HIStory World Tour

HIStory World Tour

Tour by Michael Jackson
Associated album	HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I and Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix
Start date	July 16, 1996
End date	October 15, 1997
Number of shows	44 in Europe 20 in Asia 11 in Oceania 6 in Africa 2 in North America 83 played
Box office	US $165 million ($243.22 in 2016 dollars)[1]
Michael Jackson concert chronology

The 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 83 concerts and was attended by approximately 4.5 million fans, beating his previous Bad World Tour with 4.4 million. The HIStory World Tour spanned the globe with stops in 58 cities, 35 countries on 5 continents.

Overview

In 1996, Jackson performed a free concert at the Jerudong Park Amphitheatre in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei on 16 July 1996. The concert was in celebration of the fiftieth birthday of Hassanal Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei and was attended by the Brunei royal family.

Jackson performed a concert at Letna Park in Prague, one of Jackson's largest single attended concerts in his career. On October 7, 1996, he performed for the first time ever in Africa in front of 60,000 fans in Tunis in a solo tour. During the tour's stopover in Sydney, Australia, he married his wife (later ex-wife), Debbie Rowe in a private and impromptu ceremony. He was interviewed by Molly Meldrum In Brisbane. On January 3 and 4, 1997 Jackson only performed two concerts in North America. He did not perform in the USA mainland, but rather 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. Set list 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". After, it was only during the first two concerts in Bremen and Cologne that Jackson donned a red jacket for "Blood on The Dance Floor," which was later replaced with a blue jacket. "Blood on the Dance Floor" was taken off the set list after the concert in Oslo on August 19, 1997.

Also, Jackson performed at the Parken Stadium on his 39th birthday with 50,000 fans. He was presented with a surprise birthday cake, marching band, and fireworks on stage before the Jackson 5 Medley. Pro footage of this is found in Michael's private home movies. The concert at Hippodrome Wellington of Ostend, Belgium was supposed to be held on August 31, 1997, but was postponed to September 3 following Princess Diana's death.

Set list

Tour dates

Box Office score data

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.^[4]

Personnel

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

References

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1. ↑
   • "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard (New York City: Nielsen Business Media, Inc.) 109 (37): 22. 1997-09-13. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 2014-04-18. 
2. ↑
   • "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard (New York City: Nielsen Business Media, Inc.) 109 (34): 14. 1997-08-23. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 2014-04-18. 
3. ↑
   • "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard (New York City: Nielsen Business Media, Inc.) 109 (35): 14. 1997-08-30. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 2014-04-18.