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Victory Tour

The  Victory Tour  was a concert tour of the United States and Canada by The Jacksons between July and December 1984. It was the first and only tour with all six Jackson brothers (even though Jackie was injured for most of the tour). The group performed 55 concerts to an audience of approximately 2 million. Most came to see Michael Jackson, whose album  Thriller  was dominating the popular music world at the time. Songs from it and his earlier solo album  Off the Wall  made up most of the set list. The tour reportedly grossed approximately $75 million and set a new record for the highest grossing tour. It showcased Michael's single decorated glove, black sequined jacket and moonwalk.

Despite its focus on Michael, it was named after the newly released Jacksons' album  Victory  although none of the album's songs were performed. Marlon confirmed it was because Michael refused to rehearse or perform them. He had, in fact, only joined his brothers, who needed the income while he did not, on the tour reluctantly, and tensions between him and them increased to the point that he announced at the last show that it was the last time they would perform together, ending plans for a European leg.

The Jacksons did make money from the tour, along with promoter Don King. Michael donated his share to several charities as he had promised before it in order to save face over a controversial ticket-lottery system, eventually eliminated, that he had opposed. But the rancour between him and his brothers had a deep and lasting effect on the Jacksons as a family, alienating him from them for most of his life; it effectively ended the Jacksons as a performing group. The tour was also a financial disaster for promoter Chuck Sullivan, who along with his father Billy was eventually forced to sell the New England Patriots football team they owned, along with Foxboro Stadium, the team's home field, as a result of the losses he incurred.

• 1 Background
• 2 Planning and organization
• 3.1 Financial difficulties
• 3.2 Tensions among The Jacksons
• 3.3 Other issues
• 4 Aftermath
• 8 Tour dates[edit]

Background [ ]

In November 1983, The Jacksons announced plans for a major tour in 1984 at a press conference, with boxing promoter Don Kingoffering $3 million in upfront advances. That spring, the  Victory  album was recorded, to be released shortly before the tour itself. On the eve of the tour in July, Michael announced, in response to complaints about the lottery system for allocating tickets, that his entire earnings for the tour would go to charities—The United Negro College Fund, the Michael Jackson Scholarship Fund, Camp Good Times for terminally ill children and the T.J. Martell Foundation for Leukemia and Cancer Research.

At the time the tour was announced, the Jacksons had not lined up a promoter for the shows. In the spring of 1984, Chuck Sullivan, son of Billy Sullivan owner of the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL), went to Los Angeles to see if he could get the Jacksons to choose the team's home, Sullivan Stadium, which the family also owned, for the group's Boston-area shows. After using his financial and legal expertise to help his father regain control of the team he had founded and built in the wake of a 1974 boardroom coup, the younger Sullivan, who had promoted concerts as an undergraduate atBoston College and during his Army service in Thailand, had begun staging concerts at the stadium to generate extra income for the team.

Planning and organization [ ]

At a meeting, Frank DiLeo, a vice president at Epic Records, the Jacksons' label, told Sullivan that the group's talks with its original promoter had broken down and they were seeking a replacement. Sensing an opportunity, Sullivan returned to Boston and began putting together the financing to allow Stadium Management Corp. (SMC), the Patriots' subsidiary that operated the stadium, to promote the entire Victory tour. Initially he partnered with Eddie DeBartolo, then owner of another NFL team, the San Francisco 49ers, in putting together a bid offering the Jacksons two-thirds of the tour's gross revenue against a guaranteed $40 million ($90.8 million in modern dollars).

DeBartolo withdrew when he began to see the deal as too risky, but Sullivan persevered by himself, and in late April DiLeo told him at another meeting in Los Angeles that SMC, which had never handled a tour, would be the promoter of the year's most eagerly anticipated concert tour, expected to gross $70–80 million. The deal was very generous to the Jacksons. Sullivan had agreed that they would receive 83.4% of gross potential ticket revenues, which meant in practical terms that the group would be paid as if the show had sold out regardless of whether it actually did. That percentage was at least 25 points above what was at that time the industry standard for artists on tour .

Sullivan Stadium, used as collateral to finance the tour, as seen shortly before its demolition in the early 2000s.

Sullivan also guaranteed the Jacksons a $36.6 million ($83.1 million in modern dollars) advance. He put the stadium up as collateral for a $12.5 million loan to pay the first installment shortly before the tour started. The balance was due two weeks later.

The month after winning the tour bid, Sullivan approached stadium managers at the NFL's meetings, many of whom were there to bid for future Super Bowls. He sought changes to their usual arrangements with touring performers in order to make the Victory Tour more profitable. Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium, home of the Chiefs, agreed to accept only a $100,000 fee for the three opening concerts instead of its usual percentage of ticket sales and concessions. The Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida, provided nearly half a million dollars' worth of free goods and services. Ultimately, 26 of the 55 dates were played in 17 stadiums that were home to NFL teams.

But some others balked at Sullivan's demands. To use John F. Kennedy Stadium, he asked the city of Philadelphia for almost $400,000 in tax breaks and subsidies. Among them were free hotel rooms and suites for all tour workers, free use of the stadium and waiver of concession revenue. He said the Jacksons' presence would generate revenue that would make up the difference, but the city stood firm on some provisions. Outside of negotiations, his behavior on tour further embarrassed the Jacksons on some occasions. At Washington's RFK Stadium, he forgot his pass and was denied entry.

Sullivan was particularly humiliated when the board of selectmen in Foxboro, where his family's team and stadium were located, uncharacteristically denied a permit for the concert, citing "the unknown element." What that meant has never been clear. It has been suggested that they were racially motivated. There  had  been continuing security concerns about the stadium during Patriots' games and previous concerts, but the board had never denied permits on that basis before.

To help defray the tour's costs, the Jacksons sought a corporate sponsor. They had all but concluded a lucrative deal with Quaker Oats when King came to them with a deal he had already signed with Pepsi. Although it would pay them less money, they had to take it and break off talks with Quaker. Part of the deal was that Michael, who did not drink Pepsi, would have to do two commercials. He made sure that his face appeared minimally in them to avoid overexposing his image. During filming of one of the two commercials, Michael suffered second and third degree burns on his scalp when a firework effect malfunctioned, catching his hair on fire. Many people, including friends and associates of his, believe this incident is what sparked his problems with prescription drug abuse.

Ticket controversy and other business issues [ ]

King, Sullivan and Joe Jackson came up with a way to generate additional revenue from ticket sales. Those wishing to attend would have to send a postal money order for $120 ($270 in modern dollars) along with a special form to a lottery to buy blocks of four tickets at $30 apiece, ostensibly to curtail scalpers. Upon receipt the money was to be deposited into a standard money market account earning 7% annual interest; it would take six to eight weeks for the lottery to be held and money to be refunded to the unsuccessful purchasers. Since only one in ten purchasers would win the lottery and receive tickets, there would be more money in the bank for that time period than there were tickets to sell, and they expected to earn $10–12 million in interest.

Joe and his sons were all in favor of the scheme—except Michael, who warned them that it would be a public relations disaster. The $30 ticket price, already higher than most touring acts charged at the time, was compounded by the requirement to buy four. This put tickets out of reach of the many of his fans who were poor African Americans. That community was joined by many commentators in the media in vociferously criticizing the Jacksons over the scheme. Nevertheless, when newspapers published the form for tickets to the first show in Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium in late June, fans lined up at stores before they opened to buy them. A local radio disk jockey said some newspapers were even stolen from lawns.

On July 5, 1984, after receiving a letter from eleven-year-old fan Ladonna Jones, who accused the Jacksons and their promoters of being 'selfish and just out for money,' Michael held a press conference to announce changes in the tour's organization and also to announce that his share of the proceeds from the tour would be donated to charity. Following a controversy with the way tickets were purchased, lead-singer Michael Jackson donated his proceeds (approx. $5 million) from the tour to three charities, including the T.J. Martell Foundation for Leukemia and Cancer Research, The United Negro College Fund, and Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times.

Jones later received VIP treatment at the Dallas concert. The following is Michael's speech at a press conference on July 5, 1984, the day before the tour began:

After, the procedures were modified, but all sales continued to be made by mail (except for the six final shows at Dodger Stadium, where tickets were also sold throughTicketmaster.) Tickets were typically made available only a week to ten days in advance, and many tickets ended up in the hands of ticket brokers.

Financial difficulties [ ]

The tour sold what was then a record number of tickets despite the high price. The opening shows were widely covered in the national media and sold out. "Anybody who sees this show will be a better person for years to come," King told the media before the first date in Kansas City. "Michael Jackson has transcended all earthly bounds. Every race, color and creed is waiting for this tour."

Sullivan had estimated in June that he would make up to $13 million, but by August he had reduced that estimate by more than three-quarters, to $3 million. Transporting the 365-ton (331 t) stage Michael had designed, which took up one-third of a football field (approximately 19,200 square feet (1,780 m 2 )), required over 30 tractor trailers. It was so large it required using some of the seating area, in some venues taking as much as a quarter of the potential available seats off the market.

Before the tour began Sullivan had spent nearly a million dollars on legal fees and insurance. Among the 250 workers on the tour payroll was an "ambiance director" who provided "homey touches" to the traveling parlor the group relaxed in before and after shows. Overhead costs were soon averaging around a million dollars a week, far over expectations, and Sullivan was unable to pay the $24 million balance on the advance. He renegotiated the deal down to 75% of gross potential seat revenues soon after the tour began.

Tensions among The Jacksons [ ]

Tensions between Michael and his brothers increased during the tour. He stayed at his own hotels and flew between stops on a private jet while the rest of the family flew commercial. At one point he demanded that a publicist be fired. When he found out right before a show that she had not been, he refused to go on until she was. Michael had also been disappointed when his idol James Brown declined his invitation to join the group on stage in New York due to Brown's continued outrage about the ticket lottery.

The other Jacksons also had grievances with Michael. He turned down a multimillion-dollar offer from a movie producer to film one of the shows that his brothers had accepted, only to have a crew he had hired show up to shoot its own film several nights later (they have subsequently blocked its release). Despite a pretour agreement that only the Jacksons themselves could ride in the van chartered to take them to shows, Michael began taking child star Emmanuel Lewis along with them. Later, after a similar agreement over a helicopter that took the brothers to a show at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, Michael showed up with Julian Lennon, and his brothers glared at him for the entire flight. Before the tour was halfway completed the brothers were taking separate vehicles to concerts.

The brothers all stayed on different floors of their hotels, and refused to talk to each other on the way to shows. Meetings broke down among factions, with two lawyers frequently representing Michael's interests, another Jermaine's, and one more for the other three. "It was the worst experience Michael had ever had with his brothers," said a longtime family friend. "Some were jealous, there was denial, the whole gamut of human emotions."

Other issues [ ]

Health issues also affected the tour. Jackie Jackson missed the first half with a leg injury, supposedly sustained during rehearsals. At one point Michael became so exhausted and dehydrated from the stress of quarreling with his brothers that he was placed under medical care.

By the later shows on the tour its novelty had worn off and the strains were having an effect. The  Victory  album had not sold well, and shows were increasingly failing to sell out. Dates planned for Pittsburgh were canceled; extra shows in Chicago made up the difference. By early October, the time of the shows in Toronto's Exhibition Stadium, a total of 50,000 tickets had gone unsold. Sullivan renegotiated again, getting the Jacksons to agree to revenues based on actual sales.

Things did not improve as the tour reached its final leg on the West Coast. In late November, the shows at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, just outside Phoenix, were canceled. Officially the reason was that Jermaine was too sick with the flu to perform, but there was some speculation that slow ticket sales played a role as well. Sullivan was so short of cash he stopped payment on a $1.9 million check to the group after the Vancouver dates. Immediately afterwards, he suffered a minor heart attack, and left the hospital early to renegotiate with the Jacksons again, claiming losses of $5–6 million. By this time the parties were no longer meeting in person. The Jacksons agreed to waive the stopped payment in return for a greater share of revenue from the six final shows in Los Angeles's Dodger Stadium. Sullivan's estimated profit was down to half a million dollars.

The Jacksons and Don King had made money even though Sullivan had not, and near the end of the tour they began making plans for a European leg. When word reached Michael, he let them know through his representatives that he would not be taking part. At the rain-soaked tour finale in Los Angeles's Dodger Stadium, where many seats were conspicuously empty and the fans in those that were filled were noticeably less enthusiastic than they had been earlier in the tour, Michael announced at the end of the show, to his brothers' shocked expressions, that this would be the last time they all performed together. The plans to go to Europe were ended.

Aftermath [ ]

Michael's announcement generated some great backlash from his brothers. Don King's reaction was blunt:

Michael was so upset when he learned of King's remarks that he called his lawyer John Branca and said "Sue his ass. That guy has been pushing my last nerve since day one." Branca calmed him down and persuaded him to drop the idea.

Financially, the Jacksons themselves ended up making very good money based on excellent ticket sales and the financial deal they struck with Sullivan. The Jacksons netted approximately $36 million, which worked out to about $7 million for each brother, most of which they spent on expensive lifestyles. Michael, who alone did not need the money, donated his share to charity as he had promised. He had also received an $18 million advance from Sullivan for a Michael Jackson designer jeans brand, few of which were ever produced and sold before Sullivan had to stop production.

Estimates of SMC's losses have ranged from $13 million to $22 million ($29.5 million to $49.9 million in modern dollars) Sullivan and his father quietly put the word out around the NFL that the Patriots and their stadium were for sale. Their $100 million asking price for the combined package made more sense when the Patriots qualified for Super Bowl XX after the next season, the first time they had ever done so.

An early deal for the team collapsed, and the Patriots limped on. Even after making the Super Bowl, the team's revenue was not nearly enough for the Sullivans to service the debt from the Victory Tour. At one point they were so close to bankruptcy that the NFL had to advance them $4 million to make their payroll. Sullivan's woes increased when his wife filed for divorce, and he had to set up a luxury box at the stadium as his personal living quarters. He allegedly wrote several letters to Michael Jackson, begging the star for money to bail the team out. Jackson never replied.

The Sullivans finally gave up and sold the Patriots to Victor Kiam in 1988. However, Kiam was unable to keep himself or the team financially stable either, and eventually they were sold again in 1992 to James Orthwein, who nearly moved the team to St. Louis before selling it in 1994 to Robert Kraft, their current owner, under whose management they have won several Super Bowls. Kraft had entered the picture some years ea,rlier, when he bought Sullivan Stadium out of bankruptcy. He has a Victory Tour poster in his office as a reminder of how he was able to realize his lifelong dream of owning the Patriots.

Aside from a few months in mid-1975, the Victory Tour era marked the only time that all six Jackson brothers worked together at the same time as a band. Jackie Jackson missed most of the tour because of a leg injury. That injury was described at the time as a knee injury incurred during strenuous rehearsals. Margaret Maldonado (the mother of two of Jermaine Jackson's children) has alleged that Jackie in fact broke his leg in an automobile accident: his first wife Enid ran him over in a parking lot after catching him with another woman. In any case, Jackie made a speedy recovery and was able to rejoin his brothers on stage for the last portion of the tour. Michael sang all the lead vocals, except for a medley of Jermaine's solo hits.

Eddie Van Halen made at least two special guest appearances doing the "Beat It" guitar solo.

Shortly after the tour ended, Michael returned to his solo career and Marlon left the group to start his own solo career without The Jacksons.

Set list [ ]

The set list included songs from the Jacksons albums  Destiny  and  Triumph . Despite the name of the tour, the  Victory  album was not represented. There were also songs on the list from Jermaine's and Michael's solo careers. Songs from Michael's albums  Off the Wall  and  Thriller  were both represented. The set list did not include "Thriller" itself because Michael did not like the way the song sounded live.

Jermaine sometimes performed the song "Dynamite" during his solo medley in place of the usual "You Like Me, Don't You?".

• 1. " Sword in the Stone "  (Introduction)
• 2. " Wanna Be Startin' Somethin '"
• 3. " Things I Do for You "
• 4. " Off the Wall "
• 5. " Ben "/" Human Nature "
• 6. " This Place Hotel "
• 7. " She's Out of My Life"
• "Let's Get Serious"
• "You Like Me, Don't You?"/"Dynamite"
• " Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True) "  (with Michael)
• " I Want You Back "
• " The Love You Save "
• " I'll Be There "
• 10. " Rock With You "
• 11. " Lovely One "
• 12. " Workin' Day and Night "
• 13. " Beat It "
• 14. " Billie Jean "
• 15. " Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) "  (featuring snippets of "State of Shock" and "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough")
• Four concerts, although not in high quality, have been leaked: An almost complete recording of the second concert of the tour recorded in Kansas City, and three complete shows recorded in Dallas, New York City and Toronto.
• Jackie Jackson made his first appearance on the tour in Montreal during the song "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)". He would continue to join in during the last song on every tour.

Tour dates[edit] [ ]

• 1 List of unreleased songs
• 2 Bigi Jackson
• 3 List of Michael Jackson songs

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The Victory Tour

Start date July 6, 1984 End date December 9, 1984 No. of shows 47 in United States 8 in Canada 55 played Attendance 2 million Box office US$75 million ($176.67 million in 2017 dollars)

“Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin'” “Things I Do for You” “Off the Wall” “Human Nature” “This Place Hotel” “She’s Out of My Life” Jermaine Jackson Medley: “Let’s Get Serious” / “You Like Me, Don’t You?”/”Dynamite” / “Tell Me I’m Not Dreamin’ (Too Good to Be True)” (with Michael) The Jackson 5 Medley: “I Want You Back” / “The Love You Save” / “I’ll Be There” “Rock with You” “Lovely One” “Workin’ Day and Night” “Beat It” “Billie Jean” “Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)” (contain excerpts from “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough)”

July 1 :  The Jackson have a full dress rehearsal of the “Victory” show at BJCC Colisuem in Birmingham.

July 6+7+8 :  The Jacksons kick off the Victory Tour at the arrowhead stadium in in Kansas City (Missouri)

July 13+14+15 :  Concerts at the Texas Stadium in Irving, (Dallas county) attended by Prince & Emmanuel Lewis among others. During the second concert in Dallas , Eddie Van Halen joins Michael on stage to play his solo guitar on Beat It

July 21+22+23 :  Concerts at the Gator Bowl stadium in Jacksonville.

July 29+30+31 :  Concerts at the Giants stadium in East Rutherford (New Jersey) attended by Katherine, Janet, Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, Dominic, Connie, Frank & Eddie Cascio among others.

August 4+5 :  Concerts at the Madison Square Garden in New York City.

August 7+8+9+10+11+12 :  Concerts at the Neyland Stadium in Knoxville.

August 17+18+19 :  Concert at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac (Michigan).

August 25+26 :  Concerts at the Buffalo Rich Stadium in Orchad Park.

September 1+2 :  Concerts at the John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania).

September 7+8 :  Concerts at the Mile High Stadium in Denver (Colorado). Michael visits Elton John..

September 16+17+18 :  Concerts at the Canada Montreal Olympic Stadium in Montreal (Canada). During the last song, Jackie joins the brothers on stage for the first time during the tour.

September 21+22 :  Concerts at the United States RFK Stadium in Washington D.C.

September 28+29 :  Concerts at the John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania).

October 5+6+7 :  Concerts at the Exhibition Stadium in Toronto, Canada.

October 12+13+14 :  Concerts at the Comiskey Park in Chicago.

October 19+20 :  Concerts at the Municipal Stadium in Cleveland.

October 29+30 :  Concerts at the Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta.

November 2+3 :  Concerts at the Orange Bowl in Miami.

November 9+10 :  Concerts at the Houston Astrodome in Houston (Texas).

November 16+17+18 :  Concerts at the BC Place in Vancouver, Canada.

November 30 + December 1+ 2 +7 +8+9 : The Jacksons play their last Victory Tour concerts at the Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles . During the last song of the last concert, Janet, LaToya & Rebbie join the group on stage with all the nieces and nephews to dance all together.

Michael announces on stage that this concert is the “last curtain call” from The Jacksons.

During 55 concerts attended by over 2 million people, the tour grossed a record $75 million!

Band members

Michael Jackson: vocals Randy Jackson – vocals, percussion, keyboards Jermaine Jackson: vocals; bass Tito Jackson: vocals; guitar Marlon Jackson: vocals; percussion Jackie Jackson: vocals; percussion (First performance during the Quebec concerts.) Keyboards: Rory Kaplan, Pat Leonard & Jai Winding Guitar: David Williams & Gregg Wright Drums: Jonathan Moffett

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Victory Tour (The Jacksons tour)

The Victory Tour was a concert tour of the United States and Canada by Michael Jackson and The Jackson family between July and December of 1984. It was the first and only tour with all six Jackson brothers (even though Jackie was injured for most of the tour). The group performed 55 concerts to an audience of approximately 2 million. Most came to see Michael, whose album Thriller was dominating the popular music world at the time. Songs from it and his earlier solo album Off the Wall made up most of the set list . The tour reportedly grossed approximately $75 million and set a new record for the highest grossing tour . It showcased Michael's single decorated glove, black sequined jacket and moonwalk .

Despite its focus on Michael, it was named after the newly released Jacksons' album Victory although none of the album's songs were performed and Marlon confirmed it was because Michael refused to rehearse or perform them; in fact, he had only reluctantly joined his brothers, who needed the income while he himself did not, on the tour and tensions between him and them increased to the point that he announced at the last show that it was the last time they would perform together, ending plans for a European leg.

The Jacksons did make money from the tour, along with promoter Don King . Michael donated his share to several charities as he had promised before it, but the rancour between him and his brothers had a deep and lasting effect on the Jacksons as a family , alienating him from them for most of his life and it effectively ended the Jacksons as a performing group. The tour was also a financial disaster for promoter Chuck Sullivan, who along with his father Billy was eventually forced to sell the New England Patriots football team they owned, along with Foxboro Stadium , the team's home field, as a result of the losses he incurred.

• 1 Background
• 2 Planning and organization
• 3.1 Financial difficulties
• 3.2 Tensions among The Jackson family
• 3.3 Other issues
• 4 Aftermath
• 7 Tour dates
• 8.1 Performers
• 8.2 Credits
• 9 References

In November 1983, The Jacksons announced plans for a major tour in 1984 at a press conference, with boxing promoter Don King offering $3 million in upfront advances. That spring, the Victory album was recorded, to be released shortly before the tour itself. On the eve of the tour in July, Michael announced, in response to complaints about the lottery system for allocating tickets, that his entire earnings for the tour would go to charities—The United Negro College Fund , the Michael Jackson Scholarship Fund, Camp Good Times for terminally ill children and the T.J. Martell Foundation for Leukemia and Cancer Research. [2]

At the time the tour was announced, the Jacksons had not lined up a promoter for the shows. In the spring of 1984, Chuck Sullivan, son of Billy Sullivan owner of the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL), went to Los Angeles to see if he could get the Jacksons to choose the team's home, Sullivan Stadium , which the family also owned, for the group's Boston-area shows. After using his financial and legal expertise to help his father regain control of the team he had founded and built in the wake of a 1974 boardroom coup , the younger Sullivan, who had promoted concerts as an undergraduate at Boston College and during his Army service in Thailand, had begun staging concerts at the stadium to generate extra income for the team. [3]

Planning and organization

At a meeting, Frank DiLeo, a vice president at Epic Records , the Jacksons' label, told Sullivan that the group's talks with its original promoter had broken down and they were seeking a replacement. Sensing an opportunity, Sullivan returned to Boston and began putting together the financing to allow Stadium Management Corp. (SMC), the Patriots' subsidiary that operated the stadium, to promote the entire Victory tour. Initially he partnered with Eddie DeBartolo , then owner of another NFL team, the San Francisco 49ers , in putting together a bid offering the Jacksons two-thirds of the tour's gross revenue against a guaranteed $40 million ($91.1 million in modern dollars [1] ). [3]

DeBartolo withdrew when he began to see the deal as too risky, but Sullivan persevered by himself, and in late April DiLeo told him at another meeting in Los Angeles that SMC, which had never handled a tour, would be the promoter of the year's most eagerly anticipated concert tour, expected to gross $70–80 million. The deal was very generous to the Jacksons. Sullivan had agreed that they would receive 83.4% of gross potential ticket revenues, which meant in practical terms that the group would be paid as if the show had sold out regardless of whether it actually did. That percentage was at least 25 points above what was at that time the industry standard for artists on tour. [3]

Sullivan also guaranteed the Jacksons a $36.6 million ($83.4 million in modern dollars [1] ) advance . He put the stadium up as collateral for a $12.5 million loan to pay the first installment shortly before the tour started. The balance was due two weeks later. [3]

The month after winning the tour bid, Sullivan approached stadium managers at the NFL's meetings, many of whom were there to bid for future Super Bowls . He sought changes to their usual arrangements with touring performers in order to make the Victory Tour more profitable. Kansas City 's Arrowhead Stadium , home of the Chiefs , agreed to accept only a $100,000 fee for the three opening concerts instead of its usual percentage of ticket sales and concessions . The Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida , provided nearly half a million dollars' worth of free goods and services. Ultimately, 26 of the 55 dates were played in 17 stadiums that were home to NFL teams. [3]

But some others balked at Sullivan's demands. To use John F. Kennedy Stadium , he asked the city of Philadelphia for almost $400,000 in tax breaks and subsidies. Among them were free hotel rooms and suites for all tour workers, free use of the stadium and waiver of concession revenue. He said the Jacksons' presence would generate revenue that would make up the difference, but the city stood firm on some provisions. [3] Outside of negotiations, his behavior on tour further embarrassed the Jacksons on some occasions. At Washington 's RFK Stadium , he forgot his pass and was denied entry. [4]

Sullivan was particularly humiliated when the board of selectmen in Foxboro , where his family's team and stadium were located, uncharacteristically denied a permit for the concert, citing "the unknown element." What that meant has never been clear. It has been suggested that they were racially motivated. There had been continuing security concerns about the stadium during Patriots' games and previous concerts, but the board had never denied permits on that basis before. [4]

To help defray the tour's costs, the Jacksons sought a corporate sponsor. They had all but concluded a lucrative deal with Quaker Oats when King came to them with a deal he had already signed with Pepsi . Although it would pay them less money, they had to take it and break off talks with Quaker. Part of the deal was that Michael, who did not drink Pepsi, would have to do two commercials. He made sure that his face appeared minimally in them to avoid overexposing his image. During filming of one of the two commercials, Michael suffered second and third degree burns on his scalp when a firework effect malfunctioned, catching his hair on fire. Many people, including friends and associates of his, believe this incident is what sparked his problems with prescription drug abuse. [5] [6] [7] [8]

Ticket controversy and other business issues

King, Sullivan and the Jacksons' father Joe Jackson (who no longer managed any of his sons by now) came up with a way to generate additional revenue from ticket sales. Those wishing to attend would have to send a postal money order for $120 ($270 in modern dollars [1] ) along with a special form to a lottery to buy blocks of four tickets at $30 apiece, ostensibly to curtail scalpers . Upon receipt the money was to be deposited into a standard money market account earning 7% annual interest; it would take six to eight weeks for the lottery to be held and money to be refunded to the unsuccessful purchasers. Since only one in ten purchasers would win the lottery and receive tickets, there would be more money in the bank for that time period than there were tickets to sell, and they expected to earn $10–12 million in interest. [8]

Joe, Jackie , Tito , Jermaine , Marlon and Randy were all in favor of the scheme, but Michael was not and he warned them that it would be a public relations disaster. The $69 ticket already higher than most touring acts (namely Prince and Bruce Springsteen ) charged at the time, was compounded by the requirement to buy four. This put tickets out of reach of the many of his fans who were poor African Americans. That community was joined by many commentators in the media in vociferously criticizing the Jacksons over the scheme. [8] Nevertheless, when newspapers published the form for tickets to the first show in Kansas City 's Arrowhead Stadium in late June, fans lined up at stores before they opened to buy them. A local radio disk jockey said some newspapers were even stolen from lawns. [9]

On July 5, 1984, after receiving a letter from eleven-year-old fan Ladonna Jones, who accused the Jacksons and their promoters of being 'selfish and just out for money,' Michael held a press conference to announce changes in the tour's organization and also to announce that his share of the proceeds from the tour would be donated to charity. Following a controversy with the way tickets were purchased, lead-singer Michael Jackson donated his proceeds (approx. $5 million) from the tour to three charities, including the T.J. Martell Foundation for Leukemia and Cancer Research, The United Negro College Fund , and Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times. [10]

Jones later received VIP treatment at the Dallas concert. The following is Michael's speech at a press conference on July 5, 1984, the day before the tour began:

"We're beginning our tour tomorrow and I wanted to talk to you about something of great concern to me. We've worked a long time to make this show the best it can be. But we know a lot of kids are having trouble getting tickets. The other day I got a letter from a girl in Texas named Ladonna Jones. She'd been saving her money from odd jobs to buy a ticket, but with the current tour system, she'd have to buy four tickets and she couldn't afford that. So, I've asked our promoter to work out a new way of distributing tickets, a way that no longer requires a $120.00 money order. There has also been a lot of talk about the promoter holding money for tickets that didn't sell. I've asked our promoter to end the mail order ticket system as soon as possible so that no one will pay money unless they get a ticket. Finally, and most importantly, there's something else I am going to announce today. I want you to know that when I first agreed to tour, I decided to donate all the money I make from our performances to charity."

After, the procedures were modified, but all sales continued to be made by mail (except for the six final shows at Dodger Stadium , where tickets were also sold through Ticketmaster .) Tickets were typically made available only a week to ten days in advance, and many tickets ended up in the hands of ticket brokers.

Financial difficulties

The tour sold what was then a record number of tickets despite the high price. [11] The opening shows were widely covered in the national media and sold out. "Anybody who sees this show will be a better person for years to come," King told the media before the first date in Kansas City. "Michael Jackson has transcended all earthly bounds. Every race, color and creed is waiting for this tour." [8]

Sullivan had estimated in June that he would make up to $13 million, but by August he had reduced that estimate by more than three-quarters, to $3 million. Transporting the 365-ton (331 t) stage Michael had designed, which took up one-third of a football field (approximately 19,200 square feet (1,780 m 2 )), required over 30 tractor trailers . It was so large it required using some of the seating area, in some venues taking as much as a quarter of the potential available seats off the market. [4]

Before the tour began Sullivan had spent nearly a million dollars on legal fees and insurance. Among the 250 workers on the tour payroll was an "ambiance director" who provided "homey touches" to the traveling parlor the group relaxed in before and after shows. Overhead costs were soon averaging around a million dollars a week, far over expectations, and Sullivan was unable to pay the $24 million balance on the advance. He renegotiated the deal down to 75% of gross potential seat revenues soon after the tour began. [3]

Tensions among The Jackson family

Tensions between Michael and his brothers increased during the tour. He stayed at his own hotels and flew between stops on a private jet while the rest of the family flew commercial. At one point he demanded that a publicist be fired and when he found out right before a show that she had not been, he refused to go on until she was. Michael had also been disappointed that his idol James Brown declined his invitation to join the group on stage at Madison Square Garden in New York City due to Brown's continued outrage about the ticket lottery. [8]

The other Jacksons also had grievances with Michael. He turned down a multimillion-dollar offer from a movie producer to film one of the shows that his brothers had accepted, only to have a crew he had hired show up to shoot its own film several nights later (they have subsequently blocked its release). Despite a pretour agreement that only the Jacksons themselves could ride in the van chartered to take them to shows, Michael began taking child star Emmanuel Lewis along with them. Later, after a similar agreement over a helicopter that took the brothers to a show at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey , Michael showed up with Julian Lennon (son of slain ex- Beatle John Lennon ), and his brothers glared at him for the entire flight. Before the tour was halfway completed the brothers were taking separate vehicles to concerts. [8]

The brothers all stayed on different floors of their hotels, and refused to talk to each other on the way to shows. Meetings broke down among factions, with two lawyers frequently representing Michael's interests, another Jermaine's, and one more for the other three. "It was the worst experience Michael had ever had with his brothers," said a longtime family friend. "Some were jealous, there was denial, the whole gamut of human emotions." [8]

Other issues

Health issues also affected the tour. Jackie Jackson missed the first half with a leg injury, supposedly sustained during rehearsals. At one point Michael became so exhausted and dehydrated from the stress of quarreling with his brothers that he was placed under medical care. [8]

By the later shows on the tour its novelty had worn off and the strains were having an effect. The Victory album had not sold well, and shows were increasingly failing to sell out. Dates planned for Pittsburgh were canceled; extra shows in Chicago made up the difference. By early October, the time of the shows in Toronto 's Exhibition Stadium , a total of 50,000 tickets had gone unsold. Sullivan renegotiated again, getting the Jacksons to agree to revenues based on actual sales. [3]

Things did not improve as the tour reached its final leg on the West Coast . In late November, the shows at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona , just outside Phoenix , were canceled. Officially the reason was that Jermaine was too sick with the flu to perform, but there was some speculation that slow ticket sales played a role as well. Sullivan was so short of cash he stopped payment on a $1.9 million check to the group after the Vancouver dates. Immediately afterwards, he suffered a minor heart attack, and left the hospital early to renegotiate with the Jacksons again, claiming losses of $5–6 million. By this time the parties were no longer meeting in person. The Jacksons agreed to waive the stopped payment in return for a greater share of revenue from the six final shows in Los Angeles 's Dodger Stadium . Sullivan's estimated profit was down to half a million dollars. [3]

The Jacksons and Don King had made money even though Sullivan had not, and near the end of the tour they began making plans for a European leg. When word reached Michael, he let them know through his representatives that he would not be taking part. At the rain-soaked tour finale in Los Angeles 's Dodger Stadium , after 6 sold out shows, Michael announced at the end of the show, to his brothers' shocked expressions, that this would be the last time they all performed together. The plans to go to Europe were ended. [8]

Michael's announcement generated some great backlash from his brothers. Don King's reaction was blunt:

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There's no way Michael should be as big as he is and treat his family the way he does. He feels his father done him wrong? His father may have done some wrong, but he also had to do a whole lot right ... What Michael's got to realize is that he's a nigger ... He's one of the megastars of the world, but he's still going to be a nigger megastar. He must accept that. Not only must he understand that, he's got to accept it and demonstrate that he wants to be a nigger. Why? To show that a nigger can do it.

Michael was so upset when he learned of King's remarks that he called his lawyer John Branca and said "Sue his ass. That guy has been pushing my last nerve since day one." Branca calmed him down and persuaded him to drop the idea. [8]

Financially, the Jacksons themselves ended up making very good money based on excellent ticket sales and the financial deal they struck with Sullivan. The Jacksons netted approximately $36 million, which worked out to about $7 million for each brother, most of which they spent on expensive lifestyles. Michael, who alone did not need the money, donated his share to charity as he had promised. He had also received an $18 million advance from Sullivan for a Michael Jackson designer jeans brand, few of which were ever produced and sold before Sullivan had to stop production. [8]

Estimates of SMC's losses have ranged from $13 million to $22 million ($29.6 million to $50.1 million in modern dollars [1] ) Sullivan and his father quietly put the word out around the NFL that the Patriots and their stadium were for sale. Their $100 million asking price for the combined package made more sense when the Patriots qualified for Super Bowl XX after the next season , the first time they had ever done so. [3]

An early deal for the team collapsed, and the Patriots limped on. Even after making the Super Bowl, the team's revenue was not nearly enough for the Sullivans to service the debt from the Victory Tour. At one point they were so close to bankruptcy that the NFL had to advance them $4 million to make their payroll. Sullivan's woes increased when his wife filed for divorce, and he had to set up a luxury box at the stadium as his personal living quarters. He allegedly wrote several letters to Michael, begging the star for money to bail the team out, but Michael never replied. [4]

The Sullivans finally gave up and sold the Patriots to Victor Kiam in 1988. However, Kiam was unable to keep himself or the team financially stable either, and eventually they were sold again in 1992 to James Orthwein , who nearly moved the team to St. Louis before selling it in 1994 to Robert Kraft , their current owner, under whose management have appeared in several Super Bowls, winning four. Kraft had entered the picture some years earlier, when he bought Sullivan Stadium out of bankruptcy. He has a Victory Tour poster in his office as a reminder of how he was able to realize his lifelong dream of owning the Patriots. [4]

Aside from a few months in mid-1975, the Victory Tour era marked the only time that all six Jackson brothers worked together at the same time as a band. Jackie Jackson missed most of the tour because of a leg injury. That injury was described at the time as a knee injury incurred during strenuous rehearsals. [12] Margaret Maldonado (the mother of two of Jermaine Jackson 's children) has alleged that Jackie in fact broke his leg in an automobile accident: his first wife Enid ran him over in a parking lot after catching him with another woman. In any case, Jackie made a speedy recovery and was able to rejoin his brothers on stage for the last portion of the tour. [12] [13]

Michael sang all the lead vocals, except for a medley of Jermaine's solo hits.

Eddie Van Halen made at least two special guest appearances doing the " Beat It " guitar solo.

Shortly after the tour ended, Michael returned to his solo career and Marlon left the group to start his own solo career without The Jacksons .

The set list included songs from the Jackson's albums Destiny and Triumph . Despite the name of the tour, the Victory album was not represented. There were also songs on the list from Jermaine's and Michael's solo careers. Songs from Michael's albums Off the Wall and Thriller were both represented. The set list did not include " Thriller " itself because Michael did not like the way the song sounded live.

• "Sword in the Stone" (Introduction)
• " Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' "
• " Things I Do for You "
• " Off the Wall "
• " Human Nature " (contain excerpts from " Ben ")
• " This Place Hotel "
• " She's Out of My Life "
• Jermaine Jackson Medley: " Let's Get Serious " / "You Like Me, Don't You?"/"Dynamite" / " Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True) " (with Michael )
• The Jackson 5 Medley: " I Want You Back " / " The Love You Save " / " I'll Be There "
• " Rock with You "
• " Lovely One "
• " Workin' Day and Night "
• " Beat It "
• " Billie Jean "
• " Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) " (contain excerpts from " State Of Shock " and " Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough )"
• " Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' " replaces " Can You Feel It ".
• " Human Nature " replaces " Ben ".
• The "Jermaine Jackson Medley" replaces "Movie Rap".
• " I'll Be There " replaces " ABC " in the Jackson 5 Medley.
• " Beat it " replaces " Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough ".
• Jermaine sometimes performed the song "Dynamite" during his solo medley in place of the usual "You Like Me, Don't You?".

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• 09/03/84: Philadelphia , United States, JFK Stadium ; CANCELLED (Extremely bad weather conditions.) [15] This show was rescheduled to September 28, 1984. [16]
• 10/05/84: Philadelphia, United States, JFK Stadium; Cancelled and rescheduled to September 1, 1984 in mid-August. (Because the Labour Day weekend was more lucrative and did not fall during Yom Kippur, the most holy Jewish holiday.) [15]
• 10/06/84: Philadelphia, United States, JFK Stadium; Cancelled and rescheduled to September 2, 1984 in mid-August. (Because the Labour Day weekend was more lucrative and did not fall during Yom Kippur, the most holy Jewish holiday.) [15]
• 10/13/84: Pittsburgh, United States, Three Rivers Stadium; CANCELLED (The show were moved to Chicago.) [17]
• 10/14/84: Pittsburgh, United States, Three Rivers Stadium; CANCELLED (The show were moved to Chicago.) [17]
• 11/23/84: Phoenix , United States, Sun Devil Stadium ; CANCELLED (Jermaine Jackson had flu.) [18] [19]
• 11/24/84: Phoenix, United States, Sun Devil Stadium; CANCELLED (Jermaine Jackson had flu.) [18] [19]
• At the final concert in Los Angeles , California, Michael announced that the Victory Tour was the Jacksons' last tour. This came allegedly as a shock to his brothers and father, who had planned for the tour to continue in Europe . [8] According to other sources (at least on November 20, 1984) it was already publicly known that the tour disbands after its Los Angeles stop. [19]

Lead Performers

• Michael Jackson : vocals
• Randy Jackson – vocals , percussion , keyboards
• Jermaine Jackson : vocals; bass
• Tito Jackson : vocals; guitar
• Marlon Jackson : vocals; percussion
• Jackie Jackson : vocals; percussion (First performance during the Quebec concerts.)
• Keyboards: Rory Kaplan, Pat Leonard & Jai Winding
• Guitar: David Williams & Gregg Wright
• Drums: Jonathan Moffett
• Tour Coordinator and Co-Producer with the Jacksons: Larry Larson
• Assistant Coordinator: Marla Winston
• Production Manager: Peyton Wilson
• Assistant Production Managers: Gary Bouchard & Debbie Lyons
• Stage Manager: Mike Hirsh
• Assistant Stage Manager: Pee Wee Jackson
• Production Consultant: Ken Graham
• Site Coordinators: John "Bugzee" Hougdahl, Jose Ward
• Stage Construction and Engineering: Plainview, Inc. – John McGraw
• Robotic Lighting: Design – Michael Jackson
• Eidophor Video Projection: M.B. Productions, Inc.
• Design Execution & Manufacturing: Applied Entertainment Systems
• Lighting Company: TASCO
• Site Coordinators : Bugzee Hougdahl & Jose Ward
• Sound Company: Clair Brothers Audio
• House Mixers: ML Procise & Mike Stahl
• Monitor engineer: Rick Coberly
• Laser Effects: Showlasers, Inc., Dallas, Texas
• Laser Special Effects Operator: Michael Moorhead
• Laser Technician: Steve Glasow
• Musicians Costumes Design: Enid Jackson
• Magical Illusions: Franz Harary
• Video Director: Sandy Fullerton
• Jackson Crew Sportswear: Nike
• Community Affairs: Harold Preston
• Consultant to Community Affairs: Cynthia Wilson
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• ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
• ↑ http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/29/local/la-me-ln-michael-jackson-aeg-20130426
• ↑ http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2011/11/frank_cascio_book_pepsi_ad_to_blame_for_michael_jackson_drug_addiction.html
• ↑ http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2013/10/michael-jackson-pepsi-commercial-burned-scalp-medical-records/
• ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
• ↑ Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times
• ↑ 12.0 12.1 Jet Magazine; July 9, 1984 https://books.google.com/books?id=yLADAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA56&ots=m23wqSHXti&dq=jet%20magazine%20jackie%20jackson%20knee&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false
• ↑ Margaret Maldonado Jackson, "Jackson Family Values" ISBN 0-7871-0522-8
• ↑ http://www.knoxville.com/news/2009/jun/26/at-height-of-his-fame-jackson-thrilled-knoxville/
• ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VxgiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AaYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2710,3914465&dq=the+jacksons+victory+tour+philadelphia+rained+out&hl=en
• ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YrU_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=JFcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5516,1771186&dq=the+jacksons+victory+tour+philadelphia+rained+out&hl=en
• ↑ 17.0 17.1 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EwUiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lGIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4475,3501996&dq=the+jacksons+victory+tour+pittsburgh+cancel&hl=en
• ↑ 18.0 18.1 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zLMOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sYIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4554,1758295&dq=the+jacksons+victory+tour+cancel&hl=en
• ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ca9OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2UwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6472,3745940&dq=the+jacksons+victory+tour+phoenix&hl=en
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30 years ago today: the Jacksons play B.C. Place on the Victory Tour

Thirty years ago today–on November 16, 1984–the Jacksons Victory Tour hit B.C. Place Stadium for the first of three shows.

For some reason, I went.

Here’s my unspectacular review from the Nov. 23-30 issue of the Straight .

The biggest show in the history of pop music came to Vancouver last week, in the form of the Jacksons' Victory Tour. It was a dazzling display of lights and lasers, mechanized staging and slick choreography, available to anyone who wanted to shell out $40–and in three nights 107,000 fans did just that. As expected, Michael Jackson stole the show from his brothers, spinning, leaping, and ‘moonwalking’ to the tune of “Beat It” and “Billy Jean”–from his multiplatinum album  Thriller –and other songs from his years in the Jackson Five. Two of the show’s most magical moments were the opening segment–in which four computer-controlled “Kreetons” (camel-like monsters) prowled the stage in a medieval “Sword in the Stone” fantasy skit–and Michael’s vanishing trick, in which he was corralled into a silver box by two huge, black automated spiders and then lifted into the air and blown up–only to reappear on a platform stage left. A seven-story, 44-metre stage–that takes 240 workers five days to erect–housed over 2500 lights and 240 custom-built speakers. But for those who went to hear as well as see the shows, the sound system was a disappointment. With ten musicians playing and the five Jacksons singing, the result was one shrill barrage of sound. The Jackson’s six-month North American tour should prove the most lucrative in music history, with an estimated gross income in excess of $70 million. In Vancouver alone, ticket sales grossed about $4.5 million.

Nov 16, 2014 at 11:09am

I was there as a 7 year old. All I can remember is falling in mud on the way to the show!

Nov 16, 2014 at 2:10pm

Too bad the sound system sucked--hard to imagine that did not bother Michael Jackson, a perfectionist in all he did, but maybe it was out of his control. Most people I know who were lucky enough to witness a show on that tour say his performance was the most exciting and memorable they've ever seen or ever expect to see.

Chris Foster ( Jersey Chris )

Mar 25, 2015 at 11:37pm

I was 11 years old and I went for the second or third show and it will be a concert I will never ever forget , I went by myself and had a great time dancing in my seat to those great tunes and the light show that was put on ... LOVE U MJ 4-everrrr that's right I WAS THERE ... how many can say that they saw the best pop star then and everrrr :-)

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Victory Tour (The Jacksons)

The Victory Tour was a concert tour of the United States and Canada by the American pop band, the Jacksons , from July to December 1984. It was the only tour with all six Jackson brothers, even though Jackie was injured for some of it. The group performed 55 concerts to an audience of approximately 2.5 million. [1] Of the 22 locations performed at, 19 were large stadiums. Most came to see Michael , whose album Thriller was dominating the music world at the time. Many regard it as his Thriller Tour , with most of the songs on the set list coming from his Thriller and Off the Wall albums.

Planning and organization

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The tour reportedly grossed approximately $75 million ($ 220 million in 2023 dollars [2] ) and set a new record for the highest-grossing tour . [3] It showcased Michael's single decorated glove, black sequined jacket, and moonwalk . The tour was choreographed by Paula Abdul , [4] [5] and promoted by Don King . Despite the billing of being a 'world tour', the shows were staged to the United States and Canada alone. It would be the last touring show featuring all of the brothers (although they later reunited for a two-nighter in 2001 called Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration , which stayed in Madison Square Garden ), and was marketed as such.

Despite its focus on Michael, the tour was named after the Jacksons' album Victory . The album was released four days before the tour's first show in Kansas City and turned out to be a commercial success. However, besides some ad libbing during the show's encore, none of the album's songs were performed on the tour. Jermaine had a successful new album out as well ( Jermaine Jackson , also known as Dynamite , which had been released in April 1984) and some material from that album was performed. Also, all three of the Jacksons' sisters released new albums that year, but Rebbie , La Toya , and Janet were not part of the tour (aside from a cameo appearance for a few moments at the end of the final show with other family members).

According to Marlon , Michael refused to rehearse or perform any of the songs from Victory and was also reluctant on embarking on the tour himself; it took his mother Katherine and fans to persuade him before he finally agreed. Marlon also stated that Michael had only reluctantly joined his brothers, who needed the income while he himself did not. [6] On the tour, tensions between Michael and his brothers increased so much that at the December 9 concert he announced that it would be the last time they would perform together, ending plans for a European and Australian leg of the tour in the spring and summer of 1985.

The Jacksons and Don King did make money from the tour. Michael donated his share to several charities as he had promised prior to the tour, but the rancor between him and his brothers had a deep and lasting effect on the Jacksons as a family , alienating him from them for most of his later life, and effectively ended the Jacksons as a performing group. The Jacksons made one more album in 1989, but Michael (and Marlon) only participated in one song on it, and aside from the concert celebrating Michael's thirty years as a solo artist in 2001, they never toured again during Michael's lifetime.

The tour was also a financial disaster for promoter Chuck Sullivan and his father Billy ; the losses from the tour eventually forced them to sell the New England Patriots football team they owned after Foxboro Stadium , the team's home field, lapsed into bankruptcy.

In November 1983, the Jacksons announced plans for a major tour in 1984 at a press conference, with boxing promoter Don King offering $3 million ($ 8.8 million in 2023 dollars [2] ) in upfront advances. That spring, the Victory album had been recorded, to be released shortly before the tour itself.

At the time the tour was announced, the Jacksons had not lined up a promoter for the shows. In the spring of 1984, Chuck Sullivan , son of Billy Sullivan , owner of the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL), went to Los Angeles to see if he could get the Jacksons to choose the team's home, Foxboro Stadium , which the family also owned, for the group's Boston -area shows. After using his financial and legal expertise to help his father regain control of the team he had founded and built in the wake of a 1974 boardroom coup , the younger Sullivan, who had promoted concerts as an undergraduate at Boston College and during his United States Army service in Thailand, had begun staging concerts at the stadium to generate extra income for the team. [7]

The set list included songs from the Jacksons' albums Destiny and Triumph . Despite the name of the tour, the Victory album was not represented. [8] There were also songs on the list from Jermaine 's and Michael 's solo careers. Songs from Michael's albums Off the Wall and Thriller were both represented. The set list did not include " Thriller " itself because Michael did not like the way the song sounded live, but it was later performed regularly during Michael's solo tours. " State Of Shock " was also rehearsed during sound check but was never performed (although a snippet of Michael’s vocal was heard in leaked footage of the concert in Toronto ). [9] Jermaine sometimes performed the song "Dynamite" during his solo segment in place of the usual "You Like Me, Don't You?"

At a meeting, Frank DiLeo, a vice president of the Jacksons' label , Epic Records , told Sullivan that the group's talks with its original promoter had broken down and they were seeking a replacement. Sensing an opportunity, Sullivan returned to Boston and began putting together the financing to allow Stadium Management Corp. (SMC), the Patriots' subsidiary that operated Foxboro Stadium, to promote the entire Victory Tour. Initially he partnered with Eddie DeBartolo , then-owner of another NFL team, the San Francisco 49ers , in putting together a bid offering the Jacksons two-thirds of the tour's gross revenue against a guaranteed $40 million ($ 117 million in modern dollars [2] ). [7]

DeBartolo withdrew from the bid when he began to see the deal as too risky. Sullivan persevered by himself, and in late April DiLeo told him at another meeting in Los Angeles that SMC, which had never handled a tour, would be the promoter of the year's most eagerly anticipated concert tour, expected to gross $70–80 million. The deal was very generous to the Jacksons. Sullivan had agreed that they would receive 83.4% of gross potential ticket revenues, which meant in practical terms that the group would be paid as if the show had sold out regardless of whether it actually did. That percentage was at least 25 points above what was at that time the industry standard for artists on tour. [7]

Sullivan also guaranteed the Jacksons an advance of $36.6 million ($ 107 million in modern dollars [2] ). He put Foxboro Stadium up as collateral for a $12.5 million loan to pay the first installment shortly before the tour started. The balance was due two weeks later. [7]

The month after winning the tour bid, Sullivan approached stadium managers at the NFL's meetings, many of whom were there to bid for future Super Bowls . He sought changes to their usual arrangements with touring performers in order to make the Victory Tour more profitable. Kansas City 's Arrowhead Stadium , home of the Chiefs , agreed to accept only a $100,000 fee for the three opening concerts instead of its usual percentage of ticket sales and concessions . The Gator Bowl in Jacksonville , Florida , provided nearly half a million dollars' worth of free goods and services. Ultimately, 26 of the 55 dates were played in 17 stadiums that were home to NFL teams. [7] But some others balked at Sullivan's demands. To use John F. Kennedy Stadium , Sullivan asked the city of Philadelphia for almost $400,000 in tax breaks and subsidies. Among them were free hotel rooms and suites for all tour workers, free use of the stadium and waiver of concession revenue. He said the Jacksons' presence would generate revenue that would make up the difference, but the city stood firm on some provisions. [7]

Outside of negotiations, Sullivan's behavior on tour embarrassed the Jacksons on some occasions. At Washington 's Robert F. Kennedy Stadium , he forgot his pass and was denied entry. [10] Sullivan was particularly humiliated when the board of selectmen in Foxboro , Massachusetts , where his family's team and stadium were located, uncharacteristically denied a permit for the concert, citing "the unknown element". This was not only a major personal embarrassment for Sullivan, but also a crippling financial blow as it denied the family the use of the only facility where they would have kept all of the revenue from sources such as concessions and parking.

News writers suggested in retrospect that the board's decision was racially motivated. It was also stated that there had been continuing security concerns about the stadium during Patriots' games and previous concerts, but the board had never denied permits on that basis before. [10] Others pointed the possibility of lobbying from the Sullivans' business rivals, since the family had accumulated many enemies in the state of Massachusetts over years of often bitter struggle to keep control of the Patriots. In any case, Sullivan was acutely aware that staging any sort of large event in Massachusetts at the time was considered a privilege utterly dependent on the goodwill of the board of selectmen, and thus was in no position to antagonize them further by challenging their decision.

To help defray the tour's costs, the Jacksons sought a corporate sponsor. They had all but concluded a lucrative deal with Quaker Oats when King came to them with a deal he had already signed with Pepsi . Although it would pay them less money, the brothers were acutely aware that King was able and willing to shut down the entire tour if he were crossed. They thus had no choice but to take the deal with Pepsi and break off talks with Quaker.

Part of the deal arranged by King was that Michael, who did not drink Pepsi, would have to do two television commercials. He made sure that his face appeared minimally in them to avoid overexposing his image, much to King's annoyance. During filming of one of the two commercials, Michael suffered second and third degree burns on his scalp when a pyrotechnic effect malfunctioned, catching his hair on fire. Many people, including friends and associates of Michael, believe this incident is what sparked his later problems with prescription drug abuse. [11] [12] [13] [14]

King, Sullivan and the Jacksons' father, Joe Jackson (who no longer managed any of his sons by that point), came up with a way to generate additional revenue from ticket sales. Those wishing to attend would have to send a postal money order for $120 ($ 350 in 2024 dollars [2] ) along with a special form to a lottery to buy blocks of four tickets at $30 apiece (US$ 88 in 2023 dollars [2] ), ostensibly to curtail scalpers . Upon receipt the money was to be deposited into a standard money market account earning 7% annual interest; it would take six to eight weeks for the lottery to be held and money to be refunded to the unsuccessful purchasers. Since only one in ten purchasers would win the lottery and receive tickets, there would be more money in the bank for that time period than there were tickets to sell, and they expected to earn $10–12 million in interest. [14]

Joe, Jermaine, Marlon, Jackie , Tito and Randy were in favor of the plan, but Michael was not and warned them that it would be a public relations disaster. The $30 ticket price was already higher than most touring acts (such as Prince and Bruce Springsteen ) charged at the time and was compounded by the requirement to buy four. This put tickets out of reach of many of Michael's African-American fans who were not financially secure. That community was joined by many commentators in the media in vociferously criticizing the Jacksons over the plan. [14] Nevertheless, when newspapers published the form for tickets to the first show in Kansas City in late June, fans lined up at stores before they opened to buy them. A local radio disk jockey said some newspapers were even stolen from lawns. [15]

On July 5, 1984, after receiving a letter from eleven-year-old fan Ladonna Jones, who accused the Jacksons and their promoters of being "selfish and just out for money," Michael held a press conference to announce changes in the tour's organization and also to announce that his share of the proceeds from the tour would be donated to charity. Jones later received VIP treatment at the Dallas concert. The following is Michael's speech at the press conference:

A lot of people are having trouble getting tickets. The other day I got a letter from a fan in Texas named Ladonna Jones. She'd been saving her money from odd jobs to buy a ticket, but with the turned tour system, she'd have to buy four tickets and she couldn't afford that. So, we asked our promoter to work out a new way of distributing tickets, a way that no longer requires a money order. There has also been a lot of talk about the promoter holding money for tickets that didn't sell. I've asked our promoter to end the mail order ticket system as soon as possible so that no one will pay money unless they get a ticket. Finally, and most importantly, there's something else I am going to announce today. I want you to know that I decided to donate all my money I make from our performance to charity. There will be further press statements released in the next two weeks.

Afterwards, the procedures were modified, but all sales continued to be made by mail (except for the six final shows at Dodger Stadium , where tickets were also sold through Ticketmaster ). Tickets were typically made available only a week to ten days in advance, and many tickets ended up in the hands of ticket brokers.

The ticket price remained unchanged and at a press conference, King justified the $30 price as appropriate and that he did not blame the promoters for charging that price, adding that "you must understand, you get what you pay for." [16]

The tour sold what was then a record number of tickets despite the high price. [17] The opening shows were widely covered in the national media and sold out. "Anybody who sees this show will be a better person for years to come", King told the media before the first date in Kansas City. "Michael Jackson has transcended all earthly bounds. Every race, color and creed is waiting for this tour." [14]

Sullivan had estimated in June that he would make up to $13 million, but by August he had reduced that estimate by more than three-quarters, to $3 million. Transporting the 365-ton ( 331   t ) stage Michael had designed, which took up one-third of a football field (approximately 19,200 square feet (1,780   m 2 ) ), required over thirty tractor trailers . It was so large it required using some of the seating area, in some venues taking as much as a quarter of the potential available seats off the market. [10]

Before the tour began Sullivan had spent nearly a million dollars on legal fees and insurance. Among the 250 workers on the tour payroll was an "ambiance director" who provided "homey touches" to the traveling parlor the group relaxed in before and after shows. Overhead costs were soon averaging around a million dollars a week, far over expectations, and Sullivan was unable to pay the $24 million balance on the advance. He renegotiated the deal down to 75% of gross potential seat revenues soon after the tour began. [7]

Tensions between Michael and his brothers increased during the tour. Michael stayed at his own hotels and flew between stops on a private jet while the rest of the family flew commercial. At one point he demanded that a publicist be fired and, when he found out right before a show that she had not been, he refused to go on until she was. Michael was also disappointed that his idol James Brown had declined his invitation to join the group on stage at Madison Square Garden in New York City due to Brown's continued outrage about the ticket lottery. [14]

The other Jacksons also had grievances with Michael. He turned down a multimillion-dollar offer from Paramount Pictures to film one of the shows that his brothers had accepted, only to have a crew he had hired show up to shoot its own film several nights later (they subsequently blocked its release). Despite a pre-tour agreement that only the Jacksons themselves could ride in the van chartered to take them to shows, Michael began taking child star Emmanuel Lewis along with them. Later, after a similar agreement over a helicopter that took the brothers to a show at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford , New Jersey , Michael showed up with Sean Lennon (son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono ), and his brothers glared at him for the entire flight.

Before the tour was halfway completed, the brothers were taking separate vehicles to concerts, [14] staying on different floors of their hotels and refusing to talk to each other on the way to shows. Meetings broke down among factions, with two lawyers frequently representing Michael's interests, another Jermaine's, and one more for Jackie, Tito and Marlon. "It was the worst experience Michael had ever had with his brothers", said a longtime family friend. "Some were jealous, there was denial, the whole gamut of human emotions." [14]

Health problems affected the tour. Jackie missed the first half with a leg injury, supposedly sustained during rehearsals. At one point, Michael became so exhausted from the stress of quarreling with his brothers that he was placed under medical care. [14]

By the later shows on the tour, its novelty had worn off and the strains were having an effect. Although the Victory album was certified double platinum by the RIAA for sales of two million copies, [18] the shows were failing to sell out. Dates planned for Pittsburgh were cancelled; extra shows in Chicago made up the difference. By early October, the time of the shows in Toronto's Exhibition Stadium , a total of 50,000 tickets had gone unsold, so Sullivan renegotiated again, getting the Jacksons to agree to revenues based on actual sales. [7]

Things got worse as the tour reached its final leg on the West Coast . In late November, the shows at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe , Arizona , were canceled. Officially the reason was that Jermaine was too sick with the flu to perform, but there was some speculation that slow ticket sales played a role as well. Sullivan was so short of cash he stopped payment on a $1.9 million check to the group after the Vancouver dates. Immediately afterwards, he suffered a minor heart attack and left the hospital early to renegotiate with the Jacksons again, claiming losses of $5–6 million. By this time the parties were no longer meeting in person. The Jacksons agreed to waive the stopped payment in return for a greater share of revenue from the six final shows at Dodger Stadium. Sullivan's estimated profit was down to half a million dollars. [7]

The Jacksons and King had made money even though Sullivan had not, and near the end of the tour they began making plans for a European leg, as well as an Australian leg. When word reached Michael, he let them know through his representatives that he would not take part. At the rain-soaked tour finale at Dodger Stadium, after six sold out shows, Michael announced at the end of the show that this would be the last time they would all perform together, much to his brothers' surprise. As a result, the plans to go to Europe and Australia were ended. [14]

Michael's announcement generated some backlash from his brothers. King stated:

There's no way Michael should be as big as he is and treat his family the way he does. He feels his father done him wrong? His father may have done some wrong, but he also had to do a whole lot right   ... What Michael's got to realize is that he's a nigger   ... He's one of the megastars of the world, but he's still going to be a nigger megastar.

Michael was so upset when he learned of King's remarks that he called his lawyer John Branca and demanded to “sue his ass”. Branca calmed him down and persuaded him to drop the idea. [14]

The Jacksons netted approximately $36 million, which worked out to about $7 million for each brother. Michael, who alone did not need the money, donated his share of the proceeds from the tour, approximately $5 million ($ 15 million in 2023 dollars [2] ), to three charities, as he had promised, including the T.J. Martell Foundation for Leukemia and Cancer Research, the United Negro College Fund , and Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times . [19] He had also received an $18 million advance ($ 53 million in 2023 dollars [2] ) from Sullivan for a Michael Jackson designer jeans brand, few of which were ever produced and sold before Sullivan had to stop production. [14]

Estimates of SMC's losses have ranged from $13 million to $22 million ($ 38 million to $ 65 million in modern dollars [2] ). Sullivan and his father quietly put the word out around the NFL that the Patriots and their stadium were for sale. The $100 million asking price for the combined package made somewhat more sense when the Patriots unexpectedly qualified for Super Bowl XX after the next season , the first time they had ever done so. [7] However, the immediate financial return for this achievement was limited especially since the team played entirety of the 1985-86 postseason on the road. Thus, even after reaching the Super Bowl, the team's revenue was not nearly enough for the Sullivans to service the debt from the Victory Tour.

Compared to their contemporary major professional sports league colleagues, the Sullivans were never particularly wealthy owners. Furthermore Foxboro Stadium, although only a thirteen year old facility in 1984, was one of the smallest venues in the NFL and already well into the process of becoming outmoded by league standards. At one point the Sullivans were so close to bankruptcy that the NFL had to advance them $4 million to make their payroll. Chuck Sullivan's woes increased when his wife filed for divorce, and he had to set up a luxury box at Foxboro Stadium as his personal living quarters. He allegedly wrote several letters to Michael, begging for money to bail the team out, but Michael never replied. [10]

Under heavy pressure from the NFL, the Sullivans finally gave up and sold the Patriots to Victor Kiam in 1988. However, Kiam was unable to keep himself or the team financially stable either, and eventually the Patriots were sold again in 1992 to James Orthwein . Meanwhile, Foxboro Stadium lapsed into bankruptcy and was purchased by Boston paper magnate Robert Kraft . [10] Kraft used the stadium's lease as leverage to prevent Orthwein from breaking the agreement and moving the team to St. Louis . He further made it clear that he would go to court to enforce the lease's ironclad commitment for the Patriots to play in the stadium until 2001. Orthwein then put the team on the market, but the wording of the lease scared off potential buyers because they would also be required to negotiate with Kraft. With no other choice, Orthwein accepted Kraft's own $175 million offer to buy the Patriots in 1994. [20] Kraft has a Victory Tour poster in his office as a reminder of how he was able to realize his lifelong dream of owning the Patriots. [10]

Aside from a few months in mid-1975 and Michael's 30th Anniversary Celebration concert in 2001, the Victory Tour was one of the very few times that all six Jackson brothers worked together at the same time as a band. Jackie missed most of the tour because of a leg injury, which was described at the time as a knee injury incurred during strenuous rehearsals. [21] Margaret Maldonado, the mother of two of Jermaine's children, has alleged that Jackie in fact broke his leg in an automobile accident: his first wife Enid deliberately ran him over in a parking lot after catching him with Paula Abdul. Jackie would, however, eventually recover and was able to rejoin his brothers on stage for the last portion of the tour. [21] [22] Michael sang all the lead vocals, except for a trio of Jermaine's solo hits.

Eddie Van Halen made a special guest appearance doing the " Beat It " guitar solo on July 13 in Irving , Texas . [23]

Shortly after the tour ended and the announcement that it was the group's final tour, Michael returned to his solo career [24] and Marlon left the group to start a solo career of his own .

• " Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' "
• " Things I Do for You "
• " Off the Wall "
• " Human Nature "
• " This Place Hotel "
• " She's Out of My Life "
• " Let's Get Serious " / " You Like Me, Don't You? " / " Dynamite " / " Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True) "
• " I Want You Back " / " The Love You Save " / " I'll Be There "
• " Rock with You "
• " Lovely One " Encore
• " Workin' Day and Night "
• " Beat It "
• " Billie Jean "
• " Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) " (with excerpts from " Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough " and " State of Shock ")
• Michael Jackson : vocals , keyboards
• Randy Jackson : vocals, percussion, keyboards
• Jermaine Jackson : vocals; bass
• Tito Jackson : vocals; guitar
• Marlon Jackson : vocals; percussion
• Jackie Jackson : vocals; percussion (First performance during the Quebec concerts.)
• Keyboards: Rory Kaplan, Pat Leonard and Jai Winding
• Guitar: David Williams and Gregg Wright
• Drums: Jonathan Moffett
• Tour Coordinator and Co-Producer with the Jacksons: Larry Larson
• Assistant Coordinator: Marla Winston
• Production Manager: Peyton Wilson
• Assistant Production Managers: Gary Bouchard and Debbie Lyons
• Stage Manager: Mike Hirsh
• Assistant Stage Manager: Pee Wee Jackson
• Production Consultant: Ken Graham
• Site Coordinators: John "Bugzee" Hougdahl, Jose Ward
• Stage Construction and Engineering: Plainview, Inc. – John McGraw
• Robotic Lighting: Design – Michael Jackson
• Eidophor Video Projection: M.B. Productions, Inc.
• Design execution and manufacturing: Applied Entertainment Systems
• Lighting Company: TASCO, MORPHEUS LIGHTS INC.
• Sound Company: Clair Brothers Audio
• House Mixers: ML Procise and Mike Stahl
• Monitor engineer: Rick Coberly
• Laser Effects: Showlasers, Inc., Dallas, Texas
• Laser Special Effects Operator: Michael Moorhead
• Laser Technician: Steve Glasow
• Musicians Costumes Design: Enid Jackson
• Magical Illusions: Franz Harary
• Tour Photographer: Harrison Funk
• Video Director: Sandy Fullerton
• Jackson Crew Sportswear: Nike
• Community Affairs: Harold Preston
• Consultant to Community Affairs: Cynthia Wilson
• Pyrotechnics Director: John Watkins
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• Song played from tape Sword in the Stone Introduction Play Video
• Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' ( Michael Jackson  song) Play Video
• Things I Do for You Play Video
• Off the Wall ( Michael Jackson  song) Play Video
• Human Nature ( Michael Jackson  song) ( With "Ben" intro ) Play Video
• This Place Hotel Play Video
• She's Out of My Life ( Michael Jackson  song) Play Video
• Let's Get Serious / Dynamite / Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True) ( Jermaine Jackson  song) Play Video
• I Want You Back / The Love You Save / I'll Be There Play Video
• Rock With You ( Michael Jackson  song) Play Video
• Lovely One Play Video
• Working Day and Night ( Michael Jackson  song) Play Video
• Beat It ( Michael Jackson  song) Play Video
• Billie Jean ( Michael Jackson  song) Play Video
• Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) ( With snippet of "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" ) Play Video

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• Beat It by Michael Jackson
• Billie Jean by Michael Jackson
• Human Nature by Michael Jackson
• Let's Get Serious / Dynamite / Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True) by Jermaine Jackson
• Off the Wall by Michael Jackson
• Rock With You by Michael Jackson
• She's Out of My Life by Michael Jackson
• Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' by Michael Jackson
• Working Day and Night by Michael Jackson
• Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)
• Things I Do for You
• This Place Hotel
• I Want You Back / The Love You Save / I'll Be There

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