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Michael Jacksons (Bad Tour) Thriller Jacket
PLEASE NOTE: This historic item is scheduled to be displayed at the GRAMMY museum. The GRAMMY Museum® :: In the L.A. LIVE District
For those of you who can't reach the Grammy Museum, we have now set up and featured this iconic piece of historic memorabilia on PROPbay's homepage so you can still admire it without leaving the comfort of your chair!
The holy grail for Michael Jackson collectibles. This thriller jacket was worn by Michael Jackson in rehersals for his record breaking BAD world tour. It was donated by Michael in 1990 to an auction benefiting the USA for Africa cause. Complete with a copy of the letter signed by Michael from MJJ Productions dated June 25, 1990 detailing the history of the jacket. The very personal letter is written by Jackson on letterhead from the desk of Bob Jones, Vice President Communications & Media Relations. An extremely rare, instantly recognizable iconic costume of Michael Jacksons.
The jacket worn in the THRILLER music video (an identical black and red calf skin piece made also by Marc Laurent Paris) was recently auctioned and sold for $1.8 million in 2011. In Michael's final version of this piece for the BAD tour, he also had electronics placed throughout the jacket (on the black leather) with synchronizing lights that were co-ordinatined to the beat of the music. This was a later addition so as to provide more of a spectacle in the huge arenas he was performing in.
This jacket has been signed by:
Michael Jackson (on the outside of the jacket, top left)
John Landis (director: on the interior left of the jacket. Mr. Landis has also included the inscription "Thriller!")
Deborah Nadoolman (costume designer: on the interior right of the jacket. She has also included an arrow to the makers label with the inscription "Mine!")
BAD TOUR: First Leg (1987) Second Leg (1988-1989) Original Thriller video: Directed by John Landis (1983).
Bad was the debut solo concert tour by American recording artist Michael Jackson, launched in support of his seventh studio album of the same name (1987). Sponsored by Pepsi and spanning 16 months, the tour included 123 concerts to 4.4 million fans across 15 countries. The tour grossed $125 million ($247 million in 2012 currency), adding four new entries in the Guinness World Records for the largest grossing tour in history, the tour with the largest attended audience, the most successful concert series and the most sold out shows at Wembley Stadium. In April 1989, the tour was nominated for "Tour of the Year 1988" at the inaugural International Rock Awards.
PLEASE NOTE: This historic item is scheduled to be displayed at the GRAMMY museum. The GRAMMY Museum® :: In the L.A. LIVE District
For those of you who can't reach the Grammy Museum, we have now set up and featured this iconic piece of historic memorabilia on PROPbay's homepage so you can still admire it without leaving the comfort of your chair!
The holy grail for Michael Jackson collectibles. This thriller jacket was worn by Michael Jackson in rehersals for his record breaking BAD world tour. It was donated by Michael in 1990 to an auction benefiting the USA for Africa cause. Complete with a copy of the letter signed by Michael from MJJ Productions dated June 25, 1990 detailing the history of the jacket. The very personal letter is written by Jackson on letterhead from the desk of Bob Jones, Vice President Communications & Media Relations. An extremely rare, instantly recognizable iconic costume of Michael Jacksons.
The jacket worn in the THRILLER music video (an identical black and red calf skin piece made also by Marc Laurent Paris) was recently auctioned and sold for $1.8 million in 2011. In Michael's final version of this piece for the BAD tour, he also had electronics placed throughout the jacket (on the black leather) with synchronizing lights that were co-ordinatined to the beat of the music. This was a later addition so as to provide more of a spectacle in the huge arenas he was performing in.
This jacket has been signed by:
Michael Jackson (on the outside of the jacket, top left)
John Landis (director: on the interior left of the jacket. Mr. Landis has also included the inscription "Thriller!")
Deborah Nadoolman (costume designer: on the interior right of the jacket. She has also included an arrow to the makers label with the inscription "Mine!")
BAD TOUR: First Leg (1987) Second Leg (1988-1989) Original Thriller video: Directed by John Landis (1983).
Bad was the debut solo concert tour by American recording artist Michael Jackson, launched in support of his seventh studio album of the same name (1987). Sponsored by Pepsi and spanning 16 months, the tour included 123 concerts to 4.4 million fans across 15 countries. The tour grossed $125 million ($247 million in 2012 currency), adding four new entries in the Guinness World Records for the largest grossing tour in history, the tour with the largest attended audience, the most successful concert series and the most sold out shows at Wembley Stadium. In April 1989, the tour was nominated for "Tour of the Year 1988" at the inaugural International Rock Awards.
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