Bad (tour)

Bad
Tour by Michael Jackson
	Promotional poster for the tour
Location	North America; Europe; Asia; Oceania;
Associated album	Bad
Start date	September 12, 1987
End date	January 27, 1989
Legs	7
No. of shows	54 in United States; 41 in Europe; 23 in Japan; 5 in Australia; 123 in total;
Attendance	4,400,000
Box office	$125 million ($307.25 million in 2021 dollars)
Michael Jackson concert chronology
	; Victory Tour; (1984); ; Bad; (1987–1989); ; Dangerous World Tour; (1992–1993);

Bad was the first solo concert tour by American singer Michael Jackson, launched in support of his seventh studio album Bad (1987). The 123-show world tour began on September 12, 1987 in Japan, and concluded on January 27, 1989 in the United States, and sponsored by soft drink manufacturer Pepsi. It grossed a total of $125 million, making it the second highest-grossing tour of the 1980s after Pink Floyd's Momentary Lapse of Reason tour, and earning two new entries in the Guinness World Records for the largest grossing tour in history and the tour with the largest attended audience.^[2] It was nominated for "Tour of the Year 1988" at the inaugural International Rock Awards.^[3]

At the end of the Bad tour, Jackson made a public statement that he intended for it to be his last as a touring artist, as he had plans to transition to filmmaking;^[4] however, it was followed by the Dangerous World Tour in 1992–1993 and the HIStory World Tour in 1996–1997. Except for two shows in Hawaii during the HIStory Tour, this would be the only time that Jackson would tour the United States as a solo artist.

^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
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^ Halstead, Craig; Cadman, Chris (July 2003). Michael Jackson The Solo Years. England: New Generation Publishing. p. 85. ISBN 978-0755200917.
^ "Why Michael Jackson Stopped Performing at His Peak? | the detail". YouTube.

[inflation-US-1] 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.

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[3] Halstead, Craig; Cadman, Chris (July 2003). Michael Jackson The Solo Years. England: New Generation Publishing. p. 85. ISBN 978-0755200917.

[4] "Why Michael Jackson Stopped Performing at His Peak? | the detail". YouTube.

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