"Bad World Tour"
Start Date: September 12, 1987.
End Date: January 27, 1989.
Recorded: Yokohama, Yokohama Stadium, Japan (September 27, 1987)
Produced & Sponsored by: Pepsi-Cola.
Record Labels: MJJ Productions Inc./Epic Records & CBS Inc.
Niceties by: http://www.youtube.com/IAmOnlyLove
Synopsis!
"The Bad World Tour" was the first world concert tour by Michael Jackson as a solo artist, covering Japan, Australia, United States and Europe from September 12, 1987 to January 27, 1989. The tour, sponsored by PepsiCo and spanning 16 months, 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 Book of World Records for the largest grossing tour in history and the tour with the largest attended audience. In the United States alone, where just 54 concerts were held, the tour came in as the 6th largest grossing tour from 1988-89, grossing a total of $20.3 million.
In April 1989, the tour was nominated for "Tour of the Year 1988" at the inaugural International Rock Awards. The tour lost to Amnesty International, but nothing could detract from the fact that Jackson's first solo tour was the largest and most successful in history.
At every concert (at least in the United States) Jackson made sure that 400 tickets were reserved for underprivileged children. These tickets were distributed across hospitals, orphanages and charities. Jackson also donated concert takings to multiple causes.
.....Credits & Tour Staff.....
Executive Director: MJJ Productions.
Executive Producer: Frank DiLeo.
Tour Coordinator: Sal Bonafede.
Attorneys: Ziffren, Brittenham & Branca.
Business Management: Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman.
Public Relations: Solters/Roskin/Friedman Inc.
Band Coordinator: Nelson Hayes.
Assistant to Michael Jackson: Jolie Levine.
MJJ Production Staff: Miko Brando, Martha Browning.
Assistant to Mr. DiLeo: Meredith Besser.
Assistant to Mr. Bonafede: Marcia Gilbreath.
Security Director: Bill Bray Executive Interpreter: Patrick Nopakun.
Special Thanks to: Kenny Rogers.
Assistant Director: Jolie Levine.
Choreographed by: Michael Jackson.
Assistant Choreography & Staging: Vincent Paterson.
Set Designed by: Tom McPhillips.
Lighting Designer: Allen Branton.
Lighting Director: Merle McLain.
Varilite Op. Jim Waits.
Hair & Make-up: Karen Faye.
Tour Photographer: Sam Emerson, Harrison Funk (Rejoined Michael in Europe 1988)
.....Live Performances "1st & 2nd leg".....
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) Medley "Jackson 5" I Want You Back/The Love You Save
8) "I'll Be There"
9) "Rock with You"
10) "Lovely One"
11) "Bad Groove" Interlude
12) "Workin' Day and Night"
13) "Beat It"
14) "Billie Jean"
15) "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)"
16) "Thriller"
17) "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (Duet with backup vocalist Siedah Garrett)
18) "Bad"
19) "Smooth Criminal"
20) "Dirty Diana"
21) "Another Part of Me"
22) "The Way You Make Me Feel" (Encore)
23) "Man in the Mirror" (Encore)
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MichealJ337956 8 months ago 17
He sounds amazing here. It is live but he almost sounds too good!
dezzee100 10 months ago 12