In the third in the series of a set of joint articles between Billboard and Reuters, Janet confirms that she is in the planning stages of creating a world tour which is scheduled to hit the stage in March 2007.
Janet Jackson planning for 2007 tour
By Ray Waddell
NASHVILLE (Billboard) – Although she has only a handful of national treks under her belt, Janet Jackson is one of the most successful female touring artists of all time.
Numbers back it up. Between 1993 and 2002 (when she last toured), Jackson grossed $94 million and sold nearly 2 million tickets to just 161 shows reported to Billboard Boxscore.
So as Jackson prepares for the September 26 release of her new Virgin Records album “20 Y.O.,” marking the 20th anniversary of her landmark “Control” record, fans can look forward to her return to the road around March 2007.
“My three choreographers and I are working on ideas now for a world tour,” Jackson says. “It’s always a visual thing for me as we start planning; I can see it on the stage. I don’t want to share those ideas yet, because nothing is etched in stone. But we’ll begin rehearsing at the end of the year.”
Jackson’s concert fan base is primarily a “white, suburban audience,” according to Brad Wavra, touring VP at concert promoter Live Nation, which handled her 1998-99 Velvet Rope tour and 2001-2002 All for You tour.
Still, he says, the audience crosses racial lines.
“Everything we ever did with her was strategically planned to be promoted on both sides of the equation, pop and urban.”
According to Wavra, Jackson “always understood that the African-American part of her life and her audience was an important part, and she made sure her songs, her live show and her ticket prices appealed to both segments.”
Wavra thinks the upcoming Jackson tour will be “wildly successful,” despite negative publicity surrounding the Super Bowl flap of 2004, when she revealed her breast during a performance with Justin Timberlake.
“I think that Janet got a bum rap,” he says. “She’s the antithesis of that person that was created in the media. If it hadn’t been an election year I doubt it would have gotten played like it did.”
8 replies on “Janet sets March 2007 as provisional world tour start date”
so when do the tickets go on sale if anyone has any idea or know how I can find out hit me up at my e-mail address [email protected]
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is janet coming to charlotte, nc she gotta come to charlotte she was the bomb i gotta lose some weight in time for the show so let me know when tickets go on sale please we’ve been waiting on her janet’s going back on tour u go jan we love u
as soon as anyboys finds out when the worlds best female artist concert ticket are going on sale please share i want to see her twice in i live in cali so please please please let me /us know thanks xoxoxoxoxoxoxox u janet…..
please would someone let ` me [us] know when the tour will be kicking off and were i think it`s going to start in atlanta first and if so i want to be there i want to be right there in the front row i hope she comes to nashville,cause that is were i live and i want to go to that one as well i went to the all for you in 2001 and i think she is the best female perfomer of our time much love to you janet….
Oh my god you guys! I need tickets to this show. Any information at all– PLEASE LET ME IN ON IT!
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Please can someone tell me when Janet is going to be touring the UK as i really want to get some as i missed the All For You tour due to her not coming to the UK (as no doubt you all know)
Steve
JANET JACKSON IS AN ICON, A GENERAL IN THE POP WORLD AND VERY TALENTED, BEAUTIFUL AND HUMBLE! SHE IS THE BLUE PRINT FOR POP SUCCESS! SHE’S A HUMANITARIAN AND A WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING. I HOPE TO SEE HER ON THE BIG SCREEN, DOING MORE ALBUMS AND HAPPY IN LOVE FOR LIFE!
AMIRA, A FAN FOR LIFE!