Who's Bad: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Experience

The only Michael Jackson tribute band that was already going while he was alive.

Who's Bad is the longest-running Michael Jackson tribute act, and its performance of his catalogue has ignited crowds on every continent. The band has sold out nearly fifty venues in the United Kingdom, including London's O2 in December 2010, the very room where Jackson was due to close his career with the fifty-show This Is It run. They sold out their first tour of China, packed the House of Blues in Houston, Dallas and New Orleans, and played the 930 Club in Washington, the Bluebird in Colorado and Sala Palatului in Romania.

Founder, composer and saxophonist Vamsi Tadepalli assembled a cast of North Carolina's premier musicians, and the group now carries over a hundred years of professional experience between them, with dancers whose resumes include Phantom of the Opera. Frontmen Joseph Bell and Taalib York handle the vocals and choreography over a six-piece band. They have shared stages with Aretha Franklin, The Backstreet Boys, The Four Tops, Boyz II Men and Pitbull.

Michael Jackson's longtime friend and manager Frank DiLeo put it simply after a Nashville show: "Michael would have been proud."

Good to know. Doors open at 7pm.

Where to go. The Palace Theatre sits on Atlantic Street in downtown Stamford, an easy run from anywhere in lower Fairfield County, with restaurants and parking within a short walk.