Michael Jackson will forever be known as The King of Pop.

He began cementing that title on June 27, 1992, when he launched the Dangerous World Tour in Munich. Before the tour ended 17 months later in Mexico City, Jackson would play 69 sold-out concerts in Europe, Asia and America, entertaining more than 3.5 million people. It followed on the heels of his 1989 Bad tour, with both helping to turn Jackson into a phenomenon, not just a music superstar.

Broadway Across Canada’s production of MJ the Musical , which plays the Jubilee in Edmonton from Nov. 11 to 16, and the Jubilee in Calgary from Nov. 18 to 23, takes its audiences backstage to the rehearsals for the Dangerous tour. Although it features 25 songs, Jordan Markus, who plays Jackson, says the show is much more than a concert.

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