Michael Jackson - 'Another Part of Me' MTV Special (1988) - 4K 60FPS UPSCALE

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Bad was the first solo concert tour by the 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[broken anchor] 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.

Background:
On June 29, 1987 (exactly two months before Jackson's 29th birthday), Jackson's manager Frank DiLeo held a press conference in Tokyo to announce that Jackson would embark on his first concert tour as a solo artist. It marked his first concerts since the Victory Tour in 1984 which he performed with his brothers as the Jacksons. DiLeo said the tour would start with a Japanese leg because of the country's loyal fans.[5] In a written statement, Jackson, who was completing Bad in Los Angeles, promised "thrilling and exciting" concerts.[6] The soft drink manufacturer Pepsi, with whom Jackson and his brothers had a deal worth an estimated $5 million per year, sponsored the tour. Sales of the drink in Japan doubled during the summer following the announcement, helped by an advertising campaign that offered free tickets and 30,000 souvenirs.[7] The entire entourage were instructed not to be seen drinking a product from rival Coca-Cola in public.[8] Marlon Brando's son Miko joined the tour as a production assistant.[9]

Auditions for Jackson's backing band, and subsequent rehearsals, were held at the Leeds facility in North Hollywood. Keyboardist Rory Kaplan, who had played on the Victory Tour, was touring with the Chick Corea Elektric Band when he was asked by Jackson's secretary to join his group as musical director, which Kaplan accepted.[10] Jackson intended to include two more musicians who had been part of the Victory Tour band, drummer Jonathan Moffett and guitarist David Williams. However, both were on tour with Madonna at the time and thus unavailable.[11] Jackson wanted the music on stage to sound like the original recordings, and asked Chris Currell, who had played the Synclavier synthesizer/sampler on Bad, to play it live.[11] Currell arranged to have three complete systems: two to handle the music on stage and one for his hotel room for Jackson to record ideas while traveling, plus a dismantled setup for spare parts in case of a problem, and a full time technician. Currell estimated the Synclaviers alone cost $1.4 million.[11] Since he was primarily a guitarist and not a keyboardist, he purchased a SynthAxe MIDI controller guitar to trigger cues to a computer which operated the Synclavier.[11] The audition performances were filmed and played to Jackson at his home in the evening.[11] The band had just two weeks to rehearse at Leeds before production rehearsals followed at Universal Studios for another three, although no full production in its entirety happened until the first show.[10][8]

Overview:
Japan and Australia (1987):
The tour began with a 14-date leg across Japan, marking Jackson's first performances in the country since 1973 as part of the Jackson 5.[12] Nine shows were originally announced but they sold out within hours, so five more were added due to the high demand.[13] The shows cost the sponsors $8.6 million to stage.[14] Jackson arrived at Tokyo's Narita International Airport on September 9, where over 300 reporters and photographers greeted him upon his arrival. The staging, lighting, and musical equipment for the 1987 dates weighed 110,000 lbs. Jackson assisted in the stage design, which consisted of 700 lights, 100 speakers, 40 lasers, three mirrors, and two 24-by-18 foot screens. Performers wore 70 costumes, four of which were attached with fiber optic lights.[15]

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