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The Bad World Tour, was the first world concert tour by Michael Jackson as a solo artist, covering Japan, Australia, United States and Europe from September 12, 1987 to January 27, 1989. The tour, sponsored by PepsiCo and spanning 16 months, included 123 concerts to 4.4 million fans across 15 countries. When the tour concluded it grossed a total of 5 million, adding two new entries in the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest grossing tour in history and the tour with the largest attended audience. In the United States alone, where just 54 concerts were held, the tour came in as the 6th largest grossing tour from 1988– 89, grossing a total of .3 million. In April 1989, the tour was nominated for Tour of the Year 1988 at the inaugural International Rock Awards. The tour lost to Amnesty International, but nothing could detract from the fact that Jackson’s first solo tour was the largest and most successful in history. At every concert (at least in the United States) Jackson made sure that 400 tickets were reserved for underprivileged children. These tickets were distributed across hospitals, orphanages and charities. Jackson also donated concert takings to multiple causes. The release of Jackson’s seventh solo album, Bad, on August 31, 1987 led to a huge rise in popularity for Jackson in Japan, with Jackson being nicknamed Typhoon Michael . Other popular artists such as George Michael and Madonna had similarly begun their solo world tours in Japan, as it was …
