*The Velvet Rope Tour 1993-1995
Setlist
Velvet Rope
if
let's wait a while
control
nasty
runaway
alright
black cat
special
go deep
together again
throb
The music keeps going on as "miss you much" begins. This too is used with the same dance steps as used in the video. The music stops and Janet is left alone on stage. The images from one of her videos appears on the television screens, and all of the fans recognize it: "love will never do (without you)". Janet dances with the guitar and keyboardist a little, and she runs off stage for a wardrobe change and the band keeps playing. Tina, the choreographer of the show, comes out on stage in purple pants, purple jacket, a white shirt and tie, and a big purple hat and the fans automatically know that "alright" is about to begin. All of The Kids are wearing the same outfit, however they are different colors. Janet's outfit is all yellow.
When the song is over, Janet comes back out onstage in a new outfit. This one is black pants and a black top. Janet sits on a chair in the middle of the stage and starts to sing "any time, any place". She only gets through the first verse when she stops singing the song. She then says, "There's something missing up here..". Three of The Kids, Tina, Shawnette, and Tish, are sitting on the side of the stage and Tina says, "Oh yeah, there's definetly something missing up here." Janet responds "Do you know what that something is?". Shawnette says, "I think we need a cutie up here!" and Tish says, "Yeah, we need a man up on this stage!" Janet responds "Can you find one for me?" and the three women walk out onto the stage and look through the audience for a man to pull up on stage. Once they find a man, they walk him on stage, and sit him in the seat that Janet was just sitting in. Janet tells the girls "Alright now, this one is mine we are not sharing this one". The girls leave the stage and Janet asks the man, "Do you mind if I sit down?" She then sits on his lap and asks him, "Can I sing for you?". She then starts singing the rest of the song, and gets up and dances with him and he is then pulled off of the stage. When the song is over Janet sits on the side of the stage and the notes to the Academy Award nominated song "Again" begins. Through this emotional song alot of the fans in the audience cheer loudly and even start to cry. Janet can no longer hold back either and starts to cry. The man playing the piano is forced to stop playing because Janet can no longer sing. She struggles to sing the remander of the song and the crowd starts cheering "Janet! Janet! J which only makes Janet cry more.
