Bad World Tour - Set List

Set List

First leg (1987)

1. "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
2. "Things I Do for You"
3. "Off the Wall"
4. "Human Nature"
5. "Heartbreak Hotel (a.k.a. This Place Hotel)
6. "She's Out of My Life"
7. The Jackson 5 Medley
   • "I Want You Back"
   • "The Love You Save"
   • "I'll Be There"
8. "Rock with You"
9. "Lovely One"
10. "Bad Groove"
11. "Workin' Day and Night"
12. "Beat It"
13. "Billie Jean"
14. "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)"
15. "Thriller"
16. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
17. "Bad"

30th Grammy Awards show

1. "The Way You Make Me Feel"
2. "Man in the Mirror"

Second leg (1988–1989)

1. "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
2. "Heartbreak Hotel (a.k.a. This Place Hotel)
3. "Another Part of Me"
4. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
5. "She's Out of My Life"
6. The Jackson 5 Medley
   • "I Want You Back"
   • "The Love You Save"
   • "I'll Be There"
7. "Rock with You"
8. "Human Nature"
9. "Smooth Criminal"
10. "Dirty Diana"
11. "Thriller"
12. "Bad Groove"
13. "Workin' Day and Night"
14. "Beat It"
15. "Billie Jean"
16. "Bad"
17. "The Way You Make Me Feel"
18. "Man in the Mirror"

Note

• Stevie Wonder made a surprise appearance at the November 28, 1987 Brisbane concert during the song "Bad".
• The "Bad Groove" interlude involved the band playing an extended instrumental of "It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night" by Prince from his 1987 album Sign o' the Times. The second leg piece grew longer and an instrumental of "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough" from Jackson's 1979 album Off the Wall was added. The band members also perform their own solo with keyboards first, followed by bass guitar then drums. During the second leg spots in the interlude session varied, such as the additional solo from guitarist Jon Clark.
• In a few concerts of the second leg, there sometimes, but rarely, were a few order switches of songs. Mostly two or more of the first ~9 songs had switched order, such as "Human Nature" following "Another Part of Me".
• For his March 1988 performances at Madison Square Garden in New York, Steve Stevens (Guitar - Billy Idol) performed on "Dirty Diana", as he had on the recording.
• Princess Diana and Prince Charles attended the July 16 show at Wembley Stadium. "Dirty Diana" was meant to be taken out of the setlist because Jackson thought that it would offend her Royal Highness, but when Princess Diana stated backstage that "Dirty Diana" was her favourite song of Jackson's, he re-added it to the set list.
• During the tour, Jackson performed "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" live on stage with background vocalist Sheryl Crow.
• "The Way You Make Me Feel" was taken out of the setlist on selected dates due to a late timing of the shows or other unknown reasons. When this occurred, "Man In The Mirror" was performed in the black "Bad" jacket. Dates the song was skipped include the July 16th, 1988 Wembley show (late timing) and the March 5th, 1988 New York show (Tatiana, the girl of "The Way You Make Me Feel" had been fired the previous night for kissing Michael on stage and there was no replacement for her yet. Sheryl Crow would later become the "The Way You Make Me Feel" girl.)
• At every tour stop, during "She's Out Of My Life", one girl was randomly picked out of the crowd (mostly front row seats) and was allowed to dance with Jackson on stage.
• During the last concert dates in Los Angeles, Michael sometimes used a white shirt for "The Way You Make Me Feel" and "Man In The Mirror".