HIStory World Tour

HIStory World Tour

by Michael Jackson

Presentation album	History
Beginning of the tour	September 7, 1996
End of the tour	October 15, 1997
Total concerts (by continent)	* 19 in Asia 1 in America 11 in Australia 6 in Africa 45 in Europe
Concerts in total	82
revenue	US $ 165,000,000

Michael Jackson Tour Chronology

Dangerous World Tour (1992-93)	HIStory World Tour (1996-1997)	This Is It (2009-2010) (canceled)

The HIStory World Tour was Michael Jackson's third and final solo world tour, which included performances in Europe , Asia , Australia , Africa, and the United States . The starting date was September 7, 1996 with the opening concert in Prague , the last concert took place on October 15, 1997 in Durban .

There were a total of 82 concerts on five continents in 35 countries. With around 4.5 million visitors worldwide, Jackson broke his own record for the largest tour, which was the Bad World Tour until then . At that time, 500,000 concert tickets were sold in Germany alone. Also with the HIStory World Tour, Jackson broke the record for the most commercially successful tour of all time, which he set with the Bad World Tour, totaling revenues of 165 million US dollars.

Setlist

1996: First Leg (Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and the United States) Gates of Kiev intro HIStory Medley ( Scream / They Don't Care About Us / In the Closet ) Wanna be startin 'somethin' Stranger in Moscow smooth Criminal The Wind Video Interlude You are not alone The Way You Make Me Feel Jackson 5 Medley ( I Want You Back / The Love You Save / I'll Be There ) Off the Wall Medley ( Rock with You / Off the Wall / Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough ) Remember the Time Video Interlude Billie Jean thriller Beat It (featuring Jennifer Batten) Come Together / DS Medley (only available until January 3, 1997) Panther Video Interlude Dangerous Black or White (featuring Jennifer Batten) Earth song We Are the World Video Interlude Heal the World They Don't Care About Us (Instrumental) History

1997: Second Leg (Europe and Africa) Gates of Kiev intro HIStory Medley ( Scream / They Don't Care About Us / In the Closet ) Wanna be startin 'somethin' Stranger in Moscow smooth Criminal The Wind Video Interlude You are not alone The Way You Make Me Feel (only in the program until June 15, 1997) Jackson 5 Medley ( I Want You Back / The Love You Save / I'll Be There ) Off The Wall Medley ( Rock With You / Off The Wall / Don't Stop Til You Get Enough ) (only available until June 10, 1997) Remember The Time Video Interlude Billie Jean thriller Beat It (featuring Jennifer Batten) Blood on the Dance Floor (in the program from May 31 to August 29, 1997) Panther Video Interlude Dangerous Black or White (featuring Jennifer Batten) Earth song We Are the World Video Interlude Heal the World They Don't Care About Us (Instrumental) History

Tour dates

No.	date	country	city	Venue	Visitors	revenue
Leg 1 - 1996
Europe
1	September 7, 1996		Prague	Letná Park	125,000	-
2	September 10, 1996		Budapest	Népstadion	50,000	-
3	September 14, 1996		Bucharest	Lia Manoliu Stadium	70,000	-
4th	17th September 1996		Moscow	Dynamo Stadium	50,000	-
5	September 20, 1996		Warsaw	Bemowo Airport	120,000	-
6th	September 24, 1996		Zaragoza	La Romareda	45,000	-
7th	September 28, 1996		Amsterdam	Amsterdam arena	50,000	-
8th	September 30, 1996				50,000	-
9	October 2, 1996				50,000	-
Africa
10	October 7, 1996		Tunis	Stade El Menzah	60,000	-
Asia
11	October 11, 1996		Seoul	Chamsil Olympic Stadium	50,000	-
12	October 13, 1996				50,000	-
13	October 18, 1996		Taipei	Zhongshan Soccer Stadium	40,000	-
14th	October 20, 1996		Kaoshiung	Open air field	30,000	-
15th	October 22, 1996		Taipei	Zhongshan Soccer Stadium	40,000	-
16	October 25, 1996		Singapore	Singapore National Stadium	35,000	-
17th	October 27, 1996		Kuala Lumpur	Stadium Merdeka	40,000	-
18th	October 29, 1996				40,000	-
19th	November 1, 1996		Mumbai	Shahaji Raje Krida Sankul	60,000	-
20th	5th November 1996		Bangkok	Impact Mueang Thong Thani	40,000	-
Australia and New Zealand
21st	November 9, 1996		Auckland	Ericsson Stadium	43,000	-
22nd	November 11, 1996				43,000	-
23	November 14, 1996		Sydney	Sydney Cricket Ground	40,000	-
24	November 16, 1996				40,000	-
25th	November 19, 1996		Brisbane	ANZ stadium	40,000	-
26th	November 22, 1996		Melbourne	Melbourne Cricket Ground	65,000	-
27	November 24, 1996				65,000	-
28	November 26, 1996		Adelaide	Adelaide oval	30,000	-
29	November 30, 1996		Perth	Burswood Dome	20,000	-
30th	2nd December 1996				20,000	-
31	4th December 1996				20,000	-
Asia
32	December 8, 1996		Manila	Asia World Manila	55,000	-
33	December 10, 1996				55,000	-
34	December 12, 1996		Tokyo	Tokyo Dome	45,000	-
35	December 15, 1996				45,000	-
36	December 17, 1996				45,000	-
37	December 20, 1996				45,000	-
38	December 26, 1996		Fukuoka	Fukuoka Dome	40,000	-
39	December 28, 1996				40,000	-
40	December 31, 1996		Bandar Seri Begawan	Jerudong Park	40,000	-
Leg 2 - 1997
United States
41	January 3, 1997		Honolulu	Aloha Stadium	35,000	-
42	4th January 1997				35,000	-
Europe
43	May 31, 1997		Bremen	Weser Stadium	50,000	-
44	June 3, 1997		Cologne	Müngersdorfer Stadium	60,000	-
45	June 6, 1997		Bremen	Weser Stadium	50,000	-
46	June 8, 1997		Amsterdam	Amsterdam arena	50,000	-
47	June 10, 1997				50,000	-
48	June 13, 1997		Kiel	Nordmarksportfeld	55,000	-
49	June 15, 1997		Gelsenkirchen	Park Stadium	50,000	-
50	June 18, 1997		Milan	San Siro Stadium	45,000	-
51	June 20, 1997		Lausanne	Olympique de la Pontaise stadium	35,000	-
52	June 22, 1997		Bettembourg	Krakelshaff	45,000	-
53	June 25, 1997		Lyon	Matmut Stadium Gerland	25,000	-
54	June 27, 1997		Paris	Parc des Princes	70,000	-
55	June 29, 1997				60,000	-
56	July 2, 1997		Vienna	Ernst Happel Stadium	50,000	-
57	4th July 1997		Munich	Olympic Stadium Munich	70,000	-
58	July 6, 1997				70,000	-
59	July 9, 1997		Sheffield	Don Valley Stadium	43,031 / 48,000	$ 1,991,600
60	July 12, 1997		London	Wembley Stadium	212,601 / 216,000	$ 9,236,683
61	July 15, 1997
62	July 17, 1997
63	July 19, 1997		Dublin	RDS stage	43.261 / 43.261	$ 1,740,203
64	July 25, 1997		Basel	St. Jakob Stadium	50,000 / 50,000	$ 2,317,881
65	July 27, 1997		Nice	Stade Charles-Ehrmann	30.003 / 36.260	$ 1,083,898
-	July 29, 1997		Barcelona	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys	- called off -
66	August 1, 1997		Berlin	Olympiastadion Berlin	78.187 / 78.187	$ 2,934,036
67	August 3, 1997		Leipzig	Leipzig Festival Meadow	54,483 / 55,000	$ 2,110,035
-	August 8, 1997		Ljubljana	Hipodrome Ljubljana	- called off -
68	August 10, 1997		Hockenheim	Hockenheimring	85,000 / 85,000	$ 3,261,701
69	August 14, 1997		Copenhagen	Parking stage	97.563 / 97.563	$ 5,296,577
70	August 16, 1997		Gothenburg	Ullevi Stadium	50,000 / 50,000	$ 2,202,073
71	August 19, 1997		Oslo	Valle Hovin Stadium	37,904 / 40,000	$ 1,646,889
72	August 22, 1997		Tallinn	Song Festival Grounds	75,000 / 75,000	$ 2,627,174
73	August 24, 1997		Helsinki	Helsinki Olympic Stadium	91,106 / 96,000	$ 4,166,735
74	August 26, 1997
75	August 29, 1997		Copenhagen	Parking stage	50.161 / 50.161	$ 2,614,933
76	September 3, 1997		East End	Wellington Hippodrome	60,000	-
77	September 6, 1997		Valladolid	Nuevo Estadio Municipal José Zorrilla	45,000	-
Africa
-	September 27, 1997		Casablanca	Stade Mohammed V	- called off -
-	September 29, 1997				- called off -
-	October 2, 1997		Cairo	City of El Qahira El Dawly	- called off -
78	4th October 1997		Cape Town	Green Point Stadium	73,295 / 74,000	$ 2,092,625
79	October 6, 1997
80	October 10, 1997		Johannesburg	JHB Stadium	106,495 / 108,000	$ 3,747,560
81	October 12, 1997
82	October 15, 1997		Durban	Kings Park Stadium	45,000 / 45,000	$ 1,493,047

Trivia

• The opening concert in Prague was the most popular Jackson concert of all time with over 120,000 official visitors.
• In countries like Malaysia and Tunisia, Jackson changed parts of his choreography. Since these countries were of Muslim religion, the handle in the crotch was omitted. The song Dangerous was also removed from the setlist in some Muslim countries.
• At the first show in Sydney in 1996, Michael Jackson sang Beat It completely live due to technical problems .
• The HIStory Tour was Jackson's first and last tour to include the songs DS and Come Together .
• At the concert in Jerudong Park, Brunei, the lifting platform was missing due to lack of space. So were Beat It and Earth Song shown with a slightly different choreography.
• Until the concert in Zaragoza, Spain, Jackson wore a red leather jacket instead of the white jacket he usually used on the song Thriller .
• At the first concert in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 1996, Jackson wore a dark red leather jacket with red and white accents during Thriller .
• The concert in Ostend, Belgium, was postponed by Jackson due to Princess Diana's death. The postponed concert took place in memory of Lady Diana, during the song Heal the World a portrait of Lady Diana was to be seen, and not the globe as usual.

See also

• HIStory - Past, Present and Future Book I.

Web links

• Michael Jackson HIStory World Tour 1996 Thriller Live. YouTube video. Retrieved June 4, 2015 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.mjjackson-forever.com/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=972
2. ↑ http://www.allmichaeljackson.com/tours.html
3. ↑ Archived copy ( 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. 
4. ↑ http://www.mjjackson-forever.com/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=972
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} History Tour. jackson.ch, accessed on July 28, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Amusement Business - Boxscore Top 10 Concert Grosses. Billboard Magazine, August 23, 1997, p. 14 , accessed July 28, 2020 (PDF file). 
7. ↑ Amusement Business - Boxscore Top 10 Concert Grosses. Billboard Magazine, August 30, 1997, p. 14 , accessed July 28, 2020 (PDF file). 
8. ↑ Amusement Business - Boxscore Top 10 Concert Grosses. Billboard Magazine, September 13, 1997, p. 18 , accessed July 28, 2020 (PDF file). 
9. ↑ Amusement Business - Boxscore Top 10 Concert Grosses. Billboard Magazine, November 1, 1997, p. 16 , accessed July 28, 2020 (PDF file).