 1997	Berlin	Germany	Olympic Stadium
August 3, 1997	Leipzig		Festwiese
August 10, 1997	Hockenheim		Hockenheimring
August 14, 1997	Copenhagen	Denmark	Parken Stadium
August 16, 1997	Gothenburg	Sweden	Ullevi
August 19, 1997	Oslo	Norway	Valle Hovin
August 22, 1997	Tallinn	Estonia	Tallinn Song Festival Grounds
August 24, 1997	Helsinki	Finland	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
August 26, 1997
August 29, 1997	Copenhagen	Denmark	Parken Stadium
September 3, 1997	Ostend	Belgium	Hippodrome Wellington
September 6, 1997	Valladolid	Spain	Estadio José Zorrilla
Third leg
Rehearsals[5]
October 2, 1997	Cape Town	South Africa	Greenpoint Stadium
October 3, 1997
Africa
October 4, 1997	Cape Town	South Africa	Greenpoint Stadium
October 6, 1997
October 10, 1997	Johannesburg		Johannesburg Stadium
October 12, 1997
October 15, 1997	Durban		Kings Park Stadium

Box office score data^[6]

Venue	City	Tickets Sold
Letna Park	Prague	125,000
Népstadion	Budapest	50,000
Lia Manoliu Stadium	Bucharest	70,000
Dinamo Stadium	Moscow	50,000
Bemowo Airport	Warsaw	120,000
Estadio La Romareda	Zaragoza	45,000
Amsterdam Arena	Amsterdam	150,000
Stade El Menzah	Tunis	60,000
Olympic Stadium	Seoul	100,000
Chungshan Soccer Stadium	Taipei	80,000
Chungcheng Stadium	Kaohsiung	40,000
National Stadium	Singapore	35,000
Merdeka Stadium	Kuala Lumpur	80,000
Andheri Sports Complex	Mumbai	60,000
Muang Thong Thani City Center	Bangkok	40,000
Ericsson Stadium	Auckland	86,000
Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney	80,000
ANZ Stadium	Brisbane	40,000
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	130,000
Adelaide Oval	Adelaide	30,000
Burswood Dome	Perth	60,000
Asia World City Concert Grounds	Parañaque	110,000
Tokyo Dome	Tokyo	180,000
Fukuoka Dome	Fukuoka	80,000
Jerudong Park	Bandar Seri Bengawan	40,000
Aloha Stadium	Honululu	70,000
Weserstadion	Bremen	105,000
Mungersdorfer Stadion	Cologne	60,000
Nordmarksportfield	Kiel	55,000
Parkstadion	Gelsenkirchen	50,000
San Siro	Milan	45,000
Stade Olympique de la Pointaise	Lausanne	35,000
Krakelshaff	Bettembourg	45,000
Stade de Gerland	Lyon	25,000
Parc des Princes	Paris	125,000
Ernst-Happel-Stadion	Vieena	50,000
Olympic Stadium	Munich	140,000
Don Valley Stadium	Sheffield	45,000
Wembley Stadium	London	216,000
RDS Arena	Dublin	43,000
St. Jacob Stadium	Basel	50,000
Stade Charles-Ehrmann	Nice	35,000
Olympic Stadium	Berlin	78,000
Festwiese	Leipzig	55,000
Hockenheimring	Hockenheim	85,000
Parken Stadium	Copenhagen	100,000
Ullevi	Gothenburg	50,000
Valle Hovin	Oslo	40,000
Tallinn Song Festival Grounds	Tallinn	75,000
Olympic Stadium	Helsinki	100,000
Hippodrome Wellington	Ostend	60,000
Estadio José Zorrilla	Valladolid	40,000
Greenpoint Stadium	Cape Town	72,000
Johannesburg Stadium	Johannesburg	105,000
Kings Park Stadium	Durban	50,000
TOTAL		4,145,000

Dangerous World Tour

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Dangerous World Tour
Promotional image for the tour
World tour by Michael Jackson
Location	Europe, Asia, South America, North America
Associated album	Dangerous
Start date	June 27, 1992
End date	November 11, 1993
Legs	3
Shows	40 in Europe 18 in Asia 6 in South America 6 in North America 70 played 10 indoor 60 outdoor

The Dangerous World Tour was the second worldwide solo concert tour by American recording artist Michael Jackson. The tour, sponsored by Pepsi-Cola, included 70 performances. All profits were donated to various charities including Jackson's own "Heal the World Foundation". The tour ran from June 27, 1992, to November 11, 1993. In November 1993, Jackson ended the tour due to, as he announced, illness that required hospitalization. The performer became dependent on painkillers, having suffered from dehydration, migraines and injuries. Originally, the Dangerous World Tour was supposed to run until Christmas of 1993.^[1]

Overview

Following the huge success of the Bad world tour, Jackson's first solo world tour, where he earned $125 million, the star claimed that he would not tour again, and would instead concentrate on making films and records. On February 3, 1992 in a Pepsi press conference, it was announced that Jackson would be touring again. The announcement coincided with a new deal between Jackson and Pepsi, with a reported $20 million deal to sponsor the tour.
In an interview, Jackson stated, "The only reason I am going on tour is to raise funds for the newly-formed Heal the World Foundation, an international children's charity, that I am spearheading to assist children and the ecology. My goal is to gross $100 million by Christmas 1993. I urge every corporation and individual who cares about this planet and the future of the children to help raise money for the charity. The Heal the World Foundation will contribute funds to paediatric AIDS in honour of my friend, Ryan White. I am looking forward to this tour because it will allow me to devote time to visiting children all around the world, as well as spread the message of global love, in the hope that others will be moved to do their share to help heal the world."^[2]

Preparations and set designs

The stage used for the tour required more time to set up than before. This was seen in the tour schedule where a considerable number of concerts were one-stop performances. Equipment, which in total weighed over 100 tons, required two Boeing 747 jet aircraft and multiple lorries to transport to each venue.
Before the tour began, Jackson and his band (which had changed a little since the Bad world tour) rehearsed the whole concert. The footage of the rehearsals has been leaked into the Internet. However, the exact date and location of the performances is not clear, but it was rumored that the rehearsals took place in Jackson's Neverland home. The rehearsals included performances that never made it into the final show, including "Remember the Time", "The Way You Make Me Feel", "Bad" and "Rock with You," among others.
For the tour's design, Jackson was influenced by the uniform worn in the military. For "Jam", the first performance on the tour's set list, Jackson wore two variations of a faux-military uniform. Costumes worn for the performances of "Workin' Day and Night", "Bad", as well as his later HIStory World Tour, were examples of this. During the first and second legs, the uniform was a grey-green jacket with a one bolted strap which sparkled with multicolour. For the third leg, Jackson wore a black uniform with three gold bolted straps, one going from his collar to his waist in one direction and the other two in another; he also used this costume at the first Dangerous Tour concert in Munich, first second leg concert in Tokyo, the Super Bowl XXVII halftime show in 1993, and later at the Royal Brunei Concert (pre-HIStory World Tour concert) in 1996.^[3][4]
The tour also incorporated several stage illusions. The Dangerous era was considered one of Jackson's best. Each concert on the tour ended by a stuntman, Kinnie Gibson, who secretly switched with Jackson as he kneels down a trap hole in the stage, dressed in a full astronaut costume (therefore appearing as Jackson), flying out of the arena using a rocket belt. Each concert also began with a illusion-like stunt dubbed "the Toaster" in which following the ringing of bells and the roar of a panther, Jackson catapults on to the stage through a trap door in the front, sending off pyrotechnics that electrified the crowd. "That opening was kick-ass," admired Janet Jackson. "I'm sitting in the sound tower and all the kids are everywhere. And when he jumped out of whatever the hell that thing was, I was yelling so loud, the kids in front of me were looking back and I didn't even know it. My friend Tina is saying, Jan, they're looking at you. Because I was going, Fuck yeah, Mike! That was the shit to me. That was so bad-ass. Why didn't I think of that? When he thought of that shit, he hit it."^[5] A similar version of "the Toaster" stunt was used in the beginning of Jackson's Super Bowl XXVII Halftime Show performance in 1993.
In the first and second legs, the transition from "Thriller" to "Billie Jean" was another stage trick. When Jackson walks into two pillars, he secretly switches with a werewolf-masked backup dancer while he changes for Billie Jean. The backup dancer posing as Jackson is placed into a coffin which disappears when dancers posing as skeletons and zombies drape a cloth over the coffin and pull it out. Jackson appears fully dressed for Billie Jean in the upper stage level as it lowers down. The coffin portion of this stage illusion was removed in some of first leg shows and the entire third leg of the tour, and replaced with the Jackson impersonator and the backup dancers performing an encore of the "Monster Breakdown" (the dance sequence in "Thriller").

First and second legs (1992)

The original set list for the first leg featured "The Way You Make Me Feel" and "Bad", but these were taken out after the eighth concert in Oslo, Norway. However, these two songs were returned for the first four performances in Tokyo, Japan (the second leg).
During the Europe leg in 1992, MTV was allowed to film backstage and broadcast six fifteen minute episodes on the tour. The show was called Dangerous Diaries and presented by Sonya Saul.
Jackson sold the film rights to his October 1, 1992 concert in Bucharest, Romania to HBO for $21 million. The deal was the highest ever paid for a live concert. The concert was broadcast live on radio and shown on television across 61 countries, and received the highest TV ratings in the history of the HBO network, in which Jackson was honoured with a CableACE Award. In 2004, the concert was released on DVD as part of Jackson's The Ultimate Collection box set. It was released in 2005 as the separate DVD Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour. The footage used on the released version is actually a mixture of footage from Bucharest – The BBC Broadcast, HBO live telecast (pay per view) and the HBO TV version, however for the DVD shots of many fans were included to give the show a feeling of hype.^[6]
The Toulouse, France concert performed on September 16, 1992 featured a special instrumental performance of the first half of the song "In the Closet" as an interlude between the songs "Heal the World" and "Man in the Mirror". Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, who was the "Mystery Girl" in the actual song, was in attendance at this concert. This concert marked the first and only time that this song was performed on the tour.
On December 31, 1992 during the New Year's Eve concert in Tokyo, Japan, Slash made a special guest appearance for the performance of "Black or White". Slash also made a special appearance for "Black or White" at the concert in Oviedo, Spain in September 1992.

Super Bowl XXVII

Unlike many previous years, Jackson was the only performer in the entire Super Bowl XXVII halftime show. The show started with Jackson dancing on certain jumbotrons, followed by impersonators that posed on top of the screen, which gave the illusion of Jackson moving from one side of the stadium to the other. Then Jackson himself catapulted on stage and simply stood frozen in front of the audience. Jackson's set included songs "Jam" (with the beginning of "Why You Wanna Trip on Me"), "Billie Jean" and "Black or White". The finale featured an audience card stunt, a video montage showing Jackson participating in various humanitarian efforts around the world, and a choir of 3,500 local Los Angeles area children singing "We Are the World", later joining Jackson as he sang his single "Heal the World".
It was the first Super Bowl where the audience figures actually increased during the half-time show. The selection of Jackson for the halftime show was in response to sagging interest in recent performances, notably in the two years immediately prior. The NFL and FOX network officials decided it was necessary to sign top acts for the halftime in future years to boost future viewership and interest. The NFL donated $100,000 to Jackson’s Heal the World Foundation.^[7]

Third leg (1993)

The day the third leg began on August 24, 1993 in Bangkok, the accusation of child sexual abuse against Jackson was made public. Three days beforehand, a search warrant was issued, allowing police to search Jackson's Neverland Ranch, Santa Ynez Valley, California.
On 29 August, Jackson performed in front of 47,000 on his 35th birthday in Singapore.
During his visit to Moscow in September, Jackson came up with the song "Stranger in Moscow" which would be released on his 1995 album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I. It was during a time when Jackson felt very alone, far away from his family and friends, yet every night throughout his tours fans would stay by his hotel and support him.^[8]
The tour was to last longer, but it was the huge pressure from the child abuse accusations (which was generating huge media and press attention), as well as various health problems and injuries that made Jackson end the tour in Mexico. Jackson began taking Valium, Xanax and Ativan (known as lorazepam in the UK) to deal with the stress of the accusations made against him. After the tour ended, Jackson voluntarily entered a rehabilitation program. In a taped statement, he credited Elizabeth Taylor, his sister Janet Jackson, and his family for support during the accusations and dealing with his drug addiction.
"Michael's show, I loved," said Janet Jackson. "The only thing – and I told him – that I wish he had done was to play more songs from the new album. And I wish he had played 'Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough'. He goes, 'I know, Jan, and the other brothers told me that, but you know what? I was really pressed for time.' And that's the thing, when you become so busy. So it was pretty much the same show as he's been doing for some time."^[5]

Opening acts

• Kris Kross
• Rozalla
• D'Influence (England only)
• Snap! (Bucharest only)
• Culture Beat (1993 European dates only)

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
First leg[11]
Rehearsal concert
June 25, 1992[12][13]	Munich	Germany	Olympiastadion
Europe
June 27, 1992	Munich	Germany	Olympiastadion
June 30, 1992	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Feijenoord Stadium
July 1, 1992
July 4, 1992	Rome	Italy	Stadio Flaminio
July 6, 1992	Monza		Stadio Brianteo
July 7, 1992
July 11, 1992	Cologne	Germany	Müngersdorfer Stadion
July 15, 1992	Oslo	Norway	Valle Hovin
July 17, 1992	Stockholm	Sweden	Stockholm Olympic Stadium
July 18, 1992
July 20, 1992	Gentofte	Denmark	Gentofte Stadion
July 22, 1992	Werchter	Belgium	Werchter Festival Ground
July 25, 1992	Dublin	Ireland	Lansdowne Road
July 30, 1992	London	United Kingdom	Wembley Stadium
July 31, 1992
August 5, 1992	Cardiff		Cardiff Arms Park
August 8, 1992	Bremen	Germany	Weserstadion
August 10, 1992	Hamburg		Volksparkstadion
August 13, 1992	Hamelin		Weserbergland Stadium
August 16, 1992	Leeds	United Kingdom	Roundhay Park
August 18, 1992	Glasgow		Glasgow Green
August 20, 1992[14][15]	London		Wembley Stadium
August 22, 1992
August 23, 1992
August 26, 1992	Vienna	Austria	Prater Stadium
August 28, 1992	Frankfurt	Germany	Waldstadion
August 30, 1992	Ludwigshafen		Südweststadion
September 2, 1992	Bayreuth		Volks Stadium
September 4, 1992	Berlin		Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark
September 6, 1992[A]	Gelsenkirchen		Parkstadion
September 8, 1992	Lausanne	Switzerland	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
September 11, 1992[B]	Basel		St. Jakob Stadium
September 13, 1992	Paris	France	Hippodrome de Vincennes
September 16, 1992	Toulouse		Stadium Municipal de Toulouse
September 18, 1992	Barcelona	Spain	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
September 21, 1992	Oviedo		Estadio Carlos Tartiere
September 23, 1992	Madrid		Estadio Vicente Calderón
September 26, 1992	Lisbon	Portugal	Estádio José Alvalade
October 1, 1992[16]	Bucharest	Romania	Lia Manoliu Stadium
October 4, 1992[C]	Istanbul	Turkey	İnönü Stadium
October 7, 1992[D][17]	Izmir		İzmir Atatürk Stadium
October 10, 1992[E]	Athens	Greece	Olympic Stadium
Second leg[18]
Asia
December 12, 1992	Tokyo	Japan	Tokyo Dome
December 14, 1992
December 17, 1992
December 19, 1992
December 22, 1992
December 24, 1992
December 30, 1992
December 31, 1992
Super Bowl XXVII halftime show
January 31, 1993	Pasadena	United States	Rose Bowl Stadium
Third leg
Asia
August 15, 1993[F]	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Sha Tin Racecourse
August 16, 1993[F]
August 24, 1993	Bangkok	Thailand	Suphachalasai Stadium
August 27, 1993
August 29, 1993	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore National Stadium
September 1, 1993
September 4, 1993	Taipei	Taiwan	Taipei Municipal Stadium
September 6, 1993
September 10, 1993	Fukuoka	Japan	Fukuoka Dome
September 11, 1993
Europe
September 15, 1993	Moscow	Russia	Luzhniki Stadium
Asia
September 19, 1993	Tel Aviv	Israel	Yarkon Park
September 21, 1993
Europe
September 23, 1993	Istanbul	Turkey	İnönü Stadium
September 26, 1993	Tenerife	Spain	Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
South America
October 8, 1993	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Estadio River Plate
October 10, 1993
October 12, 1993
October 12, 1993[G]	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Estádio do Maracanã
October 15, 1993	Sao Paulo		Estádio do Morumbi
October 17, 1993
October 21, 1993[H]	Santiago	Chile	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
October 23, 1993
October 26, 1993[I]	Lima	Peru	Estadio Nacional Jose Diaz
North America
October 29, 1993	Mexico City	Mexico	Estadio Azteca
October 31, 1993
November 7, 1993
November 9, 1993
November 11, 1993

Michael Jackson Bad World Tour

Bad (tour)

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Bad
1988 tour logo
World tour by Michael Jackson
Associated album	Bad
Start date	September 12, 1987
End date	January 27, 1989
Legs	2
Shows	54 in North America 41 in Europe 23 in Asia 5 in Australia 123 played

Bad was the debut concert tour by American recording artist Michael Jackson, launched in support of his seventh studio album of the same name (1987). Sponsored by Pepsi and spanning 16 months, the tour included 123 concerts to 4.4 million fans across 15 countries. In April 1989, the tour was nominated for "Tour of the Year 1988" at the inaugural International Rock Awards. A live album and DVD of the July 16, 1988 concert in London titled Live at Wembley July 16, 1988 was released along with the special edition reissue of the Bad album titled Bad 25 on September 18, 2012, as well as a stand-alone DVD.^[1]

Background

First leg (1987)

On June 29, 1987, Jackson's manager Frank DiLeo announced the singer's plan to embark on his first solo world concert tour.^[2] Sponsored by Pepsi,^[3] the tour began in Japan, marking Jackson's first performances in the country since 1973 as part of The Jackson 5.^[4] The first nine scheduled concerts that began on September 12 sold out within hours, and five more were added due to high demand.^[5] Over 600 journalists, cameramen and fans waited for Jackson's arrival to the country at Tokyo's Narita International Airport.^[6] His pet chimpanzee Bubbles, who took a separate flight, was greeted by more than 300 people.^[6] A chartered jumbo jet was used to carry 22 truckloads of equipment, along with Jackson's entourage of 132 for the tour.^[7] The stage set used 700 lights, 100 speakers, 40 lasers, three mirrors and two 24-by-18 foot screens. Performers wore 70 costumes, four of which were attached with fiber optic lights.^[8]
While in Tokyo, Australian pop music critic Molly Meldrum conducted an exclusive interview Jackson and DiLeo that was featured on 60 Minutes in the United States.^[6] On September 18, Jackson was handed the Key to the City by Yasushi Oshima, the mayor of Osaka. He was accompanied by Bubbles, who was the first animal allowed inside the city's town hall. Jackson dedicated his Japanese concerts to Yoshiaki Hagiwara, a five-year-old boy who was kidnapped and murdered, and gave £12,000 to the parents of Hagiwara.^[9] Attendance figures for the first 14 dates in Japan totalled a record-breaking 450,000.^[5] Crowds of 200,000 were what past performers could manage to draw for a single tour.^[10] Nippon Television was a co-sponsor with Pepsi for the Japanese dates.^[5]
In October 1987, scheduled shows in Perth and Adelaide in Australia were cancelled. A New Zealand leg was also scrapped. Kevin Jacobson, the tour's promoter, put it down to financial reasons with the original schedule having to cost $8 million to stage.^[11] Jackson performed five concerts in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in Australia in November. While off stage, he spent time visiting sick children at their homes in the Sydney suburbs.^[6]

Second leg (1988–1989)

Jackson performing in Vienna, Austria on June 2, 1988.

Rehearsals for the tour's second leg took place at the Pensacola Civic Center in Pensacola, Florida from January 22 to February 18, 1988.^[12] On the last day of preparation, Jackson allowed 420 school pupils to watch him rehearse after the children made him a rap music video in his honour.^[13] The first performances were to begin in Atlanta, Georgia, yet Pepsi officials objected as the city was home to rival drinks company Coca-Cola.^[14] For both Atlanta shows, Jackson gave 100 tickets to the Children's Wish Foundation for terminally ill children.^[15] The first of three concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City in March served as a benefit to raise $500,000 to the United Negro College Fund.^[16] Jackson presented a check of $600,000 to the fund.^[17]
Jackson began his European tour in Rome at the Flaminio Stadium on May 23, 1988. Police and security guards rescued hundreds of fans from being crushed in the crowd of 30,000.^[18] Police reported 130 women fainted at the concert in Vienna on June 2.^[19] A scheduled performance in Lyon was cancelled after 16,000 of a planned 30,000 tickets were sold.^[20] On June 17, Jackson travelled to the town of Vevey to meet Oona O'Neill, the widow of comic actor Charlie Chaplin. "I have fulfilled by biggest childhood dream", said Jackson after the visit.^[21] The most successful of the European dates were those in London at Wembley Stadium. Ticket demand for the five July dates exceeded 1.5 million, enough to fill the 72,000 capacity venue 20 times.^[22] Jackson performed seven sold out shows, beating the previous record held by Madonna, Bruce Springsteen and Genesis. More shows could have been added, but the venue had reached its quota for live performances.^[22] The third concert on July 16 was attended by Diana, Princess of Wales and Prince Charles.^[23] On September 8, Jackson was entered into the Guinness World Records, the first of three times from the tour alone. The Wembley shows were attended by a record 504,000 people. Management also presented him with a special award.^[24] On July 30, NBC aired Michael Jackson Around the World, a 90-minute special documenting the singer on tour.^[25] On August 29, after a birthday performance in Leeds, Jackson donated $130,000 to Give For Life.^[24] The final European show was held in Liverpool on September 11, staged at Aintree Racecourse. 1,550 fans were reported injured among the crowd of 125,000.^[24][26]
In September 1988, Jackson toured the United States for the second time. On October 23, he donated $125,000, the net proceeds to first show in Detroit, to the city's Motown Museum.^[27] Three concerts in Tacoma, Washington were cancelled after Jackson came down with the flu.^[28] The tour was planned to end in Tokyo, but Jackson suffered from swollen vocal cords after the first of six concerts in Los Angeles in November. The remaining five were rescheduled for January 1989. During the December 11 show in Tokyo, nine-year old Ayana Takada was selected to receive a certificate by Jackson to commemorate the four millionth person to attend the tour.^[29]
Five performances in Los Angeles were held to conclude the tour on January 27, 1989. In 16 months, Jackson performed 123 concerts in 15 countries to an audience of 4.4 million for a total gross of $125 million.^[30][31] The American tour alone grossed a total of $20.3 million, the sixth largest of the year.^[30] Guinness World Records recognized the tour as the largest grossing in history and the tour to play to the most people ever.^[30] In April 1989, the tour was nominated for "Tour of the Year 1988" at the inaugural International Rock Awards. It lost to Amnesty International.^[32]

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
First leg
Rehearsal concert
September 11, 1987[38]	Tokyo	Japan	Korakuen Stadium
Asia[39]
September 12, 1987	Tokyo	Japan	Korakuen Stadium
September 13, 1987
September 14, 1987
September 19, 1987	Nishinomiya		Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
September 20, 1987
September 21, 1987
September 25, 1987	Yokohama		Yokohama Stadium
September 26, 1987
September 27, 1987
October 3, 1987
October 4, 1987
October 10, 1987	Osaka		Osaka Stadium
October 11, 1987
October 12, 1987
Australia
November 13, 1987[40]	Melbourne	Australia	Olympic Park Stadium
November 20, 1987[41]	Parramatta		Parramatta Stadium
November 21, 1987
November 27, 1987[42][43]	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre
November 28, 1987[44]
Second leg
Full dress rehearsal concert
February 18, 1988[45]	Pensacola	United States	Pensacola Civic Center
North America opening dates
February 23, 1988	Kansas City	United States	Kemper Arena
February 24, 1988
30th Grammy Awards show[46]
March 2, 1988	New York City	United States	Radio City Music Hall
North America
March 3, 1988[47]	New York City	United States	Madison Square Garden
March 5, 1988[48]
March 6, 1988[49]
March 12, 1988[A]	St. Louis		St. Louis Arena
March 13, 1988
March 18, 1988	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena
March 19, 1988
March 20, 1988	Louisville		Freedom Hall
March 24, 1988	Denver		McNichols Sports Arena
March 25, 1988
March 26, 1988[50][51]
March 30, 1988	Hartford		Hartford Civic Arena
March 31, 1988
April 1, 1988
April 8, 1988	Houston		The Summit
April 9, 1988
April 10, 1988
April 13, 1988	Atlanta		Omni Coliseum
April 14, 1988
April 15, 1988
April 19, 1988	Rosemont		Rosemont Horizon
April 20, 1988
April 21, 1988
April 25, 1988	Dallas		Reunion Arena
April 26, 1988
April 27, 1988
May 4, 1988	Minneapolis		Met Center
May 5, 1988
May 6, 1988
Europe
May 23, 1988	Rome	Italy	Stadio Flaminio
May 24, 1988
May 29, 1988	Turin		Stadio Olimpico di Torino
June 2, 1988	Vienna	Austria	Praterstadion
June 5, 1988	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Feijenoord Stadium
June 6, 1988
June 7, 1988
June 11, 1988	Gothenburg	Sweden	Eriksberg Docks Grounds
June 12, 1988
June 16, 1988	Basel	Switzerland	St. Jakob Stadium
June 19, 1988	West Berlin	West Germany	Reichstag Grounds
June 23, 1988[B]	Lyon	France	Stade de Gerland
June 27, 1988	Paris		Parc des Princes Stadium
June 28, 1988
July 1, 1988	Hamburg	West Germany	Volksparkstadion
July 3, 1988	Cologne		Müngersdorfer Stadium
July 8, 1988	Munich		Olympic Stadium
July 10, 1988	Hockenheim		Hockenheimring
July 14, 1988	London	United Kingdom	Wembley Stadium
July 15, 1988
July 16, 1988
July 22, 1988
July 23, 1988
July 26, 1988	Cardiff		Cardiff Arms Park
July 30, 1988	Cork	Ireland	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
July 31, 1988
August 5, 1988	Marbella	Spain	Estadio Municipal de Marbella
August 7, 1988	Madrid		Estadio Vicente Calderón
August 9, 1988	Barcelona		Camp Nou
August 12, 1988	Montpellier	France	Stade Richter
August 14, 1988	Nice		Stade Charles-Ehrmann
August 19, 1988	Lausanne	Switzerland	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
August 21, 1988	Würzburg	West Germany	Talavera Wiesen Grounds
August 23, 1988	Werchter	Belgium	Werchter Festival Ground
August 26, 1988	London	United Kingdom	Wembley Stadium
August 27, 1988
August 29, 1988	Leeds		Roundhay Park
September 2, 1988	Hanover	West Germany	Niedersachsenstadion
September 4, 1988	Gelsenkirchen		Parkstadion
September 6, 1988	Linz	Austria	Linzer Stadium
September 10, 1988	Milton Keynes	United Kingdom	The National Bowl
September 11, 1988	Liverpool		Aintree Racecourse
North America
September 26, 1988	Pittsburgh	United States	Pittsburgh Civic Arena
September 27, 1988
September 28, 1988
October 3, 1988	East Rutherford		Meadowlands Arena
October 4, 1988
October 5, 1988
October 10, 1988	Richfield		Coliseum at Richfield
October 11, 1988
October 13, 1988	Landover		Capital Centre
October 17, 1988
October 18, 1988
October 19, 1988
October 24, 1988	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills
October 25, 1988
October 26, 1988
October 31, 1988[C]	Tacoma		Tacoma Dome
November 1, 1988[C]
November 2, 1988[C]
November 7, 1988	Irvine		Irvine Meadows Amphitheater
November 8, 1988
November 9, 1988
November 13, 1988	Los Angeles		Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Asia
December 9, 1988	Tokyo	Japan	Tokyo Dome
December 10, 1988
December 11, 1988
December 17, 1988
December 18, 1988
December 19, 1988
December 24, 1988
December 25, 1988
December 26, 1988
North America
January 16, 1989	Los Angeles	United States	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
January 17, 1989
January 18, 1989
January 26, 1989
January 27, 1989

Planned concerts, cancellations and postponements

The cancellations and postponements were mostly caused by serious health reasons. According to the sources, the planned, cancelled and postponed concerts were as follows:

• 10/08/87: Osaka, Japan, Osaka Stadium; Rescheduled to October 11, 1987. (Due to Jackson having Laryngitis.)^[52]
• 10/09/87: Osaka, Japan, Osaka Stadium; Rescheduled to October 12, 1987. (Due to Jackson having Laryngitis.)^[53][54]
• 11/03/87: Perth, Australia, W.A.C.A. Oval; (This concert was discontinued 28 October 1987, because the Cricket Association refused permission for chairs to be placed on the playing fields.)^[55][56][57]
• 11/08/87: Adelaide, Australia, Thebarton Oval; (This concert was discontinued 28 October 1987, because the Cricket Association refused permission for chairs to be placed on the playing fields.)^[56][57][58]
• 12/02/87: Wellington, New Zealand, Athletic Park; (This concert was discontinued 29 October 1987, because the Cricket Association refused permission for chairs to be placed on the playing fields.) ^[56][57][59]
• 12/06/87: Auckland, New Zealand, Mt Smart Stadium (This concert was discontinued 29 October 1987, because the Cricket Association refused permission for chairs to be placed on the playing fields.)^[56][57][59]
• ^A 03/12/88: St. Louis, United States, St. Louis Arena; Rescheduled to March 14, 1988. CANCELLED (Due to ongoing Laryngitis.)^[60][61][62]
• ^B 06/23/88: Lyon, France, Stade de Gerland; CANCELLED (16,000 tickets of 30,000 were sold and therefore this show was cancelled.)^[63][64][65]
• ^C 10/31/88: Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma Dome; CANCELLED (Although this concert was sold out, it was never rescheduled.)^[66][67]
• ^C 11/01/88: Tacoma, United States, Tacoma Dome; CANCELLED (Although this concert was sold out, it was never rescheduled.)^[66][68]
• ^C 11/02/88: Tacoma, United States, Tacoma Dome; CANCELLED (Although this concert was sold out, it was never rescheduled.)^[66][69]
• 11/14/88: Los Angeles, United States, Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena; Rescheduled to January 16, 1989.^[70]
• 11/15/88: Los Angeles, United States, Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena; Rescheduled to January 17, 1989.^[70]
• 11/20/88: Los Angeles, United States, Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena; Rescheduled to January 18, 1989.^[70]
• 11/21/88: Los Angeles, United States, Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena; Rescheduled to January 26, 1989.^[70]
• 11/22/88: Los Angeles, United States, Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena; Rescheduled to January 27, 1989.^[70]
• There were some initial plans to take the tour to Cincinnati, OH; Birmingham, AL; Chapel Hill, NC; Mannheim, Germany; Darmstadt, Germany.^[48][71] These plans were later suspended.

Broadcast recordings

Sony released a Bad tour concert from Wembley Stadium, London, which was filmed on July 16, 1988. The concert film titled Live at Wembley July 16, 1988 was officially released on DVD on September 18, 2012. A concert recorded by Nippon TV filmed in Yokohama Stadium, Japan, September 26th 1987, was televised in many countries.