Rhythm Nation World Tour 1990

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Rhythm Nation World Tour 1990
Tour by Janet Jackson
Rhythm Nation World Tour.jpg
Associated album Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
Start dateMarch 1, 1990 (1990-03-01)
End dateNovember 16, 1990 (1990-11-16)
Legs5
No. of shows131 [1]
Box officeUS$28.1 million ($65.53 million in 2023 dollars [2] ) [3]
Janet Jackson concert chronology

The Rhythm Nation World Tour 1990 was the first headlining concert tour by American recording artist Janet Jackson. It was launched in support of her fourth studio album Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989), and also contained material from her third studio album Control (1986). Jackson's record label A&M announced plans for the world tour in fall 1989, following the release of Rhythm Nation 1814. Managed by Roger Davies and Rusty Hooker, the tour was developed by musical director Chuckii Booker, choreographer Anthony Thomas, stage designer Roy Bennett, stage manager Chris Tervit, production manager Benny Collins, and Jackson herself.

Contents

The nine-month trek saw concerts in the United States, Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom. It began in the United States in March 1990 and continued through November 1990, when it came to a close with a return trip to Japan. Songs performed during the set list of the tour were divided evenly between Jackson's third and fourth studio albums—each concert began with "Control" (1986) and ended with "Rhythm Nation" (1989). Noting performances placed greater emphasis on theatricality over vocal prowess, the tour received numerous stellar reviews based on Jackson's showmanship, choreography, and socially conscious message, drawing some comparison to her brother Michael Jackson. The tour was a commercial success, grossing over $28.1 million in North America alone. [3]

Background

Due to the fact that A&M Records had chosen not to invest in promoting a concert tour for Control (1986), the Rhythm Nation World Tour 1990 became Jackson's first in support of a studio album. [4] [5] A&M announced plans for her global tour in the fall of 1989. [6] She was assisted by a team of eleven musicians, back-up singers, and six dancers. [7] Anthony Thomas was selected as chief choreographer for the tour. [8] Thomas stated: "Janet was looking for dancers with a hybrid of street and technical training ... I'd say the cast is half and half between those two, which is what makes it so interesting. I'm not a trained dancer—and Janet is not, either. She just looks like it because she's a natural. She picks up dance steps very quickly." [9] According to Joel Selvin of the San Francisco Chronicle : "Thomas and Jackson also collaborated on the dance sequences for Jackson's half-hour video—a telemusical her publicists call it—that accompanied the release of her 'Rhythm Nation' album in October." [10]

Musician and record producer Chuckii Booker was hired as Jackson's musical director; his band became the tour's opening act. [11] Booker explained that he was approached by Jackson after a recommendation from her producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. In an interview, he stated: "I had known Janet for four to five years, but it was pretty much on a hi-and-goodbye basis until last September when she invited me to a 'Rhythm Nation' party in Los Angeles. I attended and told her I was very excited for her. She said, 'Yes, and I'd like you to be musical director.' I turned around, thinking she was talking to somebody else. I couldn't believe it. But then I found out she had talked to Jimmy and Terry and they had recommended me." [9] Reporter Doug Adrianson wrote: "Because of the inevitable comparisons with brother Michael, 32, expectations for the Rhythm Nation Tour are higher than a moonwalk. To make sure the show is suitably spectacular, Jackson and musical director Chuckii Booker rehearsed with a sizable crew for two weeks at the Pensacola Civic Centre ... the same place Michael fine-tuned his Bad Tour." [11] Her tour was managed by Roger Davies, stage designer Mark Fisher, and Benny Collins. [10] Total production cost was an estimated $2 million. [12]

Promotion

On June 9, 1990, MTV aired a four-hour special entitled "Janet Jackson Saturday" featuring interviews and music videos by Jackson, as well as live coverage of her tour. [13] The full "Rhythm Nation 1814 World Tour" concert from the second date at the Tokyo Dome in Japan was filmed and aired on Japanese television.

Critical reception

Ticket for Jackson's concert in Indianapolis, Indiana. Janet Jackson concert ticket - 1990 - Stierch.JPG
Ticket for Jackson's concert in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Music writer Troy Moon, who viewed the tour's dress rehearsal, called the show "spontaneous, very loose and limber. It came off as nightclub funk, more Prince than (Michael)." [14] He also noted the emphasis on the show's dance routines, stating "[t]he singing almost comes as an afterthought." [14] The debut concert in Miami, Florida on March 1, 1990 sold out prior to the performance. [15] Music Critic Deborah Wilker remarked that "[Janet] does not present a serious threat to brother Michael, though she has proven beyond any doubt she is a formidable force in her own right." [12] She reported the concert showcased the fact that "Jackson is an accomplished dancer whose choreography has set trends worldwide. The music, though extremely engaging, is secondary." [12] She also reported on the media attention surrounding the opening concert, stating, "[t]he kick-off of this tour was a media event, with reporters and film crews from across the country on hand. In the audience was Janet's brother Jackie and mother Katherine, as well as singer Whitney Houston and producers Jam and Lewis." [12]

Reviewing her concert at Madison Square Garden, Jon Pareles of The New York Times compared her showmanship to that of her brother Michael, and Prince. However, he states that she could not sing and dance simultaneously as well as either and suspected some of her performance was lip-synced. In her defense, he adds: "Yet in a video-era pop event like Miss Jackson's concert, old-fashioned musicianship matters less than the overall package—and Miss Jackson turns out to be an endearing performer despite all the calculation. Her songs are not just catchy, but full of worthwhile messages about independence and tolerance as well." [16] Commenting on her performance at the Capital Centre in Landover, Richard Harrington of The Washington Post noted that the growing trend of video screen use in concert had both advantages and drawbacks, such as [l]iving up to the very expectations engendered by those incessantly played video images." [17] In reference to her showmanship, he stated that "[s]he doesn't quite command the stage yet, but she has little problem commanding attention, thanks to her spectacular dancing and the wonderfully aggressive choreography that informs the 90-minute show." [17] In his opinion, the most "engaging" aspects of the concert were Jackson's ballads such as "Let's Wait Awhile" and "Come Back to Me". [17] He adds that "[a]lthough the focus was clearly on Jackson's dynamic dancing and her apparently boundless energy, she acquitted herself well on the vocal front. The singing seemed mostly note-perfect recaps of the records, and there is less range and dynamics here than in her dancing, but overall, it was effective enough." [17]

Los Angeles Times critic Chris Willman, who reviewed her opening southern California concert at the Great Western Forum expressed: "If the dancing in Janet's tour is even more enthralling than that of brother Michael (who can still best her in pure technical proficiency), it's because she spends so much of her stage time working with six other dancers as part of a hip-hop chorus line. It represents the pinnacle of what can be done in the popping 'n' locking style-a rapid-fire mixture of rigidly jerky and gracefully fluid movements." [18] He complimented her endurance for her 80-minute-plus show and downplayed criticism of lip-syncing by saying "[e]ven a classically trained vocalist would be hard-pressed to maintain any sort of level of volume—or, more appropriately, 'Control'—while bounding up and down stairs and whipping limbs in unnatural directions at impeccable, breakneck speed." [18] The first international concert took place in Tokyo, Japan at the Tokyo Dome on May 17, 1990. Los Angeles Times reported that "Japan became a 'Rhythm Nation' as Janet Jackson opened her tour at the Tokyo Dome, cascading thunderous waves of funk and choreography over 50,000 people ... The choreography, a cross between break-dancing and military maneuvers, sent some spectators dancing into the aisles." [19] Jackson also performed in Osaka and Yokohama before returning to the North America and then traveled to Europe for the final leg of her tour. [19]

Helen Metella of the Edmonton Journal praised Jackson's elaborate stage show, calling her socially conscious message of unity a "noble quest." [20] In reference of the comparisons between her and brother Michael, Metella comments that "the 23-year-old Jackson throws herself into an orgy of non-stop dancing and extravagant theatrics that clearly express her talent and her personal philosophies. She may not have surpassed Michael yet, but she's closing in on him fast—using many of his own tricks, yet." [20] In reviewing her performance at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton, Canada, Metella reports that the use of lighting and sound effects made for an excellent routine in addition to the well received vocalization of songs like "Control", "Nasty", and "What Have You Done for Me Lately", "[b]ut it was the dancing that was most electrifying ...witnessing the astonishing pace and physical commitment of Jackson during the dance numbers could and did galvanize us into action of our own, which is exactly what the show was about." [20]

Commercial reception

The majority of all of the tour's concert dates became instant sell-outs. [21] The tour's dress rehearsal at the Pensacola Civic Center issued 7,600 tickets to the public as a benefit to local charity, which sold-out in less than an hour. [14] The first international concert, which took place in Tokyo, Japan sold out the Tokyo Dome within seven minutes—a record for the fastest sellout in the history of the Dome. [22] Lori Buttars of The Salt Lake Tribune reported: "In May, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation Tour became the fastest sell-out in Salt Palace history. Tickets for the June 18 concert were gone in a record 1 hour and 20 minutes after the box office opened." [23] In June, 1990, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported that Jackson's tour had become one of the most commercially successful box office attractions for a recording artist. [21] In addition, "of those women soloists who regularly reach the top of the record charts, only Madonna is doing similar arena business." [21] Grossing $28.1 million in the United States alone, the tour ranked number five among the best-selling of 1990 within the US, making Jackson the only female artist to place within the top ten. [24] The Rhythm Nation World Tour, with an attendance of over two million patrons, is the most successful debut tour by any recording artist in history, a record that still stands in 2023. [25] [26]

Opening acts

Set list

  1. "Control"
  2. "Nasty"
  3. "What Have You Done for Me Lately"
  4. "Let's Wait Awhile"
  5. "When I Think of You"
  6. "The Pleasure Principle"
  7. "T.V." (interlude)
  8. "State of the World"
  9. "Race" (interlude)
  10. "The Knowledge"
  11. "Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)" (instrumental interlude)
  12. "Black Cat"
  13. "Come Back to Me"
  14. "Alright"
  15. "Escapade"
  16. "Miss You Much"
  17. "Pledge" (interlude)
  18. "Rhythm Nation"

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue
DateCityCountryVenueAttendanceRevenue
North America
March 1, 1990 Miami United States Miami Arena 15,082 / 15,082$297,870
March 3, 1990 Chapel Hill Dean Smith Center 17,095 / 17,095$321,653
March 4, 1990 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum 20,834 / 20,834$398,892
March 6, 1990 Columbia Carolina Coliseum ——
March 7, 1990 Knoxville Thompson–Boling Arena 15,449 / 15,449$285,554
March 9, 1990 Louisville Freedom Hall 17,639 / 17,639$332,787
March 10, 1990 Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum 15,312 / 15,312$283,272
March 12, 1990 Richfield Richfield Coliseum 16,990 / 16,990$314,315
March 13, 1990 Pittsburgh Civic Arena 15,825 / 15,825$287,906
March 15, 1990 New York City Madison Square Garden 35,741 / 35,741$1,053,548
March 16, 1990
March 19, 1990 Montreal Canada Montreal Forum 13,000 / 13,000$281,888
March 20, 1990 Toronto SkyDome 22,625 / 22,625$476,627
March 22, 1990 Landover United States Capital Centre 34,581 / 34,581$765,112
March 23, 1990 Hartford Hartford Civic Center ——
March 26, 1990 Worcester Worcester Centrum 27,600 / 27,600$600,458
March 27, 1990
March 29, 1990LandoverCapital Centre [a]
March 31, 1990 Hampton Hampton Coliseum ——
April 2, 1990 Detroit Joe Louis Arena 35,645 / 35,645$702,460
April 3, 1990
April 5, 1990 Bloomington Met Center ——
April 6, 1990
April 8, 1990 Rosemont Rosemont Horizon ——
April 9, 199015,703 / 15,703$347,063
April 11, 1990 Kansas City Kemper Arena 14,516 / 14,516$283,062
April 13, 1990 Fort Worth Tarrant County Convention Center 13,233 / 13,233$258,043
April 15, 1990 Houston The Summit 27,082 / 30,000$506,903
April 16, 1990
April 18, 1990 Tempe ASU Activity Center ——
April 20, 1990 Inglewood Great Western Forum 57,600 / 57,600$1,196,448
April 21, 1990
April 23, 1990 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena 13,283 / 13,283$264,233
April 25, 1990InglewoodGreat Western Forum [b] [b]
April 26, 1990
April 28, 1990 Oakland Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 58,002 / 58,002$1,363,047
April 29, 1990
May 1, 1990
May 2, 1990
May 4, 1990 Sacramento ARCO Arena 29,942 / 29,942$703,637
May 5, 1990
Asia
May 17, 1990 Tokyo Japan Tokyo Dome ——
May 18, 1990
May 20, 1990 Osaka Osaka-jō Hall
May 21, 1990
May 23, 1990 Yokohama Yokohama Arena
North America
June 6, 1990 Tacoma United States Tacoma Dome 39,287 / 47,370$893,779
June 7, 1990
June 9, 1990 Vancouver Canada BC Place ——
June 11, 1990 Edmonton Northlands Coliseum
June 12, 1990 Calgary Olympic Saddledome 14,531 / 16,507$317,334
June 15, 1990 Denver United States McNichols Sports Arena ——
June 16, 1990
June 18, 1990 Salt Lake City Salt Palace
June 20, 1990 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre 34,698 / 40,000$730,905
June 21, 1990
June 23, 1990 Costa Mesa Pacific Amphitheatre ——
June 24, 1990
June 26, 1990InglewoodGreat Western Forum42,848 / 42,848$892,188
June 27, 1990
June 29, 1990
July 2, 1990 Dallas Reunion Arena ——
July 3, 1990 Oklahoma City Myriad Convention Center Arena
July 5, 1990 Austin Frank Erwin Center 24,974 / 26,508$484,477
July 6, 1990
July 8, 1990 New Orleans Louisiana Superdome ——
July 10, 1990 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum 10,488 / 10,488$235,980
July 12, 1990MiamiMiami Arena10,031 / 11,500$225,698
July 13, 1990 Orlando Orlando Arena 12,842 / 12,842$288,945
July 14, 1990 St. Petersburg Florida Suncoast Dome 18,833 / 18,833$419,647
July 16, 1990 Atlanta Omni Coliseum 51,712 / 51,712$1,034,240
July 17, 1990
July 19, 1990
July 20, 1990
July 22, 1990 Birmingham BJCC Coliseum 13,354 / 13,354$287,111
July 24, 1990 Indianapolis Market Square Arena 12,962 / 12,962$256,000
July 25, 1990Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center ——
July 27, 1990 Milwaukee Bradley Center 15,491 / 15,884$298,860
July 29, 1990 Tinley Park World Music Theatre ——
July 30, 1990
August 1, 1990
August 5, 1990 [c] St. Louis St. Louis Arena
August 10, 1990LandoverCapital Centre44,812 / 44,812$1,019,473
August 11, 1990
August 13, 1990
August 14, 1990 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum ——
August 16, 1990 Philadelphia The Spectrum
August 17, 1990
August 19, 1990
August 21, 1990 Ottawa Canada Lansdowne Park 8,013 / 12,000$188,044
August 22, 1990 Auburn Hills United States The Palace of Auburn Hills 32,832 / 32,832$746,928
August 23, 1990
August 25, 1990 Albany Knickerbocker Arena 13,200 / 13,200$254,623
August 27, 1990 Providence Providence Civic Center 10,709 / 11,805$243,630
August 28, 1990 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 12,827 / 15,029$291,814
August 30, 1990 East Rutherford Brendan Byrne Arena 15,686 / 15,686$317,168
Europe
October 4, 1990 Rotterdam Netherlands Ahoy Sportpaleis 37,602 / 37,602$806,458
October 5, 1990
October 6, 1990
October 8, 1990 Berlin Germany Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle 8,965 / 8,965$132,079
October 12, 1990 Stockholm Sweden Stockholm Globe Arena ——
October 14, 1990 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy 16,782 / 16,782$217,093
October 15, 1990 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion ——
October 16, 1990 Munich Germany Olympiahalle
October 18, 1990 Frankfurt Festhalle Frankfurt
October 21, 1990 London England Wembley Arena
October 22, 1990
October 24, 1990 Dortmund Germany Westfalenhalle
October 26, 1990 Birmingham England NEC Arena
October 27, 1990
October 28, 1990LondonWembley Arena
October 29, 1990
Asia [27]
November 3, 1990OsakaJapanOsaka-jō Hall——
November 4, 1990
November 6, 1990TokyoTokyo Dome
November 7, 1990
November 9, 1990 Hong Kong Hong Kong Coliseum
November 10, 1990
November 11, 1990
November 14, 1990 Nagoya Japan Nagoya Rainbow Hall
November 15, 1990
November 16, 1990YokohamaYokohama Arena
Total1,044,858 / 1,044,858$21,800,000 USD

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country and venue
DateCityCountryVenue
August 2, 1990 Lexington United States Rupp Arena
August 5, 1990 [d] Ames Hilton Coliseum
September 2, 1990TorontoCanada CNE Grandstand
September 3, 1990 Burgettstown United States Coca-Cola Star Lake Amphitheater
September 4, 1990RichfieldRichfield Coliseum
October 11, 1990 Copenhagen Denmark Valby-Hallen

Notes

  1. ↑ The score data is representative of the two shows at the Capital Centre on March 22 and March 29.
  2. 1 2 The score data is representative of the four shows at the Great Western Forum on April 20 and April 21, April 25 and April 26 respectively.
  3. ↑ Partially performed, passed out backstage during show.
  4. ↑ Cancelled because of August 4 St. Louis concert being moved up a day.

Credits

Tour

The band

Dancers – "The Nation"

Janet Jackson, Anthony Thomas, Terry Bixler, LaVelle Smith

Janet Jackson, Tina Landon, LaVelle Smith, Terry Bixler, Anthony Thomas, Art Palmer, Karen Owens, Travis Payne

Miscellaneous

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