HIStory World Tour

HIStory World Tour
Tour by Michael Jackson
Associated album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
Start date September 7, 1996
End date October 15, 1997
No. of shows 44 in Europe
19 in Asia
11 in Oceania
6 in Africa
2 in North America
82 played
Attendance 4.5 million
Box office US $165 million ($251.54 in 2017 dollars)[1]
Michael Jackson concert chronology

The History World Tour (stylized as HIStory World Tour) was the third and final worldwide solo concert tour by American artist Michael Jackson, covering Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania and North America. The tour included a total of 82 concerts spanning the globe with stops in 57 cities, 35 countries on 5 continents.

Overview

Jackson performed a concert at Letna Park in Prague, one of Jackson's largest single attended concerts in his career, in front of over 125,000 people.[2] On October 7, 1996, he performed for the first time ever in Arab world in front of 90,000 fans in Tunis in a solo tour. During the tour's stopover in Sydney, Australia, he married Debbie Rowe in a private and impromptu ceremony. He was interviewed by Molly Meldrum In Brisbane and danced with two women during "You Are Not Alone". From January 3-4, 1997, Jackson performed his only two concerts in North America on this tour, in Honolulu, Hawaii at the Aloha Stadium to a crowd of 35,000 each.

The second leg started on May 31, 1997, at the Weserstadion in Bremen, Germany. Setlist changes included the addition of "Blood on the Dance Floor" and later on the removal of the Off the Wall Medley and "The Way You Make Me Feel". "Blood on the Dance Floor" was taken off the set list after the concert in Oslo on August 19, 1997.

Jackson performed at the Parken Stadium on his 39th birthday with 60,000 fans. He was presented with a surprise birthday cake, marching band, and fireworks on stage after "You Are Not Alone". The concert at Hippodrome Wellington of Ostend, Belgium, was originally scheduled for August 31, 1997, but was postponed to September 3 following Diana, Princess of Wales's death.

Set list

1996 Royal Brunei Concert
  1. "Brace Yourself" Video Introduction
  2. "Jam"
  3. "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
  4. "Human Nature"
  5. "Smooth Criminal"
  6. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" duet with Marva Hicks
  7. "She's Out of My Life"
  8. The Jackson 5 Medley: "I Want You Back" / "The Love You Save" / "I'll Be There"
  9. "Thriller"
  10. "Billie Jean"
  11. "The Way You Make Me Feel"
  12. "Black Panther" (Video Interlude)
  13. "Beat It"
  14. "You Are Not Alone"
  15. "Dangerous"
  16. "Black or White"
  17. "Man In The Mirror"
  18. "Earth Song" (Encore)
1996-1997
  1. "Gates of Kiev" Video introduction
  2. HIStory Medley: "Scream" / "They Don't Care About Us" (contains excerpts of "HIStory") / "In the Closet" (contains excerpts of "She Drives Me Wild")
  3. "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
  4. "Stranger in Moscow"
  5. "Smooth Criminal" (contains elements of "Childhood" as instrumental interlude)
  6. "The Wind" Video interlude
  7. "You Are Not Alone"
  8. "The Way You Make Me Feel" 1
  9. The Jackson 5 Medley: "I Want You Back" / "The Love You Save" / "I'll Be There"
  10. "Off the Wall" Medley: 1 "Rock with You" / "Off the Wall" / "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"
  11. "Remember the Time Video montage interlude
  12. "Billie Jean"
  13. "Thriller"
  14. "Beat It"
  15. "Come Together"/"D.S." 1 / "Blood on the Dance Floor" 2
  16. "Black Panther" Video interlude
  17. "Dangerous"
  18. "Black or White"
  19. "Earth Song"
  20. "We Are the World" Video interlude
  21. "Heal the World"
  22. "HIStory" (features an instrumental of They Don't Care About Us" as curtain call)

1 performed on select dates only

2 At the start of the second leg in 1997, Jackson replaced "Come Together"/"D.S." with "Blood on the Dance Floor". The song was performed in every concert (with the exception of Vienna, Austria on July 2, 1997) until the one in Oslo, Norway on August 19, 1997.

Tour dates

Michael Jackson in Lausanne, June 20, 1997
Date City Country Venue
Royal Brunei Concert
July 16, 1996 Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei Jerudong Park
Leg 1 – Europe / Tunisia
September 7, 1996 Prague Czech Republic Letná Park
September 10, 1996 Budapest Hungary Népstadion
September 14, 1996 Bucharest Romania Lia Manoliu Stadium
September 17, 1996 Moscow Russia Dynamo Stadium
September 20, 1996 Warsaw Poland Bemowo Airport
September 24, 1996 Zaragoza Spain Estadio La Romareda
September 28, 1996 Amsterdam Netherlands Amsterdam Arena
September 30, 1996
October 2, 1996
October 7, 1996 Tunis Tunisia Stade El Menzah
Leg 2 – Asia / Oceania
October 11, 1996 Seoul South Korea Seoul Olympic Stadium
October 13, 1996
October 18, 1996 Taipei Taiwan Chungshan Soccer Stadium
October 20, 1996 Kaohsiung Chungcheng Stadium
October 22, 1996 Taipei Chungshan Soccer Stadium
October 25, 1996 Singapore National Stadium
October 27, 1996 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Stadium Merdeka
October 29, 1996
November 1, 1996 Mumbai India Andheri Sports Complex
November 5, 1996 Bangkok Thailand Muang Thong Thani City Center
November 9, 1996 Auckland New Zealand Ericsson Stadium
November 11, 1996
November 14, 1996 Sydney Australia Sydney Cricket Ground
November 16, 1996
November 19, 1996 Brisbane ANZ Stadium
November 22, 1996 Melbourne Melbourne Cricket Ground
November 24, 1996
November 26, 1996 Adelaide Adelaide Oval
November 30, 1996 Perth Burswood Dome
December 2, 1996
December 4, 1996
December 8, 1996 Manila Philippines Asia World City Concert Grounds
December 10, 1996
December 12, 1996 Tokyo Japan Tokyo Dome[3]
December 15, 1996
December 17, 1996
December 20, 1996
December 22, 1996
December 26, 1996 Fukuoka Fukuoka Dome
December 28, 1996
December 31, 1996 Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei Jerudong Park
Leg 3 – North America
January 3, 1997 Honolulu United States Aloha Stadium
January 4, 1997
Leg 4 – Europe
May 31, 1997 Bremen Germany Weserstadion
June 3, 1997 Cologne Müngersdorfer Stadion
June 6, 1997 Bremen Weserstadion
June 8, 1997 Amsterdam Netherlands Amsterdam Arena
June 10, 1997
June 13, 1997 Kiel Germany Nordmarksportfield
June 15, 1997 Gelsenkirchen Parkstadion
June 18, 1997 Milan Italy San Siro
June 20, 1997 Lausanne Switzerland Stade olympique de la Pontaise
June 22, 1997 Bettembourg Luxembourg Krakelshaff
June 25, 1997 Lyon France Stade de Gerland
June 27, 1997 Paris Parc des Princes
June 29, 1997
July 2, 1997 Vienna Austria Ernst-Happel-Stadion
July 4, 1997 Munich Germany Olympiastadion
July 6, 1997
July 9, 1997 Sheffield England Don Valley Stadium
July 12, 1997 London Wembley Stadium
July 15, 1997
July 17, 1997
July 19, 1997 Dublin Ireland RDS Arena
July 25, 1997 Basel Switzerland St. Jakob Stadium
July 27, 1997 Nice France Stade Charles-Ehrmann
July 29, 1997 Barcelona Spain Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
August 1, 1997 Berlin Germany Olympiastadion
August 3, 1997 Leipzig Festwiese
August 8, 1997 Ljubljana Slovenia Ljubljana Hippodrome
August 10, 1997 Hockenheim Germany Hockenheimring
August 14, 1997 Copenhagen Denmark Parken Stadium
August 16, 1997 Gothenburg Sweden Ullevi
August 19, 1997 Oslo Norway Valle Hovin
August 22, 1997 Tallinn Estonia Tallinn Song Festival Grounds
August 24, 1997 Helsinki Finland Helsinki Olympic Stadium
August 26, 1997
August 29, 1997 Copenhagen Denmark Parken Stadium
September 3, 1997 Ostend Belgium Hippodrome Wellington
September 6, 1997 Valladolid Spain Estadio José Zorrilla
Leg 5 – Africa
October 4, 1997 Cape Town South Africa Green Point Stadium
October 6, 1997
October 10, 1997 Johannesburg Johannesburg Stadium
October 12, 1997
October 15, 1997 Durban Kings Park Stadium

Box office score data

Venue City Tickets sold / available Gross revenue[4][5][6][7]
Don Valley Stadium Sheffield 43,031 / 48,000 (90%) $1,991,600
Wembley Stadium London 212,601 / 216,000 (98%) $9,236,683
RDS Arena Dublin 43,261 / 43,261 (100%) $1,740,203
St. Jakob Stadium Basel 50,000 / 50,000 (100%) $2,317,881
Stade Charles-Ehrmann Nice 30,003 / 36,260 (83%) $1,083,898
Olympic Stadium Berlin 78,187 / 78,187 (100%) $2,934,036
Festwiese Leipzig 54,483 / 55,000 (99%) $2,110,035
Hockenheimring Hockenheim 85,000 / 85,000 (100%) $3,261,701
Parken Stadium Copenhagen 97,563 / 97,563 (100%) $5,296,577
Ullevi Stadium Gothenburg 50,000 / 50,000 (100%) $2,202,073
Valle Hovin Oslo 37,904 / 40,000 (95%) $1,646,889
Song Festival Ground Tallinn 75,000 / 75,000 (100%) $2,627,174
Olympic Stadium Helsinki 91,106 / 96,000 (95%) $4,166,735
Green Point Stadium Cape Town 73,295 / 74,000 (99%) $2,092,625
JHB Stadium Johannesburg 106,495 / 108,000 (99%) $3,747,560
Kingspark Stadium Durban 45,000 / 45,000 (100%) $1,493,047
TOTAL 1,172,929 / 1,197,271 (98%) $47,948,717

Legacy

Jackson was the first artist in history to sell out the Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. He performed two sold out concerts there on January 3 and 4, 1997.[8] A recording of the concert from Seoul Olympic Stadium was released on VHS in South Korea.

Personnel

Dangerous World Tour

Credits

  • Executive Director: MJJ Productions
  • Artistic Director: Michael Jackson
  • Assistant Director: Peggy Holmes
  • Choreographed by: Michael Jackson & LaVelle Smith
  • Staged & Designed by: Kenny Ortega
  • Set Designed by: Michael Cotton & John McGraw
  • Lighting Designer: Peter Morse
  • Director of Security: Bill Bray
  • Costumes Designed by: Dennis Tompkins & Michael Bush
  • Hair & Make-up: Karen Faye
  • Stylist: Tommy Simms
  • Artist Manager: Tarak Ben Amar
  • Personal Management: Gallin Morey Associates

See also

References

  1. ↑ Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Community Development Project. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  2. ↑ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-jackson-statue-plans-draw-protests-by-czechs/
  3. ↑ "The Legend Continues – The Total Experience". Archived from the original on 30 March 1997.
  4. ↑ "Billboard".
  5. ↑ "Billboard".
  6. ↑ "Billboard".
  7. ↑ "Billboard".
  8. ↑ Herald-Journal https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KH0hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nIoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6129,1155602&dq=michael+jackson+honolulu&hl=en – via Google News Archive Search. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  • "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. New York City. 109 (37): 22. 1997-09-13. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  • "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. New York City. 109 (34): 14. 1997-08-23. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  • "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. New York City. 109 (35): 14. 1997-08-30. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
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