Dangerous World Tour
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| Tour by Michael Jackson | |
| Associated album | Dangerous |
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| Start date | June 27, 1992 |
| End date | November 11, 1993 |
| Legs | 2 |
| No. of shows | 39 in Europe 11 in South America 19 in Asia 9 cancelled 69 in total |
| Michael Jackson concert chronology | |
The Dangerous Tour was the second solo world tour by Michael Jackson that started on June 27, 1992 in Munich, Germany and ended on November 11, 1993 in Mexico City, Mexico. Similar to his previous Bad Tour, the tour was sponsored by Pepsi. The tour consisted of 69 concerts to approximately 3.5 million fans across three continents. All profits from the tour were donated to multiple charities including the Heal the World Foundation, which was founded by Jackson. During the second leg in 1993, Jackson decided to end the tour due to the allegations of child sexual abuse as well as illness, ultimately resulting in hospitalisation. Jackson became dependant on painkillers and suffered from dehydration, migraines, back aches, an ankle injury and stress.
Background
Following the huge success of the Bad Tour, Jackson's first solo world tour where he earned $125 million, and the release of Dangerous on November 26, 1991 Jackson embarked on his second world tour. The tour was even bigger and better than its predecessor. The stage required more time to set up hence a large number of concerts were one-stop performances. Equipment (which in total weighed over one hundred tons) required multiple aeroplanes and 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. However, the exact date and location of the performances is not clear. The rehearsals included performances of "Remember the Time" and "The Way You Make Me Feel". For "Jam", the opening performance, Jackson wore two variations of a pseudo-military uniform. Jackson was influenced by the military style, as seen in the costumes worn for Jam, Workin' Day and Night, Bad, as well as his later HIStory Tour. During the first leg, the uniform was grey-green with one bolted strap which both sparkled with multicolour when he was in front of light. For the second leg, he wore a black uniform with three yellow, bolted straps, one going from his collar to his waist in one direction and the other two in another.
Each concert on the tour ended by a stuntman, that 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. When disappeared, the announcer would say "Michael Jackson has left the stadium", with some concerts ending in a firework display. The stuntman was in fact Kinnie Gibson, and reportedly charged a total of $1 million for performing the stunts.
1992: First leg (Europe and Asia)
The original setlist for the first leg featured songs "The Way You Make Me Feel" and "Bad", but these were taken out after the concert eighth concert in Oslo, Norway.
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 Diaries and presented by Sonya Saul.
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, 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, Madrid and London. Fans have criticised the editing for having too many crowd shots, which as a result interrupts the performances.
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: Second leg (Europe, Asia and South America)
The day the second 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.
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 that fans would stay by his hotel and support him. In the 2003 program Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies, Jackson himself explained that he realised that the fans were his family too, and they showed him just as much love.
The tour was to last longer, but it was the huge pressure from the accusations (which was generating huge media and press attention), as well as various health problems and injuries that made Jackson end the tour in Mexico. This left out possible planned concerts in Australia and the United States, where Jackson would not tour until his later HIStory Tour in 1996 and 1997. Jackson began taking Valium, Xanax and Ativan to deal with the stress of the accusations made against him. By the fall of 1993, Jackson became addicted, and went into drug rehabilitation for a few months.
Setlist
Carmina Burana "Brace Yourself" Video Introduction
"Panther" Video Interlude "Someone Put Your Hand Out" Instrumental Interlude (the song's intro)
"We Are the World" Video Interlude Rocket Man Finale
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Carmina Burana "Brace Yourself" Video Introduction
"Panther" Video Interlude
"We Are the World" Video Interlude Rocket Man Finale |
1 - Performed until July 15, 1992 (Oslo) when they were taken off the setlist
2 - Performed on the last few concerts of the tour
Tour dates
| No. | Date | City | Country | Venue | Attendance |
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| First Leg (1992) | |||||
| Europe | |||||
| 1 | June 27 | Munich |  Germany
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Olympic Stadium | 72,000 |
| 2-3 | June 30, July 1 | Rotterdam |  Holland
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Feijenoord Stadium | 46,000 |
| 4 | July 4 | Rome |  Italy
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Flaminio Stadium | 36,000 |
| 5-6 | July 6, 7 | Monza | Italy
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Brianteo Stadium | 46,000 |
| 7 | July 11 | Cologne | Germany
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Mungersdorfer Stadium | 65,000 |
| 8 | July 15 | Oslo |  Norway
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Valle Hovin Stadium | 35,000 |
| 9-10 | July 17, 18 | Stockholm |  Sweden
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Olympic Stadium | 53,000 |
| 11 | July 20 | Copenhagen |  Denmark
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Gentofte Stadium | 30,000 |
| 12 | July 22 | Werchter |  Belgium
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Festival Ground | 40,000 |
| 13 | July 25 | Dublin |  Ireland
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Lansdowne Road | 40,000 |
| 14-15 | July 30, 31 | London |  United Kingdom
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Wembley Stadium | 72,000 |
| The third concert on August 1 in London was cancelled and rescheduled for the 23rd. | |||||
| 16 | August 5 | Cardiff | United Kingdom
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Cardiff Arms Park | 50,000 |
| 17 | August 8 | Bremen | Germany
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Weser Stadium | 45,000 |
| 18 | August 10 | Hamburg | Germany
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Volkspark Stadium | 51,000 |
| 19 | August 13 | Hamelin | Germany
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Weserbergland Stadium | 25,000 |
| 20 | August 16 | Leeds | United Kingdom
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Roundhay Park | 60,000 |
| 21 | August 18 | Glasgow | United Kingdom
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The Haugh | 65,000 |
| 22-24 | August 20, 22, 23 | London | United Kingdom
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Wembley Stadium | 72,000 |
| 25 | August 26 | Vienna |  Austria
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Prater Stadium | 50,000 |
| 26 | August 28 | Frankfurt | Germany
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Waldstadion | 60,000 |
| 27 | August 30 | Ludwigshafen | Germany
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Southwest Stadium | 30,000 |
| 28 | September 2 | Bayreuth | Germany
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Volks Stadium | 32,000 |
| 29 | September 4 | Berlin | Germany
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Jahn Stadium | 35,000 |
| The concert on September 6 in Gelsenkirchen was cancelled and not rescheduled. | |||||
| 30 | September 8 | Lausanne |  Switzerland
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La Pontaise Stadium | 47,000 |
| The concert on September 11 in Basel was cancelled and not rescheduled. | |||||
| 31 | September 13 | Paris |  France
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Hippodrome de Vincennes | 85,000 |
| 32 | September 16 | Toulouse | France
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Municipal Stadium | 40,000 |
| 33 | September 18 | Barcelona |  Spain
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Olympic Stadium | 42,000 |
| 34 | September 21 | Oviedo | Spain
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Carlos Tartiere Stadium | 25,000 |
| 35 | September 22 | Madrid | Spain
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Vicente Calderón Stadium | 40,000 |
| 36 | September 26 | Lisbon |  Portugal
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José Alvalade Stadium | 64,000 |
| 37 | October 1 | Bucharest |  Romania
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Lia Manoliu Stadium | 70,000 |
| The concert on October 2 in Izmir was cancelled and not rescheduled. | |||||
| The concert on October 4 in Istanbul was cancelled and not rescheduled. | |||||
| The concert on October 8 in Athens was cancelled and not rescheduled. | |||||
| Asia | |||||
| 38-45 | December 12,14,17,19,22,24,30,31 |
Tokyo |  Japan
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Tokyo Dome | 45,000 |
| Second Leg (1993) | |||||
| Europe and Asia | |||||
| 46 | August 24 | Bangkok |  Thailand
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National Stadium | 70,000 |
| The concert on August 25 was cancelled and rescheduled for the 26th. The concert 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 27. I will see you Friday. I love you all. | |||||
| 47 | August 27 | Bangkok | Thailand
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National Stadium | 70,000 |
| 48 | August 29 | Singapore |  Singapore
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Singapore National Stadium | 47,000 |
| Before the concert on August 30 in Singapore, Michael collapses backstage moments before the show, 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 1 | Singapore | Singapore
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Singapore National Stadium | 47,000 |
| 50-51 | September 4, 6 | Taipei |  Taiwan
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Taipei Municipal Stadium | 40,000 |
| 52-53 | September 10, 11 | Fukuoka | Japan
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Fukuoka Dome | 30,000 |
| 54 | September 15 | Moscow |  Russia
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Luzhniki Stadium | 50,000 |
| 55-56 | September 19, 21 | Tel Aviv |  Israel
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Hayarkon Park | 80,000 (19th) 100,000 (21st) |
| 57 | September 23 | Istanbul |  Turkey
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Inonu Stadium | 48,000 |
| 58 | September 26 | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Canary Islands
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife Port | 45,000 |
| South America | |||||
| 59-61 | October 8, 10, 12 | Buenos Aires |  Argentina
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Monumental Stadium | 100,000 |
| 62-63 | October 15, 17 | Sao Paulo |  Brazil
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Morumbi Stadium | 110,000 (15th) 140,000 (17th) |
| The first concert on October 21 in Santiago is cancelled and not rescheduled due to Michael's back injury. | |||||
| 64 | October 23 | Santiago |  Chile
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Chile National Stadium | 65,000 |
| The concert on October 26 in Lima was cancelled and not rescheduled. | |||||
| 65-66 | October 29, 31 | Mexico City |  Mexico
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Aztec Stadium | 120,000 |
| The concert on November 2 in Mexico City is cancelled due to Michael suffering from a severe toothache. | |||||
| 67-69 | November 7, 9, 11 | Mexico City | Mexico
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Aztec Stadium | 120,000 |
| The rest of the tour is 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. | |||||
Performers
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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
- Personal Management: Gallin Morey Associates
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