Jermaine Dupri has posted a new video of Janet on his YouTube page. In the video, Janet thanks fans for all her birthday messages, does a shout out to Jermaine’s YouTube subscribers and tells fans how they can let her know what songs they would like to see performed on the upcoming tour. Watch it below:

Janet will soon be officially launching a website to give fans priority ticketing for her tour. JanetFanclub.com is accessible now and an official announcement about the site will be made shortly via a press release. Sign up for information now at www.janetfanclub.com.

Janet’s first book is scheduled to be released in November this year via Karen Hunter Publishing. In it, Janet talks about her fluctuating weight and self-esteem issues as well as nutritional tips and pointers.

In an interview with EURweb, Stephen Hill, Executive Vice President of Entertainment and Music Programming at BET, confirmed that Janet will be performing at this year’s BET Awards. The show is due to air live on June 24th at 8pm ET/PT.

Janet has spoken to The Associated Press about her upcoming tour which they have confirmed starts on September 10th.

Confirmed stops so far include: Vancouver, New York and Washington. Janet has also expressed a desire to take the tour to Australia.

The article also states that tickets will go on sale on June 7th.

Though going out on tour means connecting with fans, it can also mean long hours, high stress, and sleepless nights. Janet Jackson says she’s looking forward to all of it.

“I love all of that, all of that pressure, I really do,” Jackson told The Associated Press on Monday as she gears up for a North American tour to kick off in September.

The tour, which opens in Vancouver, British Columbia on September 10 and includes dates in New York and Washington, is Jackson’s first in seven years. But the singer, who just turned 42 last week, said she hadn’t planned on waiting for so long.

“I was supposed to go on tour with the last album,” said Jackson, referring to the 2006 CD “20 Y.O.” But the singer said her record label wanted her to wait for her latest CD, “Discipline.”

“We were actually in full-blown tour rehearsals at that point … learning numbers, getting everything together, set designs,” she said. “I had to kind of shut everything down and go into the studio.”

Jackson’s shows have always been heavy on choreography and glitzy sets. But she promised fans some surprises this time around.

“It will definitely be a big production but it will definitely also be something that I’ve never done before, that people have never seen from me before,” she said.

While only a few dates have been announced for the Live Nation tour, Jackson expects to take the “Rock Witchu” tour (named, by the way, for a song on her new album, not for her brother Michael’s famous hit) worldwide.

“It’s been a while so I really want to make my rounds,” she said. “I haven’t been to Australia in a very long time; I can’t wait to go there. There are a lot of places where I really want to stop off at, and that’s the idea, that’s the goal with this tour.

Tickets go on sale June 7.

Jermaine Dupri has posted a brand new remix of Plies‘ track Bust It Baby on his YouTube page, which features Ne-yo and new vocals from Janet.

Listen to it below:

As we announced first last week, Janet made a very special announcement on today’s episode of The Ellen Degeneres Show.

Janet told fans that she will be starting her tour in Vancouver on September 10th this year. In addition, she also announced that fans can help choose the songs they would like to see performed in the show by calling (323) 622-8139 with their suggestions.

Janet performed LUV and Rhythm Nation on the show as well and you can watch them both below:

Rhythm Nation

LUV

Interview

Hollywood.TV has posted a new video of Janet at Katsu-ya and at McDonalds on her birthday last Friday. Watch it below: