Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour

Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour was the first of two theatrical productions by Cirque du Soleil to combine the music of Michael Jackson with Cirque du Soleil's signature acrobatic performance style. The show was written and directed by Jamie King^[1] and produced in partnership with the Estate of Michael Jackson.^[2] The arena show—which is very similar to a rock concert—began its tour on October 2, 2011, in Montreal. After touring North America for one year, Immortal continued through Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East before returning to North America in February 2014 for a total of 501 shows from 141 cities. It is the most financially successful Cirque production and highest grossing tribute show in history.

Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour

Tour by Cirque du Soleil
Logo for Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour by Cirque du Soleil
Start date	October 2, 2011 (2011-10-02)
End date	August 31, 2014 (2014-08-31)
Legs	4
No. of shows	227 in North America 18 in Latin America 85 in Europe 49 in Asia 22 in Oceania 401 Total
Box office	$371 million
Cirque du Soleil concert chronology
Iris (2011) Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour (2011–14) Amaluna (2012)

By December 2011, just two months after it was launched, the show had sold over $100 million in tickets from US and Canada dates and became the top touring act in America, according to Forbes.^[3] The tour wrapped in mid-2014 after amassing $371 million in revenue with ticket sales of 3.7 million from 27 countries^[4] ranking the tour as the eighth highest-grossing tour of all time.^[5]

Public reception

The show attracted numerous celebrities such as Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie,^[6] Jay-Z, Beyoncé Knowles, Rihanna, Eva Longoria, Courteney Cox, Josh Groban,^[7] Jennifer Lopez,^[8] Tyra Banks, Naomi Campbell,^{[citation needed]} the cast of Glee,^[9] Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone and Cee-lo Green.^[10]

Background and development

On November 2, 2010, Cirque du Soleil and Jackson's estate announced the development of The Immortal World Tour through Michael Jackson's official website. In a press release, the company stated, "A riveting fusion of visuals, dance, music and fantasy that immerses audiences in Michael's creative world and literally turns his signature moves upside down, Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour unfolds Michael Jackson's artistry before the eyes of the audience. Aimed at lifelong fans as well as those experiencing Michael's creative genius for the first time, the show captures the essence, soul and inspiration of the King of Pop, celebrating a legacy that continues to transcend generations".^[11]

Director Jamie King, who had previously spearheaded tours by Britney Spears (The Circus Tour), Madonna (Sticky & Sweet Tour), Celine Dion (Taking Chances World Tour) and Rihanna (Last Girl on Earth), stated that he wanted to include Jackson's "giving tree" as the focus of the tour.^[12]

As noted during an interview with Daniel Lamare, within 24 hours of opening ticket sales for the show, Cirque du Soleil sold 200,000 tickets.^[13]

Following the commercial and critical success of the show, a second Cirque du Soleil production based on Jackson's music titled Michael Jackson: One was developed for a permanent residency show at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. This second show opened in May 2013 to critical acclaim and commercial success.

Acts

The acts of The Immortal World Tour were staged to the music of Michael Jackson.^[14] Cirque gathered a creative team of 10 high-profile choreographers, some of whom worked with Michael, to design the acts.^[15]

• Childhood: The Mime awakens the inhabitants.
• Wanna Be Startin' Somethin': Dance and acrobatic number.
• Fanatics – Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground): Five fanatics take pictures of the audience and try to get into the gates of Neverland.
• Dancing Machine: Welders perform on motorized cables.
• Ben: A celebration of Jackson's love of animals.
• This Place Hotel: Aerial tango.
• Smooth Criminal: Dance routine.
• Dangerous: Pole-dancing act.
• Fanatics – The Jackson 5 Medley: The fanatics are in a competition and are granted access to Neverland.
• Mime: Mime gains the talents of Jackson and performs beatbox.
• Human Nature: Aerial hoops.
• Scary Story – Is It Scary: Contortion act.
• Bats – Threatened: Aerial act.
• Thriller: Free-running parkour act.
• Swans – I Just Can't Stop Loving You: Straps duo act.
• Beat It: The Fanatics manipulate Jackson's iconic accessories.
• Jam: Hip-hop dance choreography with basketballs.
• Earth Song: Mime is tangled in the tree, which is now turned upside down.
• Scream: Tumbling (men's rhythmic gymnastics) and aerial act.
• Gone Too Soon: The Mime cradles four horses in this ballad.
• They Don't Care About Us: Dance choreography.
• Heal the World – Will You Be There: Artists descend onto the stage with glowing red hearts.
• I'll Be There: The 11-year-old voice of Jackson and a single piano track.
• Megamix – Can You Feel It/Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough/Billie Jean/Black or White: Swiss rings act, dance choreography, and world dance styles.
• Man in the Mirror: This finale is a celebration of Michael Jackson.

Costumes

Zaldy Goco, The Immortal's costume designer, said the following in regard to his inspiration for the collection of 252 costumes: "My approach has been to draw upon and respect Michael's iconic style while creating something new and fresh. I placed subtle references throughout the costumes in the show."^[16] The color palette chosen for the show is rich, lively, and ornate such as through the usage of gold and crystals. The design team explored such technologies as 3D printing and LED lighting for the many different colored pieces.

Highlights of the costumes range from 3D printing techniques to pyrotechnics being built into the designs.^[16]

• Gangster characters wield 3D-printed surreal guns that shoot pyrotechnics when the triggers are pulled. The shoulder pads are also 3D-printed.
• The straps duo costumes are covered in Swarovski crystals, and were inspired by Jackson's corseted wrist in the Black and White video.
• The bat costumes are created using ultra lightweight paper used for shipping parcels.
• The soldiers' costumes are primarily made of mytex on a polyester frame with padding.
• All the costumes in the Human Nature act are equipped with more than 275 LED lights.
• The costumes for the welders were inspired by the red, zipper-clad jacket in Beat It.

Music

Main article: Immortal (Michael Jackson album)

On October 3, 2011, Sony Music Entertainment announced that more than 40 of Jackson's original recordings were redesigned and reimagined by the Justin Timberlake and Rihanna producer Kevin Antunes throughout a year-period work in the studio with original multi-track master recordings.^[17] Hence it's expected that Immortal will continue a similar mixing production to the soundtracks to previous Cirque du Soleil shows: 2006's Love, with the remixed music of The Beatles (to the show of the same name), and 2010's Elvis Presley-themed remix soundtrack Viva Elvis (to the show of the same name).

Released by Epic Records in conjunction with estate of Michael Jackson,^[18] Immortal features an alternative version of The Jackson 5 song "ABC",^[19] as well as a series of mashups and remixes such as a choir-assisted rendition of "They Don't Care About Us".^[20] Although more than 60 songs were used for the stage show, the album release made available is a 20-track album or a deluxe 27-track album only. More than 2 million copies of the Immortal album have been sold worldwide.

Setlist

The following songs were performed in the tour:^[21]

• "Opening Megamix": "Dirty Diana" / "Get on the Floor" / "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" / "Heartbreaker" / "The Way You Make Me Feel" / "You Rock My World" / "Unbreakable" / "Blood on the Dance Floor" / "Baby Be Mine" / "Rock with You" / "Lovely One" / "Burn This Disco Out" (Pre-show music)
• "Workin' Day and Night"
• "The Immortal Intro" (Video interlude)*
• "Childhood"
• "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
• "The Jackson 5 Medley": "I Want You Back" / "ABC" / "The Love You Save" (Placed after "Mime Segment" on the album) (Only on selected days)
• "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)" (Only on selected days)
• "Dancing Machine" / "Blame It on the Boogie" / "Why You Wanna Trip on Me"
• "Ben"
• "This Place Hotel"
• "Smooth Criminal"
• "Dangerous" / "In the Closet"
• "The Mime Segment": "(I Like) The Way You Love Me" / "Hollywood Tonight" / "Speed Demon" / "Slave to the Rhythm" / "Stranger in Moscow" / "Another Part of Me"
• "Speechless" / "Human Nature"
• "Is It Scary" / "Ghosts" / "Somebody's Watching Me" / "Monster" / "Threatened" ("Threatened" was only on selected days)
• "Thriller"
• "You Are Not Alone" / "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
• "Beat It" / "State of Shock"
• "Jam"
• "Earth Song" / "Planet Earth"
• "Scream" / "Little Susie"
• "Gone Too Soon" (Only on selected days)
• "They Don't Care About Us" / "Privacy" / "Tabloid Junkie"
• "Heal the World" / "Will You Be There"
• "I'll Be There" (Video interlude)
• "Immortal Megamix": "Can You Feel It" / "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" / "Billie Jean" / "Black or White"
• "Man in the Mirror"
• "Remember the Time" / "Bad" (Curtain call music)

*Also includes: "Goin' Back to Indiana" / "Rockin' Robin" / "I Got the Feelin'"

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue

Date	City	Country/Region	Venue	Attendance	Revenue
North America^[21]
October 2, 2011	Montreal	Canada	Bell Centre	—	—
October 3, 2011
October 4, 2011
October 7, 2011	Ottawa		Scotiabank Place
October 8, 2011
October 9, 2011
October 12, 2011	Hamilton		Copps Coliseum
October 13, 2011
October 15, 2011	Detroit	United States	Joe Louis Arena
October 16, 2011
October 18, 2011	London	Canada	John Labatt Centre
October 19, 2011
October 21, 2011	Toronto		Air Canada Centre
October 22, 2011
October 23, 2011
October 24, 2011
October 26, 2011	Winnipeg		MTS Centre
October 27, 2011
October 29, 2011	Saskatoon		Credit Union Centre
October 30, 2011
November 1, 2011	Edmonton		Rexall Place	19,131 / 25,346	$2,482,170
November 2, 2011
November 4, 2011	Vancouver		Rogers Arena	32,589 / 39,441	$3,905,970
November 5, 2011
November 6, 2011
November 9, 2011	Seattle	United States	KeyArena	14,531 / 21,754	$1,704,425
November 10, 2011
November 12, 2011	Spokane		Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	—	—
November 13, 2011
November 15, 2011	Eugene		Matthew Knight Arena	3,869 / 6,919	$459,033
November 18, 2011	Portland		Rose Garden Arena	—	—
November 19, 2011
November 28, 2011	Salt Lake City		EnergySolutions Arena
November 29, 2011
November 30, 2011
December 3, 2011	Las Vegas		Mandalay Bay Events Center	140,019 / 260,640	$14,475,909
December 4, 2011
December 9, 2011
December 11, 2011
December 17, 2011
December 18, 2011
December 19, 2011
December 27, 2011
December 30, 2011	Phoenix		US Airways Center	16,149 / 23,162	$1,825,233
December 31, 2011
January 3, 2012	Boise		Taco Bell Arena	5,647 / 6,525	$603,818
January 6, 2012	Denver		Pepsi Center	23,078 / 25,614	$2,552,443
January 7, 2012
January 8, 2012
January 10, 2012	Sacramento		Power Balance Pavilion	13,507 / 19,948	$1,323,679
January 11, 2012
January 13, 2012	San Jose		HP Pavilion at San Jose	27,537 / 32,976	$3,281,784
January 14, 2012
January 15, 2012
January 17, 2012	Oakland		Oracle Arena	31,785 / 35,814	$3,448,610
January 18, 2012
January 19, 2012
January 21, 2012	San Diego		Valley View Casino Center	14,928 / 19,844	$1,609,176
January 22, 2012
January 24, 2012	Anaheim		Honda Center	12,979 / 18,528	$1,481,242
January 25, 2012
January 27, 2012	Los Angeles		Staples Center	31,632 / 35,814	$3,867,569
January 28, 2012
January 29, 2012
February 7, 2012	St. Louis		Scottrade Center	11,989 / 20,508	$1,161,543
February 8, 2012
February 10, 2012	Houston		Toyota Center	30,548 / 33,018	$3,627,938
February 11, 2012
February 12, 2012
February 15, 2012	New Orleans		New Orleans Arena	12,097 / 23,278	$1,264,312
February 16, 2012
February 18, 2012	Tulsa		BOK Center	10,212 / 21,818	$1,156,139
February 19, 2012
February 21, 2012	Kansas City		Sprint Center	14,922 / 22,334	$1,546,350
February 22, 2012
February 24, 2012	Indianapolis		Bankers Life Fieldhouse	13,975 / 20,844	$1,707,418
February 25, 2012
February 28, 2012	Orlando		Amway Center	19,288 / 21,780	$2,200,201
February 29, 2012
March 2, 2012	Miami		American Airlines Arena	35,105 / 37,974	$4,296,135
March 3, 2012
March 4, 2012
March 7, 2012	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	9,463 / 12,246	$905,144
March 8, 2012
March 10, 2012	Raleigh		RBC Center	12,793 / 21,296	$1,376,253
March 11, 2012
March 13, 2012	Charlotte		Time Warner Cable Arena	10,369 / 24,824	$1,100,604
March 14, 2012
March 16, 2012	Milwaukee		BMO Harris Bradley Center	13,828 / 23,730	$1,518,631
March 17, 2012
March 20, 2012	Montreal	Canada	Bell Centre	28,504 / 38,415	$3,646,620
March 21, 2012
March 22, 2012
March 24, 2012	Quebec City		Colisée Pepsi	14,090 / 18,238	$1,719,960
March 25, 2012
March 27, 2012	Minneapolis	United States	Target Center	16,204 / 20,098	$1,775,154
March 28, 2012
March 30, 2012	Newark		Prudential Center	24,452 / 32,709	$2,662,658
April 1, 2012
April 3, 2012	New York City		Madison Square Garden	29,007 / 33,081	$3,794,245
April 4, 2012
April 5, 2012
April 7, 2012	Uniondale		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	16,935 / 22,470	$1,823,742
April 8, 2012
April 10, 2012	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center	19,174 / 23,732	$2,363,651
April 11, 2012
April 13, 2012	Pittsburgh		Petersen Events Center	15,645 / 19,821	$1,301,898
April 14, 2012
April 15, 2012
April 24, 2012	University Park		Bryce Jordan Center	4,575 / 11,003	$482,617
April 27, 2012	Columbia		Colonial Life Arena	7,979 / 15,500	$707,395
April 28, 2012
May 2, 2012	Hartford		XL Center	14,030 / 20,770	$1,571,574
May 3, 2012
May 5, 2012	Baltimore		1st Mariner Arena	17,819 / 21,526	$2,086,549
May 6, 2012
May 8, 2012	Hampton		Hampton Coliseum	7,289 / 10,832	$731,757
May 9, 2012
May 11, 2012	Greenville		BI-LO Center	4,215 / 7,466	$380,280
May 16, 2012	Worcester		DCU Center	11,223 / 17,022	$1,220,535
May 17, 2012
May 19, 2012	Quebec City	Canada	Colisée Pepsi	4,079 / 11,972	$423,305
May 20, 2012
May 22, 2012	Albany	United States	Times Union Center	5,475 / 9,376	$516,663
May 25, 2012	Cincinnati		U.S. Bank Arena	6,031 / 8,510	$577,376
June 6, 2012	Dayton		Nutter Center	7,635 / 16,470	$748,944
June 7, 2012
June 9, 2012	Columbus		Value City Arena	14,124 / 20,984	$1,465,358
June 10, 2012
June 12, 2012	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena	11,277 / 19,234	$1,055,507
June 13, 2012
June 15, 2012	Austin		Frank Erwin Center	8,756 / 10,535	$1,106,902
June 20, 2012	Memphis		FedExForum	3,901 / 10,972	$407,078
June 23, 2012	San Antonio		AT&T Center	10,028 / 11,272	$1,121,252
June 26, 2012	Dallas		American Airlines Center	16,454 / 22,184	$1,807,601
June 27, 2012
June 29, 2012	Atlanta		Philips Arena	25,592 / 36,486	$2,901,224
June 30, 2012
July 1, 2012
July 6, 2012	Montreal	Canada	Bell Centre	20,128 / 25,610	$2,428,050
July 7, 2012
July 11, 2012	Hershey	United States	Giant Center	6,085 / 8,058	$553,272
July 13, 2012	Washington, D.C.		Verizon Center	30,203 / 34,260	$3,916,511
July 14, 2012
July 15, 2012
July 17, 2012	Cleveland		Quicken Loans Arena	14,270 / 21,964	$1,514,927
July 18, 2012
July 20, 2012	Chicago		United Center	22,177 / 24,226	$2,658,416
July 21, 2012
July 24, 2012	Ottawa	Canada	Scotiabank Place	12,883 / 23,796	$1,233,900
July 25, 2012
July 27, 2012	Toronto		Air Canada Centre	20,684 / 23,310	$2,422,040
July 28, 2012
July 31, 2012	Buffalo	United States	First Niagara Center	5,483 / 7,730	$521,914
August 3, 2012	Boston		TD Garden	21,802 / 22,440	$2,481,710
August 4, 2012
August 10, 2012	Vancouver	Canada	Rogers Arena	15,456 / 24,628	$1,667,240
August 11, 2012
August 14, 2012	Los Angeles	United States	Staples Center	17,975 / 24,578	$2,005,380
August 15, 2012
Latin America
August 24, 2012	Mexico City	Mexico	Palacio de los Deportes	163,261 / 199,556	$13,234,000
August 25, 2012
August 26, 2012
August 28, 2012
August 29, 2012
August 30, 2012
August 31, 2012
September 1, 2012
September 2, 2012
Europe^[22]^[23]
October 12, 2012	London	England	The O2 Arena	78,777 / 78,777	$7,290,450
October 13, 2012
October 14, 2012
October 16, 2012
October 17, 2012
October 19, 2012
October 20, 2012
October 21, 2012
October 24, 2012	Herning	Denmark	Jyske Bank Boxen	15,242 / 22,000	$1,480,670
October 25, 2012
October 27, 2012	Copenhagen		Parken Stadium	28,156 / 36,710	$2,609,620
October 28, 2012
November 2, 2012	Stockholm	Sweden	Ericsson Globe	15,875 / 18,000	$1,543,730
November 3, 2012
November 5, 2012	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Areena	24,493 / 34,659	$2,097,870
November 6, 2012
November 9, 2012	Saint Petersburg	Russia	Ice Palace	29,800 / 31,148	$3,410,855
November 10, 2012
November 11, 2012
November 16, 2012	Frankfurt	Germany	Festhalle Frankfurt	17,992 / 22,000	$1,886,090
November 17, 2012
November 20, 2012	Oberhausen		König Pilsener Arena	9,175 / 11,594	$894,598
November 21, 2012
November 24, 2012	Munich		Olympiahalle	23,299 / 24,000	$2,291,070
November 25, 2012
November 28, 2012	Hanover		TUI Arena	7,356 / 8,000	$736,332
December 1, 2012	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle	22,966 / 30,220	$2,345,310
December 2, 2012
December 5, 2012	Mannheim	Germany	SAP Arena	7,729 / 7,960	$750,198
December 8, 2012	Leipzig		Leipzig Arena	10,970 / 12,000	$1,108,310
December 9, 2012
December 11, 2012	Hamburg		O2 World Hamburg	13,905 / 20,568	$1,231,750
December 12, 2012
December 15, 2012	Cologne		Lanxess Arena	21,426 / 30,000	$2,192,280
December 16, 2012
December 19, 2012	Berlin		O2 World Berlin	17,650 / 23,640	$1,760,320
December 20, 2012
December 26, 2012	Madrid	Spain	Palacio de Deportes	46,540 / 51,145	$3,803,510
December 27, 2012
December 28, 2012
December 29, 2012
December 30, 2012
January 17, 2013	Kazan	Russia	TatNeft Arena	17,732 / 20,452	$2,136,633
January 18, 2013
January 19, 2013
January 22, 2013	Moscow		Olympisky Arena	76,818 / 86,502	$9,955,539
January 23, 2013
January 24, 2013
January 25, 2013
January 26, 2013
January 27, 2013
February 5, 2013	Budapest	Hungary	Budapest Sports Arena	14,749 / 19,242	$1,231,780
February 6, 2013
February 8, 2013	Prague	Czech Republic	O2 Arena	10,762 / 22,928	$1,089,630
February 9, 2013
February 13, 2013	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion	20,738 / 22,500	$2,884,220
February 14, 2013
February 15, 2013
February 19, 2013	Turin	Italy	Torino Palasport Olimpico	15,714 / 15,714	$943,035
February 20, 2013
February 23, 2013	Milan		Mediolanum Forum	26,566 / 26,566	$2,148,610
February 24, 2013
February 26, 2013	Montpellier	France	Park&Suites Arena	8,900 / 14,562	$802,299
February 27, 2013
March 1, 2013	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis	34,471 / 40,116	$3,070,750
March 2, 2013
March 8, 2013	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Ziggo Dome	26,744 / 30,588	$2,691,260
March 9, 2013
March 10, 2013
March 15, 2013	Istanbul	Turkey	Ulker Sports Arena	12,825 / 38,265	$1,004,380
March 16, 2013
March 17, 2013
March 26, 2013	Birmingham	England	National Indoor Arena	7,923 / 9,347	$693,247
March 29, 2013	Manchester		Manchester Arena	11,132 / 15,028	$892,891
March 30, 2013
April 2, 2013	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy	58,458 / 83,024	$5,950,080
April 3, 2013
April 4, 2013
April 5, 2013
April 6, 2013
April 7, 2013
April 11, 2013	Lisbon	Portugal	Pavilhão Atlântico	44,709 / 66,240	$3,612,340
April 12, 2013
April 13, 2013
April 14, 2013
April 17, 2013	Barcelona	Spain	Palau Sant Jordi	56,081 / 67,626	$4,517,110
April 18, 2013
April 19, 2013
April 20, 2013
April 21, 2013
Asia^[23]^[24]
May 9, 2013	Saitama	Japan	Saitama Super Arena	82,816 / 87,828	$8,951,360
May 10, 2013
May 11, 2013
May 12, 2013
May 16, 2013	Yokohama		Yokohama Arena	61,160 / 62,484	$7,068,320
May 17, 2013
May 18, 2013
May 19, 2013
May 23, 2013	Nagoya		Nippon Gaishi Hall	35,333 / 36,756	$4,105,970
May 24, 2013
May 25, 2013
May 26, 2013
May 30, 2013	Fukuoka		Marine Messe Fukuoka	37,068 / 45,930	$5,626,780
May 31, 2013
June 1, 2013
June 2, 2013
June 6, 2013	Osaka		Osaka-Jo Hall	84,307 / 93,120	$13,899,200
June 7, 2013
June 8, 2013
June 9, 2013
June 13, 2013
June 14, 2013
June 15, 2013
June 16, 2013
June 28, 2013	Taipei	Taiwan	Taipei Arena	38,359 / 50,545	$4,310,940
June 29, 2013
June 30, 2013
July 10, 2013	Seoul	South Korea	Olympic Gymnastics Arena	32,367 / 66,080	$3,234,710
July 11, 2013
July 12, 2013
July 13, 2013
July 14, 2013
July 17, 2013	Daegu		EXCO Daegu Exhibition and Convention Center	18,371 / 40,971	$1,419,340
July 18, 2013
July 19, 2013
July 20, 2013
July 21, 2013
August 9, 2013	Beijing	China	MasterCard Center	11,959 / 42,420	$1,094,970
August 10, 2013
August 11, 2013
August 16, 2013	Shanghai		Mercedes-Benz Arena	18,124 / 43,760	$1,687,780
August 17, 2013
August 18, 2013
August 23, 2013	Hong Kong		AsiaWorld–Arena	17,938 / 41,010	$1,713,200
August 24, 2013
August 25, 2013
Oceania^[25]
September 18, 2013	Perth	Australia	Perth Arena	52,681 / 72,516	$6,865,840
September 19, 2013
September 20, 2013
September 21, 2013
September 22, 2013
September 26, 2013	Sydney		Allphones Arena	50,593 / 58,848	$6,565,130
September 27, 2013
September 28, 2013
September 29, 2013
October 2, 2013	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre	36,075 / 51,156	$4,686,980
October 3, 2013
October 4, 2013
October 5, 2013
October 6, 2013
October 9, 2013	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena	59,810 / 64,414	$7,761,670
October 10, 2013
October 11, 2013
October 12, 2013
October 13, 2013
October 15, 2013	Adelaide		Adelaide Entertainment Centre	21,323 / 24,284	$2,837,820
October 16, 2013
October 17, 2013
October 30, 2013	Auckland	New Zealand	Vector Arena	58,507 / 67,168	$6,911,550
October 31, 2013
November 1, 2013
November 2, 2013
November 3, 2013
Asia^[26]
December 30, 2013	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	Dubai World Trade Centre	50,540 / 60,000	$7,100,620
January 1, 2014
January 2, 2014
January 3, 2014
January 4, 2014
January 6, 2014
January 7, 2014
January 8, 2014
January 9, 2014
January 10, 2014
January 11, 2014
January 13, 2014
January 14, 2014
North America^[27]
February 28, 2014	Worcester	United States	DCU Center	7,862 / 9,460	$784,647
March 1, 2014
March 6, 2014	Amherst		Mullins Center	3,747 / 5,129	$286,567
March 10, 2014	Rochester		Blue Cross Arena	7,104 / 10,000	$627,084
March 11, 2014
March 18, 2014	Baltimore		1st Mariner Arena	9,354 / 11,886	$965,083
March 19, 2014
March 21, 2014	Fairfax		Patriot Center	11,905 / 12,654	$1,408,665
March 22, 2014
March 25, 2014	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center	12,375 / 15,902	$1,210,963
March 26, 2014
March 28, 2014	Trenton		Sun National Bank Center	8,664 / 10,602	$722,531
March 29, 2014
April 1, 2014	Raleigh		PNC Arena	4,802 / 17,336	$399,837
April 2, 2014
April 4, 2014	Norfolk		Norfolk Scope Arena	7,296 / 17,692	$761,662
April 5, 2014
April 8, 2014	Charlotte		Time Warner Cable Arena	5,748 / 15,584	$489,436
April 9, 2014
April 11, 2014	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum	6,215 / 12,480	$513,676
April 12, 2014
April 15, 2014	Richmond		Richmond Coliseum	6,408 / 11,772	$622,712
April 16, 2014
April 18, 2014	Columbus		Value City Arena	8,654 / 15,062	$751,992
April 19, 2014
April 22, 2014	North Little Rock		Verizon Arena	4,886 / 18,238	$359,227
April 23, 2014
April 25, 2014	Louisville		KFC Yum! Center	8,233 / 13,660	$681,119
April 26, 2014
April 29, 2014	Toledo		Huntington Center	6,125 / 8,390	$418,637
April 30, 2014
May 2, 2014	Lexington		Rupp Arena	4,177 / 15,538	$410,142
May 3, 2014
May 6, 2014	Huntsville		Propst Arena	3,420 / 10,166	$310,083
May 7, 2014
May 10, 2014	Duluth		Arena at Gwinnett Center	11,790 / 15,324	$1,136,958
May 11, 2014
May 13, 2014	Gainesville		O'Connell Center	4,936 / 11,660	$393,001
May 14, 2014
May 16, 2014	North Charleston		North Charleston Coliseum	6,306 / 13,178	$525,785
May 17, 2014
May 20, 2014	Tampa		Tampa Bay Times Forum	12,737 / 14,150	$1,113,082
May 21, 2014
May 23, 2014	Sunrise		BB&T Center	17,733 / 20,700	$1,541,926
May 24, 2014
June 24, 2014	Lincoln		Pinnacle Bank Arena	7,777 / 10,580	$592,330
June 25, 2014
June 27, 2014	Hoffman Estates		Sears Centre Arena	11,003 / 11,688	$948,253
June 28, 2014
July 8, 2014	Salt Lake City		EnergySolutions Arena	—	—
July 9, 2014
July 22, 2014	Oklahoma City		Chesapeake Energy Arena	5,250 / 9,806	$393,489
July 23, 2014
July 25, 2014	Dallas		American Airlines Center	8,976 / 12,738	$845,608
July 26, 2014
July 29, 2014	Lafayette		Cajundome	6,052 / 12,590	$548,460
July 30, 2014
August 5, 2014	Cedar Park		Cedar Park Center	4,862 / 10,854	$396,317
August 6, 2014
August 8, 2014	Houston		Toyota Center	14,480 / 15,596	$1,240,387
August 9, 2014
Latin America
August 20, 2014	Mexico City	Mexico	Palacio de los Deportes	52,441 / 109,560	$3,723,640
August 21, 2014
August 22, 2014
August 23, 2014
August 24, 2014
August 28, 2014	Guadalajara		Arena VFG	42,025 / 64,176	$3,017,370
August 29, 2014
August 30, 2014
August 31, 2014
Total				3,207,796 / 4,401,410	$341,958,550

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
November 16, 2011	Eugene	United States	Matthew Knight Arena	Logistical issues^[28]
November 20, 2011	Portland		Rose Garden Arena
March 19, 2014	Johannesburg	South Africa	Coca-Cola Dome	Scheduling issues^[29]^[30]^[31]
March 20, 2014
March 21, 2014
March 22, 2014
July 1, 2014	Auburn Hills	United States	Palace Of Auburn Hills
July 2, 2014
July 7, 2014	Salt Lake City		EnergySolutions Arena
July 8, 2014
July 11, 2014	Rio Rancho		Santa Ana Star Center
July 12, 2014
July 18, 2014	Topeka		Kansas Expocentre
July 19, 2014
August 1, 2014	Laredo		Laredo Energy Arena
August 2, 2014

Personnel

Main

• Writer and director — Jamie King^[1]
• Creation director — Chantal Tremblay
• Associate Show Director - Carla Kama
• Musical designer — Kevin Antunes
• Music — Michael Jackson
• Remixer — Kevin Antunes
• Set designer — Mark Fisher
• Props and scenic designer — Michael Curry
• Costume designer — Zaldy Goco
• Acrobatic performance designer — Germain Guillemot
• Rigging and acrobatic equipment designer — Scott Osgood
• Projection designer — Olivier Goulet
• Lighting designer — Martin Labrecque
• Sound designer — François Desjardins

Band

• Musical director — Greg Phillinganes
• Keyboards — Greg Phillinganes, Darrell Smith, Charles Wilson
• Drums — Jonathan "Sugarfoot" Moffett
• Guitars — Jon Clark and Desiree Bassett
• Bass — Don Boyette
• Percussion — Taku Hirano and Bashiri Johnson
• Horns — Keyon Harrold, Mike Phillips, Michael Ghegan, Ravi Best
• Cello — Tina Guo and Mariko
• Vocals — Fred White, Jason Woods, Stephanie Alexander, Jaymee Marie Rodriguez Rivera, and Jory Steinberg

Performers

• Main dancers —Loukas LEECO Kosmidis, Pom Arnold, Jonathan Bayani, Michael Cameron, Tina Cannon, Khalid Freeman, Jawkeen Howard, Ruthy Inchaustegui, Jeff "JBoogie" Kelly, Shondra Leigh, Cameron Mckinlay, Fernando Miro, Leo Moctezuma, Gianinni Semedo Moreira, Melena Rounis, Tammy To, Levan Torchinava, Irakli Gelozia, Davi Lorenzo, Yavuz Topuz, Tomohiko Tsujimoto, Joseph Wiggan & Josette Wiggan, Kendrick Jones & Danielle Hobbs, Jean Sok, and Les Twins
• Mimes — Mansour Abdessadok and Jonathan Bayani
• Pole dancers — Anna Melnikova, Felix Cane, Talia Marino, Giulia Piolanti
• Aerial silks artist — Giulia Piolanti
• Straps Artist – Igor Zaripov
• Contortionist — Baaska Enkhbaatar
• Fanatics — Tomohiko Tsujimoto, Leo Moctezuma, Levan Torchinava, Khalid Freeman, Kendrick Jones, Cameron McKinlay
• Acrobats — Vincent Deplanche, Christian Détraz, Stéphane Détraz, Harvey Donnelly, Darren Trull, Kodai Noro, Daisuke Suzuki, Yuta Takahashi, Mitsuhiro Tamura, Tatsuya Tanimoto, Narihito Tonosaki, Loic Weissbrodt, Terrance Harrison, Joshua Rasile, Igor Zaripov

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External links

• Official site