The Velvet Rope Tour

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The Velvet Rope Tour 1998
Tour by Janet Jackson
Dates April 16, 1998 - January 1999
Legs 5
Shows 120 in total

The Velvet Rope Tour was Jackson's follow up to the janet. Tour 1993-1995. Similar to The Velvet Rope album with very dark and explicit themes. The Velvet Rope Tour is a spectacular production of lights, dance & energy the natural synergy of Janet's distinctive vocals and sweet melodies with harder edged dance rhythms excellently choreographed it appealed to a multitude of musical tastes.

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[edit] Set List

Janet Jackson travelled all around the world between April 1998 and January 1999. The Velvet Rope Tour gave her the opportunity to meet all her fans in most of the European countries; Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom. North America; United States of America and Canada. Finally; South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Japan. All together the tour was both a critical and commercial selling out almost all shows helping in the sale of the album. It is estimated to have grossed over $70 million, making it one of the highest grosses for a female artist and the hightest grossing tour of her career. On October 11, 1998 a recording of the tour was released through Home Box Office (HBO) at Felt Forum, Madison Square Garden, New York City. A stop of the tour the recording has been certified platinum by the RIAA.

It featured the now infamous sensually provocative performance of Rope Burn in which an ecstatic male fan is lashed to a chair and gets to watch his favorite sex object pole-dance. This was a similar to the performance of Janet's Would You Mind? during the All for You Tour in 2002. The recording of The Velvet Rope Tour garned numerous award nominations 13 Emmy Awards won 1 and NAACP Image Awards.

[edit] Tour Dates

First Leg Europe

Second Leg North America

Third Leg South Africa

Fourth Leg Oceania


Fifth Leg Japan

  • January 12, 1999 Tokyo - Nippon Budokan
  • January 13, 1999 Tokyo - Nippon Budokan
  • January 14, 1999 Tokyo - Nippon Budokan
  • January 16, 1999 Osaka - Osaka-jo Castle Hall
  • January 17, 1999 Osaka - Osaka-jo Castle Hall
  • January 19, 1999 Osaka - Osaka-jo Castle Hall
  • January 20, 1999 Osaka - Osaka-jo Castle Hall
  • January 21, 1999 Nagoya - Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
  • January 23, 1999 Hamamatsu - Hamamatsu Arena
  • January 25, 1999 Tokyo - Nippon Budokan
  • January 26, 1999 Tokyo - Nippon Budokan

[edit] The Band

  • Musical Director: Rex Salas
  • Drums: John Roberts
  • Keyboards: Rex Salas and Darrel Smith
  • Percussion: Terry Santiel
  • Rhythm Guitar: David Barry
  • Bass Guitar: Sam Sims
  • Background Vocalists: Stacy Campbell and Rebecca Valadez

[edit] The Dancers

  • Tina Landon (choreographer)
  • Kelly Konno
  • Gil Duldulao,Jr*
  • Michael Andrews
  • Tyce Diorio
  • Teresa Espinosa
  • Shawnette Heard
  • Nikki Pantenburg
  • Robert Vinson

[edit] External links

Janet Jackson
Studio albums: Janet Jackson • Dream Street • Control • Rhythm Nation 1814
janet. • The Velvet Rope • All for You • Damita Jo • 20 Y.O.

Other albums: Control: The Remixes • Janet. Remixed • Design of a Decade 1986/1996
Discography • Singles • Videography • Filmography • Tours • Awards and accolades
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