The Velvet Rope Tour

infobox concert tour
concert_tour_name = The Velvet Rope Tour 1998


artist = Janet Jackson
start_date = April 16 1998
end_date = January 30 1999
number_of_legs = 3
number_of_shows = 120 in total
last_tour = janet. Tour
(1993/1995)
this_tour = The Velvet Rope Tour
(1998/1999)
next_tour = All for You Tour
(2001)

The Velvet Rope Tour was Janet Jackson's follow up to the 93-95 "janet. Tour". Similar to "The Velvet Rope" album with very dark and explicit themes. A performance of the show, telecast live on HBO on October 11, 1998, was also released as a video "The Velvet Rope Tour - Live In Concert".

et list

#Velvet Rope
#If
#You
#Medley:
##Every Time ¹
##Let's Wait Awhile
##Again
#Medley:
##Control
##The Pleasure Principle
##What Have You Done for Me Lately
##Nasty
#Throb
#Medley:
##Escapade
##When I Think of You
##Miss You Much
##Runaway
##Whoops Now²
##Love Will Never Do (Without You)
#Alright
#I Get Lonely
#Any Time, Any Place
#Rope Burn
#Black Cat ³
#What About ³
#Rhythm Nation
#Special
#That's the Way Love Goes
#Got 'Til It's Gone
#Go Deep ⁴
#Together Again

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*¹ Only performed in the final performance in Tokyo, Japan
*² Performed only on the European shows
*³ Cut at some shows including Oakland, CA
*⁴ Added to the setlist halfway through the European leg of the tour

*The Velvet Rope Tour visited 5 continents, the most for any Janet tour. It gave Janet the opportunity to perform for her fans in many European countries, including Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The European leg was a complete sell-out. Then the tour moved to North America before flying to South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Japan.

*The tour closed in Honolulu, Hawaii at the sold out Aloha Stadium. The stadium's original capacity of 35,000 for a concert has to be expanded to 38,000 to accommodate additional ticket demands. This made Janet the only artist in the stadium's history to fill the venue over its intended capacity. Janet still holds the record for most attended concert for one night at the Aloha Stadium.

*The broadcast of The Velvet Rope Tour garnered numerous award nominations, including an astounding 13 Emmy Awards nods.

*The tour grossed $32.5 million in the US, and $70 million worldwide (equivalent roughly to $125 million in 2008).

*Estimated worldwide attendance at 1.4 million.

Tour Dates

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

The Dancers

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

Crew and Personnel

Tour crew [ [http://livedesignonline.com/mag/show_business_together_again/ Together Again ] ] :
* Set designer: Mark Fisher
* Lighting designer: Roy Bennett
* Lighting programmer: Gary Westcott
* FOH sound engineer: Rob "Cubby" Colby
* Monitor engineer: Peter Buess
* Lighting technician : Lee Gipson
* Sound technicians: David Moncrieffe, Francesco Sgambellone
* Video director: George Elizondo
* Production manager: Chris Lamb
* Production director: Dave Russell
* Production assistant: Aimee Moreau
* Lighting director: Guy Forrester
* Tour coordinator: Rusty Hooker
* Tour managers: Dave Russell, Jaime Mendoza
* Stage manager: Anthony Giordano
* Lighting crew chief: Clay Brakeley
* Vari-Lite technician: John "Big Nose" Bedell
* Icon technician: Ken Delvo
* Lighting technicians: Robert Fry, Robert Braccia, William Cherrington, John Lovegrove
* Electrician: John Zajone
* Head rigger: Thomas Thompson
* Rigger: Charles Melton
* Head carpenter: Frank Carra
*Carpenters: Robert Mullin, Peter Turchyn, Anthony Whitehead, Timothy Shanahan
*Video crew chief: Gerald McReynolds
*Video engineer: Jon Huntington
*Camera operators: Redo Jackson, David Sykes, Mark Stutsman, Giles Conte
*Video technician: Neil Broome
*Pyro technician: Robert Hood
* Costume designers: Helen Hiatt; David Cardona for Bowman Cardona; Constance Jolcuvar
* Head wardrobe: Bonnie Fleslan
* Wardrobe: Leanne Doescher, Tony Villanueva
* Lighting: Light & Sound Design/Nick Jackson; Vari-Lite/Lee Frankham
* Sound: Showco/Robin Magruder and M.L. Procise
* Set construction: Tait Towers/Michael Tait and Winky Fairorth
* Inflatables: Air Artists/Rob Harries, Brilliant Stages/Charlie Kail
* Backdrops: P.W. Stage Productions/David Perry
* Video: BCC Video/Danny O'Bryen
* Pyrotechnics: Associated Pyrotechnicians/Francis Pilkerton
* Power: Showpower/John Campion

Opening Acts

Europe
*Another LevelNorth America
*Usher (July 9 - October 11)
*N Sync (October 14 - October 28)South Africa
*Lynden David Hall
*Boom Shaka
*Dr. Victor & the Rasta RebelsPacific
*Che Fu - New Zealand
*Boyz II Men - New Zealand (Auckland show only)
*Human Nature - Australia
*98 Degrees - Hawaii

References

External links

* [http://mymovies.imdb.com/title/tt0208234/]
* [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/janet_jackson_the_velvet_rope_tour_live_in_concert/]
* [http://www.janet-xone.com/knowledge/tours/thevelvetropetour.html/]