I was there at Arrowhead Stadium on the tour's opening night as the guest of Chuck Sullivan. Saw the concert from the floor of Arrowhead stadium right in the middle, several rows back from the front. A great vantage point! One of the two or three best concerts I've seen in my life, and I've seen a lot of concerts by most of the top names in the business. It's unfortunate how the tour fumbled the ticket sales mechanism. But that doesn't change the fact that the Victory Tour was a smash among fans, and it unquestionably forever changed the concert business for artists. Before the Victory tour, you could get a concert ticket to even the biggest artists for $12 or $15 a set. It was unthinkable at the time that the Jacksons were getting upwards of $30 or $40 for a single ticket. But it all seems rather quaint today, doesn't it? This was the tour that changed that trajectory. And for that, musical artists owe a lot of Michael Jackson and his brothers and the Victory tour.
I feel the jacksons should have let Mike do his thriller tour and later he would have reunited with them....instead we had this debacle and the jacksons never toured again as a group
Agreed! They should've stopped they're jealous bullshit and let him do his thriller tour just sit back for a while. The show would've been better received, more anticipate, and more energy!
After Motown 25 the anticipation and energy for the Jacksons was received extremely well. I remember it like yesterday. It was a big deal in 84. Take a look at mtv’s Billie Jean live and see for yourself.
@@RocStarr913 yea, he wanted to do a thriller tour..the victory tour ended up being many songs from thriller anyway. .they didn't even do one song from victory.
Not to mention, if he had done a Thriller tour, his brothers wouldn't have been around to talk him into doing those Pepsi commercials which caught Michael's hair on fire, getting him addicted to painkillers for life.
I don't get why they were calling it a "Reunion" when Michael hadn't ever left, their last Album and tour was just 3 years prior. It was Jermaine who was reuniting
Unfortunately his father was greedy and hired the worst person to manage THE concert tour of the century. This was the tour for Thriller and Don King ruined it. This is why Michael stopped working with his family.
I think one of the reasons why he stopped working with his family was because I think he was still salty about the Pepsi accident to promote this tour… but it’s a theory, im not stating this as my final answer
I think even if wasn’t Don King or the Pepsi commercial accident, it wasn’t going to stop Michael from musically splitting with The Jacksons. It was clear that he had little reason other than family ties to still work with them.
Let’s acknowledge the fact that the six brothers could command so much attention. That’s Black Power✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾. God bless Joseph and Katherine Jackson. Defiying all odds of raising nine black children between the 1940s and the 1980s.
...Which sparked a series of events and a chain of deals that ultimately led to Robert Kraft making his acquisition of the NE Patriots in full. Never thought that the NE Patriots would become the proverbial hot potato among competing business owners before it landed on Robert Kraft's hands.
Duran Duran put on a far better show. Prince and the Revolution Purple Rain tour is rightfully rated higher than this crap. Yes, I saw all three shows live. Michael Jackson carrying Emmanuel Lewis backstage, flying with the imp in a private plane while his brothers had to find their own way. Dysfunctional family describes them perfectly.
He didn’t want to do that shit goofy. He wanted a THRILLER tour.🤦🏾♂️ “You should be honored by my lateness , that I would even show up to this fake shit” - Ye
@@karithema9ician657 Didn't want to but did it anyway. What's up with him being late? We all heard the story how Brooke Shields, in a moment of weakness, tried to seduce Jackson and what happened? According to him, he "chickened out". The Wacko Jacko erection failed and next thing you know Jacko and Emmanuel Lewis are inseparable. Scared of Brooke Shields in the bedroom so he has that little Hobbit sitting on his lap in public. Get that Wacko Jacko shit outta here.
I was at the NJ concert, 84. Best memory from my childhood , loved MJ so much!!
LovinFiveAwesomeKids i envy you!!
Luckyyy! What was it like
It wasn't just Michael Jackson it was the Jacksons tour
I wanna back when a ticket to the best show in the world cost 30$
I was there at Arrowhead Stadium on the tour's opening night as the guest of Chuck Sullivan. Saw the concert from the floor of Arrowhead stadium right in the middle, several rows back from the front. A great vantage point! One of the two or three best concerts I've seen in my life, and I've seen a lot of concerts by most of the top names in the business. It's unfortunate how the tour fumbled the ticket sales mechanism. But that doesn't change the fact that the Victory Tour was a smash among fans, and it unquestionably forever changed the concert business for artists. Before the Victory tour, you could get a concert ticket to even the biggest artists for $12 or $15 a set. It was unthinkable at the time that the Jacksons were getting upwards of $30 or $40 for a single ticket. But it all seems rather quaint today, doesn't it? This was the tour that changed that trajectory. And for that, musical artists owe a lot of Michael Jackson and his brothers and the Victory tour.
I feel the jacksons should have let Mike do his thriller tour and later he would have reunited with them....instead we had this debacle and the jacksons never toured again as a group
Agreed! They should've stopped they're jealous bullshit and let him do his thriller tour just sit back for a while. The show would've been better received, more anticipate, and more energy!
After Motown 25 the anticipation and energy for the Jacksons was received extremely well. I remember it like yesterday. It was a big deal in 84. Take a look at mtv’s Billie Jean live and see for yourself.
I don’t get the impression that Michael was ever going to do a concert tour for the Thriller album.
@@RocStarr913 yea, he wanted to do a thriller tour..the victory tour ended up being many songs from thriller anyway.
.they didn't even do one song from victory.
Not to mention, if he had done a Thriller tour, his brothers wouldn't have been around to talk him into doing those Pepsi commercials which caught Michael's hair on fire, getting him addicted to painkillers for life.
I don't get why they were calling it a "Reunion" when Michael hadn't ever left, their last Album and tour was just 3 years prior. It was Jermaine who was reuniting
That's because jermaine worked his way back in !!
Unfortunately his father was greedy and hired the worst person to manage THE concert tour of the century. This was the tour for Thriller and Don King ruined it.
This is why Michael stopped working with his family.
I think one of the reasons why he stopped working with his family was because I think he was still salty about the Pepsi accident to promote this tour… but it’s a theory, im not stating this as my final answer
I think even if wasn’t Don King or the Pepsi commercial accident, it wasn’t going to stop Michael from musically splitting with The Jacksons. It was clear that he had little reason other than family ties to still work with them.
@@maxferdy7702 his father wasn’t even in charge of anything by that point , Joe was fired as their manager wtf do y’all be talking about?
@@wavy9181After this tour😮?
i remember being disapointed because of the ticket situation, selling them in bundles
Let’s acknowledge the fact that the six brothers could command so much attention. That’s Black Power✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾. God bless Joseph and Katherine Jackson. Defiying all odds of raising nine black children between the 1940s and the 1980s.
My father saw Michael Jackson live in Toronto, Canada on October 7th 1984
I was there at that concert and will never forget it!!!! Michael didn't want to do the show. He did it because his mother asked him to.
that's actually the real footage from the Kansas City Victory Tour that's on UA-cam right now.
I cried when they came to Miami and I couldn’t go. I was 12 then.
I was lucky enough to be at the Friday (11.02.84) show at the Orange Bowl. It was amazing! Sorry you missed it,.
years that were never meant to end.
$30?
compared to $90 -$200? funny.
Terryz T $30 back then is like $69 today.
You had to buy 4 or more tickets and many people only wanted 1.
Facts it was don king
I don't understand why tell me I'm not dreaming and rock with you is cut from the VHS Pro Kansas City 1984 Tape.
Chuck Sullivan loss the Patriots as a result of the Victory Tour...
Yep. Lost them and Victor Kiam (owner of Remington Shaving kit) LOVED THE PATRIOTS. He loved them so much HE BOUGHT THE TEAM.
Robert Kraft has a Victory Tour poster in his office to remind him of when he saved the stadium from bankruptcy.
...Which sparked a series of events and a chain of deals that ultimately led to Robert Kraft making his acquisition of the NE Patriots in full.
Never thought that the NE Patriots would become the proverbial hot potato among competing business owners before it landed on Robert Kraft's hands.
Very rare video.❤ from Italy 💚
all because of MJ
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I swear I wish mike would have done the thiller tour 1984 owe us a mike Solo album
He wanted to do it, but you know, family obligations..
didn’t know chuck sullivan was hired by Michael. interesting..
Who didn't want to see joe jackson rich
Good Ol Racist Dallas.
Duran Duran put on a far better show. Prince and the Revolution Purple Rain tour is rightfully rated higher than this crap. Yes, I saw all three shows live. Michael Jackson carrying Emmanuel Lewis backstage, flying with the imp in a private plane while his brothers had to find their own way. Dysfunctional family describes them perfectly.
🤔🤔
Mike was mad thiller tour n a 1984 solo album was on his mind
He didn’t want to do that shit goofy. He wanted a THRILLER tour.🤦🏾♂️ “You should be honored by my lateness , that I would even show up to this fake shit” - Ye
Don’t ever disrespect the king like that boy
@@karithema9ician657 Didn't want to but did it anyway. What's up with him being late? We all heard the story how Brooke Shields, in a moment of weakness, tried to seduce Jackson and what happened? According to him, he "chickened out". The Wacko Jacko erection failed and next thing you know Jacko and Emmanuel Lewis are inseparable. Scared of Brooke Shields in the bedroom so he has that little Hobbit sitting on his lap in public. Get that Wacko Jacko shit outta here.