HIStory World Turn

The HIStory World Tour is a round of Michael Jackson which began the September 7th 1996 and finished the October 15th 1997. It joined together nearly 4,5 million people through 82 concerts.

The round HIStory Tour begins the September 7th 1996 with Prague in front of more than 125 000 people. In France, the round passes by Lyon (25 000 spectators with the Stade Gerland), Paris (95 000 spectators at the time of two concerts to the Parc of the Princes) and with Nice (nearly 35.000 spectators). It is the round of Michael Jackson who attracted the most people, in front of the Bad World Tour . With this one, he visited all the continents, occurring in the greatest stages of the world with closed counters, but following the example Dangerous Tour , he will not sing with the the United States, which partly explains the fall of the sales of its discs in its country.

The concert given to Seoul in 1996 with the Chamsil Olympic stadium was filmed then was the subject of a commercial exit in Asia.

After only a few hours of the beginning of the part Australia nne of the round the November 14th 1996, Michael Jackson married with Debbie Rowe in a civil ceremony in its presidential continuation of the hotel " Sheraton One The Park" with Sydney. The concert of Sydney was diffused on television in 1997.

Michael was the first singer gave two concerts to closed counters in the Aloha stage of Honolulu (Hawaii). Each of the two concerts brought together 35.000 spectators.

The 15 October 1997, Jackson gave the last concert in South Africa in front of 50.000 people.

Program

First part (1996)

"Scream"
" They Don' T Care Us" Butt;
" She Drives Me Wild" (Intro)/" In the Closet"
" Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
" Stranger in Moscow"
" Smooth Criminal"
" You Are Not Alone"
" The Way You Make Me Feel"
" I Want You Back" /" The Coils You Save" /" I' L Be There"
" Rock'n'roll with You" /" Off the Wall" /" Don' T Stop 'Til You Get Enough"
" Billie Jean"
" Thriller"
" Happy It"
" Like Together" (from September 7th, 1996 to December 31st, 1996)
" D.S." (from September 7th, 1996 to December 31st, 1996)
" Dangerous"
" Black gold White"
" Earth Song"
" Heal the World"
" HIStory"

Second part (1997)

"Scream"
" They Don' T Care Us" Butt;
" She Drives Me Wild" (Intro)/" In the Closet"
" Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
" Stranger in Moscow"
" Smooth Criminal"
" You Are Not Alone"
" The Way You Make Me Feel" (from May 31st, 1997 to June 15th, 1997)
" I Want You Back" /" The Coils You Save" /" I' L Be There"
" Rock'n'roll with You" /" Off the Wall" /" Don' T Stop 'Til You Get Enough" (from May 31st, 1997 to June 10th, 1997)
" Billie Jean"
" Thriller"
" Happy It"
" Blood one the Dance Floor" (from May 31st, 1997 to August 19th, 1997)
" Dangerous"
" Black gold White"
" Earth Song"
" Heal the World"
" HIStory"

Musical team

Principal artist

Michael Jackson: singer, dancer, artistic director, actor

Group

Musical director: Brad Buxer
Battery: Low Jonathan Moffett
: Freddie Washington
principal Guitar: Jennifer Batten
Guitar rhythmic: David Williams
Synthéthiseurs: Isaiah Sanders and Brad Buxer

Chorus-singers

Kevin Dorsey
Fred White
Dorian Holley
Marva Hicks

Dancers

LaVelle Smith
Shawnette Heard
Damon Navandi
Courtney Miller
Anthony Talauega
Richmond Talauega
Loru Werner
Jason Yribar
Christian Judd
Stacy Walker
Fauna Chambers

Engineering team

Executive director: MJJ Productions
Direct assistant: Peggy Holmes
Choreographers: Michael Jackson and LaVelle Smith
Decorations: Kenny Ortega, Michael Knitting machine and John McGraw
Light: Peter Directing Morse
of safety: Bill Bray
Costumes: Refusals Tompkins and Michael Bush
Hairstyles and make-up: Karen Faye
Designer: Tommy Simms
Manageur artistic: Tarak Ben Amar
Manageur: Gallin Morey Associates

List concerts

A star (*) indicates the concerts to closed counters.

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