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The Velvet Rope World Tour

Concert tour
Associated albumThe Velvet Rope
Start dateApril 16, 1998
End dateJanuary 30, 1999
Legs3
Shows61 in North America
33 in Europe
3 in Africa
26 in Pacific
120 total
Previous tourJanet World Tour
(1993/1994/1995)
Next tourAll for You Tour
(2001/2002)

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The Velvet Rope World Tour is the third concert tour by American recording artist Janet Jackson. Launched in support of her sixth studio album The Velvet Rope (1997), the tour embarked on an international trek that included Europe, North America, Africa, Asia, New Zealand and Australia.

Due to the fact The Velvet Rope contained autobiographical themes, Jackson developed the tour's concert setting as storybook, allowing spectators to cross her "velvet rope" and experience her life story through the evolution of her musical career. As with Jackson's previous tours, the intense choreography and complex production of her concerts drew frequent comparison to Broadway theatre. While a number of reviews reported her stage presence was as exceptional as ever, a number of critics also noted improvement in her vocal capability.

To promote the tour, a live special, The Velvet Rope: Live in Madison Square Garden was aired on HBO, which drew over 15 million viewers. The special won an Emmy Award from four nominations. It was later released on video cassette, DVD, and Laserdisc entitled The Velvet Rope Tour � Live in Concert.

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Commercial reception
Tickets Sold Tickets On Sale Percentage Sold
July 9, 1998 MCI Center - Washington, D.C. 15,069 15,069 100% $883,142
July 24 & 25, 1998 Rosemont Horizon - Chicago, IL 26,204 26,204 100% $1,542,845
Aug 16, 1998 Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, CA 21,420 21,420 100% $769,625
Aug 28, 1998 San Diego Sports Arena - San Diego, CA 11,000 11,000 100% $552,910
Sep 3, 1998 BI-LO Center - Greenville, SC 10,840 10,840 100% $531,344
Sep 5, 1998 Nashville Arena - Nashville, TN 12,598 14,667 86% $507,214
Sep 11, 1998 Coral Sky Amphitheatre - West Palm Beach, FL 12,764 17,000 75% $491,891
Sep 12, 1998 Ice Palace - Tampa Bay, FL 12,196 14,539 84% $595,560
Sep 29, 1998 Skydome - Toronto, Canada 16,314 16,314 100% $720,928
Oct 3, 1998 Hartford Civic Center - Hartford, CT 10,733 12,500 86% $504,109
Oct 10 & 11, 1998 Madison Square Garden - New York, New York, NY 28,930 28,930 100% $2,042,024
January 30, 1999 Aloha Stadium - Honolulu, Hawaii, HI 38,224 38,224 100% $2,164,000

EUROPE
Date City Country Venue
April 16, 1998 Rotterdam Netherlands Ahoy Rotterdam
April 17, 1998
April 19, 1998 Ghent Belgium Flanders Expo
April 29, 1998 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
May 1, 1998 Munich Germany Olympiahalle
May 3, 1998 Vienna Austria Stadthalle
May 5, 1998 Milan Italy Forum
May 7, 1998 Stuttgart Germany Hanns Martin Schleyer Halle
May 8, 1998 Frankfurt Festhalle
May 9, 1998 Leipzig Messehalle
May 11, 1998 Copenhagen Denmark Forum
May 13, 1998 Turku Finland Turkuhalli
May 15, 1998 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum
May 16, 1998 Stockholm Sweden Stockholm Globe Arena
May 19, 1998 Berlin Germany Velodrom
May 20, 1998 Dortmund Westfalenhalle 1
May 22, 1998 Zurich Switzerland Hallenstadion
May 24, 1998 Toulon France Zenith Omega
May 26, 1998 Lyon Halle Tony Garnier
May 27, 1998 Ghent Belgium Flanders Expo
May 29, 1998 Birmingham United Kingdom NEC Arena
May 30, 1998 Newcastle Telewest Arena
May 31, 1998 Manchester Nynex Arena
June 3, 1998 Glasgow SECC
June 4, 1998 Sheffield Sheffield Arena
June 6, 1998 London Wembley Arena
June 7, 1998
June 9, 1998 Arnhem Netherlands Gelredome
June 11, 1998 Hamburg Germany Alsterdorfer Sporthalle
June 12, 1998
June 14, 1998 Nurnburg Frankenhalle '(Canceled)'
June 16, 1998 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
June 17, 1998 London United Kingdom Wembley Arena
NORTH AMERICA
Date City Country Venue
July 9, 1998 Washington, D.C. United States MCI Center
July 11, 1998 Cleveland Gund Arena
July 14, 1998 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena
July 15, 1998 Moline MARK of the Quad Cities
July 17, 1998 Detroit Joe Louis Arena
July 18, 1998
July 22, 1998 Camden Blockbuster Sony E-Center
July 24, 1998 Chicago Rosemont Horizon
July 25, 1998
July 28, 1998 Milwaukee Bradley Center
July 29, 1998 Minneapolis Target Center
July 31, 1998 St. Louis Riverport Amphitheatre
August 1, 1998 Kansas City Kemper Arena
August 3, 1998 Denver McNichols Sports Arena
August 5, 1998 West Valley City E Center
August 8, 1998 Vancouver Canada General Motors Place
August 11, 1998 Portland United States Rose Garden Arena
August 13, 1998 Oakland The Arena in Oakland
August 14, 1998 Sacramento ARCO Arena
August 16, 1998 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre
August 20, 1998 Los Angeles Great Western Forum
August 23, 1998 Anaheim Arrowhead Pond
August 24, 1998 Fresno Selland Arena
August 26, 1998 Phoenix America West Arena
August 28, 1998 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
August 29, 1998 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena
September 3, 1998 Greenville BI-LO Center
September 4, 1998 Charlotte Blockbuster Pavilion
September 5, 1998 Nashville Nashville Arena
September 7, 1998 Dallas Starplex Amphitheatre
September 9, 1998 San Antonio Alamodome
September 11, 1998 West Palm Beach Coral Sky Amphitheater
September 12, 1998 Tampa Ice Palace
September 15, 1998 Orlando Orlando Arena
September 16, 1998 Atlanta Lakewood Amphitheatre
September 18, 1998 Boston FleetCenter
September 19, 1998 Atlantic City Mark G. Etess Arena
September 21, 1998 Bristow Nissan Pavilion
September 22, 1998 Burgettstown Starlake Amphitheater
September 24, 1998 Columbus, OH Polaris Amphitheater
September 26, 1998 Rochester Blue Cross Arena
September 27, 1998 Ottawa Canada Corel Centre
September 29, 1998 Toronto SkyDome
September 30, 1998 Montreal Molson Centre
October 2, 1998 Worcester United States Worcester Centrum
October 4, 1998 Hartford Hartford Civic Center
October 5, 1998 State College Bryce Jordan Center
October 6, 1998 East Rutherford Continental Airlines Arena
October 10, 1998 New York City Madison Square Garden
October 11, 1998
October 14, 1998 Baltimore Baltimore Arena
October 16, 1998 Chicago Rosemont Horizon
October 18, 1998 Detroit The Palace of Auburn Hills
October 20, 1998 Raleigh Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
October 21, 1998 Virginia Beach GTE Virginia Beach Amphitheater
October 25, 1998 Atlantic City Mark G. Etess Arena
October 27, 1998 Memphis Pyramid Arena
October 28, 1998 New Orleans Louisiana Superdome
October 30, 1998 Houston C.W. Mitchell Pavilion
October 31, 1998
AFRICA
Date City Country Venue
November 14, 1998 Cape Town South Africa Green Point Stadium
November 19, 1998 Durban Kings Park Stadium
November 21, 1998 Johannesburg Ellis Park Stadium
OCEANIA
Date City Country Venue
November 27, 1998 Christchurch New Zealand WestpacTrust Centre
November 28, 1998
November 30, 1998 Wellington Queens Wharf Events Centre
December 1, 1998
December 3, 1998
December 5, 1998 Auckland Ericsson Stadium
December 7, 1998 Brisbane Australia Entertainment Centre
December 9, 1998 Sydney Entertainment Centre
December 10, 1998 Newcastle Entertainment Centre
December 12, 1998 Sydney Entertainment Centre
December 13, 1998
December 15, 1998 Melbourne Melbourne Park
December 17, 1998
December 20, 1998 Adelaide Entertainment Centre
ASIA
Date City Country Venue
January 12, 1999 Tokyo Japan Nippon Budokan
January 13, 1999
January 14, 1999
January 16, 1999 Osaka Osaka-jo Hall
January 17, 1999
January 19, 1999
January 20, 1999
January 21, 1999 Nagoya Nagoya Rainbow Hall
January 23, 1999 Hamamatsu Hamamatsu Arena
January 25, 1999 Tokyo Nippon Budokan
January 26, 1999
January 30, 1999 Honolulu United States Aloha Stadium

Janet Jackson

Studio albumsJanet Jackson * Dream Street * Control * Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 * janet. * The Velvet Rope * All for You * Damita Jo * 20 Y.O. * Discipline
Compilation albumsDesign of a Decade 1986/1996 * Number Ones
Remix albumsControl: The Remixes * janet. Remixed
Video releasesControl - The Videos * Control - The Videos Part II * Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 * The Rhythm Nation Compilation * janet. * Design of a Decade 1986/1996 * The Velvet Rope Tour � Live in Concert * All for You (DVD Edition) * Live in Hawaii * From janet. to Damita Jo: The Videos
ToursRhythm Nation World Tour * janet. World Tour * The Velvet Rope World Tour * All for You Tour * Rock Witchu Tour
TelevisionThe Jacksons * Good Times * A New Kind of Family * Diff'rent Strokes * Fame
FilmographyPoetic Justice * Nutty Professor II: The Klumps * Why Did I Get Married? * Why Did I Get Married Too? * For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf
LabelsA&M * Virgin * Island
Related articlesJanet Jackson as gay icon * Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy * Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis * René Elizondo, Jr.



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