History World Tour
| Tour by Michael Jackson | |
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| Associated album | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I and Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix |
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| Start date | September 7, 1996 |
| End date | October 15, 1997 |
| No. of shows | 44 in Europe 20 in Asia 11 in Oceania 6 in Africa 2 in North America 83 played |
| Attendance | 4.5 million |
| Box office | US $165 million ($246.17 in 2017 dollars) |
| Michael Jackson concert chronology | |
The HIStory World Tour was the third and final worldwide solo concert tour by American artist Michael Jackson, covering Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania and North America. The tour included a total of 83 concerts and was attended by approximately 4.5 million fans, beating his previous Bad World Tour with 4.4 million. The HIStory World Tour spanned the globe with stops in 57 cities, 35 countries on 5 continents.
Jackson performed a concert at Letna Park in Prague, one of Jackson's largest single attended concerts in his career. On October 7, 1996, he performed for the first time ever in Arab world in front of 60,000 fans in Tunis in a solo tour. During the tour's stopover in Sydney, Australia, he married his wife (later ex-wife), Debbie Rowe in a private and impromptu ceremony. He was interviewed by Molly Meldrum In Brisbane. On January 3 and 4, 1997 Jackson only performed two concerts in North America. He did not perform in the USA mainland, but rather in Honolulu, Hawaii at the Aloha Stadium to a crowd of 35,000 each.
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.
Also, Jackson performed at the Parken Stadium on his 39th birthday with 50,000 fans. He was presented with a surprise birthday cake, marching band, and fireworks on stage after You Are Not Alone. Pro footage of this is found in Michael's private home movies. The concert at Hippodrome Wellington of Ostend, Belgium, was supposed to be held on August 31, 1997, but was postponed to September 3 following Princess Diana's death.
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