As a tribute to Michael Jackson, we dug through the web to list some significant Michael Jackson concert venues in the United States. His last concert as part of a world tour in the United States was on January 27, 1989 (20 YEARS AGO!) in Los Angeles at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, not far at all from Staples Center.
Other stops on the Bad World Tour were in:
- Kemper Arena in Kansas City
- Madison Square Garden in New York
- St. Louis Arena (demolished)
- Freedom Hall in Louisville, KY
- McNichols Sports Arena in Denver (demolished)
- Hartford Civic Center
- The Summit in Houston (now Lakewood Church)
- The Omni in Atlanta (demolished)
- Rosemont Horizon in Chicago
- Reunion Arena in Dallas
- Met Center in Minneapolis (demolished)
- Irvine Meadows Amphitheater (now known as Verizon Wireless - not to be confused with the Verizon Wireless in Virginia)
- The Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit
- Capital Centre (demolished) in Washington DC
- Richfield Coliseum in Cleveland
- The Meadowlands Arena in New Jersey
- Civic Arena (now called the Mellon Arena) in Pittsburgh
Prior to that - The Jackson's 1984 Victory Tour took him to 17 US cities:
- Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, MO
- Texas Stadium in Dallas
- Gator Bowl in Jacksonville
- Giants Stadium in New Jersey
- Madison Square Garden in NY
- RFK Stadium in Washington, DC
- Neyland Stadium in Knoxville
- Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit
- Rich Stadium in Buffalo
- JFK Stadium in Philadelphia (demolished)
- Mile High Stadium Denver
- Comiskey Park in Chicago
- Cleveland Stadium
- Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta (demolished)
- Miami's Orange Bowl
- Houston Astrodome
- Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles
The Jackson's 1981 Triumph Tour took him to 39 US cities. I will list them in a future post (assuming this post is well received by MJ fans)
Interested in a pilgrimage to sites of his more recent appearances:
- Performed Rock With You as part of the 1980 UNICEF Benefit Concert at Nassau Coliseum in New York
- On Sept 10, 2001 (and three days before) at Madison Square Garden in New York
- United We Stand: What More Can I Give charity concert (for Sept 11 victims) at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC
- Pasadena, California - as part of "American Bandstand 50th.. A Celebration:"
- Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York in 2002, his final appearance in the United States
To the best of my knowledge, Michael Jackson never performed on Broadway, but he did perform with the Jackson 5 at Radio City Music Hall.
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Does anyone know if I can purchase a copy of the concert he performed in Minneapolis at the Met Center? Thanks.
Posted by: Anne | November 09, 2009 at 06:00 PM