Dee Dee finds out Tito is cheating on her. She files for divorce and custody of Taj, Taryll & TJ (3T)
January : While rehearsing for her first tour in a studio of Los Angeles , Janet gets a surprise visit from comedian Arsenio Hall who is recording his TV Show in another studio and she accepts to do the Miss You Much chair routine for his audience!
January 08 : “Escapade” is released as the 3rd single from “Rhythm Nation 1814” along with a video. It peaks at #1 on Hot 100 Billboard.
January 22 : Janet attends the American Music Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles where she performs “Escapade” and wins 2 awards.
January 27 : Michael & Janet both attend the American Cinema Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills with many stars including Elizabeth Taylor, Sophia Loren and Whitney Houston. Michael is presented with the Entertainer Of The Decade Award from his guest Sophia Loren.
February : Janet goes to Pensacola (Florida) for the final rehearsal of her upcoming tour. Rene & Katherine come along.
February 21 : Janet wins her first Grammy Award but does not attend the ceremony because she is rehearsing for her tour in Pensacola.
February 27 : Janet surprises the people of Pensacola with a concert that was announced only one day ahead of time. The $10 tickets, limited to a four per person, didn’t go on sale until the morning of the concert. All 7,600 tickets were sold within three hours. Another 1,000 tickets were given to local charities.
March : Janet is on the cover of Rolling Stone, Ebony , Jet & Essence magazines.
Janet meets President George Bush.
March 1 : Janet kicks off her Rhythm Nation Word tour with a concert at the Miami arena in Miami, Florida.
March 3 : Janet gives a concert at the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill.
March 4 : “Alright” is released as the 4th single from “Rhythm Nation 1814” along with a short film directed by Julian Temple & featuring Cab Calloway, Heavy D, Cyd Charrys & the Nicolas Brothers. It peaks at #4 on Hot 100 Billboard
Janet gives a concert at the Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte.
March 6 : Janet gives a concert at the Carolina Coliseum in Columbia.
March 7 : Janet gives a concert at the Thompson–Boling Arena in Knoxville.
March 9 : Janet gives a concert at the Freedom Hall in Louisville.
March 10 : Janet gives a concert at the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati.
March 12 : Janet gives a concert at the Richfield Coliseum in Richfield.
March 13 : Janet gives a concert at the Civiv Arena in Pittsburg.
March 14 : Janet wins 3 Soul Train Music Awards but does not attend the ceremony held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles because she is on tour in NYC.
March 15 + 16 :Janet gives two concerts at the Madison Square Garden in New York City (the second concert is in benefit for the United Negro College Fund)
March 19 : Janet gives a concert at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Canada.
March 20 : Janet gives a concert at the SkyDome in Toronto, Canada.
March 22 : Janet gives a concert at the Capitol Centre in Landover.
March 23 : Janet gives a concert at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford.
March 26 : Janet gives a concert at the Centrum in Worcester.
March 27 : Janet gives a concert at the Centrum in Worcester.
March 29 : Janet gives a concert at the Capitol Centre in Landover.
March 31 : Janet gives a concert at Hampton Coliseum in Hampton.
April 2/3 : Janet gives a concert at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.
April 5/6 : Janet gives a concert at the Met Center in Boomington, near Minnaopolis.
The music video for “Black Cat” directed by Wayne Isham is filmed on April 5, 1990, using live concert footage from the Met Center concert in Bloomington, Minnesota. In addition to the audience for the sold-out show, the filming reportedly drew an additional 3,000 fans.
April 8/9 : Janet gives two concerts at the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, near Chicago.
April 11 : Janet gives a concert at the Kemper Arena in Kansas City.
April 13 : Janet gives a concert at the Tarrant County Convention Center in Fort Worth.
April 15/16 : Janet gives a concert at the Summit in Houston.
April 18 : Janet gives a concert at the ASU Activity Center in Tempe.
April 20 : Janet attends the unveiling of her Star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame with Rene, Katherine, Joe & Rebbie among others.
April 20/21 : Janet gives two concerts at the Forum in Inglewood. Many members of the Jackson family attend the shows including Katherine and Michael.
April 23 : Janet gives a concert at the Sports Arena in San Diego.
April 25 : Martha Upshaw, Katherine’s mother dies. The whole family attends her funeral except LaToya who is abroad with Jack Gordon.
April 25/26 : Janet gives two concerts at the Forum in Inglewood. Many members of the Jackson family attend the shows.
April 28/29 + May 1/2 : Janet gives 4 concerts at the Oakland Arena in Oakland.
May 4/5 : Janet gives two concerts at the Arco Arena in Sacramento (last concerts of the first leg of the tour).
Mid May : Janet arrives in Tokyo, Japan with Rene and the Kids.
May 16 : Janet celebrates her 24th birthday at Disneyland Tokyo with Rene, Tina & the Kids.
May 17/18 : Janet gives two concerts at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo.
May 20/21 : Janet gives two concerts at the Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.
May 23 : Janet gives a concert at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama.
May 24 : Janet, Rene & the Kids fly back to Los Angeles for a short break before the second US leg.
June : Janet gives an interview to Mark Joseph on The Bully! Pulpit Show.
June 3 : Michael collapses while dancing at the Hideout. He is taken to St John Hospital of Los Angeles where he is treated for chest pains. He gets visits from the whole Jackson family (except LaToya).
June 6/7 : Janet kicks off the US second leg named the Summer Escapade Tour with two concerts at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma.
June 9 : Janet gives a concert at the PNE Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada.
June 11 : Janet gives a concert at the Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton, Canada.
June 12 : Janet gives a concert at the Saddledome in Calgary, Canada.
June 15/16 : Janet gives two concerts at the McNichols Arena in Denver.
June 17 : Eliza gives birth to Steveanna Jackson but she files for divorce from Randy soon after.
June 18 : “Come Back To Me” is released as the 5th single from “Rhythm Nation 1814” along with a video that Janet & Rene shot in Paris. It peaks at #2 on Hot 100 Billboard.
Janet gives a concert at the Salt Palace Arena in Salt Lake City.
June 20/21 : Janet gives two concerts at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View.
June 23/24 : Janet gives two concerts at the Pacific Amphitheater in Costa Mesa.
June 26/27/29 : Janet gives three concerts at the Forum in Inglewood.
July 2 : Janet gives a concert at the Reunion Arena in Dallas.
July 3 : Janet gives a concert at the Myriad Convention Center in Oklahoma City.
July 5/6 : Janet gives two concerts at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin.
July 8 : Janet gives a concert at the Louisiana Superdoma in New Orleans.
July 10 : Janet gives a concert at the Mid South Coliseum in Memphis.
July 12 : Janet gives a concert at the Miami Arena in Miami.
July 13 : Janet gives a concert at the Orlando Arena in Orlando.
July 14 : Janet gives a concert at the Florida Suncoast Dome in St Petersberg.
July 16/17/19/20 : Janet gives 4 concerts at the Omni in Atlanta.
July 22 : Janet gives a concert at AL Coliseum in Birmingham.
July 24 : Janet gives a concert at the Market Square Arena in Indianapolis.
July 25 : Janet gives a concert at the OH Riverbend Amphitheater in Cincinnati.
July 27 : Janet gives a concert at the Bradley Center in Milaukee.
July 29/30 + August 1 : Janet gives 3 concerts at the New World Musiv Theatre in Tinley Park, in the surburbs of Chicago.
August 2 : Janet’s concert in Lexington is canceled due to “flu-like symptoms” and bad cold.
August 4 : Janet’s concert in Ames for August 5 is postponed due to inner-ear infection.
August 5 : Janet’s concert at the St. Louis Arena in St Louis is stopped due to viral infection, Janet passed out after three songs.
August 10/11/13 : Janet gives three concerts at the Capital Centre in Landover.
August 14 : Janet gives a concert at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro.
August 16/17/19 : Janet gives three concerts at the Spectrum in Philadelphia.
August 21 :Janet gives a concert at the Frank Clair Stadium in Ottawa, Canada.
August 22/23 : Janet gives two concerts at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills.
August 25 : Janet gives a concert at the Knickerbocker Arena in Albany.
August 27 : Janet gives a concert at the Civic Center in Providence.
August 28 : “Black Cat” is released as the 6th single from “Rhythm Nation 1814” along with a live video. It peaks at #1 on Hot 100 Billboard
Janet gives a concert at the Nassau Coliseum on Uniondale.
August 30 : Janet gives a concert at the Brenden Bryne Arena in East Rutherford.
September 2/3/4 : Janet’s concerts in Toronto, Pittsburg and Cleveland are canceled due to illness. The US leg of the tour is over.
September 6 : Janet attends the MTV Video Music Awards 1990 at the Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, CA where she is presented the Video Vanguard Award for her contributions and influence within music and popular culture. She also performs “Black Cat”.
October : Katherine Jackson publishes her memoirs titles “My Family : The Jacksons” and gives an interview to Ebony magazine to promote it (Michael, Janet & LaToya appear on the cover of the magazine).
October 2 : “Love Will Never Do” is released as the 7th from “Rhythm Nation 1814” along with a video directed by Herb Ritts. The song becomes Janet’s fifth number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100, and the final of seven top five singles from the album, making her the only artist to achieve seven top five singles from one album.
October 4/5/6 : Janet kicks off the european leg of her Rhythm Nation tour with three concerts at the Ahoy Sportpaleis in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
October 9 : Concert at the Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle in Berlin, Germany.
October 14 : Concert at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France.
October 16 : Concert at the Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany.
October 18 : Concert at the Festhalle Frankfurt in Frankfurt, Germany.
October 21/22 : Concert at the Wembley Arana in London, England.
October 24 : Concert at the Westfalenhalle in Dortmund, Germany.
October 26/27 : Concerts at the NEC Arena in Birmingham, England.
October 28/29 : Concert at the Wembley Arana in London, England.
November 3/4 : Concert at the Osaka Dome in Osaka, Japan.
November 6/7 : Concert at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.
November 9/10 : Concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum in Hong Kong, China.
November 14/15 : Concerts at the Nagoya Rainbow Hall in Nagoya, Japan.
November 16 : Last concert of the Rhythm Nation World Tour at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.
November 17 : Janet flies back home and wraps her Rhythm Nation World Tour after 113 concerts, and 5 legs on 3 continents. She & Rene go back home for Thanksgiving.
November 26 : Janet attends the Billboard Awards ceremony at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. She wins an unprecedented 9 awards!
December : A&M releases the “Rhythm Nation Compilation” featuring all the videos from the Rhythm Nation album.
Janet poses for Vogue magazine.
December 9 : Janet attends the NAACP Image Awards where she wins an award and presents one to Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis.
December 12 : After accepting Rene’s wedding proposal, Janet & her attorney ask him to sign a pre-nuptial agreement.
December 20 : Janet attends a Los Angeles screening of Godfather III.
