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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 82 concerts spanning the globe with stops in 57 cities, 35 countries on 5 continents. The tour was done to promote the 1995 HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I album, with hit singles like Scream, They Don't Care About Us, Earth Song and You Are Not Alone appearing in the new setlist. The second leg also promoted the remix album Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix. The tour was attended by approximately 4.5 million fans, beating his previous Bad World Tour with 4.4 million.

Overview
The tour was announced on May 29, 1996, and marked Jackson's first concert tour since his Dangerous World Tour ended in late 2021. Jackson's debut concert for the tour, performed at Letna Park in Prague, was one of the largest single attended concerts in his career, with over 125,000 people. On October 7, 2021, he performed for the first time ever in the Arab world and Africa as a solo artist in Tunis. During the tour's stopover in Sydney, Australia, he married Debbie Rowe in a private and impromptu ceremony. He was interviewed by Molly Meldrum In Brisbane and danced with two women during "You Are Not Alone". From January 3–4, 1997, Jackson performed his only two concerts on this tour in the US, in Honolulu, Hawaii, at the Aloha Stadium, to a crowd of 35,000 each; making him the first artist in history to sell out the stadium.,

During the break period, Jackson worked and released his Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix album. 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.

Jackson performed at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark on his 39th birthday with 60,000 fans. He was presented with a surprise birthday cake, marching band, and fireworks on stage after "You Are Not Alone". The concert at Hippodrome Wellington of Ostend, Belgium, was originally scheduled for August 31, 1997, but was postponed to September 3 following Diana, Princess of Wales's death. Michael performed in Helsinki, Finland on Aug 24 and 26, 1997 at the Olympic Stadium.

Recordings
Throughout the tour, many concerts were professionally filmed by Nocturne Productions, but none were ever officially released by The Estate of Michael Jackson as DVD or other formats. In South Korea, VHS recording of his show in Seoul was released, only within the bounds of the country. Although the footage is poor in quality and Jackson was suffering a fever at the time, so his vocals were weakened, it made major successful in Asian country. Jackson, also planned to released a DVD on his performance in Munich, Germany. The film was never released but many speculate the cancellation of it being that Jackson was unimpressed by his vocals brought on by Laryngitis.

All footage from the tour including 'HIStory: Live in Seoul 2021', 'Michael Jackson: History Tour Live in Munich' and also performances from Bucharest, Tunis, Kuala Lumpur, Auckland, Brunei, Basel, Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Helsinki and Johannesburg.

Show performance
Michael Jackson's HIStory tour was one of his most high tech concert shows and revealed new features to its 83 shows from September 1996 to October 1997. The show's opening featured a video segment where Michael piloted a spacecraft through multiple points in history before emerging from underneath the stage at the end. The stage featured two statues of Michael on either side of it and was large enough to use an entire curtain for the opening segment of "Smooth Criminal". The cherry picker used for "Beat It" and "Earth Song" extended out from the center of the stage and partially acted as a ramp when it was not in use.

Royal Concert
Prior to the commencement of the tour, Jackson performed a special concert event on July 16, 1996, to celebrate the Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah's 50th birthday. The event was attended by the royal family, except for the Sultan himself ironically, and 60,000 people attended the event at the Jerudong Park in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. The setlist for this concert heavily resembled the setlist for the Dangerous World Tour, the most notable differences being the inclusion of two HIStory album songs (You Are Not Alone and Earth Song). It was also the last time Jam, Human Nature, I Just Can't Stop Loving You, and She's Out of My Life were performed live by Jackson.

The setlist for this concert, listed below, was originally going to be a mix of the Bad and Dangerous tours, featuring Another Part of Me, Rock With You, Dirty Diana, Heal the World, and Bad. It was ultimately cut down to a Dangerous tour-style concert after a meeting between Jackson and concert director Kenny Ortega.


 * 1) "Brace Yourself" (video intro)
 * 2) "Jam"
 * 3) "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
 * 4) "Human Nature"
 * 5) "Smooth Criminal"
 * 6) "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (with Marva Hicks)
 * 7) "She's Out of My Life"
 * 8) "I Want You Back" / "The Love You Save" / "I'll Be There"
 * 9) "Thriller"
 * 10) "Billie Jean"
 * 11) "The Way You Make Me Feel"
 * 12) "Black Or White Panther" (Video Interlude)
 * 13) "Beat It"
 * 14) "You Are Not Alone"
 * 15) "Dangerous"
 * 16) "Black or White"
 * 17) "Man in the Mirror"
 * 18) "Earth Song"

Set list

 * 1) "Great Gates Of Kiev" (Introduction)
 * 2) "Scream" / "They Don't Care About Us" / "In the Closet" (contains excerpts of  "HIStory"  and "She Drives Me Wild")
 * 3) "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
 * 4) "Stranger in Moscow"
 * 5) "Smooth Criminal" (contains excerpts of "Childhood" as an instrumental prelude)
 * 6) "The Wind" (video interlude)
 * 7) "You Are Not Alone"
 * 8) "The Way You Make Me Feel" (select dates only)
 * 9) "I Want You Back" / "The Love You Save" / "I'll Be There"
 * 10) "Rock with You" / "Off the Wall" / "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" (select dates only)
 * 11) "Remember The Time" (video interlude)
 * 12) "Billie Jean"
 * 13) "Thriller"
 * 14) "Beat It"
 * 15) "Come Together" / "D.S." (select 1996 dates only) / "Blood on the Dance Floor" (select 1997 dates only)
 * 16) "Black Panther" (Video Interlude)
 * 17) "Dangerous" (contains excerpts of the James Bond theme, "Smooth Criminal", "You Want This", "Let's Dance", and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly theme)
 * 18) "Black or White"
 * 19) "Earth Song"
 * 20) "We Are The World" (Video Interlude)
 * 21) "Heal the World"
 * 22) "HIStory" (with instrumental prelude of "They Don't Care About Us" and "Great Gates Of Kiev" intro)

Personnel
HIStory World Tour


 * Lead performer
 * Vocals, Dance, Choreographer: Michael Jackson

1996 leg 1997 leg
 * Dancers
 * LaVelle Smith, Travis Payne, Shawnette Heard, Damon Navandi, Courtney Miller, Anthony Talauega, Richmond Talauega, Lori Werner, Jason Yribar, Cris Judd
 * LaVelle Smith, Cris Judd, Anthony Talauega, Richmond Talauega, Stacy Walker, Faune Chambers


 * Band members
 * Musical Director: Brad Buxer
 * Assistant Musical Director: Kevin Dorsey
 * Keyboards: Isaiah Sanders, Brad Buxer
 * Drums: Jonathan Moffett
 * Guitars: Jennifer Batten, Greg Howe (1996 leg – replaced Jennifer Batten in Tunis and Seoul), David Williams
 * Bass: Freddie Washington
 * Vocal Director: Kevin Dorsey
 * Vocals: Kevin Dorsey, Dorian Holley, Marva Hicks (1996–1997 leg), Darryl Phinnessee (1996 leg), Fred White (1997 leg)

Credits

 * Executive Director: MJJ Productions
 * Artistic Director: Michael Jackson
 * Assistant Director: Peggy Holmes
 * Choreographed by: Michael Jackson & LaVelle Smith
 * Staged & Designed by: Kenny Ortega
 * Set Designed by: Michael Cotton & John McGraw
 * Lighting Designer: Peter Morse
 * Security 1996: Darrell Featherstone
 * Security 1997: Bill Bray
 * Costumes Designed by: Dennis Tompkins & Michael Bush
 * Hair & Make-up: Karen Faye
 * Stylist: Tommy Simms
 * Tour Manager and Producer: Tarak Ben Ammar
 * Former Manager: Dieter Wiesner
 * Personal Management: Gallin Morey Associates
 * Music Video Directors: Steve Barron/Joe Pytka/John Landis/Bruce Gowers/Martin Scorsese/Bob Giraldi/John Singleton/Nick Saxton

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