Bad Memories (4): A few truths about BAD
The Bad Tour was Michael’s first tour as a solo artist. Over a 16-month period, Michael held 123 concerts in 15 countries around the world. 4.4 million people attended his concerts worldwide. #Who’sBad?
The Bad Tour broke all the records set by tours before it in terms of revenue and public participation, and added three new records to the Guinness World Records book: the highest-grossing tour in history, the most-attended tour in history, and the most crowded concert in history, held at Wembley Stadium in London. Bad was the biggest concert tour at the time.
Nine of the Bad Tour concerts in Japan sold out within a few hours, and due to the extremely high demand, five more concerts were added to that number. During these 14 days in Japan, MJ performed in front of an unprecedented crowd of 450,000 people. #Who’sBad?
In November 1987, Stevie Wonder joined MJ on stage at a concert in Sydney, Australia, to give the audience an important two-person guest performance. Do you know which song Stevie sang alongside Michael?
They performed an improvised version of Just Good Friends. #Who’sBad?
Did you know that in July 1988, Wembley Stadium hosted a crowd of 504,000 people who had all come only to watch MJ’s concert? Guinness World Records officially registered this record on September 8. This was the first of three Bad Tour records that Guinness would register. #Who’sBad?
Source: eMJey.com / michaeljackson.com
The Bad Tour broke all the records set by tours before it in terms of revenue and public participation, and added three new records to the Guinness World Records book: the highest-grossing tour in history, the most-attended tour in history, and the most crowded concert in history, held at Wembley Stadium in London. Bad was the biggest concert tour at the time.
Nine of the Bad Tour concerts in Japan sold out within a few hours, and due to the extremely high demand, five more concerts were added to that number. During these 14 days in Japan, MJ performed in front of an unprecedented crowd of 450,000 people. #Who’sBad?
In November 1987, Stevie Wonder joined MJ on stage at a concert in Sydney, Australia, to give the audience an important two-person guest performance. Do you know which song Stevie sang alongside Michael?
They performed an improvised version of Just Good Friends. #Who’sBad?
Did you know that in July 1988, Wembley Stadium hosted a crowd of 504,000 people who had all come only to watch MJ’s concert? Guinness World Records officially registered this record on September 8. This was the first of three Bad Tour records that Guinness would register. #Who’sBad?
Bad Tour performance at Madison Square Garden, 1988
On September 10, 1988, the Bad Tour shook the National Bowl, the venue for live music in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. See the concert tickets below. #Who’sBad?
Source: eMJey.com / michaeljackson.com