The Velvet Rope Tour - Live in Concert

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The Velvet Rope Tour - Live In Concert
Video by Janet Jackson
Released	October 11, 1998(U.S.) March 9, 1999 (U.K.)
Recorded	October 11, 1998
Genre	R&B, pop
Length	121 min
Language	English
Label	Eagle Rock Entertainment
Director	David Mallet
Producer	Jon Small
Janet Jackson video chronology
Design of a Decade 1986/1996 (1995) The Velvet Rope Tour - Live In Concert (2002) All for You(DVD edition) (2002)
Alternate Covers
Japanese double Laser Disc cover
Live in Hawaii/Velvet Rope Tour re-release
E.U. 2005 Re-release

The Velvet Rope - Live In Concert is a video released by American R&B/pop singer Janet Jackson.

Contents 1 Release information 2 Track listing 3 Release history 4 References

[edit] Release information

Recorded on October 11, 1998 at Madison Square Garden, New York as part of "The Velvet Rope Tour", the concert was broadcast live on HBO in the US, and reached a an audience of 15 million vierws in the US alone.^[1] The concert would also be broadcast on the cable channel's international networks at later dates.

Q-Tip makes a special appearance during the performance of "Got 'Til It's Gone". During the performance of "Rope Burn", Jackson picks an unsuspecting member of the audience onto stage and teases them with her performance which included a lap dance.^[2] Due to censorship laws, "Rope Burn" and "Any Time, Any Place" were left out of the release in Hong Kong, where the video was issed as a 17 track double VCD.^[3]

The full performance was later on released on DVD, Laser Disc^[4] and video casette the same year, and has been certified Platinum by the RIAA ^[5] It was nomiated for 4 Emmy Awards, including "Outstanding Choreography","Outstanding Lighting Direction", "Outstanding Music Direction" and "Outstanding Technical Direction/Camera/Video for a Special". It won the Primetime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Technical Direction/Camera/Video for a Special" in 1999.^[6] The video was also nomiated for "Outstanding Performance in a Variety Series/Special" and "Outstanding Variety Series/Special" at the 1999 NAACP Image Awards.^[7]

"The Velvet Rope - Live In Concert" was re-released as an individual DVD in 2001, 2004 and 2006 and was repackaged with "Live in Hawaii" and re-released as a double disc set in the US and Europe on November 14, 2004^[8], and again in Europe with a different cover in 2005.^[9]

[edit] Track listing

1. "The Velvet Rope"
2. "If"
3. "You"
4. "Let's Wait Awhile" /"Again"
5. "Control Medley" : "Control" / "The Pleasure Principle" / "What Have You Done For Me Lately" / "Nasty"
6. "Throb"
7. "Escapade Medley" : "Escapade" / "When I Think of You" / "Miss You Much" / "Runaway" / "Love Will Never Do (Without You)"
8. "Alright"
9. "I Get Lonely"
10. "Any Time, Any Place"
11. "Rope Burn"
12. "Black Cat"
13. "What About"
14. "Rhythm Nation"
15. "Special"
16. "That's The Way Love Goes"
17. "Got 'Til It's Gone"
18. "Go Deep"
19. "Together Again"

[edit] Release history

The Velvet Rope Tour - Live In Concert

Region	Date	Label
United States	October 11, 1998	Eagle Rock Entertainment
International	March 9, 1999	Image Entertainment
UK & Europe	August 28, 2000	Ilc Entertainment
International	November 26, 2001	Eagle Rock Entertainment
United States	February 24, 2004	Eagle Vision USA
International	June 12, 2006	Eagle Rock Entertainment

Live In Hawaii/The Velvet Rope Tour

Region	Date	Label
Europe	September 6, 2004	Eagle Rock Entertainment
United States	November 16, 2004	Eagle Rock Entertainment

[edit] References

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