Dangerous World Tour

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Dangerous World TourTour by Michael Jackson
General Information
Associated album	Dangerous
Start date	June 27, 1992
End date	November 11, 1993
Legs	3
Number of shows	69
Supporting acts	Kris Kross Rozalla TLC D'Influence Snap! Culture Beat
Attendance	3,500,000
Box office	$253.23 million
Tour chronology
Previous	"Bad World Tour"
Next	"HIStory World Tour"

The Dangerous World Tour is the second worldwide concert tour by Michael Jackson. It was launched in support of the artist's eighth studio album, Dangerous (1991) and lasted from June 27, 1992 until November 11, 1993. The shows were sponsored by Pepsi.

The tour grossed a little less than the pervious tour, gaining over $100 million. All profits were donated to charities including Heal the World Foundation. As it was nearing its end however, the Dangerous World Tour was unfortunately cancelled due to Jackson's declining health. The tour was originally going to end on Christmas of 1993.

Background

“	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.	”
–Michael Jackson

During the final show of the Bad World Tour in 1989, Jackson stated it was going to be the final time the world would see him on stage. This was initially the plan for his career going forward, as Michael later explained, concerts were exhausting and he went through "hell" touring. Additionally, the artist wanted to focus on making music and filmmaking instead, since that was his passion.

On February 3, 1992 Michael held a press conference at Radio City Music Hall in New York, where the Dangerous World Tour would be announced. Michael explained, that the sole reason he'd do the tour was to raise funds for the Heal the World Fundation. The goal was to gain $100 million by Christmas of the following year; a goal the artist succeeded with.

As the tour was nearing its end, in 1993 Jackson was accused of child sexual abuse by Evan Chandler. This caused Michael to begin taking drugs to ease his mind, but caused his physical health to worsen. On November 11, Michael played in Mexico, which would unfortunately become the final show of the tour, as the rest of it would be cancelled so that the artist can focus on improving his health.

Outfits

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For the tour, Jackson rocked a couple different outfits. These were designed by Michael Bush and Dennis Tompkins.

He wore two different, military-like outfits; first was blue and glittery with a golden stripe crossing over the top, while another version was colored in black, and with two golden stripes. Another outfit was completely different from the above; featuring a completely golden top, and black pants. A fourth outfit featured Jackson with a golden, glittery top and two black striped crossing over it, and blue pants.

Setlist

• 1992
• 1993

1992

1. "Brace Yourself" (intro)
2. "Jam"
3. "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
4. "Human Nature"
5. "Smooth Criminal"
6. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (with Siedah Garrett)
7. "She's Out of My Life"
8. Jackson 5 Medley
9. "Thriller"
10. "Billie Jean"
11. "Black or White Panther" (video interlude)
12. "Workin' Day and Night"
13. "Beat It"
14. "Someone Put Your Hand Out" (instrumental interlude)
15. "Will You Be There"
16. "The Way You Make Me Feel"
17. "Bad"
18. "Black or White"
19. "We Are the World" (video interlude)
20. "Heal the World"
21. "Man in the Mirror" / "Rocket Man"

1993

1. "Brace Yourself" (intro)
2. "Jam"
3. "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
4. "Human Nature"
5. "Smooth Criminal"
6. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (with Siedah Garrett)
7. "She's Out of My Life"
8. Jackson 5 Medley
9. "Thriller"
10. "Billie Jean"
11. "Black or White Panther" (video interlude)
12. "Will You Be There"
13. "Dangerous"
14. "Black or White"
15. "We Are the World" (video interlude)
16. "Heal the World"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance
Europe
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 / 40,000
July 6, 1992	Monza		Stadio Brianteo	46,000 / 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 / 106,000
July 18, 1992
July 20, 1992	Copenhagen	Denmark	Gentofte Stadion	30,000 / 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	160,000 / 160,000
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 / 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 (1923)|Wembley Stadium	240,000 / 240,000
August 22, 1992
August 23, 1992
August 26, 1992	Vienna	Austria	Praterstadion	50,000 / 50,000
August 28, 1992	Frankfurt	Germany	Waldstadion	60,000 / 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 de la Pontaise	45,000 / 45,000
September 13, 1992	Paris	France	Hippodrome de Vincennes]]	85,000 / 85,000
September 16, 1992	Toulouse		Stade de Toulouse	40,000 / 40,000
September 18, 1992	Barcelona	Spain	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc	60,000 / 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	Bucharest	Romania	Lia Manoliu National Stadium	90,000 / 90,000
Asia
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
Eurasia
August 24, 1993	Bangkok	Thailand	Suphachalasai Stadium	140,000 / 140,000
August 27, 1993
August 29, 1993	Singapore		Singapore National Stadium	94,000 / 94,000
September 1, 1993
September 4, 1993	Taipei	Taiwan	Taipei Municipal 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	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
Latin America
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
November 9, 1993
November 11, 1993
Total				4,106,000

Cancelled dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
October 19, 1993	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Maracanã Stadium	Health issues
October 21, 1993	Santiago	Chile	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
October 26, 1993	Lima	Peru	Estadio José Díaz
November 8, 1993	Guadalajara	Mexico	Estadio Tres de Marzo
November 14, 1993	Bayamón	Puerto Rico	Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel
November 16, 1993
November 19, 1993	Caracas	Venezuela	Poliedro de Caracas	Rehabilitation
November 21, 1993	Monterrey	Mexico	Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey
November 24, 1993	New Delhi	India	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
November 25, 1993
November 28, 1993	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	Al Maktoum Stadium
November 30, 1993	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Stadium Merdeka
December 1, 1993	Jakarta	Indonesia	Gelora Senayan Main Stadium
December 2, 1993
December 3, 1993	Sydney	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground
December 4, 1993
December 7, 1993	Melbourne		Waverley Park

Broadcasts & recordings

Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour

On November 16, 2005, a little over a decade after the show took place, a DVD of the October 1, 1992 show at the Bucharest National Stadium was released as a part of The Ultimate Collection, and saw its separate release as Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour on July 25, 2005.

While all of the tour was professionally filmed, the Bucharest concert was the only broadcasted show of the Dangerous World Tour. However, amateur recordings of other shows have been shared online for years.

Personnel

Lead performer

• Michael Jackson

Dancers

• LaVelle Smith (choreographer)
• Dominic Lucero (asst. choreographer; 1992 leg)
• Jamie King (1992 and 1993 legs)
• Eddie Garcia (1992 leg)
• Randy Allaire (1992 leg)
• Travis Payne (1993 leg)
• Jason Yribar (1993 leg)
• Bruno "Taco" Falcon (asst. choreographer; 1992 and 1993 legs)
• Michelle Berube
• Yuko Sumida
• Damon Navandi

Musicians

• Musical director: Greg Phillinganes (1992), Brad Buxer (1993)
• Assistant musical director: Kevin Dorsey
• Keyboards, synthesizers: Greg Phillinganes (1992); Brad Buxer, Isaiah Sanders (1993)
• Drums: Ricky Lawson
• Lead/rhythm guitar: Jennifer Batten (1992), Becky Barksdale (1993), David Williams
• Bass guitar, synth bass: Don Boyette

Vocalists

• Vocal director: Kevin Dorsey
• Background vocals: Darryl Phinnessee, Dorian Holley, Siedah Garrett, Kevin Dorsey

Guests

• Slash – lead guitar on "Black or White" in Oviedo (September 21, 1992) and Tokyo (December 30 and 31, 1992)

Gallery

"Look deep within yourself, and you'll find something amazing." To view the Dangerous World Tour gallery, click here.

Trivia

• After the Oslo, Norway concert, "The Way You Make Me Feel" and "Bad" weren't performed for the rest of the tour, although the songs did return for the first 4 concerts in Tokyo. This also became the final performance of "Bad" Jackson ever gave.
• "Workin' Day And Night" and "Beat It" were taken out of the setlist in the third leg. The cherry picker that was used for "Beat It" in the first and second legs was then used for "Black or White" in some concerts in the third leg.
• "Rock with You" and "Remember The Time" were taken out of the setlist due to wardrobe malfunctions.
• Rehearsals for the tour have taken place in Jackson's Neverland home and at Culver City Studios. Footage of the rehearsals can be found on YouTube.
• The "We Are the World" interlude in the 1993 shows was extended, starting with the band and the backup singers singing along with the crowd.
• In some early 1992 shows "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" and "Beat It" were performed in their original key.
• Diana Ross was in the attendance on the Oslo show on July 15th 1992.
• Elizabeth Taylor was in the attendance on the Stockholm show on July 17th 1992.
• "Man in the Mirror" was taken out of the setlist of 1993, but was performed in Argentina (first and second night, on the third he had a headache and didn't perform it. He had added it due to the Argentinian audience's warmth according to what their people had told us), it was also performed at the last concert in Mexico. Contrary to popular belief, "Man in the Mirror" was not performed on any night in Brazil or Israel. It is believed by the words of the public that "Man in the Mirror" was also performed during the concert in Chile.
• During "Heal the World" in Bangkok, Michael wore the white shirt from "Man in the Mirror".
• The magic trick at the end of "Thriller" was not performed at the third leg and at select first leg shows.
• Michael cut his finger during the performance of "Jam" in the Copenhagen show, prompting Michael Bush to put a bandage on Michael's finger during the performace of "Human Nature".
• The silver jacket that Michael wore during "Jam" in the 1992 shows (except for Munich and 7 Tokyo shows), was used for the Jackson 5 medley in the 1993 shows. It was confirmed thanks to a photograph that it was used in Tokyo (December 24).
• The original black jacket of "Jam" was only used in Munich and in possibly 7 concerts in Tokyo 1992. This jacket has 3 other versions. One of these was used in the 1993 Superbowl. Another version was used only in the first concert of 1993. And the final version was used during the rest of 1993, during the photo session of the album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I in 1994, the Royal Concert 1996, and it was last used for Michael's scan for a video game in 1999.
• "Will You Be There" had 3 different endings during the tour: in one Michael would be joined by a female dancer in a angel costume (similar to MTV 10th Anniversary performance in 1991); in another one Michael would be joined by a girl who would do sign language, and in the final one he would finish the song by himself only.
• In 1992, a 34-year old fan obsessed with Janet Jackson, Frank Paul Jones pretended to be the son of a mob boss John Gotti, mailed threats to Jackson of mass murder at one of his concerts, and attempting to personally kill the singer if he doesn't pay him. He also stated he'd attempt to kill George Bush. Jones was luckily later arrested at the White House for attempted illegal entry, and again one month later in front of Jackson's parents home in Los Angeles. The man pleaded guilty to a federal charge of mailing a threatening communication and spent two years in prison. The FBI files for this case were made public in December of 2009, a year and a half after Michael's death.
  • This case is rumored to be recreated in 2025's Michael biopic after Joey Barbella was cast as Gotti.

• As to promote the World Tour, "Someone Put Your Hand Out", a previously unreleased song was pulled out, and released as a promotional single for it.
  • A short bit of the instrumental was also played as the interlude during the 1992 legs of the World Tour.