Michael Jackson confused Bucharest with Budapest, Romanian fans still remember him, many were offended

In the capitals of Hungary and Romania, you can meet a lot of star performers, and it was no different in the 90s. On his two big tours, the king of pop first visited Bucharest, then Budapest years later and hit the road.

The Dangerous World Tour was Jackson’s second world concert tour as a solo singer, the tour lasted from the summer of 1992 until the fall of the following year, he performed at nearly 70 concerts and about 3.5 million people saw his performance live.

The concert in Bucharest took place on October 1, 1992, naturally in front of a full house, 90,000 people crowded into the national stadium and waited for the biggest hits. Nothing out of the ordinary happened at the performance, but before that he ran into an unpleasant problem Michael Jackson.

The American speaker accidentally greeted the fans with “Hello Budapest” from the balcony of the parliament. Although this was not the first such incident, in Romania they took the blame to heart, which of course happens in the same way in Budapest, since the Hungarian capital has already been renamed Bucharest.

Michael Jackson by the way, he performed in the Romanian capital four years later as part of the History tour, and just a few days before that he also held a concert in Budapest at the Népstadion.

Even though the chance of a buck was even higher here, Jackson was now more careful about the names of the cities, and he made no mistakes on the balcony of the Romanian parliament, where he was awaited by an enthusiastic crowd just like years before. By the way, a video was also made on this occasion:

Several stars and bands have already tried to mix up Budapest and Bucharest, including Metallica, Iron Maiden and Lenny Kravitz, the good news is that after that they probably learned the names of the two cities for the rest of their lives.