Michael Jackson's Dangerous Tour

This was the second [after Bad Tour] and one of the largest solo concert tour made by Michael Jackson. Michael was to appear in 70 performances in different countries; 40 in Europe, 18 in Asia, 6 in South America and 6 in North America. The tour was scheduled to start on June 27, 1992 to run all the way November 11, 1993 which involved three legs. The tour was sponsored by Pepsi-Cola which offered $20 million deal. The main purpose of the tour was to raise funds for his organization, Heal the World Foundation, an international children’s charity. This organization was to contribute funds to pediatric AIDS . Equipments with more than 100 tons were used during the tour which required two Boeing 747 jet aircraft and many lorries to transport to every venue. Before the tour Michael Jackson and his band rehearsed for the whole concert where it was rumored that it took place in Jacksons’s Neverland home. During this tour Jackson was influenced by the uniform worn in the military. During the first leg of this tour, he wore a grey-green jacket with a one bolted strap which sparkled with multicolor uniform while in the third leg he 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.

During his performances in the first and second leg, transition from thriller to Billie Jean was one amazing thing. When Jackson walks into two pillars, 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. The coffin portion of this stage illusion was removed in some of first leg shows and the entire third leg of the tour, and replaced with the Jackson impersonator and the backup dancers performing an encore of the "Monster Breakdown". During these two legs, he also performed ‘The way you make me feel’ and ‘Bad’ in Tokyo, Japan.

On August 24, 1993 in Bangkok during third leg, Jackson was accused of child sexual abuse [made public] where a search warrant was issued to the police. On 29 August 1993, Jackson on his tour performed in front of 47000 on his 35^th birthday in Singapore. Due to the accusations of child abuse and various health problems, this tour ended in Mexico. Jackson started taking Valium, Xanax and Ativan to deal with stress made against him.  Later he entered a rehabilitation program due to the drugs addiction. Many appearances across were cancelled after the incident but were rescheduled for a later date.