The Velvet Rope Tour – Live in Concert

The Velvet Rope Tour - Live In Concert
Video by Janet Jackson
Released	US: March 9, 1999
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 chronology
Design of a Decade 1986/1996 (1995) The Velvet Rope Tour - Live In Concert (1998) All for You (DVD Edition) (2001)
Alternative 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.

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 United States, and reached an audience of 15 million viewers 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 issued as a 17 track double VCD.^[3]

The full performance was later on released on DVD, Laser Disc^[4] and video cassette the same year, and has been certified Platinum by the RIAA^[5] It was nominated 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 nominated for "Outstanding Performance in a Variety Series/Special" and "Outstanding Variety Series/Special" at the 1999 NAACP Image Awards.^[6]

"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,^[7] and again in Europe with a different cover in 2005.^[8]

Track listing

1. "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" (Instrumental Interlude)
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"

Release history

The Velvet Rope Tour - Live In Concert

Live In Hawaii/The Velvet Rope Tour

References