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Janet has announced that she will perform at the Tempodrom in Berlin as part of her Number Ones: Up Close and Personal Tour.
The date, on June 24th, will go on sale tomorrow morning at 0900 local time.
Tickets can be purchased from www.eventim.de or via the nationwide tickethotline 01805 – 57 00 00
In her final show on this leg of the Number Ones Tour, Janet performed When We Oooo in Las Vegas last night.
It’s the first time she’s ever performed the track, taken from her All For You album, in public.
Check out a video of the performance below.
Janet fans took part in a flash mob outside Universal Studios on Universal City Walk in Los Angeles on Sunday to celebrate her shows in the city.
Check out videos below.
Janet signed copies of her New York Times bestseller True You yesterday in Los Angeles.
She appeared at Book Soup in West Hollywood at which a select number of fans were able to meet her and have their book signed.
It comes as Janet performs three sold out shows at the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk.
Check out photos and a video of Janet fans and Janet meeting the press below.
In an official press release today, it’s been confirmed that Janet’s current Number Ones: Up Close and Personal Tour will be extended to include a second north American leg. Whilst no details of dates or venues have been released, it’s expected that there will be further shows in Europe before Janet returns to the United States for further shows. The official press release is below in its entirety.
Success of Janet Jackson’s ‘Number Ones Tour’ prompts extension of U.S. and European legs until Fall
LOS ANGELES, April 11, 2011
As a result of massive sellouts for performances in Asia and North America, the JANET JACKSON ‘Number Ones: Up Close & Personal Tour’ is being expanded. JANET’s largest ever world tour will now be vastly extended to even more global cities in addition to the currently scheduled performances in London, Paris and Monte Carlo. The North American leg of the tour, which is currently underway, will be continued in the fall after a scheduled spring and summer in Europe. Originally slated as a world tour of 35 cities to match the 35 number one singles from her double-disc album, NUMBER ONES, JANET will now greatly exceed her planned dates. The high demand from key venues on several continents will bring Janet around the world and back again. Several of the concerts on the initial schedule were sold-out in the first ten minutes of availability.
The star, addressing the new scope of her concert commitment, observed,
“When creating music or a tour, I draw from what is going on in my life and hope that the fans relate to it. I am excited to know that the fans are having a great time at my shows and are asking for more. Thanks for all the love and your input on where I should take the show next. I’ll see you soon!” said JANET.Critics have been as enthusiastic about her concert performances as have her fans. Here is a sampling of the media praise for her nightly performance of songs selected from her thirty-five number one singles:
“More than a week has passed since I saw JANET JACKSON at Radio City Music Hall, and I’m still smiling…” –New York Times, Rob Hoerburger
“This is one tour not to miss, a tour on which you can see a pop icon who has done it all, giving you her all.” –BET, Clay Cane
“This was a concert displaying her growth as an artist and the tracks released during the journey.” –Entertainment Weekly, Brad Wete
“The best Janet Jackson performance I’ve covered in 20-plus years.” — Chicago Tribune, Greg Kot
“Often imitated, never duplicated, Janet Jackson’s outbursts of meticulous choreography, sassy exclamations and smoldering gazes into the audience kept them on their feet for the entire two-hour set .” — MTV, Vaughn Schoonmaker
“The crowd, standing since Ms. Jackson hit the stage, was in full dance mode and remained so throughout the evening.” – The Republican, Donnie Moorehouse (CT)
“Friday’s concert was unusually self-knowing, as if she’d returned from a long silence and felt ready to give the truly boiled-down version of her career.” –NY Times, Ben Ratliff
“She did say it was going to be one that’s up close and personal. And boy, did Janet Jackson live up to that promise.”– Zaki Jufri I-S Magazine (Singapore)
“It was an evening to remember: her first Boston show since she came to town in 2001 for the ‘All for You’ tour.” – Boston Globe, James Reed
“A tightly choreographed greatest hits show, and that’s exactly what Jackson delivered Monday in the first of three sold-out concerts at the Chicago Theatre.”– Chicago Tribune, Greg Kot
“Janet Jackson’s show at the sold-out Wang Theatre last night didn’t really feel like a run-of-the-mill concert. It was more like reconnecting with the best friend you haven’t seen in years.”– Boston Herald, Lauren Carter
“She continues to be Miss Jackson – if you’re nasty – to paraphrase one of her biggest hits.” – Press of Atlantic City, by Robert DiGiacomo for At The Shore
The extension, by popular demand, reflects the icon’s great success earlier this year when her first book, “True You,” shot to the number one position on The New York Times best-seller list in the first week of its publication. “True You,” published by Karen Hunter Publishing, an imprint of Gallery Books at Simon & Schuster, chronicles Janet’s lifelong struggles with weight and self-esteem. The book is a self-help guide where Janet used anecdotes from her life to illustrate the power of self-esteem and her struggles to achieve it.
Shortly after topping the best-seller list as she has long done on the record-sales charts, JANET signed a deal with Lionsgate to produce a schedule of films for the famed Hollywood studio. JANET recently starred in Tyler Perry’s critically acclaimed motion picture “For Colored Girls.” JANET starred in as well as co-wrote and produced the song “Nothing” for the film “Why Did I Get Married Too?” JANET’s performance as Patricia in the film earned her an NAACP Image Award Nomination for Best Actress. JANET’s performance of “Nothing” achieved number one status on iTunes. Each of those films was distributed by Lionsgate.
Janet is set to become the first female pop artist in the world to perform under the iconic pyramid at Le Louvre in Paris on Tuesday June 14th.
Janet will perform in conjunction with the revered museum’s biannual fundraising event titled “Liaisons au Louvre.”
“The Louvre and its stunning glass Pyramid are equaled only by the priceless treasures that are housed within its impressive walls. It is an honor to be asked to participate in such an incredible evening at this historic location. “Liaisons au Louvre” will be an unequaled event, raising much needed funds for this institution and the preservation of art that moves the soul,” said Janet.
Mr. Henri Loyrette, Président-Directeur of the Louvre Museum, added, “Janet Jackson is one of the world’s greatest artistic treasures. Accordingly, we are profoundly honored, and believe it most fitting, that her performance in the Louvre Museum will be yet another masterpiece captured under our glorious glass Pyramid. I believe the evening with Janet Jackson will be great “coup” for our institution!”
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