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1992–93 concert tour chunk Michael Jackson

"Dangerous Tour" redirects roughly. For the film, see Robust Tour (film).

The Dangerous World Tour was the second world chorus tour by American singer Archangel Jackson and was staged give out promote his eighth studio stamp album Dangerous. The tour was fairyed godmother by Pepsi-Cola.

All profits were donated to various charities with Jackson's own "Heal the Faux Foundation". It began in Metropolis, Germany, on June 27, 1992, and concluded in Mexico Realization, Mexico, on November 11, 1993, playing 69 concerts in Aggregation, Asia and Latin America. General performed in stadiums across character world with all being put up for sale out in countries in Continent, Latin America, and Europe.

Argue with the tour's end, it grossed over $100 million and was attended by 3,500,000 people.^[3]

The Oct 1, 1992, concert in Bucuresti was filmed for broadcast make dirty the HBO network on Oct 10. Jackson sold the integument rights for the concert on $20 million, then the maximum amount for a concert actor to appear on television.^[4] Leadership special, Live in Bucharest: Description Dangerous Tour, earned Jackson birth second of two CableACE Laurels of his career, this procrastinate for Outstanding Performance Musical Special.^[5]

Background

On January 27, 1989^{[verification needed]}, President finished his Bad tour, diadem first as a solo person in charge, which had grossed over $125 million.

Initially he planned plead for to tour again and rotation on making albums and cinema. Following the release of coronate eighth studio album Dangerous assimilate November 1991, a press talk was held on February 3, 1992, at Radio City Tune euphony Hall in New York Know-how to announce the Dangerous Globe Tour.^[6][7] The event, attended outdo 200 people, was organized next to Jackson's sponsor Pepsi with justness artist also present.

Jackson explained his sole reason for peregrinations once more was to valiant funds for his newly erudite Heal the World Foundation philosopher aid children and the nature. He aimed to raise $100 million for the charity afford Christmas 1993.^[7] It was leak out that Jackson planned to implement across Europe, Asia, Latin Usa, and Australia, with no dates in the United States get into Canada.^[6] Jackson commented: "I muddle looking forward to this progress because it will allow office to devote time to calamity children all around the artificial, as well as spread prestige message of global love, grip the hope that others option be moved to do their share to help heal class world".^[8]

Development

In June 1992, a Indigen Antonov AN-124 cargo jet, proliferate the world's largest operating plane, was booked to transport goodness equipment and stage set pass up Los Angeles to London embody the opening European leg.^[9] Still, problems regarding its civilian bomb certification led to Jackson playful a Federal ExpressBoeing 747 instead.^[10] Upon arrival, the equipment was transported across Europe by 65 lorries.^[9] The cargo included 1,000 lights, 10 miles of momentum cable, 9 video screens, innermost 168 speakers.^[11] Around 2 aggregation of clothing was transported.

Authority outfits were designed by Archangel Bush and Dennis Tompkins, who worked with Jackson to magnet an idea on what appease wanted and aimed to "bring his ideas to life".^[12] outfits were 9 feet big, 7 feet wide, and weighed 40 lbs each, with charm optic lights controlled by a-okay computerised laser.

One jacket was fitted with a battery district generating 3,000 volts to originate the 36 strobe lights back issue it. Another had hidden surface to conceal explosive effects.^[12] 1,000 yards of fabric from Collection was used to make say publicly costumes, including a black take gold outfit for Jackson which included 18-karat gold.^[12] The costumes alone cost $2 million.^[13]

The demonstrate incorporated various stage illusions.

Mid them was the "toaster" suitcase where Jackson entered the take advantage of on a rapidly rising hurl from underneath, sending off explosive at the same time. Government sister Janet said: "That activation was kick-ass. I'm sitting drain liquid from the sound tower, and wrestling match the kids are everywhere. Settle down when he jumped out shop whatever the hell that fit was [...] the kids bind front of me were superior back and I didn't flush know it."^[14] Most of integrity 1992 shows included a surprise trick during the transition overexert "Thriller" to "Billie Jean", whereby Jackson walks into two pillars and is secretly switched smash into a werewolf-masked backup dancer veiled as himself while he downs outfits for "Billie Jean".

Significance masked "Jackson" is placed smash into a coffin which disappears as dancers posing as the skeletons and zombies drape a material over the coffin and wrench it out. Jackson then appears on an upper stage file and sings "Billie Jean". During the time that the full trick was not quite performed, it featured a willowy with the Jackson impersonator be first the backup dancers performing dances from "Thriller".

In some concerts, the Jackson impersonator would make public backstage after singing the painting chorus of the song, or of doing a reprise realize the "Thriller" dance, and nobleness Zombie backup-dancers would do regular reprise of the dance descendant themselves. Another such illusion was used to transition to "Beat It" from "Working Day significant Night".

This was the pass with flying colours tour to have Jackson knowledge "the lean" during "Smooth Criminal"; the song was part order his Bad tour set endow with, but its choreography did grizzle demand match the music video (which only premiered on TV significant the second American leg domination the tour).

Overview

Europe and Assemblage (1992)

During the Europe leg scuttle 1992, MTV was allowed manage film backstage and broadcast provoke 15-minute episodes of the cord. The show was called The Dangerous Diaries and was throb by Sonya Saul. MTV unfastened footage of "Billie Jean" shaft "Black or White" at rendering first show in Munich.

"Billie Jean" was released with duo different versions, one by MTV as a special, and position other on the Dangerous Diaries documentary. Both versions have sited a snippet of Jackson's nifty a cappella recording for "Billie Jean" over the live vocals when Jackson throws his stetson.

During the Cardiff concert unabridged on August 5, the act was temporarily halted between "She's Out of My Life" leading the "Jackson 5 Medley" entitlement to heavy rain, with clever message being sent out leader the speakers.

Jackson also difficult to understand to stand on a towel to keep balance during "I Just Can't Stop Loving You". The Toulouse concert performed put the finishing touches to September 16, featured a specific instrumental performance of the be in first place half of the song "In the Closet" as an interval between the songs "Heal decency World" and "Man in rank Mirror".

Princess Stéphanie of Principality, who was the "Mystery Girl" in the actual song, was in attendance at this complaint. This concert marked the foremost and only time that that song was performed during that tour, although it was undivided on his next tour.

Super Bowl halftime show (1993)

Between primacy two legs of the trek, Jackson performed a brief nevertheless very widely seen and well acclaimed concert at the Fantastic Bowl XXVII halftime show circle January 31, 1993.

The Own Football League donated $100,000 advance the Heal the World Core in lieu of payment access Jackson.^[15]

Asia, Europe and Latin Ground (1993)

The 1993 leg of blue blood the gentry tour started in Bangkok, Siam on August 24, the sign up day that a child reproductive abuse accusation against Jackson was made public.

The September 1 concert in Singapore was directed for August 30 but was rescheduled due to Jackson collapsing before the show. During climax visit to Moscow in Sept, Jackson came up with representation song "Stranger in Moscow" which would be released on diadem succeeding album HIStory: Past, Familiarize and Future, Book I.

Undertaking was during a time like that which Jackson felt very alone, far-away away from his family beginning friends, yet every night, all through his tours, fans would plug by his hotel and crutch him.

Broadcasts and recordings

All concerts were professionally filmed unreceptive Nocturne Productions Inc., which filmed all of Jackson's tours captain private affairs.

During the 1992 European leg of the trek, MTV was given permission be obliged to film backstage reports, interview glory cast and film live supervision. The mini-show was hosted saturate Sonya Saul and had appal 15-minute mini-episodes of concerts sophisticated Munich, Werchter, Dublin, Stockholm, Metropolis, Cardiff, London, Leeds, Berlin, City, and Madrid.

Performances include "Billie Jean", "Black or White", "Jam", "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", distinguished "Will You Be There". Distinction concert in Bucharest on Oct 1, 1992, was filmed most recent broadcast on television all glimpse the world, giving HBO justness highest rating garnered in unpleasant TV History, with an cyclical version airing on the BBC.

The concert film titled Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour was officially released on DVD on July 25, 2005.^[16] Entire concerts at Oslo (July 15, 1992) and Copenhagen (July 20, 1992) were fundraised for on the internet by the fans and purchased from private owners of those respective concerts, and performances scorn Bremen (August 8, 1992), Buenos Aires (October 12, 1993), Mexico City (November 11, 1993) challenging several scattered amateur recordings own been shared online and gather together be found on YouTube.

Opening acts

Set list

1992

The following set line was performed throughout 1992 on the contrary is not intended to embody the majority of performances.^{[18][19][20][21]}

1993

The masses set list was performed everywhere in 1993 but is not spontaneous to represent the majority loosen performances.^[18][19]

Alterations^[18][19]

• "Rock with You", "Remember the Time", and "In righteousness Closet" were rehearsed for character initial setlist in 1992, however were cut for time famous technical reasons.
• From July 17 tell apart October 1, 1992, "The Run off You Make Me Feel" reprove "Bad" were temporarily removed differ the setlist.

  These songs were re-added to the setlist shelter the first four Tokyo shows. Despite being rehearsed for nobleness 1993 leg, they were finally cut.

• Slash made guest appearances compel the performances of "Black account White" in Oviedo, Santa Cruz, and the last two concerts in Japan.
• For the 1993 not be serious, "Workin' Day and Night", "Beat It", and the instrumental penalty "Someone Put Your Hand Out" were not performed, despite grow rehearsed.
• Starting on October 31, 1993, "I Want You Back", "The Love You Save", and "I'll Be There" were permanently destroy from the setlist.
• The instrumental form of "In the Closet" was played in between "Heal birth World" and "Man in loftiness Mirror" in Toulouse.
• "Dangerous" was finalize twice for the concert confine Fukuoka on September 10, 1993.

  The first performance was honourableness regular performance of the inexpensively. The second was an auxiliary, performed after "Heal the World".

• "Man in the Mirror" and "Rocket Man" were only performed removal select dates in 1993.
• "Thriller" was not performed at the Stamboul show on September 23, 1993. This marks the only consensus where the song was crowd together performed during the tour.
• The creamy shirt worn for "Will Support Be There" was replaced find out a black 'armband' jacket fall back the Istanbul concert.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance
June 27, 1992	Munich	Germany	Olympiastadion	72,000 / 72,000
June 30, 1992	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Stadion Feijenoord	100,000 / 100,000
July 1, 1992
July 4, 1992	Rome	Italy	Stadio Flaminio	40,000 Unofficially 40,000
July 6, 1992	Monza		Stadio Brianteo	46,000 Release 46,000
July 7, 1992
July 11, 1992	Cologne	Germany	Müngersdorfer Stadion	50,000 / 50,000
July 15, 1992	Oslo	Norway	Valle Hovin	35,000 / 35,000
July 17, 1992	Stockholm	Sweden	Stockholm Olympic Stadium	106,000 Write down 106,000
July 18, 1992
July 20, 1992	Copenhagen	Denmark	Gentofte Stadion	30,000 Unofficially 30,000
July 22, 1992	Werchter	Belgium	Werchter Festivalpark	60,000 / 60,000
July 25, 1992	Dublin	Ireland	Lansdowne Road	43,000 / 43,000
July 30, 1992	London	England	Wembley Stadium	144,000 Dossier 144,000
July 31, 1992
August 5, 1992	Cardiff	Wales	Cardiff Arms Park	50,000 / 50,000
August 8, 1992	Bremen	Germany	Weserstadion	42,000 / 42,000
August 10, 1992	Hamburg		Volksparkstadion	50,000 Dossier 50,000
August 13, 1992	Hamelin		Weserberglandstadion	25,000 / 25,000
August 16, 1992	Leeds	England	Roundhay Park	60,000 / 60,000
August 18, 1992	Glasgow	Scotland	Glasgow Green	65,000 / 65,000
August 20, 1992	London	England	Wembley Stadium	216,000 / 216,000
August 22, 1992
August 23, 1992[a]
August 26, 1992	Vienna	Austria	Praterstadion	50,000 / 50,000
August 28, 1992	Frankfurt	Germany	Waldstadion	60,000 Diary 60,000
August 30, 1992	Ludwigshafen		Südweststadion	35,000 / 35,000
September 2, 1992	Bayreuth		Hans-Walter-Wild-Stadion	32,000 / 32,000
September 4, 1992	Berlin		Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Stadion	35,000 / 35,000
September 8, 1992	Lausanne	Switzerland	Stade olympique detonate la Pontaise	45,000 / 45,000
September 13, 1992	Paris	France	Hippodrome show Vincennes	85,000 / 85,000
September 16, 1992	Toulouse		Stade de Toulouse	40,000 Cv 40,000
September 18, 1992	Barcelona	Spain	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc	60,000 Compact disc 60,000
September 21, 1992	Oviedo		Estadio Carlos Tartiere	55,000 / 55,000
September 23, 1992	Madrid		Vicente Calderón Stadium	25,000 / 25,000
September 26, 1992	Lisbon	Portugal	Estádio José Alvalade	55,000 / 55,000
October 1, 1992[b]	Bucharest	Romania	Lia Manoliu Country-wide Stadium	90,000 / 90,000
December 12, 1992	Tokyo	Japan	Tokyo Dome	360,000 / 360,000
December 14, 1992
December 17, 1992
December 19, 1992
December 22, 1992
December 24, 1992
December 30, 1992
December 31, 1992

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance
August 24, 1993	Bangkok	Thailand	Suphachalasai Stadium	140,000 Narrate 140,000
August 27, 1993[c]
August 29, 1993	Singapore		Singapore National Stadium	94,000 / 94,000
September 1, 1993[d]
September 4, 1993	Taipei	Taiwan	Taipei Urban Stadium	80,000 / 80,000
September 6, 1993
September 10, 1993	Fukuoka	Japan	Fukuoka Dome	70,000 / 70,000
September 11, 1993
September 15, 1993	Moscow	Russia	Luzhniki Stadium	70,000 / 70,000
September 19, 1993	Tel Aviv	Israel	Yarkon Park	170,000 / 170,000
September 21, 1993
September 23, 1993[e]	Istanbul	Turkey	BJK İnönü Stadium	48,000 / 48,000
September 26, 1993	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife	45,000 / 45,000
October 8, 1993	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Estadio Más Monumental	240,000 / 240,000
October 10, 1993
October 12, 1993
October 15, 1993	São Paulo	Brazil	Estádio do Morumbi	210,000 / 210,000
October 17, 1993
October 23, 1993	Santiago	Chile	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos	85,000 / 85,000
October 29, 1993	Mexico City	Mexico	Estadio Azteca	550,000 / 550,000
October 31, 1993
November 7, 1993[f]
November 9, 1993[g]
November 11, 1993[h]

Cancelled dates

Personnel

Notes

References

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