Bad World Tour

Bad World Tour

by Michael Jackson

Presentation album	bath
Beginning of the tour	September 12, 1987
End of the tour	January 27, 1989
Total concerts (by continent)	* 23 in Asia 5 in Australia 54 in North America 41 in Europe
Concerts in total	123
revenue	$ 125,000,000

Michael Jackson Tour Chronology

Victory Tour (1984)	Bad World Tour (1987-1989)	Dangerous World Tour (1992-1993)

The Bad World Tour was a tour by Michael Jackson that began in Tokyo on September 12, 1987 and ended in Los Angeles on January 27, 1989 . It was Jackson's first solo tour.

The Bad Tour included 123 concerts on four continents with around 4.4 million visitors. It was the most successful tour ever, until Jackson broke his own record with the HIStory Tour . In the summer of 1988 seven concerts at Wembley Stadium in London were sold out, with a total of 504,000 people attending these seven concerts. Jackson holds a world record to this day. The tour reportedly grossed him over $ 125 million. As with the previous Victory Tour , the official sponsor was Pepsi-Cola .

Despite the elaborate choreographies, Michael Jackson's singing, unlike on his subsequent tours, was mostly live. Only for Smooth Criminal , Man in the Mirror , Bad and The Way You Make Me Feel was partial playback used in the second part of the tour. Because Jackson's vocal cords were swollen, four concerts had to be canceled in the second part of the tour.

Setlist

In the first part of the tour, the setlist included not only songs from Michael Jackson's solo albums, but also from the Jacksons' Triumph and Destiny albums . The last two songs were the only ones from Bad , while the second part of the tour included seven songs from this album. Sheryl Crow was his duet partner in the song I Just Can't Stop Loving You , which Michael Jackson sings in the album version together with Siedah Garrett . There was also a guest appearance by Stevie Wonder on November 20, 1987 in Brisbane , with Jackson sang Bad .

First leg

1. Wanna Be Startin 'Somethin
2. Things I Do for You
3. Off the wall
4. Human Nature
5. Heartbreak Hotel
6. She's out of my life
7. Jackson 5 Medley ( I Want You Back , The Love You Save , I'll Be There )
8. Rock with you
9. You are my lovely one
10. Working day and night
11. Beat It feat. Jennifer Batten
12. Billie Jean
13. Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)
14. thriller
15. I just can't stop loving you
16. bath

Second leg

1. Wanna be startin 'somethin
2. This Place Hotel
3. Another part of me
4. I Just Can't Stop Loving You (duet with Sheryl Crow)
5. She's Out of My Life
6. The Jackson 5 Medley: I Want You Back / The Love You Save / I'll Be There
7. Rock with you
8. Human Nature
9. smooth Criminal
10. Dirty Diana (guest star Steve Stevens on March 24, 1988)
11. thriller
12. Bad groove interlude
13. Working day and night
14. Beat It feat. Jennifer Batten
15. Billie Jean
16. bath
17. The Way You Make Me Feel
18. Man in The Mirror

Tour dates

No.	date	country	city	place	Number of visitors
First leg
Japan
1-3	12-14 September 1987	Japan	Tokyo	Kōrakuen Stadium	45,000
4-6	19. – 21. September	Japan	Nishinomiya	Hankyū Nishinomiya Stadium	48,000
7-11	25-27 September 3–4 October	Japan	Yokohama	Yokohama Stadium	38,000
12-14	10-12 October	Japan	Osaka	Osaka Kyūjō	32,000
Australia
15th	November 13th	Australia	Melbourne	Olympic Park	45,000
16-17	20-21 November	Australia	Sydney	Parramatta Stadium	45,000
18-19	November 25th, 28th	Australia	Brisbane	Entertainment center	13,500
Second leg
North America
20-21	23–24 February 1988	United States	Kansas City, MO	Kemper Arena	16,960
22-24	3rd to 5th March	United States	New York City, NY	Madison Square Garden	19,000
25-26	12-13 March	United States	St. Louis, MO	St. Louis Arena	18,000
27-28	18. – 19. March	United States	Indianapolis, IN	Market Square Arena	17,000
29	March, 20th	United States	Louisville, KY	Freedom Hall	19,000
30-31	23–24 March	United States	Denver, CO	McNichols Sports Arena	20,125
32-34	April 30th, March 1st	United States	Hartford, CT	Hartford Civic Center	15,060
35-37	8-10 April	United States	Houston, TX	The Summit	17,000
38-40	13-15 April	United States	Atlanta, GA	The Omni	17,000
41-43	19. – 21. April	United States	Chicago, IL	Rosemont Horizon	20,000
44-46	25-27 April	United States	Dallas, TX	Reunion Arena	19,000
47-49	4th-6th May	United States	Minneapolis, MN	Met Center	16,890
Europe
50-51	23–24 May	Italy	Rome	Flaminio Stadium	70,000
52	May 29th	Italy	Turin	Stadio Comunale di Torino	53,600
53	2th of June	Austria	Vienna	Prater Stadium	55,000
54-56	5th-7th June	Netherlands	Rotterdam	Feijenoord Stadium	48,400
57-58	11-12 June	Sweden	Gothenburg	Eriksberg's Shipyard	53,000
59	June 16	Switzerland	Basel	St. Jakob Stadium	50,000
60	June 19th	Germany	Berlin (West)	Republic Square	50,000
61-62	27.-28. June	France	Paris	Prince Park Stadium	64,000
63	July 1	Germany	Hamburg	Volksparkstadion	50,000
64	3rd of July	Germany	Cologne	Müngersdorfer Stadium	70,000
65	8th of July	Germany	Munich	Olympic Stadium	72,000
66	10th of July	Germany	Hockenheim	Hockenheimring	80,000
67-71	14-16, 22-23 July	UK	London	Wembley Stadium	72,000
72	July 26th	UK	Cardiff	Cardiff Arms Park	55,000
73-74	30.-31. July	Ireland	Cork	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	60,000
75	5th of August	Spain	Marbella	Football Municipal Stadium	28,000
76	August 7th	Spain	Madrid	Vicente Calderon Stadium	60,000
77	August 9	Spain	Barcelona	Camp Nou	90,000
78	August 11th	France	Nice	Stade Charles-Ehrmann	35,000
79	August 14th	France	Montpellier	Espace judge	35,000
80	August 19th	Switzerland	Lausanne	Olympique de la Pontaise stadium	45,000
81	August 21	Germany	Wurzburg	Talavera meadows	43,000
82	August 23	Belgium	Werchter	Festival Ground	55,000
83-84	26.-27. August	UK	London	Wembley Stadium	72,000
85	29th August	UK	Leeds	Roundhay Park	90,000
86	September 2nd	Germany	Hanover	Lower Saxony Stadium	40,000
87	September 4th	Germany	Gelsenkirchen	Park Stadium	52,000
88	September 6th	Austria	Linz	Linz stadium	40,000
89	September 10	UK	Milton Keynes	The Bowl	60,000
90	September 11	UK	Liverpool	Aintree Racecourse	125,000
North America
91-93	26.-28. September, 1988	United States	Pittsburgh, PA	Civic Arena	16,230
94-96	3rd to 5th October	United States	East Rutherford, NJ	Meadowlands Arena	20,350
97-98	10-11 October	United States	Cleveland, OH	The Coliseum	19,000
99-102	13., 17. – 19. October	United States	Landover, MD	Capital Center	17,470
103-105	24.-26. October	United States	Detroit, MI	Palace of Auburn Hills	16,670
106-108	7th-9th November	United States	Irvine, CA	Irvine Meadows Amphitheater	15,000
109	November 13th	United States	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	18,000
Japan
110-118	9-11, 17-19, 24-26 December 1988	Japan	Tokyo	Tokyo Dome	45,000
North America
119-123	16. – 18., 26. – 27. January 1989	United States	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Sports Arena	18,000

Contributors

• Musical direction: Greg Phillinganes
• Drums: Ricky Lawson
• Bass: Don Boyette
• Guitar: Jennifer Batten
• Rhythm guitar: Jon Clark
• Keyboards: Christopher Currell, Greg Phillinganes, Rory Kaplan
• Backing Vocal: Kevin Dorsey, Sheryl Crow, Dorian Holley, Darryl Phinnessee
• Dancers: LaVelle Smith, Eddie Garcia, Randy Allaire, Dominic Lucero

useful information

In the summer of 1988 the tour reached Berlin

GDR-critical essays submitted to the Stasi by students at the Hans-Beimler POS Leipzig; Right: Michael Jakson in Berlin

When Jackson gave a concert in front of the Reichstag in West Berlin on June 19, 1988 , young people gathered behind the Berlin Wall to hear the concert. When attempts were made to prevent this, riots broke out between the young people and the People's Police .

See also

• bath

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Michael Jackson Bad Years ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Michael Jackson Records Achieved
3. ^ ALL Michael Jackson Tours and Concerts
4. ↑ Newsweek April 1989 Review of the Michael Jackson Bad Tour ( Memento of the original from December 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ BAD TOUR TICKETS ( Memento of the original from February 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ michaeljacksonforsale.com ( Memento of the original from June 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ^ GDR: Music caused the wall to crumble | RP ONLINE  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.