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Bad World Tour
World tour by Michael Jackson
File:Bad World Tour 1988.jpg
1988 tour logo.
LocationAsia, Oceania, North America, Europe
Associated albumBad
Start dateSeptember 12, 1987
End dateJanuary 27, 1989
Legs2
No. of shows123
Michael Jackson concert chronology

The Bad World Tour was the first solo concert tour by American recording artist Michael Jackson that visited Japan, Australia, the United States and Europe. Sponsored by Pepsi and spanning 16 months, the tour included 123 concerts to 4.4 million fans across 15 countries. When the tour concluded it grossed a total of $125 million, adding two new entries in the Guinness World Records for the largest grossing tour in history and the tour with the largest attended audience.[1] In April 1989, the tour was nominated for "Tour of the Year 1988" at the inaugural International Rock Awards.

Overview

First leg (1987)

On June 29, 1987, Jackson's then-manager Frank DiLeo announced the singer's plan to embark on a solo world 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 Yoshioka 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 in June 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 chords 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.[1][30] The American tour alone grossed a total of $20.3 million, the sixth largest of the year.[1] Guinness World Records recognized the tour as the largest grossing in history and the tour to play to the most people ever.[1] In April 1989, the tour was nominated for "Tour of the Year 1988" at the inaugural International Rock Awards. It lost to Amnesty International.[31]

Set list

First leg (1987)[32]
  1. "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
  2. "Things I Do for You"
  3. "Off the Wall"
  4. "Human Nature"
  5. "This Place Hotel"
  6. "She's Out of My Life"
  7. Jackson 5 Medley
    1. "I Want You Back"
    2. "The Love You Save"
    3. "I'll Be There"
  8. "Rock with You"
  9. "Lovely One"
  10. "Bad Groove" Interlude
  11. "Workin' Day and Night"
  12. "Beat It"
  13. "Billie Jean"
  14. "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)" featuring snippet of Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
  15. "Thriller"
  16. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" with Sheryl Crow
  17. "Bad"
Second leg (1988-1989)[32]
  1. "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
  2. "This Place Hotel"
  3. "Another Part of Me"
  4. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" with Sheryl Crow
  5. "She's Out of My Life"
  6. Jackson 5 Medley
    1. "I Want You Back"
    2. "The Love You Save"
    3. "I'll Be There"
  7. "Rock with You"
  8. "Human Nature"
  9. "Smooth Criminal"
  10. "Dirty Diana"
  11. "Thriller"
  12. "Bad Groove" Interlude
  13. "Workin' Day and Night"
  14. "Beat It"
  15. "Billie Jean"
  16. "Bad"
  17. "The Way You Make Me Feel"
  18. "Man in the Mirror"

Tour dates

# Date City Country Venue
First leg
Asia
1 September 12, 1987 Tokyo Japan Korakuen Stadium
2 September 13, 1987
3 September 14, 1987
4 September 19, 1987 Hyogo Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
5 September 20, 1987
6 September 21, 1987
7 September 25, 1987 Yokohama Yokohama Stadium
8 September 26, 1987
9 September 27, 1987
10 October 3, 1987
11 October 4, 1987
12 October 10, 1987 Osaka Osaka Stadium
13 October 11, 1987
14 October 12, 1987
Australia
15 November 13, 1987 Melbourne Australia Olympic Park Stadium
16 November 20, 1987 Sydney Parramatta Stadium
17 November 21, 1987
18 November 25, 1987 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre
19 November 28, 1987
Second leg
North America
20 February 23, 1988 Kansas City United States Kemper Arena
21 February 24, 1988
22 March 3, 1988 New York City Madison Square Garden
23 March 4, 1988
24 March 5, 1988
25 March 12, 1988 St. Louis St. Louis Arena
26 March 13, 1988
27 March 18, 1988 Indianapolis Market Square Arena
28 March 19, 1988
29 March 20, 1988 Louisville Freedom Hall
30 March 23, 1988 Denver McNichols Sports Arena
31 March 24, 1988
32 March 30, 1988 Hartford Hartford Civic Center
33 March 31, 1988
34 April 1, 1988
35 April 8, 1988 Houston The Summit
36 April 9, 1988
37 April 10, 1988
38 April 13, 1988 Atlanta Omni Coliseum
39 April 14, 1988
40 April 15, 1988
41 April 19, 1988 Rosemont Rosemont Horizon
42 April 20, 1988
43 April 21, 1988
44 April 25, 1988 Dallas Reunion Arena
45 April 26, 1988
46 April 27, 1988
47 May 4, 1988 Minneapolis Met Center
48 May 5, 1988
49 May 6, 1988
Europe
50 May 23, 1988 Rome Italy Flaminio Stadium
51 May 24, 1988
52 May 29, 1988 Turin Stadio Comunale di Torino
53 June 2, 1988 Vienna Austria Prater Stadium
54 June 5, 1988 Rotterdam Netherlands Feijenoord Stadium
55 June 6, 1988
56 June 7, 1988
57 June 11, 1988 Gothenburg Sweden Eriksburg Shipyard
58 June 12, 1988
59 June 16, 1988 Basel Switzerland St. Jakob Stadium
60 June 19, 1988 Berlin West Germany Reichstag Building
61 June 27, 1988 Paris France Parc des Princes Stadium
62 June 28, 1988
63 July 1, 1988 Hamburg West Germany Volkspark Stadium
64 July 3, 1988 Cologne Mungersdorfer Stadium
65 July 8, 1988 Munich Olympic Stadium
66 July 10, 1988 Hockenheim Hockenheimring
67 July 14, 1988 London England Wembley Stadium
68 July 15, 1988
69 July 16, 1988
70 July 22, 1988
71 July 23, 1988
72 July 26, 1988 Cardiff Wales Cardiff Arms Park
73 July 30, 1988 Cork Ireland Páirc Uí Chaoimh
74 July 31, 1988
75 August 5, 1988 Marbella Spain Municipal Stadium
76 August 7, 1988 Madrid Vicente Calderón Stadium
77 August 9, 1988 Barcelona Camp Nou
78 August 11, 1988 Nice France Stade Charles Ehrmann
79 August 14, 1988 Montpellier Stade Richter
80 August 19, 1988 Lausanne Switzerland La Pontaise
81 August 21, 1988 Würzburg West Germany Talavera Wiesen
82 August 23, 1988 Werchter Belgium Festival Grounds
83 August 26, 1988 London England Wembley Stadium
84 August 27, 1988
85 August 29, 1988 Leeds Roundhay Park
86 September 2, 1988 Hanover West Germany Niedersachsen Stadium
87 September 4, 1988 Gelsenkirchen Park Stadium
88 September 6, 1988 Linz Austria Linzer Stadium
89 September 10, 1988 Milton Keynes England The Bowl
90 September 11, 1988 Liverpool Aintree Racecourse
North America
91 September 26, 1988 Pittsburgh United States Pittsburgh Civic Arena
92 September 27, 1988
93 September 28, 1988
94 October 3, 1988 East Rutherford Meadowlands Arena
95 October 4, 1988
96 October 6, 1988
97 October 10, 1988 Richfield Richfield Coliseum
98 October 11, 1988
99 October 13, 1988 Landover Capital Centre
100 October 17, 1988
101 October 18, 1988
102 October 19, 1988
103 October 24, 1988 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
104 October 25, 1988
105 October 26, 1988
106 November 7, 1988 Irvine Irvine Meadows Amphitheater
107 November 8, 1988
108 November 9, 1988
109 November 13, 1988 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Asia
110 December 9, 1988 Tokyo Japan Tokyo Dome
111 December 10, 1988
112 December 11, 1988
113 December 17, 1988
114 December 18, 1988
115 December 19, 1988
116 December 24, 1988
117 December 25, 1988
118 December 26, 1988
North America
119 January 16, 1989 Los Angeles United States Memorial Sports Arena
120 January 17, 1989
121 January 18, 1989
122 January 26, 1989
123 January 27, 1989

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b c d Campbell 1993, p. 236.
  2. ^ "Jackson sets solo world tour". The Miami News. June 30, 1987. Retrieved October 1, 2010.
  3. ^ Campbell 1993, p. 186.
  4. ^ "Michael Jackson's new tour to start in Japan". Manila Standard. July 2, 1987. Retrieved September 29, 2010.
  5. ^ a b c Campbell 1993, p. 208.
  6. ^ a b c d Bad Tour Programme (1988), Far East Report Cite error: The named reference "tourbook" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  7. ^ "TheMichaelJacksonArchives - Bad Japan Tour 1987". Geraldine Hosier. News of the World. 1987.
  8. ^ "Michael Jackson craze hits Japan". New Straits Times. September 12, 1987. Retrieved September 29, 2010.
  9. ^ "TheMichaelJacksonArchives - Bad Japan Tour 1987". Unknown publisher, editor and date.
  10. ^ "Jackson to Make First Solo U.S. Tour". Richard Harrington. The Washington Post. January 12, 1988.
  11. ^ "Bad tour news". The Age. October 30, 1987. Retrieved September 29, 2010.
  12. ^ Snider, Eric (January 15, 1988). "'Bad' tour: Pensacola is southern limit". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved December 11, 2009.
  13. ^ "Michael Jackson entertains 420 Florida pupils". St. Petersburg Times. February 20, 1988. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
  14. ^ Campbell 1993, p. 212.
  15. ^ Campbell 1993, p. 213.
  16. ^ Decurtis, Anthony (February 10, 1988). "Michael Jackson plans U.S., European tours". Anchorage Daily News. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
  17. ^ Campbell 1993, p. 189.
  18. ^ "Michael Jackson". Gettysburg Times. May 25, 1988. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
  19. ^ "130 fans faint at Jackson concert". The Telegraph. June 4, 1988. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
  20. ^ "Jackson's French tour lags". St. Petersburg Times. June 20, 1988. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
  21. ^ "Michael Jackson Oona Chaplin". Gettysburg Times. June 20, 1988. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
  22. ^ a b Campbell 1993, p. 216.
  23. ^ Campbell 1993, p. 217.
  24. ^ a b c Halstead 2003, p. 80.
  25. ^ "Stay up tonight to catch Michael Jackson on tour". Boca Raton News. July 30, 1988. Retrieved October 2, 2010.
  26. ^ "1,550 injured at Jackson concert". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. September 12, 1988. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
  27. ^ "Michael Jackson Donates $125,000 to Motown Museum". The Argus-Press. October 24, 1988. Retrieved October 2, 2010.
  28. ^ "Jackson concert cancelled". Ellensburg Daily Record. October 31, 1988. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
  29. ^ "Jackson greets 4 millionth fan". Anchorage Daily News. December 12, 1988. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
  30. ^ "Michael's Last Tour". Ebony. April 1989. pp. 142–153. Retrieved October 2, 2010.
  31. ^ Halstead 2003, p. 85.
  32. ^ a b Halstead 2003, p. 79.
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