The "Bad" tour spanned the globe with stops in 15 countries
on 4 continents, and included 123 concerts to about 4.4
million loving fans.
[A
few pictures of the "Bad" World Tour: ]
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Creation:
Show
Conceived & Created by:
Michael
Jackson
Bad
Tour Choreographed by:
Michael
Jackson
Assistant
Choreographer & Staging:
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
Assistant
to Michael Jackson:
Jolie
Levine
Interesting
Facts:
The "Bad"
World Tour is Michael Jackson's first ever solo tour.
Michael's 1987 - 1989 "Bad" World Tour is the largest tour in
history! This tour is also the highest grossing concert tour ever,
grossing over US$ 125 million, more than any other entertainer
has ever grossed on a single tour!!!
One "Bad" concert in Yokohama, Japan in September 1987 at Yokohama
Stadium was recorded by Nippon TV and later televised in many
countries. Also televised was Osaka and Tokyo
[Thanks to Mark for the information].
[With
Stevie]
During the "Bad"
tour stop in Sydney, Australia, on November 20, 1987 Stevie
Wonder made a surprise appearance on stage. Michael and
Stevie performed "Just Good Friends" live as a
special treat for the lucky fans!
[With
Tatiana Thumbtzen]
On March 3, 1988
Michael performed a "private" concert at New York'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 show, Michael hit the headlines for kissing Tatiana
Thumbtzen on stage during a great performance of "The Way
You Make Me Feel". [Tatiana Thumbtzen is known from her
appearance in Michael's "The Way You Make Me Feel" video
clip].
On June 16, 1988 Michael performed a sell-out
concert in Basel, Switzerland. Amongst celebrities at this show
are 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 [when they purchased the elegant Manoir de Ban on Lake
Geneva], during Oona's pregnancy with their fifth child, Eugene.
On September 8, 1988 Michael received a special award by London's
Wembley Stadium management for setting a new record for playing
more dates at Wembley Stadium than any other artist!! His 7 sell-out
concerts were attended by 504'000 people. A distinction that earned
him another entry in The Guinness Book Of World Records.
During the "Bad" tour, Michael performed "I Just Can't Stop Loving
You" live on stage with background singer Sheryl Crow.
At every "Bad" tour stop, during "She's Out Of My Life", one lucky
girl was allowed to dance with Michael on stage.
[Further interesting facts that should be mentioned here? - please
feel free to e-mail
me... Your help is very much appreciated!!!]
Dancers:
Randy Allaire
Evaldo Garcia
Dominic Lucero
LaVelle Smith
Tour Photographer:
Sam Emerson
Harrison Funk [rejoined Michael in Europe 1988]
Performers / Singers:
Kevin Dorsey Vocal Director and Asst. Musical Director [Worked on
Bad, Dangerous & HIStory Tours]
Signed Artist/writer
deal with Quincy Jones and Qwest Records
Performed with, arranged
and produced for artists such as Michael Jackson,
Lionel Ritchie, Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston...
Film work [performing
and arranging music and/or vocals] includes: Forest
Gump, Lion King, Appollo 13, Out Of Africa, The Colour
Purple, Power Of One, Ghost Busters Part II, When
Harry Met Sally...
Assistant Musical Director
on 1993 "Dangerous" World Tour
Started working with
The Jacksons on the "Victory" tour in 1984, and has
been working with Michael Jackson ever since
Dorian Holley
Vocalist [Bad, Dangerous and HIStory Tours]
Recorded with
Puff Johnson, Lionel Ritchie, Gladys Knight, Nona Hendryx,
Aaron Neville, Johnny Carson, Oprah Winfrey, Thomas Dolby,
Jellybean, Robert Townsend, K.T Oslinm, Jay Leno, Dolly
Parton, Michael Bolton, Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder
Composed film, TV and radio
jingles
Toured with Rod Stewart, James
Taylor
Composed and produced for
S.H.E, new artist on the Shaquille O'Neal label
Recorded with
Toto ["Love Has The Power", "Out Of Love"], Rod Stewart
"MTV Unplugged", Don Henley...
Member of the Millennium Choir
Feat. on "Under Suspicion"
soundtrack with "Silent Night"
Toured with Rod Stewart, Member
of the band
Sheryl Crow
Vocalist [Bad Tour]
Performed "I Just
Can't Stop Loving You" live on stage with Michael Jackson
at every "Bad" tour stop
Big breakthrough
thanks to the chance to go around the world as back-up singer
for Michael Jackson's "Bad" tour
Thanks to this,
she has been revealed to famous artists such as Sting, Stevie
Wonder, Don Henley, Foreigner, Rod Stewart. Toured with
Bob Dylan [The 30th Anniversary Celebration at Madison Square
Garden] and Foreigner
First Solo Album:
Tuesday Night Music Club [co-produced by Bill Bottrell who
worked with Michael Jackson on the 1991 album "Dangerous"]
was released in 1993, first number one hit "All I Wanna
Do". Grammy Awards for Best New Artist, Record of the Year,
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Other projects:
second album "Sheryl Crow" [Grammy Awards for Best Female
Rock Vocal Performance and Best Rock Album], third album
"The Globe Sessions" [Grammy Award for Best Rock Album],
feat. on James Bond soundtrack with "Tomorrow Never Dies",
"Sheryl Crow & Friends: Live in Central Park"
Played select
dates on the Rolling Stones' "Bridges To Babylon" tour
Performers / Bandcrew:
Jennifer Batten
Guitar [Bad, Dangerous & HIStory Tours]
Video credits
include Natalie Cole's "Wild Women Do", Michael Jackson's
"Moonwalker", Sara Hickman's "Take It Like A Man"
1992 joined Michael Jackson
again for his "Dangerous" tour and later in 1996/1997 for
his "HIStory" tour
Played with Michael Jackson
in the Superbowl 27's Halftime entertainment to 1.5 billion
people in 80 nations around the world - the largest television
audience in history
Solo albums: "Above, Below
And Beyond", then recorded an album with blues rock band
The Immigrants produced by Michael Sembello. Toured with
The Immigrants
Latest solo album: "Tribal
Rage"
Jon Clark
Guitar [Bad Tour]
Ricky Lawson
Drums [Bad & Dangerous Tours]
Best known as
the drummer for such artists as Michael Jackson, Steely
Dan, Phil Collins, Babyface, The YellowJackets, Whitney
Houston, Bette Midler, Quincy Jones, Al Jarreau and many
others
One of the most
respected songwriters, producers and arrangers in the music
industry today
Voted "No. 1 R&B
Drummer in the World" and "No. 3 Pop/Mainstream Rock Drummer"
by Modern Drummer Magazine 1999 readers poll
Co-founder of
the group YellowJackets, Ricky received two Grammy nominations
and won a Grammy Award in 1986 for co-writing the hit song
"And You Know That" on the album "Shades", which he co-produced
He also co-authored
the Pointer Sisters' hit "Uh-Uh" and co-produced the album
"Seriously Slammin" and the Fattburger hit "Good News"
Member of Eric
Clapton's band
Recorded with
Whitney Houston "I Will Always Love You", Anita Baker "Sweet
Love", James Ingram "I Don't Have The Heart", Lionel Richie
"Dancing On The Ceiling". Other writing and/or co-producing
credits include tracks for "Only You" Star Trek 5, Barney's
Great Adventure - The Movie, as well as Helen Baylor's "There's
No Greater Love", and "When You Believe" performed by Whitney
Houston and Mariah Carey for the soundtrack to "The Prince
Of Egypt"
Solo Album: "First
Things 1st"
Ricky's motto
is "Get it right the first time" which applies to his work
ethics, and the goal for his entire life.
Chris Currell
Keyboards [Bad Tour]
Greg Phillinganes
Music Director/Keyboards [Dangerous Tour] [Keyboards Bad Tour]
A top-notch session
keyboardist for the past twenty years, turning up mostly
on R&B sessions but also some pure pop material
Performed with Michael Jackson
on "HIStory", "Dangerous", "Bad", "Thriller", "Off
The Wall" and The Jacksons' "Triumph" and "Destiny"
Recorded with: Babyface, George
Benson "Living Inside Your Love", Toni Braxton "Secrets",
Mariah Carey "Merry Christmas", Eric Clapton ["Something's
Happening"], "August", "Journeyman", "24 Nights", "Pilgrim",
Exposé "Exposé", George Harrison "Dark Horse Live In Japan",
Mick Jagger "Primitive Cool", Jermaine Jackson "Let's Get
Serious", Elton John [with Paul Young] ["I'm Your Puppet"],
Quincy Jones "The Dude", "Back On The Block", Rickie Lee
Jones "The Magazine", Patti LaBelle, "Winner In You", "Burnin'
", Diana Ross "Ross", "Eaten Alive", "Red Hot Rhythm And
Blues", Brenda Russell "Kiss Me With The Wind", Paul Simon
"The Rhythm Of The Saints", Donna Summer, TLC ["Dear Lie"],
"Waiting To Exhale" Soundtrack, Angela Winbush "The Real
Thing", Stevie Wonder "Songs In The Key Of Life", "Conversation
Peace" and Lionel Ritchie ["Tonight Will Be Alright"] from
the "Dancing On The Ceiling" album
Member of Eric Clapton's band,
toured as Clapton's keyboardist between 1986 and 1990
Co-writer of ["Restless Sea"]
with Jim Wilson
Solo Album "Pulse"
Rory Kaplan
Keyboards [Bad Tour]
Long-time performer,
composer, producer, and programmer, has worked closely and
performed with some of the most popular and talented artists
in the music industry
toured the world with Chick
Corea, Jeff Beck and Stanley Clarke, Brian Wilson, Stevie
Wonder and Michael Jackson
produced Edgar Winter's "The
Real Deal" album; written songs for Toto and Jermaine Jackson,
performed on albums for Natalie Cole, Yes, Joe Cocker, 4
Non Blondes and Belinda Carlisle...
Digital Theater Systems [DTS],
the world's leading supplier of digital sound for motion
pictures, has appointed Rory Kaplan as Executive in charge
of Artist Relations for the recently formed DTS Entertainment
division
Kaplan will act as a liaison
to the music industry, as well as work to solicit various
music artist to re-release or record new material using
DTS Entertainment technology
Additionally, Kaplan will
serve as an in-house producer on the music projects produced
in DTS Entertainment's multichannel format
Don Boylette
Bass Guitar [Bad & Dangerous Tours]
Bad Tour - Setlist
[1st leg]:
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 I The Love You Save I I'll
Be There]
Rock With You
You Are My Lovely One
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]:
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 I The Love You Save I I'll
Be There]
Rock With You
Smooth Criminal
Human Nature
Dirty Diana
Thriller
Working Day And Night
Billie Jean
Beat It
Bad
The Way You Make Me Feel
Man In The Mirror
[special thanks to Richard for this information!]
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