Founded in 2003, Who’s Bad’s live performance is a celebration of pop music’s one true King. Their performance of Michael Jackson’s expansive catalog has united and ignited crowds on almost every continent. As the longest-running Michael Jackson tribute, and the only one to predate his untimely passing, Who’s Bad is… Read moreShow less
Founded in 2003, Who’s Bad’s live performance is a celebration of pop music’s one true King. Their performance of Michael Jackson’s expansive catalog has united and ignited crowds on almost every continent. As the longest-running Michael Jackson tribute, and the only one to predate his untimely passing, Who’s Bad is the World's #1 Michael Jackson Tribute.
Performing over 2500 shows worldwide, selling out nearly 50 venues in the United Kingdom including London’s O2 in December of 2010, the venue where the King of Pop was slated to end his career with a 50-show “This Is It” concert series.
Who’s Bad has checked some of the world’s most famous pavilions off their ‘to-do’ list, selling out their first tour of China with stops at Ningbo’s Grand Theatre and Hunan Grand Theatre in Changsha. Since then, Who's Bad has made stops in Thailand, Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Canada, Germany, Amsterdam and more.
Never neglecting Michael’s U.S. fans, Who’s Bad has packed The House of Blues franchise all across the United States; rocked DC’s 930 Club and returned to their native Chapel Hill, NC boasting larger, more eagerly-awaited performances with every romp around the globe. Sold-out shows from China to Los Angeles, Romania to Brazil tell the story.
Who’s Bad has earned its name by paying studious attention to Michael Jackson’s every original groove and gravity-defying dance move, boasting over 100 years of professional experience and a team of dancers with resumes that range from Broadway productions to Super Bowl halftime shows. Vamsi Tadepalli (Who’s Bad founder, producer, and original saxophonist) assembled a cast of premiere musicians and, from Who’s Bad’s inception, believed in the band’s boundless possibilities. The vocals and choreography of frontman James Times and Taalib York combined with the band’s horns, rhythms and the dancer’s synchronized dance routines results in a performance delivered with soul and precision.
They’ve shared stages with such mega stars as Aretha Franklin, The Backstreet Boys, The Four Tops, Boys II Men, and hip hop superstar, Pitbull. Captivated fans include LIVENATION’s Anthony Nicolaidis who calls Who’s Bad, “the real deal,” and Michael Jackson’s longtime friend and manager Frank DiLeo who proclaimed after Who’s Bad show in Nashville, TN, “the show was great….Michael would have been proud!”
