While generally receiving praise for his performance, many felt that Jackson had put too much on his schedule, and the effects were noticeable during the show. While some felt that the setlist lacked the consistency of his other shows, the show was generally well received.
However, the original concept was scrapped after a meeting between Jackson and Kenny Ortega prior to preparation for the concert in which it was decided that Jackson would do a Dangerous Tour-style performance instead. In October 2015, it was revealed that the Royal Concert was originally supposed to resemble both the Bad and Dangerous World Tours with Jackson wearing costumes and performing songs from both tours including "Another Part of Me", "Rock with You", "Dirty Diana", "Heal the World" and "Bad"."Human Nature", "Jam" and "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" were later rehearsed for the 2009–2010 This Is It concert series, while "She's Out of My Life" was rehearsed for the first of Jackson's 1999 MJ and Friends concerts in Seoul, but later removed from the setlist. The concert included the final live performances by Jackson of "Human Nature", "Jam", "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" and "She's Out of My Life".Although "Earth Song" is usually performed with the cherrypicker (and it was present in the concert because Jackson performed "Beat It"), he didn't use it in this performance but would use it on the HIStory Tour."Earth Song" was performed as an encore,and included an live ad-libs."Man in the Mirror" ended with a curtain call, instead of the Rocket Man finale."Heal the World" wasn't performed, but would be present in the HIStory World Tour.It began to be used in this show before HIStory Tour. Michael wore the golden shin pads in "Black or White" instead of the black ones.The 1995 MTV Video Music Awards version of "Dangerous" replaces the 1993 American Music Awards version.Also, he threw his jacket at the end, which he did in HIStory Tour. In "Beat It", Michael sang the wrong lyrics in the second verse.Like the Dangerous and Bad Tours, Jackson does not beatbox before singing the final line and throwing the hat. Future performances of Billie Jean had this snare, but only in the beginning of the dance. The dance ending has a repeated snare sound like that from "Why You Wanna Trip on Me", similar to the 1995 MTV Awards performance but without the bassline. "Billie Jean" instrumentation is slower than the Dangerous or Bad World Tours, similar in style to the later HIStory Tour, but sung live."You Are Not Alone" replaces "Will You Be There"."The Way You Make Me Feel" begins with the slow intro from the 1988 Grammys performance, which features the 1st verse, and the main instrumentation skips the 1st verse."The Way You Make Me Feel" replaces "Workin' Day and Night".The performance is well-known for Michael shouting "Brad what are you gonna do?" to his music director, Brad Buxer, for keeping the music longer than usual.
In the middle of the song, Michael almost sang Marva's part.
Mj human nature live full#
The full concert was never broadcast on television, but was a rare promotional item in possession of private collectors a high quality VHS copy was leaked. This concert was also among the last performances of "Billie Jean" and "Beat It" being sung fully live most subsequent performances have been partially lip-synched. The concert also marked debut live performances of "You Are Not Alone" and "Earth Song" as well as the last performances of "Jam", "Human Nature", "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" and "She's Out of My Life" at a Jackson concert. This concert was not part of the Dangerous World Tour nor the HIStory World Tour.
Much of the concert resembled Jackson's Dangerous World Tour, including his outfit, stage, and the setlist, keeping the details of the upcoming HIStory Tour a close secret. The concert was in celebration of the fiftieth birthday of Hassanal Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei and was attended by the Brunei royal family.
Mj human nature live free#
Prior to the tour, Jackson performed a free concert at the Jerudong Park Amphitheatre in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei on July 8 to 19, 1996.