Saturday 7 May 2011

Michael Jackson - Beat It - Live in Munich - HIStory Germany Tour (1997)...


"HIStory World Tour"


Start Date: September 7, 1996.


End Date: October 15, 1997.


"Live in Munich: HIStory Germany Tour"


Recorded: "Olympic Stadium" Munich, Germany (July 4 & 6, 1997)


Produced & Sponsored by: MJJ & "HRH" Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal.


Record Labels: MJJ Productions Inc. & Epic Records.


Synopsis!
The HIStory World Tour was the third and final world concert tour by Michael Jackson as a solo artist, covering Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and Hawaii from September 7, 1996 to October 15, 1997. The tour, which grossed a total of $163.5 million, included a total of 82 concerts with a record-breaking attendance of 4,500,000 fans.

"Live in Munich: HIStory Germany Tour"
Jackson planned upon filming this concert for a DVD release by Christmas time, so more camera angles (including individual crowd shots) were used, and the audio was later remastered heavily to emphasize the percussion and audience sounds. This concert was also an early experiment by Jackson with High Definition cameras. The release was ultimately cancelled; due to Jackson's dissatisfaction of the behind-the-scenes filming . However, the performance was televised extensively in many different countries, making it one of the most readily available concerts. The most common version is the one aired by Sat.1 and most other channels, but other versions, such as the one that aired in South Africa (with a small segment from a concert at Johannesburg), and a Japanese version also exist. Most versions have also been edited with a segment from the concert on August 3, 1997 at Leipzig before the Jackson 5 Medley about an insect on the stage. An unedited version of the Concert from July 4 has the original camera angles seen on the jumbotrons and original sound. Two amateur videos from July 6 (one of which contained footage of both concerts) also exist. Following Jackson's death, the Sat.1 version of this concert was re-televised by RTL 5, who had previously televised it on their Veronica channel.

This was also televised in Singapore's MediaCorp Channel 5 in 2009.


.....Credits & Tour Staff.....

Executive Director: MJJ Productions.

Artistic Director: Michael Jackson.

Assistant Director: Peggy Holmes.

Choreographed by: Michael Jackson & LaVelle Smith.

Staged & Designed by: Kenny Ortega.

Set Designed by: Michael Cotton & John McGraw.

Lightning Designer: Peter Morse.

Director of Security: Bill Bray Costumes.

Designed by: Dennis Tompkins & Michael Bush.

Hair & Make-up: Karen Faye.

Stylist: Tommy Simms.

Artist Manager: Tarak Ben Amar.

Personal Management: Gallin Morey Associates.



!!!Live Performances "1st & 2nd leg!!!

1) "Scream"

2) "They Don't Care About Us" (Features elements of HIStory and She Drives Me Wild)

3) "In the Closet"

4) "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"

5) "Stranger in Moscow"

6) "Smooth Criminal" (Features elements of "Mind Is The Magic")

7) "The Wind" Video Interlude

8) "You Are Not Alone"

9) "The Way You Make Me Feel" (Only on certain concerts from September 7, 1996 to June 15, 1997)

10) "I Want You Back/The Love You Save" (Medley Jackson 5 )

11) "I'll Be There"

12) "Off the Wall Medley" (Only on certain concerts, last performed on June 10, 1997) (Rock with You/Off the Wall/Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough)

13) "Remember the Time" (Video Montage Interlude)

14) "Billie Jean"

15) "Thriller"

16) "Beat It"

17) "Come Together" / "D.S." (Only on certain concerts from September 7, 1996 to November 11, 1996)

18) "Blood on the Dance Floor" (May 31, 1997 to August 19, 1997; not performed on July 2)

19) "Black or White "Panther" (Video Interlude)

20) "Dangerous" (Features elements of Smooth Criminal and Interlude:Lets Dance by Janet Jackson)

21) "Black or White"

22) "Earth Song"

23) "We Are the World" (Video Interlude)

24) "Heal the World"

25) "They Don't Care About Us (Instrumental)

26) "HIStory" (with a video interlude of HIStory Teaser Trailer)

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