Will You Be There in 1999. A music video was made for the song. It included Jackson performing the song during his Dangerous World Tour and footage from "Free Willy". Another video mixing footage of Jackson's performance of the song on tour and on MTV's tenth anniversary was included on the DVD releases, "" and "Michael Jackson's Vision"; the latter release includes alternate shots of the audience near the end. Michael Jackson performed "Will You Be There" live throughout the Dangerous World Tour. Outside of the tour, Jackson performed the song at the MTV 10th anniversary show and at the NAACP Image Awards in
Michael Jackson leaking untruths to the press as they became more sensational. Consequently, the media began fabricating stories. These reports became embedded in the public consciousness, inspiring the nickname "Wacko Jacko", which Jackson came to despise. Responding to the gossip, Jackson remarked to Taraborrelli: Why not just tell people I'm an alien from Mars? Tell them I eat live chickens and do a voodoo dance at midnight. They'll believe anything "you" say, because "you're a reporter". But if I, Michael Jackson, were to say, "I'm an alien from Mars and I eat live chickens and do a voodoo dance at midnight," people