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Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour
Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour logo/brand
CompanyCirque du Soleil
GenreContemporary circus
Show typeTouring show (2011-2012)
Resident (starting 2013)
Date of premiereOctober 2, 2011
LocationTouring (starting 2011)
Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada (residential starting 2013)
Creative team
Writer and directorJamie King
Creation directorChantal Tremblay
Musical designerKevin Autunes
Musical directorGreg Phillinganes
Set designerMark Fisher
Props and scenic designerMichael Curry
Costume designerZaldy Goco
Acrobatic performance designerGermain Guillemot
Rigging and acrobatic equipment designerScott Osgood
Projection designerOlivier Goulet
Lighting designerMartin Labrecque
Sound designerFrançois Desjardins
Other information
Preceded byIris (2011)
Succeeded byAmaluna (2012)
Official website

Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour is the official theatrical production by Cirque du Soleil which uses the music and vision of Michael Jackson along with Cirque du Soleil's signature acrobatic performance style to create a realistic concert experience. The show was produced in partnership with the Estate of Michael Jackson.[1] The arena show—which is very similar to a rock concert—began its tour October 2, 2011. After touring North America for about two years, it will continue on to Europe and the rest of the world. At the point in time it leaves North America, a resident show—which will be more theatrical in nature—will open in early 2013 at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino located in Las Vegas, Nevada.[2] In addition to the resident show at the Mandalay Bay, Cirque du Soleil will also be opening up a Michael Jackson-inspired lounge.[3]

The Michael Jackson estate has partnered with Cirque du Soleil in order to create this concert experience. As part of the $250 million contract with Sony allowing music publishing until 2017, an album titled Immortal was produced.[4]

History

On November 2, 2010, Cirque du Soleil and his 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".[5]

Jamie King, the director and writer who had previously spearheaded tours by Britney Spears, Madonna and Rihanna, stated that he wanted to include Jackson's "giving tree" as the focus of the tour.[6]

As noted during an interview with Daniel Lamarre, within 24 hours of opening ticket sales for the show, Cirque du Soleil sold 200,000 tickets.[7]

Acts

The acts of The Immortal World Tour are staged to the music of Michael Jackson.[8] Cirque gathered a creative team of 10 high-profile choreographers, some of whom worked with Michael, to design the acts.[9]

Setlist

  1. 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
  2. Workin' Day and Night
  3. The Immortal Intro (Video Interlude)
  4. Childhood
  5. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
  6. The Jackson 5 Medley: I Want You Back / ABC / The Love You Save
  7. Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) (performed only on certain shows)
  8. Why You Wanna Trip on Me Guitar Solo / Dancing Machine / Blame It On The Boogie
  9. Ben/Cello Solo (Short Interlude)
  10. This Place Hotel
  11. Smooth Criminal
  12. Dangerous
  13. Mime: (I Like) The Way You Love Me / Speed Demon / Hollywood Tonight / This Is It / Another Part Of Me
  14. Speechless / Human Nature
  15. Scary Story / Is It Scary
  16. Threatened / Monster
  17. Thriller
  18. 20 Minute Intermission Break
  19. You Are Not Alone / I Just Can't Stop Loving You / Todo Mi Amor Eres Tu
  20. Beat It / State of Shock
  21. Jam
  22. Planet Earth / Earth Song
  23. Scream / Little Susie
  24. Gone Too Soon (performed only on certain shows)
  25. They Don't Care About Us
  26. Will You Be There
  27. I'll Be There (Short Video Interlude)
  28. Immortal Megamix: Can You Feel It/Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough/Billie Jean/Black or White
  29. Man In The Mirror
  30. Remember the Time / Bad (exiting music)

Costumes

Zaldy Goco, The Immortal's costume designer, said the following in regards 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."[10] 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.[10]

  • Gangster types have 3D-printed surreal guns that shoot pyrotechniques 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 Michael'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 over 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)

Tour dates

Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour
Tour by Michael Jackson & Cirque du Soleil
Start dateOctober 2, 2011
End dateOngoing
Legs2
No. of shows178 in North America
38 in Europe
216 in Total

Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour premiered in Montréal, as all touring Cirque du Soleil shows do, on October 2, 2011.[11][12]

Start Date End Date City Country Venue
North America
Oct 2, 2011 Oct 3, 2011 Montreal Canada Bell Centre
Oct 7, 2011 Oct 8, 2011 Ottawa Scotiabank Place
Oct 12, 2011 Oct 13, 2011 Hamilton Copps Coliseum
Oct 15, 2011 Oct 16, 2011 Detroit United States Joe Louis Arena
Oct 18, 2011 Oct 19, 2011 London Canada John Labatt Centre
Oct 21, 2011 Oct 23, 2011 Toronto Air Canada Centre
Oct 26, 2011 Oct 27, 2011 Winnipeg MTS Centre
Oct 29, 2011 Oct 30, 2011 Saskatoon Credit Union Centre
Nov 1, 2011 Nov 2, 2011 Edmonton Rexall Place
Nov 4, 2011 Nov 6, 2011 Vancouver Rogers Arena
Nov 9, 2011 Nov 10, 2011 Seattle United States KeyArena
Nov 12, 2011 Nov 13, 2011 Spokane Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
Nov 15, 2011 Nov 15, 2011 Eugene Matthew Knight Arena
Nov 18, 2011 Nov 20, 2011 Portland Rose Garden Arena
Nov 28, 2011 Nov 29, 2011 Salt Lake City EnergySolutions Arena
Dec 3, 2011 Dec 27, 2011 Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Events Center
Dec 30, 2011 Dec 31, 2011 Phoenix US Airways Center
Jan 3, 2012 Jan 4, 2012 Boise Taco Bell Arena
Jan 6, 2012 Jan 8, 2012 Denver Pepsi Center
Jan 10, 2012 Jan 11, 2012 Sacramento Power Balance Pavilion
Jan 13, 2012 Jan 15, 2012 San Jose HP Pavilion at San Jose
Jan 17, 2012 Jan 19, 2012 Oakland Oracle Arena
Jan 21, 2012 Jan 22, 2012 San Diego Valley View Casino Center
Jan 24, 2012 Jan 25, 2012 Anaheim Honda Center
Jan 27, 2012 Jan 29, 2012 Los Angeles Staples Center
Feb 7, 2012 Feb 8, 2012 St. Louis Scottrade Center
Feb 10, 2012 Feb 12, 2012 Houston Toyota Center
Feb 15, 2012 Feb 16, 2012 New Orleans New Orleans Arena
Feb 18, 2012 Feb 19, 2012 Tulsa BOK Center
Feb 21, 2012 Feb 22, 2012 Kansas City Sprint Center
Feb 24, 2012 Feb 25, 2012 Indianapolis Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Feb 28, 2012 Feb 29, 2012 Orlando Amway Center
Mar 2, 2012 Mar 4, 2012 Miami American Airlines Arena
Mar 7, 2012 Mar 8, 2012 Jacksonville Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
Mar 10, 2012 Mar 11, 2012 Raleigh RBC Center
Mar 13, 2012 Mar 14, 2012 Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena
Mar 16, 2012 Mar 17, 2012 Milwaukee Bradley Center
Mar 20, 2012 Mar 22, 2012 Montreal Canada Bell Centre
Mar 24, 2012 Mar 25, 2012 Quebec City Colisée Pepsi
Mar 27, 2012 Mar 28, 2012 Minneapolis United States Target Center
Mar 30, 2012 Mar 31, 2012 Newark Prudential Center
Apr 3, 2012 Apr 5, 2012 New York City Madison Square Garden
Apr 7, 2012 Apr 8, 2012 Long Island Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Apr 10, 2012 Apr 11, 2012 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
Apr 13, 2012 Apr 15, 2012 Pittsburgh Petersen Events Center
Apr 24, 2012 Apr 24, 2012 University Park Bryce Jordan Center
Apr 27, 2012 Apr 28, 2012 Columbia Colonial Life Arena
May 2, 2012 May 3, 2012 Hartford XL Center
May 5, 2012 May 6, 2012 Baltimore 1st Mariner Arena
May 8, 2012 May 9, 2012 Hampton Hampton Coliseum
May 11, 2012 May 11, 2012 Greenville BI-LO Center
May 16, 2012 May 17, 2012 Worcester DCU Center
May 19, 2012 May 20, 2012 Quebec City Canada Colisée Pepsi
May 22, 2012 May 22, 2012 Albany United States Times Union Center
May 25, 2012 May 25, 2012 Cincinnati U.S. Bank Arena
Jun 6, 2012 Jun 7, 2012 Dayton Nutter Center
Jun 9, 2012 Jun 10, 2012 Columbus Value City Arena
Jun 12, 2012 Jun 13, 2012 Nashville FedExForum
Jun 15, 2012 Jun 15, 2012 Austin Frank Erwin Center
Jun 20, 2012 Jun 20, 2012 Memphis Bridgestone Arena
Jun 23, 2012 Jun 23, 2012 San Antonio AT&T Center
Jun 26, 2012 Jun 27, 2012 Dallas American Airlines Center
Jun 29, 2012 Jun 30, 2012 Atlanta Philips Arena
Jul 6, 2012 Jul 7, 2012 Montreal Canada Bell Centre
Jul 11, 2012 Jul 11, 2012 Hershey United States Giant Center
Jul 13, 2012 Jul 15, 2012 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center
Jul 17, 2012 Jul 18, 2012 Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena
Jul 20, 2012 Jul 21, 2012 Chicago United Center
Jul 24, 2012 Jul 25, 2012 Ottawa Canada Scotiabank Place
Jul 27, 2012 Jul 28, 2012 Toronto Air Canada Centre
Aug 3, 2012 Aug 4, 2012 Boston United States TD Garden
Aug 10, 2012 Aug 11, 2012 Vancouver Canada Rogers Arena
Aug 14, 2012 Aug 15, 2012 Los Angeles United States Staples Center
Aug 24, 2012 Aug 29, 2012 Mexico City Mexico Palacio de los Deportes
Europe
Oct 12, 2012 Oct 19, 2012 London England The O2 Arena
Oct 24, 2012 Oct 25, 2012 Herning Denmark Jyske Bank Boxen
Oct 27, 2012 Oct 28, 2012 Copenhagen Parken Stadium
Nov 2, 2012 Nov 3, 2012 Stockholm Sweden Ericsson Globe
Nov 5, 2012 Nov 6, 2012 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Areena
Nov 16, 2012 Nov 17, 2012 Frankfurt Germany Festhalle Frankfurt
Nov 20, 2012 Nov 21, 2012 Oberhausen König Pilsener Arena
Nov 24, 2012 Nov 25, 2012 Munich Olympiahalle
Nov 28, 2012 Nov 28, 2012 Hanover TUI Arena
Dec 1, 2012 Dec 2, 2012 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
Dec 5, 2012 Dec 6, 2012 Mannheim Germany SAP Arena
Dec 8, 2012 Dec 9, 2012 Leipzig Leipzig Arena
Dec 11, 2012 Dec 12, 2012 Hamburg O2 World Hamburg
Dec 15, 2012 Dec 16, 2012 Cologne Lanxess Arena
Dec 19, 2012 Dec 20, 2012 Berlin O2 World Berlin
Dec 26, 2012 Dec 29, 2012 Madrid Spain Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid

Box office score data

Venue City Tickets Sold / Available Gross Revenue
Taco Bell Arena Boise 5,647 / 6,525 (87%) $603,818[13]
Pepsi Center Denver 23,078 / 25,614 (90%) $2,552,443[13]
Power Balance Pavilion Sacramento 13,507 / 19,948 (68%) $1,323,679[13]
HP Pavilion San Jose 27,537 / 32,976 (84%) $3,281,784[13]
Oracle Arena Oakland 31,785 / 35,814 (89%) $3,448,610[13]
Valley View Casino Center San Diego 14,928 / 19,844 (75%) $1,609,176[13]
Honda Center Anaheim 12,979 / 18,528 (70%) $1,481,242[13]
Staples Center Los Angeles 31,632 / 35,814 (88%) $3,867,569[13]
Scottrade Center St Louis 11,989 / 20,508 (58%) $1,161,543[13]
Toyota Center Houston 30,548 / 33,018 (93%) $3,627,938[13]
New Orleans Arena New Orleans 12,097 / 23,278 (52%) $1,264,312[13]
BOK Center Tulsa 10,212 / 21,818 (47%) $1,156,139[13]
Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis 13,975 / 20,844 (67%) $1,707,418[13]
Amway Center Orlando 19,288 / 21,780 (86%) $2,200,201[14]
American Airlines Arena Miami 35,105 / 37,974 (92%) $4,296,135[14]
Bell Centre Montreal 28,504 / 38,415 (74%) $3,646,620[15]
Colisee Pepsi Quebec City 14,090 / 18,238 (77%) $1,719,960[16]
Target Center Minneapolis 16,204 / 20,098 (81%) $1,775,154[17]
Prudential Center New York 24,452 / 32,709 (75%) $2,662,658[17]
Madison Square Garden New York City 29,007 / 33,081 (88%) $3,794,245[17]
Nassau Veterans Memorial Uniondale 16,935 / 22,470 (75%) $1,823,742[17]
Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia 19,174 / 23,732 (81%) $2,363,651[18]
Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh 15,645 / 19,821 (79%) $1,301,898[18]
Bryce Jordan Center University Park 4,575 / 11,003 (42%) $482,617[19]
Colonial Life Arena Columbia 7,979 / 15,500 (51%) $707,395[19]
XL Center Hartford 14,030 / 20,770 (68%) $1,571,574[20]
1st Mariner Arena Baltimore 17,819 / 21,526 (83%) $2,086,549[20]
Hampton Coliseum Hampton 7,289 / 10,832 (67%) $731,757[21]
Bi-Lo Center Greenville 4,215 / 7,466 (56%) $380,280[21]
TOTAL 427,627 / 561,586(76%) $48,574,308

References

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  3. ^ "Michael Jackson celebrated in Las Vegas - Mandalay Bay, Cirque du Soleil and the estate of Michael Jackson Confirm Plans". Cirque du Soleil (Press Release). 2011-04-27. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  4. ^ "Michael Jackson Estate, Sony Strike Massive $250 Million Deal to Release King of Pop's Music". Rolling Stone. 2010-03-16. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
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  7. ^ "Cirque du Soleil goes 3D with James Cameron (Q&A)". CNET. 2011-04-18. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
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