Start date September 7, 1996 Attendance 4.5 million | End date October 15, 1997 | |
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Associated album No. of shows 44 in Europe20 in Asia11 in Oceania6 in Africa2 in North America83 played Box office US $165 million ($246.17 in 2017 dollars) | ||
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 57 cities, 35 countries on 5 continents.
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Overview
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 Arab world 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 and dance with two women in the song you are not alone . 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 130,000 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". "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 after You Are Not Alone. Professional footage of this is found in Michael's private home movies and could be found everywhere on YouTube. 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
- "Gates of Kiev" (Video Introduction)
- HIStory Medley: "Scream" / "They Don't Care About Us" (contains excerpts of "HIStory)" / "In the Closet" (contains excerpts of "She Drives Me Wild)"
- "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
- "Stranger in Moscow"
- "Childhood" (Instrumental)
- "Smooth Criminal"
- "The Wind" (Video Interlude)
- "You Are Not Alone"
- "The Way You Make Me Feel" 1
- The Jackson 5 Medley: "I Want You Back" / "The Love You Save" / "I'll Be There"
- "Off the Wall" Medley: 1 "Rock with You" / "Off the Wall" / "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"
- "Remember the Time" (Video Montage Interlude)
- "Billie Jean"
- "Thriller"
- "Beat It"
- "Come Together"/"D.S." 1 / "Blood on the Dance Floor" 2
- "Black Panther" (Video Interlude)
- "Dangerous"
- "Black or White"
- "Earth Song"
- "We Are the World" (Video Interlude)
- "Heal the World"
- "They Don't Care About Us" (Instrumental Interlude)
- "HIStory"
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 (in exception of Vienna, Austria on July 2, 1997) until the one in Oslo, Norway on August 19, 1997.
Notes
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.