Ron Pia

 

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ON THIS DAY IN MICHAEL JACKSON HISTORY JANUARY 3-1997 - Michael Jackson performed at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii as part of his "HIStory" tour. It was Michael's first U.S. performance since the "Bad" tour of 1989. The next day, the first leg of the "HIStory" tour ended.Michael Jackson's HIStory tour was one of his most high tech concert shows of the time. The show's opening featured a video segment where MIchael piloted a spacecraft through multiple points in history before emerging from underneath the stage at the end. The stage featured two statues of Michael on either side of it and was large enough to use an entire curtain for the opening segment of "Smooth Criminal".The tour was announced on May 29, 1996, and marked Michael's first concert tour since his Dangerous World Tour ended in late 1993.[2] Michaels debut concert for the tour, performed at Letna Park in Prague, was one of the largest single attended concerts in his career, with over 130,000 people.[3] On October 7, 1996, he performed for the first time ever in the Arab world and Africa as a solo artist in Tunis.[4] During the tour's stopover in Sydney, Australia, he married Debbie Rowe in a private and impromptu ceremony. He was interviewed by Molly Meldrum In Brisbane and danced with two women during "You Are Not Alone". From January 3–4, 1997, Michael performed his only two concerts on this tour in the US, in Honolulu, Hawaii, at the Aloha Stadium, to a crowd of 35,000 each; making him the first artist in history to sell out the stadium.During the break period, Michael worked and released his Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix album. The second leg started on May 31, 1997, at the Weserstadion in Bremen, Germany.Set list changes included the addition of "Blood on the Dance Floor" and later on the removal of the "Off the Wall" Medley and "The Way You Make Me Feel". "Blood on the Dance Floor" was taken off the set list after the concert in Oslo on August 19, 1997.

Michael performed at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark on his 39th birthday with 60,000 fans. He was presented with a surprise birthday cake, marching band, and fireworks on stage after "You Are Not Alone". The concert at Hippodrome Wellington of Ostend, Belgium, was originally scheduled for August 31, 1997, but was postponed to September 3 following Diana, Princess of Wales's death.