Bad World Tour – Duration September 12, 1987 – January 27, 1989 – Performances 123

The Bad tour was Jackson’s first solo concert run. Beginning in Tokyo, the tour lasted for 16 months, during which Jackson visited 15 countries and performed to nearly 4.5 million people. Seven sold out shows at London’s Wembley Stadium attracted more than half a million people—including Diana, Princess of Wales and Charles, Prince of Wales—setting a new world record for playing more dates at the stadium than any other artist. The Bad tour was later recognized as the most-highly attended and highest-earning tour of all time, having grossed over $125 million.

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Dangerous World Tour – Duration June 27, 1992 – November 11, 1993 – Performances 69
The 69 concert dates of the Dangerous World Tour attracted more than 4 million fans. The extravagant staging of the set for the concerts took near three days to set up; 20 trucks of equipment were shuttled on cargo planes to countries around the world. The Dangerous World Tour concluded in Mexico City, Mexico with 5 sold out shows for over 500,000 people with the last show on November 11, 1993.

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HIStory World Tour – Duration September 7, 1996 – October 15, 1997 – Performances 83
Beginning in Prague, Czech Republic on September 7, 1996, the concert series attracted more than 4.5 million fans from 58 cities in 35 countries around the world. It was the most attended tour of all times by any artist, having grossed over $165 million. The average concert attendance was 54,878. The HIStory World Tour concluded in Durban, South Africa on October 15, 1997.

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MJ & Friends – Duration June 25, 1999 – June 27, 1999 – Performances 2
MJ & Friends were concerts held by the American recording artist Michael Jackson in 1999. The purpose of the tour was to raise funds for children in Kosovo, Africa and elsewhere. Jackson gave two concerts during the tour. The first one took place in Seoul, South Korea on June 25, and the second one was in Munich, Germany. Jackson was joined by long-time collaborator Slash during the two concerts.

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This Is It – Duration July 13, 2009 – March 6, 2010 – Performances 50
This Is It was a planned series of fifty concerts by Michael Jackson to be held at The O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom. They were scheduled to begin in July 2009 and continue through to March 2010. However, with all concerts sold out, Jackson suffered a cardiac arrest and died due to an overdose of propofol and benzodiazepine drugs, less than three weeks before the first concert kicked off. Jackson officially announced the concerts at a press conference held inside The O2 Arena stated that This Is It was going to be his final series of concerts. AEG Live, the concert promoters, released a promotional video that took up an entire commercial break, setting a record for ITV. The shows were to be Jackson’s first major series of concerts since the HIStory World Tour finished in 1997, and had been cited as one of the year’s most important musical events. The preparations for the shows was chronicled in the concert documentary Michael Jackson’s This Is It, released on October 28, 2009.