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1984 – The Jacksons, performing at Jacksonville, Florida entertain eight children suffering from incurable diseases. 14-year-old Malanda Cooper, a young victim who only has a short time to live, writes the Major asking to see Michael. Michael meets her backstage prior to the performance. Later, 700 disadvantaged children were treated to the show.
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Michael & Van Halen during the performance of "Beat It"
During the second concert in Irving, Dallas (Texas), guitarist Eddie Van Halen makes a guest appearance. on Friday night Van Halen, who is in town for his own concert Saturday night, joins Michael on stage to play his guitar solo on “Beat It” during. The concert attended by Prince & Emmanuel Lewis among others.

1988 – Michael Jackson is on Bravo Magazine, Germany.

1988 - Michael Jackson began his first British tour at Wembley Stadium in London. It was the first of seven sellout dates.

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Michael broke all existing attendance records during the 2nd leg of the Bad World Tour, when he played 7 sold out shows at London's 72,000-seat Wembley Stadium to a record 504,000 fans!
This earned Michael a 3rd entry into the Guinness World Records from the Bad tour alone & a special award from the management of the Wembley stadium.
The 1st concert was attended by numerous celebrities including Shirley Bassey, Jack Nicholson, Frank Bruno, George Lucas, Harrison Ford & Jane Seymour.
When tickets for the 7 dates went on sale in January, the demand exceeded 1.5 million -- enough to sell-out the 72,000 capacity venue 20 times!

The 1st concert was attended by numerous celebrities including Shirley Bassey, Jack Nicholson, Frank Bruno, George Lucas, Harrison Ford & Jane Seymour.
Tickets for the initial 7 dates went on sale in January, with ticket demand exceeding 1.5 million, enough to sell-out the 72,000 capacity venue 20 times!

Bad World Tour
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The Bad World Tour was Michael Jackson’s first ever solo tour, beginning on 12th September 1987 in Tokyo, Japan and ending January 27, 1989 in Los Angeles, California. Touring the globe, there were stops in 15 countries on 4 continents, and included 123 concerts to about 4.4 million people.

The Bad World Tour became the largest grossing tour in history, making over $125 million. In May 1988, Michael embarked on his European leg of the Bad World Tour, selling out shows at most venues in Italy, Sweden, Germany, Austria and other countries.

2002 - Michael Jackson was knocked to the ground by a mob of fans at London's Paddington station.

2006 - A civil court awarded a former Michael Jackson adviser $900,000 and awarded Jackson $200,000 in a cross-complaint. The suit stemmed from F. Marc Schaffel's complaint that he had not been paid for his work on two Jackson videos.

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1988 - Michael meets Siegfried & Roy backstage before the Bad World Tour concert, in Cologne, Germany.

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1984 - "Victory", by the Jacksons, was released. Epic Records set a record as two million copies of the Jacksons’ "Victory" were shipped to stores. The album became a hit and was also the last album of The Jacksons as a group.It was the first time that such a large initial shipment had been made.

1988 - Michael's single "Dirty Diana" from the "Bad" album become the 5th consecutive single to peak at #1 on the Hot 100.

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The feat made him the first artist to have five #1 singles from one album. The hard-rock song was written by Michael & co-produced with Quincy Jones; features guitar solo by Steve Stevens. Michael is featured in The Guinness Book of World Records as the artist with the most number one hits in the 80's!
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1972 - Michael Jackson appeared solo on "American Bandstand" to promote his 'Got To Be There' album.
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Michael and his brothers make a surprise appearance and are presented with gold discs. Michael joins them in a performance of Lookin' Through The Windows and Michael performed solos of 'Rockin' Robin', 'Ben' and 'I Wanna Be Where You Are'. He also chats with Dick Clark.
By 1972, the Jackson 5 were already a sensation around the world, with their first four singles such as "ABC" and "I Want You Back" going straight to #1. From commercials to their own cartoon series, teenage girls everywhere couldn't get enough of them -- specially young Michael, who began breaking out on his own with songs such as the cover version of "Rockin' Robin", which went to #2 that year, from his solo debut Got To Be There.

1972 – The Jackson perform at Baltimore, Civic Center.

1979 - Michael and his brothers celebrate the success of their album "Destiny" at the "The Jacksons" Party.

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1983 - La Toya Jackson presented her little brother, Michael with the "Artist Of The Year" award at the Black Radio Exclusive Awards ceremony held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, L.A.

1988 - Michael Jackson performs his Bad World Tour in Hamburg [Germany] Volkspark Stadium, attending 50,000.

1992 - The BPI certified the album "Thriller" at 11 times platinum and the album "Bad" at 13 times platinum in the U.K.

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1988 - Michael performs BAD tour at Feijenoord Stadium in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

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1988 - Michael Jackson perform "The Way You Make Me Feel" & "Man In The Mirror" during the 30th Grammy Awards ceremony at New York's Radio City Music Hall.


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Michael, whose album "Thriller" won eight Grammy in 1984, saw his follow-up LP, "Bad," win only one this time around, for "Best Engineered Recording (Non-Classical)" while "The Way You Make Me Feel" wins the "Best Performance Music Video".
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1988 - Michael Jackson performs onstage in Kansas City, Missouri, during the Bad tour.

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Michael Jackson had just finished the opening night of his Bad tour and his manager, Frank DiLeo, arranged for me to visit the star in his hotel suite.~Lisa Robinson

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