JDJ Entertainment has released a photo of Janet rehearsing for tonight’s show in Vancouver. Check it out below.
Tag: Rock Witchu Tour
A new video has been posted on Janet’s official website showing parts of the stage set and behind the scenes of the opening night of the Rock Witchu Tour.
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JD posts video from Vancouver
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Janet speaks to Billboard about the tour
Janet spoke to Billboard.com to promote her upcoming tour and also cited possible problems with her existing label Island Def Jam:
Label Deal In Doubt, Jackson Hits The Road
Janet Jackson Dissatisfied With New Album Promo
September 04, 2008, 3:50 PM ET
Gary Graff, Detroit
After the disappointing showing of her latest album, “Discipline,” Janet Jackson is again raising questions about her relationship with Island Def Jam.
“I can’t say if we’ll be working with them in the future,” Jackson said today (Sept. 4) during a conference call with reporters to promote her upcoming Rock Witchu Tour. “I don’t know what the future holds between the two of us.”
She did not elaborate on her comment, which echoes remarks she made to SOHH.com in June about the performance of the album.
“Discipline” was Jackson’s first for Island Def Jam after leaving Virgin Records; she says she even agreed to scratch a tour for 2006’s “20 Y.O.” at the label’s wishes in order to record it. Executive produced by Jackson and her boyfriend, Island Urban president Jermaine Dupri, the album debuted at No. 1 in March with 181,000 copies sold. It’s shiftedNielsen SoundScan, and spent just 14 weeks on The Billboard 200.
Jackson was upbeat about the tour, however, which kicks off Wednesday in Vancouver. She described it as a “two hours of dance” on a stage set that has “a taste of … the future.” The repertoire will span her career and, according to Jackson, was drawn from requests made on her call-in line for fans.
“This show is all for the fans,” Jackson told Billboard.com during the call. “They tell me what they’d like to hear, what they’d like to see, what they want. And this is what I’m trying to give them.”
Jackson said fans will also get their wish for some more visual product from her as well. “We’ve been talking about something for TV, also a DVD,” she confirmed, the latter of which may include “past stuff I’ve done that wasn’t previously released,” including possibly a Japanese TV performance that was filmed in High Definition during the Rhythm Nation 1814 Tour in 1990. “Just a nice package for the fans,” Jackson explained. “They’ve been asking for it for so long, and they truly deserve it.”
Jackson said that she “definitely” intends to keep the Rock Witchu Tour going beyond its current Oct. 22 wrap in Dallas, with more U.S. dates and legs that are currently being discussed for Europe, Asia, Australia, Russia and “some parts of the Middle East. It hasn’t been etched in stone. It’s still being put together. People will hear about it in a little while.”
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Have you created a Youtube tour promo?
A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Janet Love has been contacted by Janet’s management team who have said they are “impressed by the work and creativity of so many fans” who have created YouTube promos for Janet’s upcoming Rock Witchu Tour.
As a thank you, they would like to say hello to fans at Janet’s shows where possible and if time allows. So if you have created a promo video and posted it on YouTube, then please send a link to your promo, your full name, your phone number, the date of the show you are attending AND most importantly your seats numbers to us by sending an email as soon as possible.
We will then forward your details to Janet’s team directly and who knows what might happen!
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JD posts video of tour rehearsals
Jermaine Dupri, Janet’s boyfriend, has posted a behind the scenes video of himself at rehearsals for the upcoming Rock Witchu Tour.
Gossip website Perez Hilton has posted notes which feature a possible set list for Janet’s upcoming Rock Witchu Tour.
The notes, which appear to be in Janet’s handwriting, feature 30 songs and many that have never been performed before. Noticeably missing are some of Janet’s biggest hits including Together Again and All For You.
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In preparation for the tour…
So it’s just a matter of weeks until the tour begins and Janet is firmly in rehearsals for opening night of the Rock Witchu Tour.
If you haven’t already, then sign up for Janet Fans – a new online community, much like Facebook – where you can share photos of the tour, let everyone know which date you are attending and much more! You can sign up now at www.janet-fans.com.
Separately, I’m off to Thailand for a month in September so won’t be around for the start of the tour, BUT will be in the U.S. for some shows towards the end of her American leg. In the meantime, I’m looking for someone to help update the site while I’m travelling, so if there is anyone out there who’d like to get involved, do drop me a message.
Darren
Janet Love has learnt that Janet has asked designed Donatella Versace to create costumes for her upcoming Rock Witchu Tour.
(thanks to Pas in Milan)
Janet called Ryan Seacrest‘s KISS FM breakfast show this morning to promote her upcoming Rock Witchu tour. Janet admitted that her current tour setlist features 45 songs, but that it will need cutting down. She also spoke of her upcoming MTV show which will be titled Triple Threat.
Listen to the interview now at KIISFM.com.