Wherever he appears, he attracts crowds of screaming “crazy” fans. Horrifying scenes at his concerts are not uncommon.
In the 80s and 90s of the 20th century, Michael Jackson was in his prime and was known as “the most famous man on the planet”.

Wherever he appears, he attracts a crowd of “crazy fans” screaming his name to show their admiration, proving that the position of the “King of Pop” is not just for fun.

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Michael Jackson on the Dangerous Tour 1992

Michael Jackson’s concerts often witnessed fans fainting, being taken to the emergency room, and being in a state of extreme excitement… even worse than the image of ” crazy fans ” today.

But there was one night the public will never forget 29 years ago, when this excitement had unfortunate consequences.

Michael Jackson opened his Dangerous Tour 1992 in Romania with the song Jam

Specifically, the above concert took place on October 1, 1992 in Bucharest, Romania and was part of the Dangerous World Tour that lasted for 2 years, 1992 – 1993.

This was the first time the “King of Pop” had toured Romania, so the entire Romanian National Stadium was packed with more than 70,000 spectators.

The event was also broadcast live with more than 500 thousand simultaneous views.

Michael Jackson made a dramatic appearance when he suddenly jumped from below the stage to above in a shower of lights and cheers.

Just like that, Michael Jackson stood still for more than a minute, doing nothing, no music or movement, but enough to make the whole stadium “explode” because of the overwhelming excitement.

Screaming with excitement was not enough, many audiences burst into tears when they saw Michael Jackson appear.

Not stopping there, it can be seen that below the stands, spectators continuously fainted and had to be passed out to the rescue team by people inside, placed on stretchers and taken to the emergency room.

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Many people fainted and were slapped in the face by staff to wake them up. In more serious cases, they were taken out on stretchers. Stretchers

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were continuously taken out.

Within just the first few minutes of the concert, many people fainted, partly due to the excitement of meeting their idols, and partly due to jostling through a huge crowd.

The stadium scene when Michael Jackson appeared truly made today’s audience both excited and… scared by the “crazy” way the previous generation of audiences went when attending their idol’s concert.

It is understood that up to 2,000 security and safety personnel were mobilized for the event to assist in these situations.

According to media reports, about 5,000 audience members fainted and were taken to hospital immediately afterwards, many of which occurred before the concert had even started.

More seriously, 23 people died during this concert, creating a dark color that is difficult to erase from such a grand concert.