The King of Pop turned 39 on stage with 60,000 Danes screaming — and fireworks.
Michael performed at the Parken Stadium on his 39th birthday with 60,000 fans. He was presented with a surprise birthday cake, marching band, and fireworks on stage after "You Are Not Alone". ---- Setlist "Gates of Kiev" Introduction 01. Scream / They Don't Care About Us / In the Closet (With "She Drives Me Wild" snippet) 02. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 03. Stranger in Moscow 04. Smooth Criminal "The Wind" Interlude 05. You Are Not Alone 06. I Want You Back / The Love You Save / I'll Be There (The Jackson 5 song) "Remember the Time" Interlude 07. Billie Jean 08. Thriller 09. Beat It Black or White "Panther" Interlude 10. Dangerous 11. Black or White 12. Earth Song "We Are the World" Interlude 13. Heal the World 14. HIStory --- The tour included a total of 82 concerts spanning the globe with stops in 57 cities, 35 countries on 5 continents. The show played in front of 1,172,929 people, grossing $47,948,717 (source: Wikipedia).
Direction
MJ directing himself — every camera angle calculated.
Production
Marching band and fireworks for his own birthday — iconic.
Director
Michael Jackson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was MJ's only birthday concert ever — he deliberately avoided them, making the Parken surprise genuinely unplanned. The Danish organizers kept it secret from his own team.
HIStory era MJ was radioactive in US media — this European tour documented him at peak physical form while American press wrote him off. The Copenhagen crowd's adoration reads as deliberate contrast.
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