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Dangerous World Tour
World tour by Michael Jackson
Official logo of the Dangerous World Tour
LocationEurope, Asia, South America, North America.
Associated albumDangerous
Start dateJune 27, 1992
End dateNovember 11, 1993
Legs3
No. of shows40 in Europe
18 in Asia
6 in South America
5 in North America
69 in Total
Michael Jackson concert chronology

The Dangerous World Tour was the second worldwide concert tour by American superstar Michael Jackson as a solo artist, covering Europe, South America, Mexico and Asia from June 27, 1992 to November 11, 1993. The tour, sponsored by Pepsi-Cola, who also sponsored Jackson's previous tour, included 69 concerts to 3.5 million fans. The tour grossed up approximately $125 million and all profits were donated to various charities including the new Heal the World Foundation that was set up by Jackson.

During the tour's third leg in 1993, Jackson decided to end the tour due to, as he announced, illness which ultimately resulted in hospitalization. Jackson had become dependent on painkillers and suffered from dehydration, migraines, back aches, frequent ankle injuries and stress.

Overview

Tour announcement, preparations and set designs

Following the huge success of the Bad World Tour, Jackson's first solo world tour where he earned $125 million, the star claimed that he would not tour again, and would instead concentrate on making films and records. On February 3, 1992 in a Pepsi press conference, it was announced that Jackson would be touring again. The announcement coincided with a new deal between Jackson and Pepsi, with a reported $20 million deal to sponsor the tour:

The only reason I am going on tour is to raise funds for the newly-formed Heal the World Foundation, an international children's charity, that I am spearheading to assist children and the ecology. My goal is to gross $100 million by Christmas 1993. I urge every corporation and individual who cares about this planet and the future of the children to help raise money for the charity. The Heal the World Foundation will contribute funds to paediatric AIDS in honour of my friend, Ryan White. I am looking forward to this tour because it will allow me to devote time to visiting children all around the world, as well as spread the message of global love, in the hope that others will be moved to do their share to help heal the world.

The stage used for the tour required more time to set up than before. This was seen in the tour schedule where a considerable number of concerts were one-stop performances. Equipment, which in total weighed over 100 tons, required two Boeing 747 jet aircrafts and multiple lorries to transport to each venue.

Before the tour began, Jackson and his band (which had changed little since the Bad Tour) rehearsed, where the footage has been leaked onto the internet[citation needed]. However, the exact date and location of the performances is not clear. The rehearsals among other performances included performances of "Remember the Time", "Rock With You", "The Way You Make Me Feel" and "Bad".

Dangerous Tour 1991 Neverland Rehearsal Set List



For the tour's design, Jackson was influenced by the uniform worn in the military. For "Jam", the first performance on the tour's set list, Jackson wore two variations of a faux-military uniform. Costumes worn for the performances of "Workin' Day and Night", "Bad", as well as his later HIStory World Tour, were examples of this. During the first leg, the uniform included a gold leotard and black trousers. For the first concert, second and third leg, Jackson wore a black uniform with three gold bolted straps, one going from his collar to his waist in one direction and the other two in another. He also used this costume at the Super Bowl XXVII halftime show in 1993.

The tour also incorporated several stage illusions. Each concert on the tour ended by a stuntman, Kinnie Gibson, who secretly switched with Jackson as he kneels down a trap hole in the stage, dressed in a full astronaut costume (therefore appearing as Jackson), flying out of the arena using a rocket belt (it was on a wire because Jackson thought the idea of going over the crowd was to dangerous with out a safety harness). Each concert also began with a illusion-like stunt dubbed "the Toaster" in which following the ringing of bells and the roar of a panther, Jackson catapults on to the stage through a trap door in the front, sending off pyrotechnics and electrifying the crowd. A similar version of "the Toaster" stunt was used in the beginning of Michael's Super Bowl XXVII Halftime Show performance in 1993. In the first leg, the transition from Thriller to Billie Jean was another stage trick. When Jackson walks into a small space between two set "buildings," he secretly switches with a werewolf-masked backup dancer while he changes for Billie Jean. The backup dancer posing as Jackson is placed into a coffin which disappears when dancers posing as skeletons and zombies drape a cloth over the coffin and pull it out. Jackson appears fully dressed for Billie Jean in the upper stage level as it lowers down. This stage illusion was removed in the third leg of the Dangerous Tour. Another trick came in "Workin' Day and Night" and "Beat It" he sat in a chair which was placed on stage, a sheet covered him and they had a secret hatch and in a hurry got dressed for Beat it, therefore he vanished onto a crane for the song.

1992: First and Second leg (Europe and Asia)

The original set list for the first leg featured songs "The Way You Make Me Feel" and "Bad", but these were taken out after the eighth concert in Oslo, Norway. However, these two songs were returned for the first four performances in Tokyo, Japan.

During the Europe leg in 1992, MTV was allowed to film backstage and broadcast six fifteen minute episodes on the tour. The show was called Dangerous Diary and presented by Sonya Saul. Jackson performed for the last time in Glasgow, Scotland on August 18 before being banned by city council chiefs due to complaints of the noise the concert created.

Jackson sold the film rights to his concert in Bucharest on October 1, 1992 to HBO for $21 million. The deal was the highest ever paid for a live concert. The concert was broadcast live on radio and shown on television across 61 countries, and received the highest TV ratings in the history of the HBO network, it later received the highest ratings in cable history, in which Jackson was honoured with a CableACE Award. In 2004, the concert was released on DVD as part of Jackson's Ultimate Collection box set and in 2005, was released as a separate DVD known as Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour. The footage used on the released version is actually a mixture of footage from Bucharest - The BBC broadcast, HBO live telecast (pay per view) and the HBO TV version, however for the DVD shots of many fans and alternate camera angles (some from other concerts such as Wembley and Madrid) were included to give the show a feeling of hype.

On December 31, 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.

1993: Third leg (Europe, Asia, South America and North America)

The day the third leg began on August 24, 1993 in Bangkok, the accusations of child sexual abuse against Jackson was made public. Three days beforehand, a search warrant was issued, allowing police to search Jackson's Neverland Ranch, Santa Ynez Valley, California.

On August 29, Jackson performed in front of 47,000 on his 35th birthday in Singapore and the fans sang "Happy Birthday To You" before "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", the same way in Leed in his Bad tour before "Another Part of Me".

During his visit to Moscow in September, Jackson came up with the song "Stranger in Moscow" which would be released on his 1995 album HIStory. It was during a time when Jackson felt very alone, far away from his family and friends, yet every night throughout his tours fans would stay by his hotel and support him. Stranger in Moscow turned out to be one of Jackson's most critically acclaimed songs ever.

Before the tour was canceled, Jackson was scheduled to perform in Dubai but the country barred Jackson from appearing there after unsigned pamphlets were circulated in Dubai urging a boycott of the concerts due to the crotch-grabbing Michael did.

The tour was to last longer (69 concerts were performed, 13 were cancelled and nobody knows the exact number of concerts intended), but due to pressure as a result of the child abuse accusations (which were generating huge media and press attention), as well as various health problems and injuries, Jackson ended the tour in Mexico.During the last stop of the Dangerous Tour, Michael Jackson performed 5 sold out concerts of at least 500,000 people in Mexico City. It is speculated that Jackson began taking Valium, Xanax and Ativan (known as lorazepam in the UK) to deal with the stress of the accusations made against him. By the fall of 1993, Jackson became addicted to pain killers, and went into drug rehabilitation for a few months.

Set list

Set list First and Second Leg (1992)
Set list Third Leg (1993)
  • "Off The Wall", "Rock with You" and "Remember the Time", were rehearsed, but were not performed during the tour.
  • "The Way You Make Me Feel" and "Bad" were performed during the first 8 concerts, they were removed from the set list after the eighth concert in Oslo, Norway. However, they returned to the set list for the first 4 concerts in Tokyo, Japan.
  • In some of the final concerts, "Man In The Mirror" and the Rocket Man Finale were not performed.
  • During third leg performances of "Black or White", Michael ran onto the cherry picker and started singing. He did not use the cherry picker for performances of "Black or White" during the first or second legs.
  • Between "Heal The World" and "Man In The Mirror" at the Toulouse concert, the band performed a short version of "In The Closet". This was the first and last time this song was featured in this tour.
  • During the third leg, the interlude, "We Are The World" was longer than the first and second legs. For the first and second legs, it was just a video, but on the third leg, the band played a short instrumental while the vocalists sang the chorus.
  • After the end of the second leg in Japan, "Workin' Day and Night" and "Beat It" were removed from the third leg set list.
  • For his performances of "Man in the Mirror", he'd usually don a white shirt, but for the December 30th and 31st performances in Tokyo, he wore a black jacket. Also he wore a red shirt for a performance of the song.
  • Slash made a guest appearance during Michael's concert in Japan on December 30, 1992; he also made appearance during his concert on December 31, 1992. He also appeared in Oviedo, Spain at September 20, 1992.
  • For the performance of "Heal the World" Michael wore a silver jacket, but in some concerts for the third leg in South America he'd wear a black jacket.
  • In every performance for "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" and "She's out of My Life in the third leg he got a black jacket to wear (the same one for "I'll Be There" in Bucharest).
  • Michael donned black jacket (the same one for "I'll Be There" in Bucharest) for the performance of "Human Nature" in Santiago, Chile in 1993.
  • In some concerts Michael wore the black jacket or "Billie jean" jacket for the performance of "I'll Be There" song.
  • For the performance of "Bad" in Oslo, Norway, he used a headset microphone, while usually he would use normal microphone.
  • In Frankfurt, in the middle of "Smooth Criminal" performance, a lady got passed the security guards and got close to Michael but the help of his dancers helped him (even though she didn't touch him) they gave her to security near the stage.
  • For some performances of "Dangerous", he wore a black jacket and a T-shirt underneath, for others he wore a suit.

Tour dates

# Date City Country Venue Attendance
First leg (June 27 to October 1, 1992)
Europe
1 June 27, 1992 Munich Germany Olympic Stadium 72,000
2 June 30, 1992 Rotterdam Netherlands Feijenoord Stadium 46,000
3 July 1, 1992 46,000
4 July 4, 1992 Rome Italy Flaminio Stadium 36,000
5 July 6 , 1992 Monza Brianteo Stadium 46,000
6 July 7, 1992 46,000
7 July 11, 1992 Cologne Germany Mungersdorfer Stadium 65,000
8 July 15, 1992 Oslo Norway Valle Hovin Stadium 35,000
9 July 17, 1992 Stockholm Sweden Olympic Stadium 53,000
10 July 18, 1992 53,000
11 July 20, 1992 Copenhagen Denmark Gentofte Stadium 30,000
12 July 22, 1992 Werchter Belgium Festival Ground 40,000
13 July 25, 1992 Dublin Ireland Lansdowne Road 40,000
14 July 30, 1992 London United Kingdom Wembley Stadium 72,000
15 July 31, 1992 72,000
16 August 5, 1992 Cardiff Cardiff Arms Park 50,000
17 August 8, 1992 Bremen Germany Weser Stadium 45,000
18 August 10, 1992 Hamburg Volkspark Stadium 51,000
19 August 13, 1992 Hamelin Weserbergland Stadium 25,000
20 August 16, 1992 Leeds United Kingdom Roundhay Park 60,000
21 August 18, 1992 Glasgow The Haugh 65,000
22 August 20, 1992 London Wembley Stadium 72,000
23 August 22, 1992 72,000
24 August 23, 1992 72,000
25 August 26, 1992 Vienna Austria Prater Stadium 50,000
26 August 28, 1992 Frankfurt Germany Waldstadion 60,000
27 August 30, 1992 Ludwigshafen Southwest Stadium 30,000
28 September 2, 1992 Bayreuth Volks Stadium 32,000
29 September 4, 1992 Berlin Jahn Stadium 35,000
30 September 8, 1992 Lausanne Switzerland La Pontaise Stadium 47,000
31 September 13, 1992 Paris France Hippodrome de Vincennes 85,000
32 September 16, 1992 Toulouse Municipal Stadium 40,000
33 September 18, 1992 Barcelona Spain Olympic Stadium 42,000
34 September 20, 1992 Oviedo Carlos Tartiere Stadium 25,000
35 September 22, 1992 Madrid Vicente Calderón Stadium 40,000
36 September 26, 1992 Lisbon Portugal José Alvalade Stadium 64,000
37 October 1, 1992 Bucharest Romania Lia Manoliu Stadium 70,000
Second leg (December 12 to December 31, 1992)
Asia
38 December 12, 1992 Tokyo Japan Tokyo Dome 45,000
39 December 14, 1992 45,000
40 December 17, 1992 45,000
41 December 19, 1992 45,000
42 December 22, 1992 45,000
43 December 24, 1992 45,000
44 December 30, 1992 45,000
45 December 31, 1992
(Countdown Live) 		45,000
Third leg (August 24 to November 11, 1993)
Europe and Asia
46 August 24, 1993 Bangkok Thailand National Stadium 70,000
47 August 27, 1993 70,000
48 August 29, 1993 Singapore Singapore National Stadium 47,000
49 September 1, 1993 47,000
50 September 4, 1993 Taipei Taiwan Taipei Municipal Stadium 40,000
51 September 6, 1993 40,000
52 September 10, 1993 Fukuoka Japan Fukuoka Dome 30,000
53 September 11, 1993 30,000
54 September 15, 1993 Moscow Russia Luzhniki Stadium 50,000
55 September 19, 1993 Tel Aviv Israel Hayarkon Park 70,000
56 September 21, 1993 70,000
57 September 23, 1993 Istanbul Turkey Inonu Stadium 48,000
58 September 26, 1993 Santa Cruz de Tenerife Spain Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife 45,000
South America
59 October 8, 1993 Buenos Aires Argentina River Plate Stadium 70,000
60 October 10, 1993 70,000
61 October 12, 1993 70,000
62 October 15, 1993 Sao Paulo Brazil Morumbi Stadium 80,000
63 October 17, 1993 100,000
64 October 23, 1993 Santiago Chile Chile National Stadium 75,000
North America
65 October 29, 1993 Mexico City Mexico Azteca Stadium 100,000
66 October 31, 1993 100,000
67 November 7, 1993 100,000
68 November 9, 1993 100,000
69 November 11, 1993 100,000

Cancellations & postponements

Planned concerts in Australia, USA, Puerto Rico, and South Africa were cancelled when Jackson chose to end the tour early due to the child sexual abuse accusations. He would later perform in Australia, Hawaii and Africa during the HIStory Tour.

Notes

The remainder of the tour was cancelled when Jackson announced he was seeking treatment for his dependency on painkillers.

The scheduled concert on the 25th in Thailand was cancelled and rescheduled for the 26th. The concert was again cancelled because Jackson had not fully recovered from dehydration. Jackson released an audio-taped message to his fans saying "I promise all my fans to perform at the National Stadium in Bangkok on August 27. I will see you Friday. I love you all."

Moments before the second concert in Singapore on August 30, 1993, Jackson collapsed backstage complaining of a severe migraine. The next day, Jackson underwent a brain scan at a local hospital. He released a second audio-taped message, saying "I was suddenly taken ill last night and I am sorry for the cancellation of my performance and I apologize 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."

Tour recording

The cover for Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour, which was directed by Andrew Morahan. Before released on DVD, it was broadcast first on live television.

All concerts were professionally filmed by Nocturne Productions, Inc. which filmed all of Jackson's tours and private affairs. Just one concert, from Bucharest on October 1, 1992, was broadcast on BBC and HBO across the world.The Bucharest Concert was officially released in 2004 as part of "The Ultimate Collection" boxset and later released on DVD called Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour in 2005.

Before Jackson began the tour, some rehearsals were filmed at the Neverland Ranch. One of these rehearsals has been leaked on to the internet, but its exact date is unknown. However it is not the full rehearsal, as a 19 seconds video of Michael rehearsing the "Bad" song the same day and a 1 minute 13 seconds rehearsal of "Man In The Mirror" can be found in the internet, later in 2010 days after Michael's 52 birthday the songs "Bad","Black Or White" and the full "Man in the Mirror" and "[Heal The World]" came out fully. Also full raw footage of concerts in Monza, Santiago, and Buenos Aires can be found in the internet, as well as an unedited version of 1992 Bucharest concert. Video montages of 1992 Japan concerts and 1993 Argentina concerts are available in internet. "Dangerous Diaries" is 1992 MTV Special about the tour. MTV got VIP backstage passes and interviewed the band, dancers, vocalists and crew from the Dangerous Tour and shows rare 1992 footage.

Professionally filmed performances available:

  • Munich, Germany 1992: "Billie Jean", "Black Or White", "Bad" and audio of the full concert.
  • Rome,Italy(Audio Only)
  • Cologne, Germany 1992: "Jam", "Billie Jean"
  • Werchter, Belguim 1992: "Jam", "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
  • Dublin, Ireland 1992: "Jam"
  • Cardiff, UK 1992: "Jam", "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
  • London, England 1992: "Jam", "She's Out Of My Life", "Black or White", "Workin' Day And Night", "Beat It"
  • Hamburg, Germany 1992: "Jam", "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", "Beat It", "I Just Can't Stop Loving You", "Jackson 5 Medley"
  • Copenhagen, Denmark 1992: "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
  • Leeds, UK 1992: "Human Nature"
  • Paris, France 1992: "Jam"
  • Stockholm, Sweden 1992: "Jam"
  • Berlin, Germany 1992: "I'll Be There", "Will You Be There"
  • Barcelona, Spain 1992: "Jam"
  • Oviedo, Spain 1992: "Black or White" (with Slash)
  • Madrid, Spain 1992: "Jam", "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", "Man In The Mirror"
  • Tokyo, Japan 1992: "Jam", "Black or White" (with Slash) and the audio of the full concert(no audio of "Bad").
  • Bangkok, Thailand 1993: "Jam", "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
  • Fukuoka, Japan 1993: "Jam", "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
  • Tenerife,Spain(Audio Only)
  • Moscow, Russia 1993: "Jam", "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
  • Tel Aviv, Israel 1993: "Jam", "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", "Human Nature"
  • Sao Paulo, Brazil 1993: "Jam", "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
  • Santiago, Chile 1993: "Jam", "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
  • Buenos Aires, Argentina 1993: "Jam", "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
  • Mexico City, Mexico 1993: "Jam", "Smooth Criminal", "Black or White", "Heal The World"

Amateur footage available:

  • Rome, Italy 1992
  • Monza, Italy 1992
  • Stockholm, Sweden 1992
  • Ludwigshafen, Germany 1992
  • Frankfurt, Germany 1992
  • Hamburg, Germany 1992
  • Toulouse, France 1992
  • Barcelona, Spain 1992
  • Madrid, Spain 1992
  • Oviedo, Spain 1992 (with Slash)
  • Tokyo, Japan 1992 (with Slash)
  • Buenos Aires, Argentina 1993
  • Santiago, Chile 1993
  • Mexico City, Mexico 1993

Interesting facts

The "Dangerous" tour is the biggest tour any performer had done, breaking his own record from his "Bad" tour (Michael will later break this record with the "HIStory" tour).

Michael donated all the proceeds from the "Dangerous" World Tour to his "Heal The World" Foundation and to other charities.

Director Andy Morahan, who directed "Give In To Me" was the person who oversaw the Bucharest filming and used more than 14 camera operators to tape the concert.

During the "Dangerous" tour, Michael performed "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" live on stage with duet partner Siedah Garrett.

On Dec. 30, 1992 during the "Dangerous" show at the Tokyo Dome in Japan, Slash made a special guest appearance for "Black Or White". He also joined Michael on stage for the next concert, Dec. 31, 1992 at this Special New Year's Eve Countdown Concert in Tokyo. Michael wished all his fans a Happy New Year from his changing room.

At every "Dangerous" tour stop, during "She's Out Of My Life", a woman from the audience was brought onto the stage with Jackson.

The distinct opening of the show, the so-called "toaster", where Michael is catapulted on stage and the end of the show, where he "jet-packs" out of the stadium, was widely acclaimed.

The costumes for "Workin' Day & Night" and "Bad" were kept for his next tour HIStory.

Performers

Credits

  • Executive Director: MJJ Productions
  • Artistic Director: Michael Jackson
  • Choreographed by: Michael Jackson & LaVelle Smith
  • 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
  • Tour Coordinator: Sal Bonafede
  • Production Executive: Benny Collins
  • Production Manager: Chris Tervit
  • Tour Manager: Paul Gongaware, Jack Nance
  • Assistant Tour Manager: Nelson Hayes
  • Production Coordinator: Caprise Arreola (1st Leg), Tour Management Coordinator (2nd Leg)
  • Personal Management: Gallin Morey Associates
  • Drum Technician: Richard Howard
  • Guitar Technicians: Jennifer Batten
  • Keyboard Technicians: David Benson, Todd Herman, Mark Lewer, Andrew Scheps
  • Assistance for stage magic: David Copperfield
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