Dates: -1st leg [June 27, 1992 - December
31, 1992] -2nd leg [Aug. 24, 1993 - November
11, 1993]
The "Dangerous" tour included 69 concerts
to about 3.5 million loving fans.
[A
few pictures of the "Dangerous" World Tour:
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Creation:
Show
Conceived & Created by:
Michael
Jackson and Kenny Ortega
Choreographed
by:
Michael
Jackson
"Jam"
Choreographed by:
Michael
Jackson and LaVelle Smith
Artistic
Director:
Michael
Jackson
Staged
& Designed by:
Kenny
Ortega
Set
Designed by:
Tom
McPhillips
Lightning
Designer:
Peter
Morse
Executive
Director:
MJJ
Productions - Norma E. Staikos
Director
of Security:
Bill
Bray
Costumes
Designed by:
Dennis
Tompkins and Michael Bush
Hair
& Make-up:
Karen
Faye-Mitchell
Personal
Management:
Gallin
Morey Associates - Sandy Gallin, Jim Morey
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.
Michael sold the film rights to his "Dangerous" concert in Bucharest
[Rumania] to HBO for UK£ 12 million! The deal is the highest ever
paid for a live concert. The special received the highest TV ratings
in the history of HBO [21.4 % rating, 34% share]. Michael was
honored with a Cable Ace Award. The Bucharest concert [performed
on October 01, 1992] was broadcast live on radio and shown on
TV in 61 countries. Direcor Andy Morahan, who directed "Give In
To Me" 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",
one lucky girl was allowed to dance with Michael on stage.
Especially the beginning 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, hit headlines all around
the world.
[Further interesting facts that should be mentioned here? - please
feel free to e-mail
me... Your help is very much appreciated!!!]
Dancers:
LaVelle Smith
Randy Allaire
Eddie Garcia
Michelle Berube
Yuko Sumida
Jaime King
Bruno Falcon [Taco]
Tour Photographer:
Sam Emerson
Performers / Singers:
Kevin Dorsey Vocalist & Asst. Musical Director [Bad, Dangerous & HIStory
Tours]
Signed Artist/writer
deal with Quincy Jones and Qwest Records
Performed with, arranged
and produced for artists such as Michael Jackson,
Lionel Ritchie, Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston...
Film work [performing
and arranging music and/or vocals] includes: Forest
Gump, Lion King, Appollo 13, Out Of Africa, The Colour
Purple, Power Of One, Ghost Busters Part II, When
Harry Met Sally...
Joined Michael again
for the "HIStory" World Tour
Started working with
The Jacksons on the "Victory" tour in 1984, and has
been working with Michael Jackson ever since
Recorded with Toto ["Love
Has The Power", "Out Of Love"], Rod Stewart "MTV Unplugged",
Don Henley...
Member of the Millennium
Choir
Toured with Rod Stewart,
Member of the band
Feat. on "Under Suspicion"
soundtrack with "Silent Night"
Dorian Holley
Vocalist [Bad, Dangerous and HIStory Tours]
Recorded with Puff Johnson,
Lionel Ritchie, Gladys Knight, Nona Hendryx, Aaron Neville,
Johnny Carson, Oprah Winfrey, Thomas Dolby, Jellybean, Robert
Townsend, K.T Oslinm, Jay Leno, Dolly Parton, Michael Bolton,
Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder
Composed film, TV and radio
jingles
Toured with Rod Stewart, James
Taylor
Composed and produced for
S.H.E, new artist on the Shaquille O'Neal label
Siedah Garrett
Vocalist [Dangerous Tour]
Duet partner on "I Just Can't
Stop Loving You" with Michael Jackson
Co-writer on "Man In The Mirror",
background vocals "Man In The Mirror"
Co-writer on "Keep The Faith"
["Dangerous"]
Recorded with Quincy Jones
on "From Q With Love", The Carpenters "Loveliness Album"
["Kiss Me The Way You Did Last Night"], Madonna ["True Blue"],
Deco ["Do You Want It Right Now"], Temptations member Dennis
Edwards ["Don't Look Any Further"], Donna Summer, Starship,
The Commodores, Tevin Campbell, Chaka Kahn, James Ingram...
Wrote and produced 3 of 5
songs on the Grammy nominated soundtrack ["Best Children's
Album"] "Elmo In Grouchland"
Band member of The Brand New
Heavies
Solo Album "Kiss Of Life"
Performers
/ Bandcrew:
Greg Phillinganes
Music Director/Keyboards [Dangerous Tour] [Keyboards Bad Tour]
A top-notch session keyboardist
for the past twenty years, turning up mostly on R&B sessions
but also some pure pop material
Performed with Michael Jackson
on "HIStory", "Dangerous", "Bad", "Thriller", "Off
The Wall" and The Jacksons' "Triumph" and "Destiny"
Recorded with: Babyface, George
Benson "Living Inside Your Love", Toni Braxton "Secrets",
Mariah Carey "Merry Christmas", Eric Clapton ["Something's
Happening"], "August", "Journeyman", "24 Nights", "Pilgrim",
Exposé "Exposé", George Harrison "Dark Horse Live In Japan",
Mick Jagger "Primitive Cool", Jermaine Jackson "Let's Get
Serious", Elton John [with Paul Young] ["I'm Your Puppet"],
Quincy Jones "The Dude", "Back On The Block", Rickie Lee
Jones "The Magazine", Patti LaBelle, "Winner In You", "Burnin'
", Diana Ross "Ross", "Eaten Alive", "Red Hot Rhythm And
Blues", Brenda Russell "Kiss Me With The Wind", Paul Simon
"The Rhythm Of The Saints", Donna Summer, TLC ["Dear Lie"],
"Waiting To Exhale" Soundtrack, Angela Winbush "The Real
Thing", Stevie Wonder "Songs In The Key Of Life", "Conversation
Peace" and Lionel Ritchie ["Tonight Will Be Alright"] from
the "Dancing On The Ceiling" album
Member of Eric Clapton's band,
toured as Clapton's keyboardist between 1986 and 1990
Co-writer of ["Restless Sea"]
with Jim Wilson
Solo Album "Pulse"
Peggy Holmes
Associate Director
Joined Michael
Jackson again in 1996/1997 for the "HIStory" tour
Ricky Lawson Drums [Bad & Dangerous Tours]
Best known as the drummer
for such artists as Michael Jackson, Steely Dan, Phil Collins,
Babyface, The YellowJackets, Whitney Houston, Bette Midler,
Quincy Jones, Al Jarreau and many others
One of the most respected
songwriters, producers and arrangers in the music industry
today
Voted "No. 1 R&B Drummer In
The World" and "No. 3 Pop/Mainstream Rock Drummer" by Modern
Drummer Magazine 1999 readers poll
Co-founder of the group YellowJackets,
Ricky received two Grammy nominations and won a Grammy Award
in 1986 for co-writing the hit song "And You Know That"
on the album "Shades", which he co-produced
He also co-authored the Pointer
Sisters' hit "Uh-Uh" and co-produced the album "Seriously
Slammin" and the Fattburger hit "Good News"
Member of Eric Clapton's band
Recorded with Whitney Houston
"I Will Always Love You", Anita Baker "Sweet Love", James
Ingram "I Don't Have The Heart", Lionel Richie "Dancing
On The Ceiling". Other writing and/or co-producing credits
include tracks for "Only You" Star Trek 5, Barney's Great
Adventure - The Movie, as well as Helen Baylor's "There's
No Greater Love", and "When You Believe" performed by Whitney
Houston and Mariah Carey for the soundtrack to "The Prince
Of Egypt"
Solo Album: "First Things
1st"
Ricky's motto is "Get it right
the first time" which applies to his work ethics, and the
goal for his entire life
Don Boylette
Bass Guitar [Bad & Dangerous Tours]
Jennifer Batten
Guitar [Bad, Dangerous & HIStory Tours]
Video credits include Natalie
Cole's "Wild Women Do", Michael Jackson's "Moonwalker",
Sara Hickman's "Take It Like A Man"
1987 "Bad" tour with Michael
Jackson's band touring the world for 1 ½ years playing to
over 4.4 million people
1996/1997 joined Michael Jackson
again for the "HIStory" tour
Played with Michael Jackson
in the Superbowl 27's Halftime entertainment to 1.5 billion
people in 80 nations around the world - the largest television
audience in history
Solo albums: "Above, Below
And Beyond", then recorded an album with blues rock band
The Immigrants produced by Michael Sembello. Toured with
The Immigrants
Latest solo album: "Tribal
Rage"
David Williams
Guitar [Dangerous & HIStory Tours]
Back up band with The Temptations
Performed on "Off The Wall",
"Thriller", "Triumph", "Victory", "Bad" and "Dangerous",
and on Bryan Ferry's "Mamouna" tour
Member of Michael Jackson's
band since 1992
Producer and musical director
for Superbowl 27's Halftime show featuring Michael Jackson,
as well as for Superbowl 30 featuring Diana Ross
Recorded "Blood On The Dance
Floor", "Stranger In Moscow", "They Don't Care About Us",
"Black Or White", "Heal The World" with Michael Jackson
Musical director and arranger
for soundtrack to "Ghosts" film
Brad Buxer
Keyboards [Dangerous & HIStory Tours]
Arranger for Michael
Jackson, Smokey Robinson, The Temptations, David Hasselhoff,
Yoshiki, Teena Marie
Member of Stevie
Wonder's band since 1985
Long term member
of Stevie Wonder band, recording six platinum albums with
him
Joined Michael
Jackson again in 1996/1997 for the "HIStory" World
Tour
Recorded with
artists such as Dionne Warwick, Jermaine Jackson
House band musician
to Coolio, Jon Secada, Bob Dylan, D'Angelo, Zane and Eternal
Written various
TV commercials
Dangerous Tour - Setlist
Intro [Carmina Burana]
Jam
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
Human Nature
Smooth Criminal
I Just Can't Stop Loving You
She's Out Of My Life
Jackson 5 Medley [I Want You Back I The Love You Save I I'll
Be There]
Thriller
Billie Jean
Working Day And Night
Beat It
Will You Be There
Black Or White
Interlude: We Are The World
Heal The World
Man In The Mirror
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