Michael becomes friend with Deepak Choprah.
Katherine & Joe purchase a six-bedroom house in Las Vegas for 292 000 dollars.
January : Jermaine, Margaret & Jeremy moves into Hayvenhurst (in Janet’s bedroom).
Some time later, Latoya leaves Hayvenhurst and goes to New York City with her manager Jack Gordon to work on her new album and upcoming concert in Atlantic City.
Michael visits Siegfried & Roy at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas .
Michael shoots the “Speed Demon” short film which is a part of the “Moonwalker” movie.
January 09 : Michael completes the filming of the “Leave Me Alone” short film.
Late January/Early February : Michael takes Jimmy Safechuck and his family to Honolulu. They stay at Kahala Hilton Hotel for three days and they attend Pepsi Bottler’s Convention. Michael also takes them to Disneyworld in Orlando (Florida).
January 24 : A Day I Will Never Forget by Denise Darval-Chang “I, along with three friends, met Michael Jackson on Jan. 24, 1988, at the Kahala Resort, where a friend worked. We had just finished paddling and were enjoying a barbecue when my friend mentioned that Michael Jackson was scheduled for a ‘sunset’ sail. “We decided to go to the hotel. It was a windy day and not good conditions for a catamaran sail. “After about 15 minutes, lo and behold, Michael Jackson appeared walking down to the beach with a young boy and a Caucasian woman. “We ran up to him, and he asked, ‘Are you the lifeguards?’ We were not lifeguards, but we were so excited we just replied, ‘Yes.’ “I asked her who the boy was. She said he was from the Make-a-Wish Foundation. The lady I handed the camera to, I was later told, was actress Teri Garr! Her top films include ‘Tootsie,’ ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ and ‘Young Frankenstein.’ They were in Hawaii for a Pepsi convention, as was Michael J. Fox.
February : ABC News : ‘Artist David Nordahl was at home painting in February 1988 when the phone rang at midnight. A voice said, “This is Michael Jackson.”
February 5-18 : Rehearsals for the Bad Tour second leg take place at the Pensacola Civic Center in Pensacola (Florida).
Michael invites Jimmy Safechuck and his parents to stay with him.
February 6 : “Man In The Mirror” is released as the 4th single from “Bad” along with a video in which Michael does not appear. It will peak at #1 on Hot 100 Billboard.
February 8 : In a pre recorded video from the set of the “Speed Demon” short film in Los Angeles, Michael accepts the Brit Award for best international artist of 1987.
February 10 : Filming of “Baby Bad”, a parody of the “Bad” short film featuring children filling the roles of various people from the original clip. The video stars Brandon Quintin Adams (who also appears in the “Smooth Criminal” short film) as the young Michael Jackson. It also featurs three of Michael’s nephews Jermaine Jackson Jr. along with TJ and Taryll Jackson and a young Nikki Cox. The singing group the Boys appear as background dancers. Ingrid Dupree of the Kidsongs kids also appear in this segment. This video is part of the Moonwalker movie.
February 17 : Mary Hart from Entertainment Tonight visits Michael during dress rehearsals of the Bad Tour at the Pensacola Civic Center in Pensacola (Florida). Michael Michael gives a short interview to Mary and accepts to be filmed while rehearsing with his band and dancers.
February 18 : On the last day of dress rehearsals, Michael allows 420 school pupils to watch him rehearse. The full show is rehearsed and taped.
February 23+24 : Michael kicks off the US leg of the Bad Tour at the Kemper arena in Kansas City (Missouri).
February 28 : Purchase and Purchase Agreement for and the sale of the Sycamore Valley Ranch is signed.
Late February : Michael arrives in NYC.
March 1 : In NYC, Michael attends a press conference arranged by Pepsi to preview “The Chase” a new Pepsi commercials featuring Michael (a four part story). Michael also presents United Negro College Fund’s President and CEO, Christopher Edley a check for 600,000 dollars, the entire grossings from his private sold-out benefit concert held at Madison Square Garden.
March 2 : At the 30th Grammy Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York , Michael fails to win any awards for “Bad”. He makes an amazing performance of “The Way You Make Me Feel” & “Man In The Mirror” and gets a standing ovation from the whole industry. During the telecast, “The Chase” is premiered.
March 3 : Michael gives a benefit concert at Madison Square Garden in NYC for the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). An original Michael Jackson UNCF private concert ticket and official souvenir program from the Bad World Tour are printed for the occasion.
Tatiana Thumbtzen replaces Sheril Crow on “The Way You Make Me Feel” and kisses Michael on the mouth! Siedah Garrett sings I Just Can’t Stop Loving You with Michael & Steve Stevens plays electric guitar on Dirty Diana! Among celebrities guests are Brooke Schields, Quincy Jones, Prince, Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder, Madonna, New York City Mayor and the Jackson family (including Katherine, Rebbie, Janet and La Toya). Backstage, La Toya introduces Donald Trump to MJ.
Michael invites Dominic, Connie, Frank & Eddie Cascio to the concerts and he spends time with them at the Hemsley Palace.
March 5 : Second concert at the Madison Square Garden.
March 6 : Third concert at the Madison Square Garden.
March 9 : Michael attends a performance of “The Phantom Of The Opera” with Jimmy Safechuck, his mother & Liza Minnelli in NYC.
March 10 : Michael is honoured by the United Negro Colege Fund as one of their highest contributors at the 44th annual anniversary dinner held at the Sheraton Hotel in NYC. Katherine, Joe, Quincy Jones, Whitney Houston, Yoko Ono, Elizabeth Taylor & Liza Minnelli attend the event. In presenting him the coveted Frederick D. Patterson Award, named for the former Tuskegee Institute (now University) president who founded the UNCF in 1944, Dr. Mabel McLean, president of Barber Scotia College in Concord, N.C., and then chair of the presidents of UNCF member in-stitutions, told Jackson: “Through your efforts to increase knowledge, to combat hunger, to aid terminally ill children, to inspire youth, you have shown the world that caring, sharing and dart”
March 12 : The US cable network Showtime airs “Motown On Showtime : Michael Jackson… The Legend Continues”. The special is produced by Suzanne DePasse with Burl Hechtman serving as a supervising producer as well as Michael Jackson himself as executive producer. It features never before seen footage of the Bad World Tour 1987 + new interviews of Michael’s family and friends (Marlon Jackson, Suzanne DePasse, Quincy Jones, Elizabeth Taylor, Sophia Loren, Katherine Hepburn, Yoko Ono etc..) + a glimpse inside Hayvenhurst. It was widely praised and won a Cable Ace Award for Outstanding Editing in a Musical Special. It’s 1989 home video release in the USA was #1 on the Billboard Top Video Chart for six weeks and 2 weeks at #1 on the Top Music Video Chart, where it pushed MJ’s other home video, Moonwalker (released that past January) out of the top spot.
Michael postpones tonight’s concert in St Louis (Missouri) to March 14 because he suffers from a cold.
March 13 : Concerts at the St Louis arena in St Louis (Missouri).
March 14 : Laryngitis Forces Singer to Skip Performance
ST. LOUIS (AP) _ Pop singer Michael Jackson canceled a performance at the 18,000-seat Arena, the second time in 72 hours illness forced him to skip a scheduled concert on his 13-city tour. “It’s been a tough past three days. Michael Jackson is not known as ’no- show,” Arena manager Roger Dixon said Monday. “He’s always been known to give it his all (but) he’s only human. This just proves it.” Monday night’s show by Jackson, whose tour started Feb. 24 in Kansas City and has taken him to New York City, orginally had been scheduled for Saturday night. Jackson performed Sunday night as scheduled before about 19,000 at the Arena despite suffering from a cold. Dixon said he had been notified by the singer’s promotion company, TCC Productions of Encino, Calif,, that Jackson’s illness progressed Monday to laryngitis.
March 18+19 : Concerts at the Market Square arena in Indianapolis (Indiana).
March 19 : Originally named Zaca Laderas Ranch, the estate is renamed Sycamore Valley Ranch shortly after it was purchased by property developer William Bone in 1981, the ranch is sold today to Michael Jackson for $ 18 million who renames it after Neverland Ranch.
March 20 : Concert at the Freedom Hall in Louisville (Kentucky).
Michael is on the cover of Jet Magazine.
March 21 : Michael arrives in Denver (Colorado).
March 22 : MJ visits the Ramses exhibition in Denver. ABC News 2009 : “Nordahl’s Jackson period began after the singer invited him to the Denver stop of the Bad tour in March 1988. “I didn’t know what to expect,” Nordahl says. “He was sweet. We went to galleries, bookstores and a private showing of the King Tut exhibit. We sat around and laughed and talked and drew.”
March 24+25+26 : Concerts at the McNichols Sports arena in in Denver (Colorado)
March 30+31 + April 1 : Concerts at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford ( Connecticut ).
April : Michael & Katherine go to Gary where they visit their former neighnor Marie Gunn and pose for pictures with her. They also visit Katherine’s father, Prince Scruse and wife at their Indiana Harbour home.
April 8+9+10 : Concerts at the Summit in Houston (Texas).
April 11 : John Branca and Marshall Gelfand sign individual grant deeds turning over the Sycamore Valley Ranch to MJ.
April 13+14+15 : Concerts at the Omni Colisuem in Atlanta. Rebbie Jackson attends one of the the concerts and she poses for pictures with MJ backsage.
Twenty years, almost to the day, after Reverend Martin Luther King’s assassination, a quiet memorial ceremony is held with Michael Jackson near Martin Luther King’s gravesite.
April 14 : The video for “Dirty Diana” is premiered on MTV.
April 18 : “Dirty Diana” is released as the 5th single from “Bad”. It will peak at #1 on Hot 100 Billboard (5th consecutive number 1!)
April 19+20+21 : Concerts at the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont (northwest of Chicago) where Michael is presented with the keys to the city by mayor Eugene Sawyer.
April 20 : “Moonwalk”, Michael’s long awaited autobiography is published by Doubleday and soon becomes a best seller.
April 22 : Chicago Tribune (April 26, 1988) : “Michael Jackson and an entourage of about 12 people arrived in two vans and spent an hour and a half in Goodies on North Halsted Friday in what turned out to be the start of a heavy-duty shopping weekend. Michael and the young dancer who’s in his Pepsi commercials and his stage show had some ice cream at the soda fountain and bought gag gifts, Peter Pan toys, rub-on tattoos and some Michael Jackson Colorforms. He also had his picture taken in the photo booth with owner Ted Frankel, who had the shots blown up to poster size within a day.”
April 23 : Chicago Tribune (April 26, 1988) : “Wayne Banchik, owner of the Nostalgia Shop at 534 N. Clark St., didn’t get a picture, but he got Michael’s autograph when he stopped Saturday afternoon (again with a group of a dozen or so). Jackson, who Banchik says is very knowledgeable about American illustrators, bought some vintage magazines and said he’d like to come back to see some Walt Disney memorabilia. He turned down a vintage advertising button for Coke, bought one for Pepsi.”
April 24 : Chicago Tribune (April 26, 1988) : “The folks at F.A.O. Schwarz in Water Tower had warning that M.J. would come by at noon on Sunday, so they opened a little later than usual. After 20 minutes, Michael and the shopping crew left with a life-size Steiff lion and two lifelike Himsted dolls. They created such a commotion when they arrived that they left by the back way.”
April 25+26+27 : Concerts at the Reunion arena in Dallas (Texas)
May 4+5+6 : Concerts at the Met Center in Minneapolis (Minnessota) which end the first leg of the tour. Prince attends the concerts. He meets Michael backstage ans later he invites him to Paisley Park for a private time (Paisley Park is a 65,000 square foot estate in Chanhassen, Minnesota).
May 5 : “Get It”, the duet between Michael & Stevie Wonder tis released. Michael does not shoot a video.
Mid May : Michael moves out of Hayvenhurst to his recently purchased ranch in the Santa Ynez Vallez Neverland Valley Ranch.
Michael invites Jonathan Spence to visit Neverland.
May 16 : Michael is on the cover of Jet magazine.
May 18 : Michael’s movie “Moonwalker” is previewed at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France. Michael does not attend the preview.
May 19 : Michael arrives in Rome, Italy with Bob Jones, Bill Bray and Jimmy Safechuch. They stay at the Lord Byron Hotel. Michael attends a reception held in his honor at American Embassy, Villa Taverna, a lovely 8-acre estate with beautiful gardens. It’s hosted by Ambassador and Mrs. Max Rabb and Sophia Loren, Gina Lollobrigida, Federico Fellini and Franco Zefferelli are among the guests.
May 20 : Michael & Sam Emerson make a photoshoot at Villa Taverna garden.
May 21 : Michael visits the Sistine Chapel in the accompanied by US Ambassador Maxwell Rabb.
May 22 : Michael rehearses for his upcoming concert in Rome.
May 23 : The director of the Suzuki Race Team Gary Taylor gives Michael a Suzuki RG 500 motorcycle when he found out that Michael loved that motorcycle. Michael poses for pictures with the engine in front of the Lord Byron hotel in Rome.
Michael visits children who suffered from cancer in the Bambino-Gesu Children’s Hospital in Rome. He signs autographs and gives away sweets and records to the children. He also donates a ₤ 100,000 for leukemia research.
Michael kicks off the European leg of the Bad Tour at the Stadio Flaminio in Rome. After the concert, CBS Records International hosts a sumptuous sit-down buffet for 500 guests at the 16th Century Palazzo Taverna where Michael makes a brief appearance greeted by guests Sophia Loren, Gina Lollobrigida Federico Fellini & Georgio Armani.
May 24 : Second concert in Rome .
May 25 : Michael is the guest of honour at a party held at the house of film director Franco Zeffirelli.
May 27 : Leaving Rome, Michael and his entourage drive to Florence where Michael enjoys the historic beauty of the city and visits the museum to see Michelangelo’s masterpiece sculpture of “David.” Then, they go to Turin.
May 29 : Concert at the Stadio Olimpico di Turino in Turin, Italy.
May 30 : Michael and his entourage arrive in Vienna, Austria. During his stay in Vienna, MJ came up with the idea for Earth Song.
Captain EO Backstage’ is aired in USA. The TV special produced by MKD Productions, directed by Muffett Kaufman and hosted by Whoopi Goldberg, goes behind the scenes of Captain EO, showing dance rehearsals, make-up, special effects etc.
June : Michael is on the cover of Ebony magazine.
“Michael Jackson : The Legend Continues” is released on home video.
June 01 : Michael visits the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna.
June 02 : Concert at the Praterstadion in Vienna, Austria.
June 05 : Before his concert in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Michael donates a cheque for $125,000 to The Dutch National Education & Vacation Fund. The organisation raises funds for development of young people in society. Michael Jackson is présented with an Award for CD: “Bad” from Ruud Röben (CBS Records), just before his concert at the Feijenoord Stadium, Rotterdam.
First concert at the Feijenoord stadium in Rotterdam, Holland.
June 06 : Second concert at the Feijenoord stadium in Rotterdam, Holland.
June 07 : Second concert at the Feijenoord stadium in Rotterdam, Holland.
June 10 : Michael takes his staff to Liseberg Park in Gothenburg. They spend the day riding roller coasters & having fun. Michael leaves his signature and hand print in concrete and offers the staff 100 tickets to his concert.
June 11 : First oncert at the Eriksberg in Gothenburg, Germany. Eriksberg, is actually a shipyard converted to a stadium for the two shows, with an attendance of 55,000 each. It is accessible only by ferry and the first night 150 small boats jockeyed for position to hear the concert. The occasion is also special in that Michael got to see Ragni Lantz Griffin (former wife of my predecessor at Motown, Junius Griffin, and At the urging of Gladys Knight, Ragni was present at the Gary talent show where The Jackson Five first came to the attention of the label. She later attended the group’s first Hollywood engagement at the Daisy. A touching reunion to say the least!
Backstage before the concert, Michael is presented with the Rockbjörnen Award.
June 12 : Second concert at the Eriksberg in Gothenburg, Germany.
June 13 : Michael and his entourage arrive in Geneva, Switzerland. They stay here for three days.
June 16 : Concert at the St Jakob Stadium in Basel, Switzerland, attended by Elizabeth Taylor, Sophia Loren, Reggie Theus & Bob Dylan.
June 17 : While in Basel , Michael meets the Charlie Chaplin family at The Manoir de Ban, a manor house located at Corsier-sur-Vevey on the banks of Lake Geneva in Switzerland.
June 18 : Michael & Bill Bray visit the Berlin Zoo in Berlin, Germany (MJ wears a wig, fake moustache and a hat).
June 19 : Concert at the Reichstag Grounds in Berlin, Germany.
June 23 : Michael arrives in Paris and checks in the Crillon Palace.
June 24 : Michael goes shopping at the « Nain Bleu » toy store in Paris.
June 25 : Michael invites Jimmy Safechuck and his parents to join him on tour for a few weeks. They check in the Crillon Palace.
June 26 : Michael has the famous Louvre Museum opened for a private visit of about an hour. Contrary to what was said at the time, he showed little interest in Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, but specifically requested to see three particular works: Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss, a 1793 marble sculpture by the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova (Denon Wing, ground floor, Michelangelo Gallery, Room 4), Endymion, Moonlight Effect (also known as The Sleep of Endymion) by Anne-Louis Girodet (Denon Wing, 1st floor, Daru, Room 75), and Saint Sebastian by the Italian Guido Reni (Sully Wing, 1st floor, Pavillon de l’Horloge, Room 3, Chapel Room).
June 27 : First concert at the Parc des Princes in Paris attended by Grace Jones, Albertine Bongo (daughter of the President of Gabon, a former French African colony), Regine and Johnny Halliday among others.
June 28 : Paris mayor Jacques Chirac presents Michael with ‘La Grande Médaille de la Ville de Paris’ which is an honor usually reserved for heads of state.
Second concert at the Parc des Princes in Paris.
July 1 : Concert at the Volksparkstadion in Hambourg, Germany.
July 2 : Michael and an entourage of about 100 people (the whole tour crew) visit Phantasialand in Brühl near Cologne. Among them the Safechuck family.
July 3 : Concert at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, Germany.
July 8 : Concert at the Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany.
July 10 : Concert at the Hockenheimring in Hockenheim, Germany.
July 11 : “Another Part Of Me” is released as the 6th single from “Bad”. It will peak at #11 on Hot 100 Billboard
Michael arrives in London.
July 13 : Michael visits sick children at the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London .
July 14+15+16+22+23 : Michael performs 5 concerts at the Wembley stadium in London attended by Jack Nicholson, George Lucas, Harrison Ford & Jane Seymour among others.
July 16 : Prince Charles Princess Diana attend the third Wembley concert. Michael meets the Royal couple backstage to present with a £150 000 cheque to the Prince’s Trust and another £100 000 cheque to the Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital.
July 18 : Michael & Jimmy Safechuck visit Elstree Studios where Steven Spielberg is directing “Indiana Jones” and they both meet Harrison Ford.
July 20 : Micheal visits sick children again at the Great Ormond Street Hospital .
In the evening, a banquet is held in his honour at the Guildhall.
July 22 : Mickey Mouse & Donald Duck present Michael with a pair of specially engraved ice skates backstage before his fourth concert in Wembley.
July 23 : Michael is on the cover of Hello magazine.
July 26 : Concert at the Cardiff Arms Park in Cardif, Wales.
July 30+31 : Concerts at the Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, Ireland.
The live video of “Another Part Of Me” is premiered.
August 3 : Michael arrives at Los Monteros Hotel, Marbella, Spain, to prepare for his first-ever Spanish concert, as part of his Bad World Tour.
August 5 : Michael performs at the Municipal Stadium in Marbella, Spain, to an audience of 28,000. It’s his first concert in Spain.
August 7 : Concert at the Vicente Calderón Stadium in Madrid, Spain. Michael is presented with a quadruple Platinum Award for BAD before his concert.
August 8 : Michael Is on the cover of Jet magazine.
August 9 : Concert at the Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain. Jimmy Safechuck gets onstage with MJ during “Bad”.
August 10 : Michael arrives in Nice, France with Jimmy Safechuck. He stays at the Negresco Hotel and goes out very little during his few days on the Côte d’Azur.
August 12 : Concert at the Stade Richter in Montpellier, France.
August 13 : Michael attends Sammy Davis Jr concert at the Salle des Étoiles Sporting Club in Monte-Carlo, Monaco and gets onstage with him.
August 14 : Concert at the Stade Charles-Ehrmann in Nice, France.
August 17 : Michael throws a birthday party for Harrison Funk and Safechuck’s mother.
August 19 : Concert at the Stade Olympique de la Pontaise in Lausanne, Switzerland.
August 21 : Concert at the Talavera Wiesen in Wurzburg, Germany.
August 23 : Concert at the Werchter Festival Grounds in Werchter, Belgium.
August 25 : Katherine joins Michael in London.
August 26+27 : Michael & Katherine go to Madame Tussaud Museum .
Concerts at the Wembley stadium in London. Michael dedicates “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” to Elizabeth Taylor.
August 29 : Concert at the Roundhay Park in Leeds, England, where 90 000 fans sing Happy Birthday to Michael!
Janet & Katherine attends Michael’s concert.
August 30 : Michael goes to Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London to see a performance by Mime Marceau. He meets the artist backstage and poses for pictures with him and Bob Jones.
August 31 : Michael poses for a picture with captain Pat Hammond on the ferry between Dover and Calais.
September 2 : Concert at the Niedersachsenstadion in Hannover, Germany.
Latoya & her manager Jack Gordon attend the show with Katherine and visit Michael at his hotel later. It’s the las time Michael & Latoya sees each other until 2002!
September 4 : Concert at the Parkstadion in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
September 6 : Concert in Linz, Austria.
September 7 : Michael receives the MTV Video Vanguard Award from Peter Gabriel during a special presentation via satellite.
September 8 : Michael is presented with an award for his seven sold out concerts at the Wembley stadium which gains him another entry in the Guinness Book Of Records. Katherine attends the presentation.
September 10 : Concert at the National Bowl in Milton Keynes, England.
September 11 : Michael performs his last European concert at the Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, England, in front of 125 000 people!
September 14 : Back in London, Michael visits BAFTA for a preview of his unfinished movie Moonwalker, with Julie Chadwell.
September 15 : Michael & Katherine fly from London to Los Angeles and go directly to Michael’s new home : Neverland Ranch. Upon arriving they are greeted by all the ranch’s employees who welcome them led by Michael’s personal maid Bianca Francia & her son Jason.
A special ‘Flintstones Kids’ cartoon featuring a Stone Age Michael Jackson is aired on ABC. MJ lends his song “Beat It” to be used in the series to encourage kids to say no to drugs. The special is called “Just Say No”.
September 26+27+28 : Concerts at the Civic Arena in Pittsburg (Pennsylvania).
September 30 : The music video for “Another Part Of Me” is premiered. Directed by Patrick Kelly, featuring Jackson performing the song live during his Bad World Tour. The film footage was taken on July 14 and 22 at Wembley Stadium and at Rotterdam on June 7 with soundtrack mixed from live multitrack recording taken on July 15 (while the drum multitrack is from July 16), with additional footage from June 27 and 28 shows at Parc des Princes in Paris as well as some footage from Volksparkstadion in Hamburg on July 1 and in Cork on July 30.
October 3+4/5 : Concerts at the Meadowlands Arena in Rutherford (New Jersey).
October 10+11 : Concerts at the Richfield Coliseum in Richfield.
October 13 : MTV premieres the “Smooth Criminal” short film.
October 13/17/18/19 : Concerts at the Capitol Center in Landover (Maryland)
October 23 : In a brief ceremony outside the old Motown Studio in Detroit , Michael presents Esther Edwards & Berry Gordy with a $125 000 cheque for the Motown museum.
October 24+25+26 : Concerts at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
October 29 : “Moonwalker” makes its debut in Japonese theatres.
Michael cancels three concerts in Tacoma (Wahington) when his vocal cords become swollen.
November 7+8+9 : Concerts at theIrvine Meadows Amphitheatre in Irvine Meadows, Laguna Hills (California)
November 13 : Concert at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles. Many members of the Jackson family attend the show. Backstage, Michael is presented with a proclamation from Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley who declared November Michael Jackson’s month.
Michael cancels five concerts in Los Angeles due to illness. They are rescheduled for January 1989.
November 14 : “Smooth Criminal” is released as the 7th single from “Bad”. It will peak at #7 on Hot 100 Billboard.
Early December : Michael and his team arrive in Tokyo, Japan.
December 02 : Miko Brando and American child actor Brandon Adams attend the Beverly Hills premiere of ‘Moonwalker’, held at the Academy Theater in Beverly Hills.
December 9 : Michael performs his first concert at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo.
December 10 : Michael performs his seconc concert at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo.
December 11 : Michael plays the 3rd concert at Tokyo Dome,Tokyo. He meets backstage with two young fans and their parents. 9 year old Ayana Takada was the 4 millionth fan to attend the Bad tour. MJ brings her on stage and presents her with a certificate commemorating the event.
December 17 : Michael performs his 4th concert at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo.
December 18 : Michael performs his 5th concert at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo.
December 19 : Michael performs his 6th consecutive sold concert at the Tokyo Dome in Japan.
December 22 : Michael visits Gunma Safari Park in Japan. He goes out on a tour bus with a picnic basket filled with chicken sandwiches, popcorn, and honey candy, and leaves goods and signs at Gunma Safari Park, making donations to local traffic orphanage welfare and animal protection funds
December 23 : Michael is invited to attend a welcome party at the Capitol Tokyu Hotel by the Choshi Hanedaiko Preservation Society (sponsored by PEPSI, Nippon Shinpan, and Nippon Television).
December 24 : Michael performs his 7th concert at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo.
December 25 : Michael performs his 8th concert at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo.
December 26 : Michael performs his 9th and last concert at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo.
“Moonwalker” is released in Europe cinemas but not in the US.
It is reported that Michael has been making compassionate visits to the bedside of David Smithee, a 12-year-old whose father set him alight alive!
December 27 : Michael and his entourage fly back home from Tokyo to L.A.
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