Information about Bad World Tour

Bad World Tour
Tour by Michael Jackson
Start date	September 12 1987
End date	January 27, 1989
Legs	2
Shows	123
Michael Jackson tour chronology
Victory Tour (1984)	Bad World Tour (1987-89)	Dangerous World Tour (1992-93)

The Bad World Tour was a music tour by Michael Jackson that started on 12th September, 1987 in Tokyo, Japan, and ended on 27th January, 1989 in Los Angeles, USA. The Bad Tour consisted of 123 concerts to approximately 4.4 million fans across 4 continents, almost beating Michael's later HIStory World Tour. The Bad Tour was Jackson's first as a solo performer. Many still believe the Bad Tour was Jackson's best world tour, partly due to the lack of lip-synch and playback of songs.

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

Concert Information

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	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	USA	Kemper Arena	16,960
22-24	March 3rd-5th	New York City, New York	USA	Madison Square Garden	19,000
25-26	March 12th-13th	St. Louis, Missouri	USA	The Arena	18,000
27-28	March 18th-19th	Indianapolis, Indiana	USA	Market Square Arena	17,000
29	March 20th	Louisville, Kentucky	USA	Freedom Hall	19,000
30-31	March 23rd-24th	Denver, Colorado	USA	McNichols Sports Arena	20,125
32-34	April 30th, March 1st	Hartford, Connecticut	USA	Civic Center	15,060
35-37	April 8th-10th	Houston, Texas	USA	The Summit (Compaq Centre)	17,000
38-40	April 13th-15th	Atlanta, Georgia	USA	The Omni (Omni Coliseum)	17,000
41-43	April 19th-21st	Chicago, Illinois	USA	Rosemont Horizon (Allstate Arena)	20,000
44-46	April 25th-27th	Dallas, Texas	USA	Reunion Arena	19,000
47-49	May 4th-6th	Minneapolis, Minnesota	USA	Metropolitan Center	16,890
Europe
50-51	May 23rd-24th, 1988	Rome	Italy	Flaminio Stadium	70,000
52	May 29th	Turin	Italy	Stadio Comunale	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	Saint Jakobs Stadium	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 Prince	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	England	Wembley Stadium	72,000
73	July 26th	Cardiff	Wales	Cardiff Arms Park	55,000
74-75	July 30th-31st	Cork	Ireland	Pairc Ui Caoimh	60,000
76	August 7th	Marbella	Spain	?	28,000
77	August 8th	Madrid	Spain	Vincent Calderon 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	England	Wembley Stadium	72,000
83	August 29th	Leeds	England	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	England	The Bowl	60,000
88	September 11th	Liverpool	England	Aintree Racecourse	125,000
North America
89-91	September 26th-28th, 1988	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	USA	Civic Arena	16,230
92-94	October 3rd-5th	East Rutherford, New Jersey	USA	Meadowlands Arena	20,350
95-96	October 10th-11th	Richfield, Ohio	USA	The Coliseum	19,000
97-100	October 13th, 17th-19th	Landover, Maryland	USA	Capitol Center	17,470
101-103	October 24th-26th	Auburn Hills, Michigan	USA	Palace of Auburn Hills	16,670
104-106	November 7th-9th	Irvine, California	USA	Irvine Meadows	15,000
107	November 13th	Los Angeles, California	USA	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	USA	Sports Arena	18,000

Trivia

• A granddaughter of Emperor Hirohito attended the first concert in Tokyo, 1987.
• During the first leg of the Bad Tour, Michael had performed a record breaking 14 sold-out concerts in three cities in Japan - Tokyo, Osaka and Yokohama. Of these 14 concerts, 3 sold out concerts 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, 1987. It was also reported that during the UK tour in 1988, Jackson earned £16 million, an equivalent of £700,000 per hour.
• During the 1988 leg of the tour, Jackson was surrounded by 700 lights, 100 speakers, 3 lasers and 40 mirrors. This was during the use of Michael's own stage, transported by trucks and planes. During the 1987 leg however, Michael used the venue's own stage, hence the much smaller stage space seen in the Japan and Australia concerts.
• The Bad Tour concert in Yokohama, Japan in September 1987 at Yokohama Stadium was filmed by Nippon TV and later televised in Asia.
• During the Bad Tour concert in Sydney, Australia on 20th November 1987, 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.
• On 3rd March, 1988 Jackson performed a private concert at New York City's Madison Square Garden. All the proceeds were donated to the United Negro College Fund. Tickets for the show could not be purchased at ticket box offices. A special lottery system determined who was to receive tickets. During "The Way You Make Me Feel" at the same concert, 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 on the Bad Tour.
• The scheduled Bad Tour concert in Lyon, France on 30th May, 1988 was cancelled, after only half of the 30,000 available tickets were sold. A further 3 concerts scheduled at Tacoma, Washington on the 31st October, 1st and 2nd November, 1988 were cancelled due to Jackson's vocal cords becoming swollen.
• The 1988 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 16th June, 1988 Jackson performed a sold out in Basel, Switzerland. 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. The Chaplin family moved to Vevey, Switzerland in 1953.
• On the 16th July, 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 Michael that her favourite song was Dirty Diana. However in respect for Diana, Michael took out Dirty Diana out of the concert's set list.
• On 29th August, 1988 Jackson performed in Leeds, England in front of 90,000 fans on his 30th birthday.
• On 8th September, 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 during the second leg of the Bad Tour. 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.
• It is predicted that 1 in 20 people in the Greater London area had attended at least one of the Wembley Stadium concerts in 1988.
• 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".
• By the end of the tour, Jackson had earned over $40 million and the tour grossed over $125 million, thus making it the highest grossing for a single tour.

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

Backing singers

• 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

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