Michael Jackson — Live in Oslo
Recorded July 15, 1992
Valle Hovin · Oslo · 
Norway
Setlist not available.
Tour albumDangerous1991 · Dangerous World TourThe Dangerous World Tour promotes the record, with Jam, Black or White and Heal the World among the songs played in Oslo.“To see the Dangerous World Tour in Oslo less than three weeks after its Munich opening.”
Context
The sun is still bathing the Valle Hovin stage when Michael Jackson arrives in Oslo on July 15, 1992. The Dangerous World Tour had opened in Munich less than three weeks earlier. In front of 35,000 people, the show meets a concrete contrast: effects designed for darkness face the Norwegian daylight.
Jackson leaps up through the floor amid sparks, holds the pose and sets his body in motion. Siedah Garrett shares I Just Can't Stop Loving You; Jennifer Batten takes the guitar amid platforms and stage effects. In the Jackson 5 medley, he acknowledges Diana Ross in the stands. Heal the World gathers Norwegian children around a globe.
The tour continues through Europe and reaches Bucharest in October, where another performance is televised and later officially released. Oslo has a different fate: its professional footage circulates among collectors on VHS copies and digital files. The recording preserves a stop from the production's first weeks, before Bucharest became its audiovisual reference.
- Diana Ross is honored during the Jackson 5 medley.
Lineup at this show
The lineup of this performance — not necessarily the current one.
- Michael JacksonVocals and dance
- Greg PhillinganesKeyboards, synthesizers and musical direction
- Brad BuxerKeyboards and synthesizers
- Jennifer BattenGuitar
- David WilliamsGuitar
- Don BoyetteBass and synth bass
- Ricky LawsonDrums
- Siedah GarrettBacking vocals and duet on I Just Can't Stop Loving You
- Kevin DorseyBacking vocals and vocal direction
- Darryl PhinnesseeBacking vocals
- Dorian HolleyBacking vocals
- UrrakoretguestChildren's choir on Heal the World
Trivia
Diana Ross watches the show from the stands and is honored during the Jackson 5 medley.
The Norwegian children's choir Urrakoret joins Heal the World, in costumes from different countries around a large globe.
More concerts by Michael Jackson
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1987·Live in Yokohama
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1988·Live at Wembley July 16, 1988
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1996·Royal Concert
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1997·Live in Munich
Tour of HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995)
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