Dangerous World Tour

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Dangerous Tour
Tour by Michael Jackson
Start date	June 27, 1992
End date	November 11, 1993
Legs	2
Shows	69
Michael Jackson tour chronology
Bad World Tour (1987-89)	Dangerous World Tour (1992-93)	HIStory World Tour (1996-97)

The Dangerous Tour was a world music tour by Michael Jackson that started on 27th June, 1992 in Munich, Germany and ended on 11th November, 1993 in Mexico City, Mexico. The Dangerous Tour consisted of 69 concerts to approximately 3.5 million fans across 3 continents. All proceeds from the tour were donated to various other charities including Jackson's own Heal The World Foundation. The tour was cut short due to Jackson's false allegations of child molestation in 1993 as well as his health, as Jackson had been poor during the latter concerts of the second leg. Jackson claimed to become dependant of painkillers while doing constructive surgery on his scalp. The cancellation of the tour's second and third leg meant Jackson never performed in North America and Australia.

Contents 1 Set list 1.1 First leg 1.2 Second leg 2 Tour dates 3 Trivia 4 Credits 4.1 Performers 4.2 The Crew 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Set list

[edit] First leg

• Carmina Burana "Brace Yourself" introduction
• "Jam"
• "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
• "Human Nature"
• "Smooth Criminal"
• "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" w/ Siedah Garrett
• "She's out of My Life"
• Jackson 5 medley - "I Want You Back"/"The Love You Save"/"I'll Be There"
• "Thriller"
• "Billie Jean"
• "Panther" interlude
• "Workin' Day and Night"
• "Beat It"
• "Will You Be There"
• "The Way You Make Me Feel" ¹
• "Bad" ¹
• "Black or White"
• "We Are the World" interlude
• "Heal the World"
• "Man in the Mirror"
• Rocket Man finale

¹ - These songs were performed until 15th July, 1992 (Oslo, Norway) when they were taken off the set list.

[edit] Second leg

• Carmina Burana "Brace Yourself" introduction
• "Jam"
• "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
• "Human Nature"
• "Smooth Criminal"
• "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" w/ Siedah Garrett
• "She's out of My Life"
• Jackson 5 medley - "I Want You Back"/"The Love You Save"/"I'll Be There"
• "Thriller"
• "Billie Jean"
• "Panther" interlude
• "Will You Be There"
• "Dangerous" ¹
• "Black or White"
• "We Are the World" interlude
• "Heal the World"
• "Man in the Mirror"
• Rocket Man finale

¹ - "Dangerous" was performed on the few last concerts on the tour.

[edit] Tour dates

No.	Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance
First leg
Europe
1	June 27th	Munich	Germany	Olympic Stadium	72,000
2-3	June 30th, July 1st	Rotterdam	Holland	Feijenoord Stadium	46,000
4	July 4th	Rome	Italy	Flaminio Stadium	36,000
5-6	July 6th, 7th	Monza	Italy	Brianteo Stadium	46,000
7	July 11th	Cologne	Germany	Mungersdorfer Stadium	65,000
8	July 15th	Oslo	Norway	Valle Hovin Stadium	35,000
9-10	July 17th, 18th	Stockholm	Sweden	Olympic Stadium	53,000
11	July 20th	Copenhagen	Denmark	Gentofte Stadium	30,000
12	July 22nd	Werchter	Belgium	Festival Ground	40,000
13	July 25th	Dublin	Ireland	Lansdowne Road	40,000
14-15	July 30th, 31st	London	England	Wembley Stadium	72,000
The third concert at Wembley Stadium in London on 1st August was cancelled and rescheduled for the 23rd.
16	August 5th	Cardiff	Wales	Cardiff Arms Park	50,000
17	August 8th	Bremen	Germany	Weser Stadium	45,000
18	August 10th	Hamburg	Germany	Volkspark Stadium	51,000
19	August 13th	Hamelin	Germany	Weserbergland Stadium	25,000
20	August 16th	Leeds	England	Roundhay Park	60,000
21	August 18th	Glasgow	Scotland	The Haugh	65,000
22-24	August 20th, 22nd, 23rd	London	England	Wembley Stadium	72,000
25	August 26th	Vienna	Austria	Prater Stadium	50,000
26	August 28th	Frankfurt	Germany	Waldstadion	60,000
27	August 30th	Ludwigshafen	Germany	Southwest Stadium	30,000
28	September 2nd	Bayreuth	Germany	Volks Stadium	32,000
29	September 4th	Berlin	Germany	Jahn Stadium	35,000
The concert on 6th September at Gelsenkirchen was cancelled and not rescheduled.
30	September 8th	Lausanne	Switzerland	La Pontaise Stadium	47,000
The concert in Basel, Switzerland on 11th September was cancelled and not rescheduled.
31	September 13th	Paris	France	Hippodrome de Vincennes	85,000
32	September 16th	Toulouse	France	Municipal Stadium	40,000
33	September 18th	Barcelona	Spain	Olympic Stadium	42,000
34	September 21st	Oviedo	Spain	Carlos Tartiere Stadium	25,000
35	September 22nd	Madrid	Spain	Vicente Calderón Stadium	40,000
36	September 26th	Lisbon	Portugal	José Alvalade Stadium	64,000
37	October 1st	Bucharest	Romania	Lia Manoliu Stadium	70,000
The concert on 2nd October in Izmir, Turkey was cancelled and not rescheduled.
The concert on 4th October in Istanbul, Turkey was cancelled and not rescheduled.
The concert on 8th October in Athens, Greece was cancelled and not rescheduled.
Asia
38-45	December 12th, 14th, 17th, 19th, 22nd, 24th, 30th, 31st	Tokyo	Japan	Tokyo Dome	45,000
Second leg
Europe and Asia
46	August 24th, 1993	Bangkok	Thailand	National Stadium	70,000
The cancelled concert from 25th August, rescheduled for 26th August, is again cancelled because Michael had not fully recovered from dehydration. Michael released an audio taped message to his fans saying "I promise all my fans to perform at the National Stadium in Bangkok on August 27th. I will see you Friday. I love you all"
47	August 27th	Bangkok	Thailand	National Stadium	70,000
48	August 29th	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore National Stadium	47,000
Before the concert in Singapore on the 30th August, Michael collapses backstage moments before the show is due to begin, suffering from a severe migraine. The next day Michael undergoes a brain scan in hospital. A second audio taped message is released: "I was suddenly taken ill last night and I am sorry for the cancellation of my performance and I apologise for any inconvenience it might have caused my fans in Singapore. I look forward to seeing you at the stadium tomorrow. Thank you for your continued support and understanding. I love you all. Thank you."
49	September 1st	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore National Stadium	47,000
50-51	September 4th, 6th	Taipei	Taiwan	Taipei Municipal Stadium	40,000
52-53	September 10th, 11th	Fukuoka	Japan	Fukuoka Dome	30,000
54	September 15th	Moscow	Russia	Luzhniki Stadium	50,000
55-56	September 19th, 21st	Tel Aviv	Israel	Park HaYarkon	80,000 (19th), 100,000 (21st)
57	September 23rd	Istanbul	Turkey	Inonu Stadium	48,000
58	September 26th	Tenerife	Canary Islands	Muelle de Santa Cruz de Tenerife	45,000
South America
59-61	October 8th, 10th, 12th	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Monumental Stadium	100,000
62-63	October 15th, 17th	Sao Paulo	Brazil	Morumbi Stadium	80,000 (15th), 100,000 (17th)
The first concert in Santiago, Chile on 21st October is cancelled due to Michael's back injury. The concert is not rescheduled.
64	October 23rd	Santiago	Chile	Chile National Stadium	65,000
65-66	October 29th, 31st	Mexico City	Mexico	Aztec Stadium	100,000
Michael cancels the third concert in Mexico on 2nd November due to a severe toothache.
67-69	November 7th, 9th, 11th	Mexico City	Mexico	Aztec Stadium	100,000
The rest of the tour was cancelled as Michael announces he is seeking treatment for his dependency on painkillers. He explains his stress from the now false allegations against him caused him to become dependent on the painkillers to get through the tour.

[edit] Trivia

• Before the tour began, Michael and his band rehearsed the setlist performances, in which the footage has been released onto the Internet. However, the exact date and location of the performances is not clear, despite initially being labelled as "Neverland Rehearsals".
• The stage used for the tour took nearly 3 days to set up, making newspaper and television headlines everywhere it went. 20 truck loads of equipment were shipped between countries on cargo planes.
• During the first leg, MTV had gained the right to follow Jackson on tour during his concerts in Europe, and broadcast a total of 6 15-minute episodes featuring performances, reports, and exclusive backstage interviews with the crew. The show was called Dangerous Diaries, and was presented by Sonya Saul.
• Jackson sold the film rights to his concert in Bucharest, Romania to HBO for $21 million. The deal was the highest ever paid for a live concert^{[citation needed]}. The concert was broadcast live on radio and shown on TV across 61 countries, and received the highest TV ratings in the history of the network, in which Jackson was honoured with a CableACE Award.^{[citation needed]}. In 2004, the concert was released on DVD as part of Michael Jackson's Ultimate Collection boxset, and in 2005, was released as a separate DVD known as Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour.
• Each concert on the tour ended by a stuntman dressed in a full astronaut costume (therefore appearing as Jackson) flying out of the arena using a rocket belt. When disappeared an announcer said: "Michael Jackson has left the stadium", and the concert was over, with some ending in a firework display. The stuntman was in fact Kinnie Gibson, and reportedly charged a total of $1 million for performing the stunts.
• On 31st December 1992 during the New Year's Eve concert in Tokyo, Japan, Slash made a special guest appearance for the performance of "Black or White". Slash also made a special appearance for "Black or White" at the concert in Oviedo, Spain that September.
• On 29th August 1993, Jackson performed in front of 47,000 on his 35th birthday in Singapore. The fans sung Happy Birthday in celebration.
• During his stay in Moscow, Russia in September 1993 Michael came up with the song Stranger in Moscow which would be released on his 1995 album HIStory. It was during a time when Michael felt very alone, and far away from his family and friends, yet every night fans would draw huge crowds by his hotel and support him.
• For the opening number, "Jam", Jackson wore two variations of a pseudo-military uniform. During the first leg, the uniform was gray-green with one bolded strap which both sparkled with multi-color when he was in front of light. For the second leg, he wore a black uniform with three yellow, bolded straps, one going from his collar to his waist in one direction and the other two in another.

[edit] Credits

[edit] Performers

Lead performer

• Michael Jackson: Singer, Dancer, Musical Director

Band members

• Piano, Musical Director: Greg Phillinganes
• Drums: Ricky Lawson
• Bass Guitar: Don Boyette
• Lead Guitar: Jennifer Batten
• Rhythm Guitar: David Williams
• Piano, Keyboards: Christopher Currell
• Percussion: Ollie E. Brown
• Vocals: Kevin Dorsey, Siedah Garrett, Dorian Holley, Darryl Phinnessee

The Seawind Horns

• Trombone: William Reichenbach
• Trumpets: Gary Grant, Jerry Hey
• Saxophones, Flute: Larry Williams

Dancers

• LaVelle Smith
• Shawnette Heard
• Eddie Garcia
• Randy Allaire
• Dominic Lucero
• Damon Navandi
• Courtney Miller
• Anthony Talauega
• Richmond Talauega
• Loru Werner
• Jason Yribar
• Christian Judd
• Stacy Walker
• Faune Chambers

[edit] The Crew

• Executive Director: MJJ Productions
• Artistic Director: Michael Jackson
• Choreographed by: Michael Jackson
• Staged & Designed by: Kenny Ortega
• Set Designed by: Tom McPhillips
• Lightning Designer: Peter Morse
• Director of Security: Bill Bray
• Costumes Designed by: Dennis Tompkins & Michael Bush
• Hair & Make-up: Karen Faye
• Personal Management: Gallin Morey Associates

[edit] See also

• List of Michael Jackson tours

[edit] External links

All information acquired from Michael Jackson Trader

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