A "Thriller" in Knoxville: The Jacksons' Victory Tour at Neyland Stadium

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Жыл бұрын

In the summer of 1984, Michael Jackson and his brothers played three concerts at Neyland Stadium. Jackson-mania hit Knoxville in a big way. This is a behind-the-scenes look at the trials and tribulations of holding a concert of this magnitude in Knoxville.
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@spenfor1598 Жыл бұрын

I went to this concert!!!!! 🤗 I had worked all night and went and stood in line to get the tickets!!!!! 😊 Of course I was much younger!!!!! 🤨 But it was worth the wait!!!! 👍 He arrived in a ambulance!!!! Kinda odd but whatever!!! 🤔 I had also been to that Billy Graham Crusade saw him and Nixon in back of car leaving stadium!!!! 🙏 We all know what happened to Nixon after that!!!!! 😏 The show was spectacular and to this day is a very fond memory!!!!!!! 😊💕

@mocancer3232 Жыл бұрын

Who arrived in an 🚑?

@Neevie-Styx 11 ай бұрын

@@mocancer3232- I think they’re saying Michael arrived in an ambulance.

@ricky6935 8 ай бұрын

i don't remember that and i was there ...I don't even know how he would know that, sound like a little lie ..lol

@aaronberns8485 Жыл бұрын

Holy crap. I know about this Jackson mania, but from what I’ve seen so far, this frenzy is beyond comprehension. It was more than just screaming fans. The fans fighting and arguing in a long line waiting to get tickets is what really struck me, and I haven’t even finished the video yet. It was like an entirely big deal as essential as food and water. Michael Jackson was something else.

@johnsonmark65 Жыл бұрын

this was Thriller era my friend, this is when he was at his peak.

@managed9348 Жыл бұрын

@@johnsonmark65 even after thriller era people was still dying to see him

@DPPLOWD 11 ай бұрын

@@johnsonmark65I seen him on all tours Victory had absolutely NOTHING on Bad Tour

@ericdestler7723 Жыл бұрын

I'd pay $$$ for the footage from this show. Being a fan I totally missed out! My parents went to this. I was born 2 months later! I always say this was my 1st concert and I missed out of it lol

@chinopicasso132 Жыл бұрын

why there will NEVER be another Michael Jackson

@johnsonmark65 Жыл бұрын

this was Michael Jackson at his absolute peak, at this particular point, everything about him was perfect at this point.

@Fakename70 Жыл бұрын

I think he was an even better performer once he started touring as a solo artist 3-4 years later.

@sunwukong7567 Жыл бұрын

Bad Era is his performance peak, Dangerous Era is his overall global superstar peak.

@johnsonmark65 Жыл бұрын

@@sunwukong7567 not at all kid, early-mid 80s is when he was at the top of his game

@evem620 11 ай бұрын

@@sunwukong7567 History was his must commercially successful

@areguapiri 10 ай бұрын

@@johnsonmark65....Very true. Early 80s and the Thriller Michael Jackson was the greatest and biggest.

@areguapiri 10 ай бұрын

Nothing was better than seeing "The Jacksons" together. It was magical!

@triumphsmania Жыл бұрын

Whoever is behind the archivist thank you for sharing this, hopefully more of The Jacksons would pop up. This was Victory but they also visited Tennessee in 79 & 81 which was documented so I feel fans would want to see that as well. Thank youu

@wandarichmond7643 19 күн бұрын

Thank you so very much for mentioning the concerts. They did here in Memphis, Tennessee in 1979 and 1981.! Fortunately, I did get to see them in 1981. Please tell me how I can see these documented concerts as I would truly appreciate it! I would also like to share with you that I met Michael and his brothers here in Memphis. in 1977. It was a beautiful experience, too.But thanks again for mentioning their concerts here in Tennessee!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤LOVE THE JACKSON FAMILY!😊

@ThrawnaDelRey 8 ай бұрын

It's crazy how $30 was too expensive for some people to see Michael Jackson back then. I'd easily pay 5x that amount to see him today!

@ricky6935 8 ай бұрын

I was there the first night, that Friday! We tried to go again that Sunday but we could not get tickets, no more money !!lol It was an amazing the show, they gave you the illusion like a UFO was flying over the stadium and it landed on stage, five doors open and they all walked down a ramp with shades on to the stage! It was beyond words, have been to alot of concerts and have never seen an opening like that still to date and its 2023!!

@wilmmerwest3876 5 ай бұрын

😮😮

@ricky6935 5 ай бұрын

@@wilmmerwest3876 Yep it was crazy, just imagine a UFO flying over a football stadium and landing on the stage, and then the five doors open and each of the Jackson brother walk down the ramp...it should be the most spectacular opening in history..and they left the stage back in the UFO .it was so hot!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@wilmmerwest3876 5 ай бұрын

@@ricky6935 Did you see MJ later on his solo world tours after August 1984?🙂

@ReginaldVisuals Жыл бұрын

Long live the Jacksons

@genevestal9740 Жыл бұрын

Extra special memories from the show details to the way The Strip on Cumberland and Profitts ticket outlet looked. My friend caught his "Billie Jean" hat on the second performance night and the radio station I was working for at the time had its mic flag at the center of this press conference. It was truly a once in a lifetime event and the post re-living it is fantastic

@managed9348 Жыл бұрын

I’d sell my house to see Michael perform

@steviecritiquenewby7874 Жыл бұрын

The Greatest Group Ever The Jackson 5/The Jacksons 🎤🎶❤️💯🔈🔉🔊

@wandarichmond7643 19 күн бұрын

You ABSOLUTELY 💯Correct!!! No one, I mean no one rivals THE JACKSONS!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉THEY WERE OUR DREAM COME TRUE!!! TRULY PHENOMEMNOL !!

@coursecorrection4105 Жыл бұрын

Wow. Thank you for sharing these archive stories. Such a great look at history

@JJW419 Жыл бұрын

This why Micheal had to get away from his brothers. They were acting like stars like he was, but making him look horrible in the process. He was the main attraction and anything bad publicly would be toward him and him taking most of the blame bc of his superstardom. That's why he went solo permanently.

@prod.justjae9957 Жыл бұрын

They were stars tho

@Neevie-Styx 11 ай бұрын

I agree with you. They were holding him back and making him do simple group dance moves with them when he was capable of much more fast and complex moves. I can see why it was frustrating for him.

@666nkk Жыл бұрын

So great to watch this. The man that has been the focal point of my life creating a total mania already 4 years before I was even born.

@benowen3399 Жыл бұрын

Awsum summary of The Jacksons concert at Knoxville. Well done NBC . .

@Fakename70 Жыл бұрын

Ahh, the days of having to go to a department store or venue box office for concert tickets.

@Milkers777 Жыл бұрын

WOW!!!! Thank y’all for this beautiful stuff to see LONG LIVE THE KING OF MUSIC Michael Joseph Jackson!🤩🙌🏽👑💖🌟

@bigboy0494 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this!

@unboxingthepast 10 ай бұрын

What an awesome piece of history!

@wilmmerwest3876 8 ай бұрын

WBIR time you release the whole show now!!!!!

@musicalmelodies3595 Жыл бұрын

11:29 is literally MJ in 1995 😂

@BlindVeganRescue Ай бұрын

I was 3. My first memory. I remember someone juggling clubs on fire.

@leemarshall7892 9 ай бұрын

I want this and all the news footage to be apart of a big document/ concert. They can compile different dates but this would be amazing to see as an intro up the show.

@touch_the_sky 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing such valuable material! Even with the huge popularity of Michael and the Victory Tour, there's very little high quality video material available! So thanks again!

@G32Souza-ir1ed 13 күн бұрын

What a wonderful show, if I were from that time I would definitely go, I would really enjoy it💕💕💕👑👑👑.

@MJDAS2001 8 ай бұрын

Love this!!!

@edreid7872 10 ай бұрын

30 dollars.. People are paying thousands to see Taylor and Beyonce

@Enormous32 13 күн бұрын

See prices has change......40 years ago....prices was cheap.....

@eph_loves_80s74 Жыл бұрын

Hello thank you for this. Can you please upload more Thriller era archives?

@scottwhaley4585 Жыл бұрын

@eph_loves_80s74 Жыл бұрын

@@scottwhaley4585 Oh quiet you

@scottwhaley4585 Жыл бұрын

@@eph_loves_80s74 😂😂😂😂😂

@isuriadireja91 11 ай бұрын

Considering Michael friggin' Jackson was THE biggest artist in the..UNIVERSE, back then.. $30 ain't s**t..!!!! 😂 That's A DEAL right there. And now those people are in the elite group of ppl who got to see..experience MJ at his peak.. PLUS his brothers..who together had done it since the late 60s..!! I'd go back thru time machine to get to attend one of those concert dates AND Live Aid, at Wembley.

@jsinc4511 Жыл бұрын

Thriller is the biggest Album of the world weeks of number 1's in songs like billie jean thriller beat it and wanna be startin sometin.

@rededwards3479 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for posting the video. Things have sure changed and some not. Scalpers, Line cutters, counterfeit merchandise, police, confiscation, NO refunds, bomb threats, etc....hahahaha

@ruccireacts Жыл бұрын

I would pay $30

@profesae Жыл бұрын

30?!?! they needa make it free! I didn’t wait 40 yrs for this…

@gb8894 Жыл бұрын

I’d pay literally $10,000 or more to see Michael Jackson perform.

@mrs.jackson5872 Жыл бұрын

@@gb8894 literally

@mikefrench7304 Жыл бұрын

But you guys were spending 100 dollars on air Jordan 103 with tax🤦🏿‍♂️

@wilmmerwest3876 8 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@janbriggs7619 7 ай бұрын

YOU CAN SEE. WHY. WE ALL WANT TO SEE. GOT TO. SEE. GO TO 🙈🙈🙈. **** THE JACKSONS***. SIMPLY. AWESOME. ENTERTAINMENT.

@texsion 10 ай бұрын

Very good

@jonjonharreld7602 Жыл бұрын

One Love Fam...

@Inaworldoflove 8 ай бұрын

$30 back then is only $88 in todays money, adjusted for inflation. How the hell were people complaining? And lets not forget people paid crazy money for other things in 1984, like $2500 for a personal computer.

@sunwukong7567 Жыл бұрын

5:49 Ah, come on... don't start exaggerating. They're just recreating the Beat It short film. They needed a third guy to separate them and start dancing.

@Karazorel.Ms.PG1 Жыл бұрын

Again !!! Mj donating his money 2 charity...children charities. Love him so much. I agree with the man in blue suit

@Karazorel.Ms.PG1 Жыл бұрын

Love u MJ. Ohhh i be so mad if it was cancel hopefully they can be reschedule and not have to pay again. That messed up. Rip MJ & Dominic Lucero..

@misterhappy5462 Жыл бұрын

10:25

@cool_cat007smoove3 11 ай бұрын

People really for the smoke for Jackson tickets

@Mf_booma 10 ай бұрын

She said all six included Michael like wtf they had to say his name for everything

@steveedwards5618 9 ай бұрын

Can u believe it would have been 40 years ago next year. And look what happened 25 years later he is dead, after all that fame and fortune, I wondering he would have traded that all that fame instead to have a long life away from all the fame and torture of his court cases. What was it all about, he went mad and became a drug addicti and died by his own doing. Conrad was doing what he was being paid for.

@wandarichmond7643 19 күн бұрын

I agree with most of your words anyway. As is true, michael traded "the whole world gained, but in the end ,he lost something way more precious....His life.🌎 However, NOT By His own doing.

@Longlostpuss 10 ай бұрын

I notice nobody touching on the laundry list of demands for the concert. Imagine needing ALL THAT just to feel comfortable? And the 24 hour security. Not sure people understand how much you lose being famous and how much of your money is being spent just to maintain you, literally just so you maintain level, comfort and safety. You can never live what is considered a normal life ever again. This is why I never chased fame, Michael went through all that so you didn't have to.