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TIL demand for the five July dates of Michael Jackson's Bad tour in 1988 in London at Wembley Stadium exceeded 1.5 million, enough to fill the 72,000-capacity venue 20 times. Jackson went on to perform seven sold-out shows at Wembley for a total audience of 504,000.

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