dam2040;4232673 said:
Not touring America in early 1993 was a mistake. MJ was on top of the world at that point. AMA's, he reinvented the Super Bowl HT show, Oprah etc etc. If he toured America with the same energy and show that ruled the world in 1992, it would be a different story. Who knows how far his star would've risen. Definitely an opportunity to capitalise on that hype.
Themidwestcowboy;4232709 said:
The allegations put a stop to all that.. MJ had big plans for 1993.
Robbsaber01;4232735 said:
Makes sense why he never toured in the U.S after that...
MJ never planned to tour in US during the Dangerous Tour (not before, not after the allegations).
His main goal at the time was to increase the sales of the ‘Dangerous’ album (apart from expanding even more his international success as an artist).
He knew that if he toured in US, the technically smaller US arenas would not really have boosted the sales of that album.
So, instead of touring in US, he decided to perform on the Super Bowl Halftime (because he mainly wanted people to see him through TV in countries that he never performed before), but also to appear on Oprah Winfrey’s Special.
MJ eventually did the right thing because the ‘Dangerous’ album climbed significantly on the Pop albums charts (along with the increase of its sales), but also he increased more his international success after those two appearances (the subsequent Dangerous Tour Asian performances helped, too).
Not touring in US at that time was not seen as a missed opportunity.
Zeus7;4232708 said:
I thought the HBO show was never rescheduled because Michael wasn't happy with the show, the reinvented routines for songs that Michael felt weren't as good as the original routines with the exception of the clock work orange slant added to Dangerous, if Michael had have set dates Dangerous tour dates for the USA it would have been amazing but we know the devil was at work that year and the dates wouldn't have been played due to what happened.
dam2040;4232673 said:
One Night Only would've been incredible, although I feel most fans would complain he didn't sing every song live and it would be looked at similar to the HIStory Tour. But boy, was that an exciting time to be a fan. The adverts were so cool!!
MJ did not re-schedule the HBO ‘One Night Only’ performance because he had other, more important projects under way (shooting new music videos for the ‘HIStory’ album, preparing for an upcoming giant world tour, among others).
By the way, a little bird told me that people who run MJ’s Estate do not know where the tape of those HBO rehearsals is located.
This, of course, is really sad for his fans because it makes the chances of watching that footage even slimmer.