Michael Jackson visits Rome and Florence during his World Bad Tour in 1988 ~#xyanaღILMOMJ

#xyanaღILMOMJ #MichaelJackson #michaeljacksonitaly #CristianaMarchioretto #italy #michaeljacksonrome #MJHumanitarian #short #shorts #michaeljacksonshorts This is a video about Michael Jackson visit Italy, in particular Rome and Florence. Michael Jackson visits Rome during World Bad Tour in 1988. Michael spent some down-time in Italy in May 1988 while traveling the world on the BAD tour. He visited the Sistine Chapel in Rome and St. Peter’s Cathedral in Vatican City, and also visited Michelangelo’s statue of David in Florence. “I’m a great fan of art. I love Michelangelo. If I had the chance to talk to him or read about him, I would want to know about what inspired him to become who he is – the anatomy of his craftsmanship. Not about who he went out with last night, or why he decided to sit out in the sun so long…” – Michael Jackson in 1993 Michael Jackson often made time while on tour to do humanitarian work. In 1988, when the Bad World Tour came to Italy, Michael visited with young cancer patients at the Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital in Rome. He donated £100,000 to the hospital. ...................................... The European leg began in Rome on May 23, where police and security guards rescued hundreds of fans from being crushed in the crowd of 35,000. Police reported 130 women had fainted at the concert in Vienna. While in Switzerland, Jackson went to Vevey to meet Oona O’Neill, the widow of actor Charlie Chaplin. The most successful of the European dates were those in London at Wembley Stadium, where demand for the five July dates exceeded 1.5 million, enough to fill the 72,000-capacity venue 20 times. Jackson went on to perform seven sold-out shows at Wembley for a total of 504,000 people which entered him into the Guinness World Records, the first of three times from the tour alone. The record surpassed the previous attendance record shared by Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, and Genesis. More shows could have been added, but the venue had reached its quota for live performances. The third concert was attended by Diana, Princess of Wales and Prince Charles, and subsequently released as Live at Wembley July 16, 1988. On July 30, NBC aired Michael Jackson Around the World, a 90-minute special documenting the singer on tour. On August 29, after a birthday performance in Leeds, Jackson donated $130,000 to Give for Life. The final European show was held in Liverpool at Aintree Racecourse, where 1,550 fans were reported injured among the crowd of 125,000, the largest show of the tour. Bad was the first solo concert tour by American singer Michael Jackson, launched in support of his seventh studio album Bad (1987). The 123-show world tour began on September 12, 1987 in Japan, and concluded on January 27, 1989 in the US, and sponsored by soft drink manufacturer Pepsi. It grossed a total of $125 million, making it the second highest-grossing tour of the 1980s after Pink Floyd’s Momentary Lapse of Reason tour, and earning two new entries in the Guinness World Records for the largest grossing tour in history and the tour with the largest attended audience. It was nominated for “Tour of the Year 1988“ at the inaugural International Rock Awards. At the end of the Bad tour, Jackson made a public statement that he intended for it to be his last as a touring artist, as he had plans to transition to filmmaking;[4] however, it was followed by the Dangerous World Tour in 1992–1993 and the HIStory World Tour in 1996–1997. Except for two shows in Hawaii during the HIStory Tour, this would be the only time that Jackson would tour the United States as a solo artist. 🔴 ILMOMJ STORE ► Looking for the perfect MJ Christmas Gift for someone special? This MJ Merchandise is the perfect one! For true Applehead lovers. ► SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you have not already done! 👍 If you like this video, click LIKE! 🔔 HIT the Notification Bell to not miss the next video! 📥 Leave a comment below INSTAGRAM: TWITTER: FACEBOOK: FACEBOOK PAGE: **DISCLAIMER** ALL COPYRIGHTS OF AUDIO AND IMAGES CONTENT OF THIS VIDEO DON’T BELONG TO ME. I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO ANY OF THE AUDIO AND IMAGES CONTENT OF THIS VIDEO. THE AUDIO AND VIDEO CLIPS ARE UPLOADED FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY. THEREFORE NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IS INTENDED