The Michael Jackson Database
The Bad World Tour begins in Japan in September 1987, following the release of Bad and the first wave of the album campaign. This overview page is the parent record for the tour, while the dated concert pages should hold individual venue, setlist, ticket and media details as those are verified.
The first 1987 leg centres on Japan, opening at Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo before further Japanese dates in Nishinomiya, Yokohama and Osaka. The tour then moves to Australia in November, with shows listed for Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. These dates sit alongside the wider Bad era: album release, single releases, television appearances, music videos and a growing international press cycle.
The page should act as the route into the tour rather than a duplicate of any one concert. The next data pass should add source-backed setlists to the dated show pages, connect official or rights-cleared tour footage where available, and separate confirmed attendance/ticket information from unverified fan or press claims.
Setlists, attendance figures and unofficial video embeds are deliberately left out of this overview until they are checked against reliable show-specific sources.
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