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In my opinion the greatest concert EVER. If there was one thing i would want to see released before i die it is this concert. Wembley Stadium, July 14th.

THIS is the concert we need to have on DVD/Blu Ray. It is absolutely mind blowing and all we have of it is low, amature quality. The dancing, the vocals, the energy, the crowd, the camera angles, the moves, the setlist. This is Michael at his ABSOLUTE best. Sony, please please please release Bad Tour at Wembley Stadium July 14th on DVD or Blu Ray. *prays*

Wanna Be Startin Somthin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpY1vpVTLQA&feature=related
Heartbreak Hotel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Av0XKbNxZM&feature=related
Another Part Of Me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGfyvqkpa_8&feature=related
I Just Can't Stop Loving You: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv1sH_kDRwI&feature=related
Shes Out Of My Life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZIUVC-qVao&feature=related
Rock With You: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZWW9bw9UM4
Jackson 5 Medley: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxRax5vMOPs&feature=related
Smooth Criminal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo3yeHBtepM&feature=related
Human Nature: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-2xRTWde1U&feature=related
Thriller: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB2bTagedXM&feature=related
Working Day and Night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEgGQzbARGE&feature=related
Beat It: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0z0PbbVXII&feature=related
Billie Jean: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG-zNh63AGQ
Dirty Diana: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzFnc96KkNQ
Way You Make Me Feel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHgIdY3FUns
Bad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAN1gyhFEg4&feature=related
Man In The Mirror: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9G_C-qn-n8
 
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If you look at some clips from Dangerous Tour Wembley July 30th. That show looks absolutely phenomenal.

I would be over the moon if they released a Michael Jackson Wembley boxset. He brought his best to that venue every single time.
 
What about these ones?

Jean Michel Jarre live performanes - http://www.jeanmicheljarre.com/live-o-graphy
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U2 360° Tour


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'PopMart' Tour 1997-98
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The Rolling Stones - Bridges to Babylon 1997

See this - http://www.stufish.com/the-rolling-stones/bridges-to-babylon/reality.html

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Rolling Stones – A Bigger Bang 2007

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Rolling Stones - 40 licks
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Voodoo-Lounge-Tour 1994:
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Pink Floyd - Division Bell tour 1994
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Here are the top 10 tours worldwide regardless of the years the tour may fall in.
http://u2.interference.com/f225/biggest-grossing-tours-of-all-time-158959.html

1. Rolling Stones "A Bigger Bang Tour" 2005-2006 Should be the highest Grossing tour of all time by the time it finishes in August 2006. Projected Gross is slightly above $400 million.

2. U2 "Vertigo Tour" 2005-2006 Prior to the postponement of the tour, the GROSS was $333,206,884. 10 shows remain, all in stadiums and should push the final GROSS to around $380 million dollars.

3. Rolling Stones "Bridges To Babylon/No Security Tour" 1997/1998/1999 $339 million GROSS.

4. Rolling Stones "Voodoo Lounge Tour " 1994-1995 $319 million GROSS.

5. Rolling Stones "Licks Tour" 2002-2003 $300 million GROSS.


At #6 is likely Bruce Springsteens "Rising Tour" which did about $157.3 million in the USA, and probably another $75 million outside of North America for a total of around $230 million worldwide. This could be a little higher or lower, and would require a look up of the European Boxscores from 2003 to get a confirmed total.

At #7 is likely the Eagles "Hell Freezes Over Tour" which started in 1994 and went through the end of 1996. The tour Grossed $140 million dollars just from its North American dates in 1994 and 1995. It then did another $20 million in North America in 1996. Shows outside North America were smaller in number, but with a total North American Gross of $160 million from nearly 3 years of touring, its likely that the global total is around $200 million.

The next 3 tours are close in GROSS, but I only have exact figures for one, which is POPMART, so I'll put it first.

8. U2 "POPMART" 1997-1998 $171,677,024 GROSS

9. Rolling Stones "Steel Wheels Tour" 1989-1990 close to $170 million. There are no precise figures for this tours dates OUTSIDE North America since this tour is prior to 1995 when Amusement Business started to track such data. Because of that, this figure will always be an estimate of some sort.

10. Pink Floyd "Division Bell Tour" 1994 close to $170 million. This tour is in the same boat as the Steel Wheels tour because its international figures took place prior to 1995 and were not recorded by Amusement Business.


The farwell tours by Tina Tour and Cher were both large extensive multi-year tours that might be competitive enough for the top 10. I don't have the international figures, but in North America, Tina Turner did $80.2 million. She likely did as much if not more outside North America. Cher's 2002-2003 North American total was a massive $141.8 million. Also, Paul McCartney's recent tour from 2002 could be a contender but I'm not sure how many shows he played outside of North America if any.





Here is the top 10 North American Tours from Pollstar which only uses the highest single calander year gross total, which cuts some tours totals off.

1. The Rolling Stones "A Bigger Bang Tour" $162 million 2005
2. U2 "Vertigo Tour" $138.9 million 2005
3. The Rolling Stones "Voodoo Loung Tour" $121.2 million 1994
4. Bruce Springsteen "The Rising Tour" $115.9 million 2003
5. U2 "Elevation Tour" $109.7 million 2001
6. Pink Floyd "Division Bell tour" $103.5 million 1994
7. Paul McCartney $103.3 million 2002
8. The Rolling Stones "Steel Wheels Tour" $98 million 1989
9. The Rolling Stones "Bridges To Babylon Tour" $89.3 million 1997
10. The Rolling Stones "Licks Tour" $87.9 million 2002



Here are the 15 largest Grossing tours ever North America. This list is based on the entire tour, and does not cut off the figures because parts of tours fall in different years. I combined the Billy Joel/Elton John tours of 2001, 2002, and 2003 into one tour because I was uncertain if they were seperate individual tours or simply one long one.


1. The Rolling Stones "A Bigger Bang Tour" $200 million + (exact total figure not reported yet) 2005-2006

2. The Rolling Stones "Bridges To Babylon/No Security Tour" $185 million 1997-1999

3. Billy Joel/Elton John $173.6 million 2001/2002/2003

4. Eagles "Hell Freezes Over Tour" $162.7 million 1994-1996

5. Bruce Springsteen "The Rising Tour" $158.4 million 2002-2003

6. Cher " Farewell Tour" $141.8 million 2002-2003

7. U2 "Vertigo Tour" $138.9 million 2005

8. The Rolling Stones "Licks Tour" $126.4 million 2002-2003

9. The Rolling Stones "Voodoo Lounge Tour" $121.2 million 1994

10. N'Sync "Celebrity Tour" $120 million 2001-2002

11. U2 "Elevation" $109.7 million 2001

12. Bruce Springsteen $107.3 million 1999-2000

13. Eagles $104.7 million 2002-2003

14. Pink Floyd "Division Bell Tour" $103.5 million 1994

15. Paul McCartney $103.3 million 2002



While U2's Vertigo Tour ranks at only #7 in this list, it should be remembered that nearly every show was soldout in minutes or hours and dozens of shows could have been added to the tour in North America because the demand was there. That would have substantially increased the GROSS total. Most of the tours ahead of it met demand and in fact did not sellout every show.




Remember that when dealing with the highest Grossing Tour, recent tours will usually place higher, simply because of increasing ticket prices. The highest grossing tour in history is not necessarily the highest attended tour in history. The highest attended global tour in history where exact figures are available for both its North American and international shows is the Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge tour, with a total attendance for 6.4 million.
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Concerts with Record Attendance - http://www.noiseaddicts.com/2009/08/concerts-with-record-attendance/
 
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I do think that Michael and his concert team totally underestimated the possibilities of such stage creativity and Michael´s potential to have sponsors... = financial backing.

I can understand that Michael "didnt like" touring, but these huge stages clearly show the possibility how it was possible to reduce MJs stage performances and boost the visual effects...., most of the dance performances were repeating... and it looked like watching the same - especially Dangerous and HIStory tours, even TII had almost same dance choreography....

I always wanted Michael to have such huge, biggest stages...., but it never happened...

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Michael didnt really need it though.

Michael WAS the stage ;D

Those artists needed impressive stages like that, because lets face it........what else is there to look at? A lot of groups just stand there singing and playing, then maybe the frontman walking and jumping round the stage a bit.

When I watch Michael, im completely focused on him and dont even really notice the stage. He didnt need it.
 
L.T.D said:
Michael didnt really need it though.

Michael WAS the stage ;D

Those artists needed impressive stages like that, because lets face it........what else is there to look at? A lot of groups just stand there singing and playing, then maybe the frontman walking and jumping round the stage a bit.

When I watch Michael, im completely focused on him and dont even really notice the stage. He didnt need it.
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Yes, you are right, Bono is just singing, Mick is just jumping, but fans can have the fantastic visual experience that MJ fans could not have.
Imagine a huge stadium, a small stage like for Bad, dangerous or HIStory and... 100K fans, how many of them could see Michael dancing on the stage? or how many could see the stage itself?
See the point?

my point also is how it was to boost the genius of Michael Jackson and his visions, with such stages it would be the most phenomenal live performances...

BTW, its pretty weird that on the list of top tours, there is no MJs....
 
^^^^^^^Exactly............

Some of these other artists need architecture, visual effects and other stuff to make their concerts good.........

.....But at the end of the day, it's the actual performance of the artists/bands that goes down in history!!!!!


Just look at the old performances of artists like James Brown and Elvis Presley and you'll see that they never needed any special tricks!!!!!!!


This is also why Michael is so highly regarded as a complete entertainer and not just a singer!!!!!!
 
agreed!!^^^^ I never got to see Michael perform on stage but i watched him a number of times on tv and he never needed any visuals or high tech special effects to make a show good. Michael was the effects and he was the stage. it doesnt really matter that he is not on some silly list ratting him on how good his shows are bc that was never what michael was about. all he needed to do was get ons stage and perform. that was all he needed. If anything I think he had a bigger crowd then any of those other performers bc who on this planet didnt want to see Michael Jackson perform at one point in their lives? Michael was showman and he loved the admiration and love he got from his fans but he really didnt need all those fancy visuals and lights for his shows. He loved them definetly but he didnt need them. but he was surely going to use them got This Is It. too bad we never got to see it all unfold.
 
mjlovergurl003 said:
agreed!!^^^^ I never got to see Michael perform on stage but i watched him a number of times on tv and he never needed any visuals or high tech special effects to make a show good. Michael was the effects and he was the stage. it doesnt really matter that he is not on some silly list ratting him on how good his shows are bc that was never what michael was about. all he needed to do was get ons stage and perform. that was all he needed. If anything I think he had a bigger crowd then any of those other performers bc who on this planet didnt want to see Michael Jackson perform at one point in their lives? Michael was showman and he loved the admiration and love he got from his fans but he really didnt need all those fancy visuals and lights for his shows. He loved them definetly but he didnt need them. but he was surely going to use them got This Is It. too bad we never got to see it all unfold.
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Oh yeah, Michael was the stage, the performance, the special effects...everything that was needed :punk:

Besides, where's the list of performers who are best at driving their crowds wild?? I know who's on top there with no competition at all :cheeky:

To the OP: Not sure if it's that particular concert that's Michael's very best, but I'd definitely take it any time :punk: Bring it on, Sony, we've been waiting long enough.. :timer:
 
Moonwalker.Fan said:
What about these ones?

Jean Michel Jarre live performanes - http://www.jeanmicheljarre.com/live-o-graphy
hd_concert-for-tolerance-1995_002.jpg

hd_concert-for-tolerance-1995_001.jpg

hd_the-twelve-dreams-of-the-sun-1999-2000_006.jpg


U2 360° Tour


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U2-01_Getty_350942s.jpg

u2_indo_349803b.jpg

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U2
'PopMart' Tour 1997-98
PopWham.jpg
PopXenon.jpg


The Rolling Stones - Bridges to Babylon 1997

See this - http://www.stufish.com/the-rolling-stones/bridges-to-babylon/reality.html

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stage2.jpg


Rolling Stones – A Bigger Bang 2007

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Rolling Stones - 40 licks
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Voodoo-Lounge-Tour 1994:
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Pink Floyd - Division Bell tour 1994
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Beautiful pictures!




mjlovergurl003 said:
agreed!!^^^^ I never got to see Michael perform on stage but i watched him a number of times on tv and he never needed any visuals or high tech special effects to make a show good. Michael was the effects and he was the stage. it doesnt really matter that he is not on some silly list ratting him on how good his shows are bc that was never what michael was about. all he needed to do was get ons stage and perform. that was all he needed. If anything I think he had a bigger crowd then any of those other performers bc who on this planet didnt want to see Michael Jackson perform at one point in their lives? Michael was showman and he loved the admiration and love he got from his fans but he really didnt need all those fancy visuals and lights for his shows. He loved them definetly but he didnt need them. but he was surely going to use them got This Is It. too bad we never got to see it all unfold.
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Michael ALWAYS will be the best!!!!
 
damn those stages look beautiful!

but it the stage was that big for michael it would have taken away from the SHOW going on

substance, not flash

ps. have you seen TII? :D
 
AdamBa17 said:
damn those stages look beautiful!

but it the stage was that big for michael it would have taken away from the SHOW going on

substance, not flash

ps. have you seen TII? :D
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If Michael had such huge stages that would be phenomenal.
In fact, all MJ stages were really small and under-average ..., what is pity. :doh:
Thats something I dint understand..., I will never understand.... what a show it would have been....
 
Moonwalker.Fan said:
If Michael had such huge stages that would be phenomenal.
In fact, all MJ stages were really small and under-average ..., what is pity. :doh:
Thats something I dint understand..., I will never understand.... what a show it would have been....
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iFind it better that the stages were smaller and "under-average," just means more focus on the King of Pop

If Mike wanted a big stage, he would've got one
 
Moonwalker.Fan said:
If Michael had such huge stages that would be phenomenal.
In fact, all MJ stages were really small and under-average ..., what is pity. :doh:
Thats something I dint understand..., I will never understand.... what a show it would have been....
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You feel Michael's stages were small and below average, really?

First, everyone is entitled to his/her opinion. Let's agree to disagree. :agree:

I personally found his Dangerous stage and HIStory stage to be elaborate and timeless. I love the laser lightning effect in Dangerous tour. It's grand, but it didn't overwhelm the true star of the night - Michael Jackson. There were even a rocket and a tank on the HIStory stage. Both tours were hugh productions. Michael is well known for pushing boundaries and demanding the best from himself and everybody around him. If he wanted a bigger stage, he would have asked for one. Despite all the rumors, he always has been a powerful player. When he incorporated morphing effect in Black or White, he's among the first to do so. Who else can have a $7 million budget for a music video. Scream remains the most expensive music video ever produced. I don't think Michael would have settled for a sub-par stage.

Also, when I watch the Dangerous tour or HIStory tour. I don't feel they are dated. I cannot believe the tours took place 18 years ago and 13 years ago, respectively (unless I pay attention to the clothes wore by the audience, then I can tell it's from the early 90's). How many times when you watch other artists' performance from 10 years ago, you giggled and said, "oh my god, that looks ridiculous." The whole productions of Dangerous tour and HIStory tour are timeless.

Other artist may have a bigger stage with more complicated design, that doesn't mean the value is greater, IMO. Just like what others have pointed out, Michael is the stage. Michael is the special effect. Michael is really what the audience needs.
 
I agree that Michael didn't need a huge venue to satisfy anyone, but one has to admit, it would've been beautiful to see Michael perform at one of the stages Moonwalker posted.
 
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