Bad (tour)

Bad World Tour

Tour by Michael Jackson
Start date	September 12 1987
End date	January 27 1989
Legs	2
No. of shows	123
Michael Jackson concert chronology

The Bad Tour was a world music tour by Michael Jackson that started on September 12th, 1987 in Tokyo, Japan and ended on January 27th, 1989 in Los Angeles, United States. The tour consisted of 123 concerts to approximately 4.4 million fans across 4 continents, beaten by Jackson's later HIStory Tour with 4.5 million. The Bad Tour was Jackson's first as a solo performer. When the tour finished in January, 1989 it grossed over $125 million at the box office. This is approximately equivalent to over $210 million in 2007.

Setlist

1st Leg

The first leg setlist consisted songs not only from Jackson's solo albums Bad, Thriller and Off The Wall, but songs from the albums Triumph and Destiny by The Jacksons. The last two songs were the only ones from the then recently released Bad album.

• "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
• "Things I Do For You"
• "Off The Wall"
• "Human Nature"
• "Heartbreak Hotel"
• "She's Out Of My Life"
• Jackson 5 Medley - "I Want You Back"/"The Love You Save"/"I'll Be There"
• "Rock With You"
• "Lovely One"

Interlude

• "Working Day and Night"
• "Beat It"
• "Billie Jean"
• "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)"
• "Thriller"
• "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
• "Bad"

2nd Leg

Contrary to the first leg, the second consisted of 7 songs from the Bad album, compared to just 2 from the first.

• "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
• "Heartbreak Hotel"
• "Another Part Of Me"
• "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
• "She's Out Of My Life"
• Jackson 5 Medley - "I Want You Back"/"The Love You Save"/"I'll Be There"
• "Rock With You"
• "Human Nature"
• "Smooth Criminal"
• "Dirty Diana"
• "Thriller"

Interlude

• "Working Day and Night"
• "Beat It"
• "Billie Jean"
• "Bad"
• "The Way You Make Me Feel"
• "Man In The Mirror"

Tour Dates

No.	Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance
1st Leg
Japan
1-3	September 12th-14th	Tokyo	Japan	Korakuen Stadium	45,000
4-6	September 19th-21st	Osaka	Japan	Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium	48,000
7-11	September 25th-27th, October 3rd-4th	Yokohama	Japan	Yokohama Stadium	38,000
12-14	October 10th-12th	Osaka	Japan	Osaka Stadium	?
Australia
15	November 13th	Melbourne	Australia	Olympic Park	45,000
16-17	November 20th-21st	Sydney	Australia	Parramatta Stadium	45,000
18-19	November 25th, 28th	Brisbane	Australia	Entertainment Centre	13,500
2nd Leg
North America
20-21	February 23rd-24th, 1988	Kansas City, Missouri	United States	Kemper Arena	16,960
22-24	March 3rd-5th	New York City, New York	United States	Madison Square Garden	19,000
25-26	March 12th-13th	St. Louis, Missouri	United States	St. Louis Arena	18,000
27-28	March 18th-19th	Indianapolis, Indiana	United States	Market Square Arena	17,000
29	March 20th	Louisville, Kentucky	United States	Freedom Hall	19,000
30-31	March 23rd-24th	Denver, Colorado	United States	McNichols Sports Arena	20,125
32-34	April 30th, March 1st	Hartford, Connecticut	United States	Hartford Civic Center	15,060
35-37	April 8th-10th	Houston, Texas	United States	The Summit	17,000
38-40	April 13th-15th	Atlanta, Georgia	United States	The Omni	17,000
41-43	April 19th-21st	Chicago, Illinois	United States	Rosemont Horizon	20,000
44-46	April 25th-27th	Dallas, Texas	United States	Reunion Arena	19,000
47-49	May 4th-6th	Bloomington, Minnesota	United States	Met Center	16,890
Europe
50-51	May 23rd-24th, 1988	Rome	Italy	Flaminio Stadium	70,000
52	May 29th	Turin	Italy	Stadio Comunale di Torino	53,600
53	June 2nd	Vienna	Austria	Prater Stadium	55,000
54-56	June 5th-7th	Rotterdam	Holland	Feijenoord Stadium	48,400
57-58	June 11th-12th	Gothenburg	Sweden	Eriksbergs Shipyard	53,000
59	June 16th	Basel	Switzerland	St. Jakob-Park	50,000
60	June 19th	West Berlin	Germany	Platz der Republik (The Reichstag/Berlin Wall)	50,000
61-62	June 27th-28th	Paris	France	Parc des Princes	64,000
63	July 1st	Hamburg	Germany	(Volkspark Stadium)	50,000
64	July 3rd	Cologne	Germany	Mungersdorfer Stadium	70,000
65	July 8th	Munich	Germany	Olympic Stadium	72,000
66	July 10th	Cologne	Germany	Mungersdorfer Stadium	70,000
67-72	July 14th-16th, 22nd-23rd,	London	United Kingdom	Wembley Stadium	72,000
73	July 26th	Cardiff	United Kingdom	Cardiff Arms Park	55,000
74-75	July 30th-31st	Cork	Ireland	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	60,000
76	August 7th	Marbella	Spain	?	28,000
77	August 8th	Madrid	Spain	Vicente Calderón Stadium	60,000
78	August 9th	Barcelona	Spain	Nou Camp Stadium	90,000
79	August 21st	Wurzburg	Germany	Talavera Wiesen	43,000
80	August 23rd	Werchter	Belgium	Festival Ground	55,000
81-82	August 26th-27th	London	United Kingdom	Wembley Stadium	72,000
83	August 29th	Leeds	United Kingdom	Roundhay Park	90,000
84	September 2nd	Hannover	Germany	Niedersachsen Stadium	45,000
85	September 4th	Gelsenkirchen	Germany	Park Stadium	52,000
86	September 6th	Linz	Austria	Linzer Stadion	40,000
87	September 10th	Milton Keynes	United Kingdom	The Bowl	60,000
88	September 11th	Liverpool	United Kingdom	Aintree Racecourse	125,000
North America
89-91	September 26th-28th, 1988	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	United States	Civic Arena	16,230
92-94	October 3rd-5th	East Rutherford, New Jersey	United States	Meadowlands Arena	20,350
95-96	October 10th-11th	Richfield, Ohio	United States	The Coliseum	19,000
97-100	October 13th, 17th-19th	Landover, Maryland	United States	Capital Centre	17,470
101-103	October 24th-26th	Auburn Hills, Michigan	United States	Palace of Auburn Hills	16,670
104-106	November 7th-9th	Irvine, California	United States	Irvine Meadows	15,000
107	November 13th	Los Angeles, California	United States	Sports Arena	18,000
Japan
108-116	December 9th-11th, 17th-19th, 24th-26th, 1988	Tokyo	Japan	Tokyo Dome	45,000
North America
117-121	January 16th-18th, 26th-27th, 1989	Los Angeles, California	United States	Sports Arena	18,000

MTV Specials

During the 1988 leg of the tour, MTV had gained access to film backstage interviews and concert performances. As part of a Michael Jackson Weekend Special on MTV in 1988, two programmes on the tour, "Another Part of Me" and "From Motown To Your Town" were broadcast. Each are a 20 minute program, capturing the huge media and public interest, and includes exclusive interviews and concert performances from Yokohama and Barcelona.

A 50-minute documentary was broadcast on NBC in the United States, as part of its Friday Night Videos show in 1988. Called "Michael Jackson: Around The World", it follows Michael's concerts from country to country, including Japan, Australia and China during the first leg, and England, Germany, and Sweden during the second. The original NBC version was presented by Ahmad and Phylicia Rashad. The documentary was then broadcast on MTV.

Official DVD Release

In August 2005, an online petition was created to support an official release of a Bad Tour concert in 1988. Although the target was 10,000 signatures, the petition continues to grow even to this day, with a total of more than 12,600.

There are many fan-made videos supporting the official release of the concert. Many of which can be found on YouTube

Trivia

First Leg

• A granddaughter of Emperor Hirohito attended the first concert in Tokyo, 1987.
• Michael had performed a record breaking 14 sold-out concerts in three cities in Japan - Tokyo, Osaka and Yokohama. Of these 14 concerts, 3 of them were held at the Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo. It was later named the Tokyo Dome in 1988 by the time Jackson performed 9 more sold-out concerts there in December 1988 during the second leg.
• It was reported that Jackson received $4.5 million for each of the 14 concerts in Japan. It was also reported that during the United Kingdom tour in 1988, Jackson earned £16 million, an equivalent of £700,000 per hour.
• The concert in Yokohama, Japan at the Yokohama Stadium was filmed by Nippon TV and later televised in Asia.
• During the concert in Sydney, Australia on November 20th, Stevie Wonder made a surprise appearance on stage to perform "Just Good Friends" with Jackson that appeared on the Bad album. Wonder was also touring at the same time as Michael. This was the only live performance of the song to date (as of December 2007), because the duet part required Stevie Wonder for a performance to work.

Second Leg

• During the second leg, Jackson used his own specially constructed stage, that required several lorries and air planes to transport the equipment. Once fully set up, Jackson would be surrounded by 700 lights, 100 speakers, 3 lasers and 40 mirrors. During the first leg however, Michael used the venue's own stage, hence the much smaller stage space.
• On March 3rd, 1988 Jackson performed a private concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City. All the proceeds were donated to the United Negro College Fund. Tickets for the show could not be purchased at regular ticket box offices, as a special lottery system determined who was to receive them. During the performance of The Way You Make Me Feel, Tatiana Thumbtzen (who appeared in Jackson's music video for the same song) kissed him on stage. It was also during the private concert whereby Siedah Garrett made a special appearance.
• The scheduled concert in Lyon, France on May 30th, 1988 was canceled after only half of the 30,000 available tickets were sold. A further 3 concerts scheduled at Tacoma, Washington on October 31st, November 1st and 2nd, 1988 were canceled due to Jackson's vocal cords becoming swollen.
• The concert at Gothenburg, Sweden was scheduled to be held at the Ullevi Stadium, but it was under repair. Instead, the concert was held at the Eriksbergs Shipyard.
• On June 16th, 1988 Jackson performed a sold out in Basel, Switzerland. Various celebrities were in attendance, including Elizabeth Taylor and Bob Dylan. While in Basel, Michael met with Mrs. Oona Chaplin, the widow of one of Michael's all time heroes, Charlie Chaplin.
• On the July 16th, 1988 concert at Wembley Stadium, Jackson performed with Princess Diana and Prince Charles in attendance. Prior to the concert Michael had met them both, and Diana told Jackson that her favorite song was in fact Dirty Diana. However in respect for the princess, Jackson took out the song from the concert's set list.
• On August 29th, 1988 Jackson performed in Leeds, England in front of 90,000 fans on his 30th birthday. The fans sang Happy Birthday to Jackson before the performance of Another Part Of Me.
• On September 8th, 1988 Jackson received a special award by London's Wembley Stadium Management for setting a new attendance record, which was entered into the Guinness Book of World Records. Jackson performed 7 sell-out concerts (5 in a row, 2 at a later date) that were attended by a total of 504,000 people at the venue. This record had beaten the previous held by Genesis, with 3. Until the demolition of the now old Wembley Stadium, this record had not been beaten since.
• The concert at Aintree Racecourse on 11th September, 1988 is the single largest attended concert that Jackson has performed in front of, with a total of 125,000 attending.
• Contrary to popular belief, Jackson did not perform 'the lean' whilst performing Smooth Criminal. In a magazine edition titled "Moonwalk with Michael: A Step By Step Dance Guide", it informs the reader how Michael 'leaned' on the Bad Tour - to "lean over as far as you can without toppling over, keeping your body straight. Come back up and walk forwards very slowly moving your arms and legs up and down like a robot".
• Michael earned $63 million for 14 concerts played in Japan in 1987, and £16 million for 12 concerts played in the UK in 1988. This is equivalent to $176 million today - from just 26 concerts. Not even including monies earned from the additional 97 out of the 123 concerts performed.

Performers

Lead performer

• Michael Jackson: Singer, Dancer, Musical Director

Bandmembers

• Music director: Greg Phillinganes
• Drums: Ricky Lawson
• Bass: Don Boylette
• Lead guitar: Jennifer Batten
• Rhythm guitar: Jon Clark
• Keyboards: Greg Phillinganes, Chris Currell & Rory Kaplan
• Vocals: Sheryl Crow, Kevin Dorsey, Dorian Holley, Darryl Phinnessee

Dancers

• Randy Allaire
• Evaldo Garcia
• Dominic Lucero
• LaVelle Smith

Credits

• Executive director: Michael Jackson
• Assistant director: Jolie Levine
• Choreographed by: Michael Jackson
• Assistant Choreography & Staging by: Vincent Paterson
• Set Designed by: Tom McPhilips
• Lighting Designer: Allen Branton
• Director of Security: Bill Bray
• Hair & Make-up: Karen Faye
• Personal Management by: Frank Dileo

External links

• Michael Jackson: Live from London 1988 (DVD Petition Promo)
• A second Bad Tour 1988 DVD Promo