Janet announces new world tour

Janet Jackson Announces “Largest Ever World Tour”





Get ready for an ‘escapade’ because Janet Jackson
is going on tour! The icon announced that she has received new
inspiration from her fans and will be launching her “largest ever world
tour” in 2011.

Jackson has opened the floor for her
fans to pick the 35 cities – 1 for each of her biggest hits – that she
will visit during the trek. In addition, she will be partaking in a
special Q&A with The Boombox where fans will be allowed to submit questions to be asked on November 30th.

Look below for Jackson’s announcement:

She's gonna tour without an album to promote?

Thursday, December 9th 2010
Janet Announces Tour Kick-Off Date



Pop megastar Janet Jackson delighted fans when she announced her Number Ones – World Tourlast month. Now, the 44 year old looks set to heighten excitement evenmore, after officially announcing the trek’s first show and ticket information.
Let’s just say, Ms. Jackson will be hitting the stage sooner than you may think. Official press release after the jump…

The fans have chosen the first city tobe announced for Janet Jackson’s largest ever world tour celebrating for the first time the Icon’s 35 number one hits in 35 global cities.An overwhelming amount of fans submitted suggestions to http://www.janetjackson.com to select the first announced site of her new tour. The winning city is Hong Kong.

This tour will differ from her previous concert schedules in that she will perform music exclusively from her chart topping CD NUMBER ONES. There will also be a focus on venues that will allow Janet to be up close and personal in a much more intimate setting.

The Hong Kong performance will take place at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre on February 14th. Tickets will go on sale on 10 am next Tuesday 14th December.

Janet has expressed her excitement for her return to perform in the city and the fans desire to have her there by saying
“The fans really reached out and voted for Hong Kong to be the Valentine’s Day city of our Number Ones tour. I am thrilled to receive your votes and I will be performing in Hong Kong Feb 14, 2011!”

Janet has also selected the first fan winner of the contest in voting for the cities. The winner will be announced on www.JanetJackson.com and they will receive an autographed copy of NUMBER ONES and an autographed copy of her upcoming book “True You” (on stands February8th). In each of the 35 cities Janet will dedicate one of her number one songs to the city and she will also recognize 20 young people whose lives and work have enriched their communities in a major way. If you wish to submit someone you know in one of the selected cities please visit www.janetjackson.com.

janet announces Singapore as first date of tour for FEB 7th

http://www.janetjackson.com/story/news/janet_jacksons_world_tour_will_now_kick_off_in_singapore

JANET JACKSON’S WORLD TOUR WILL NOW KICK OFF IN SINGAPORE

12/28/10
The fans have chosen the second city to be announced for Janet Jackson’s largest ever world tour celebrating for the first time the Icon's 35 number one hits in 35 global cities. An overwhelming amount of fans submitted suggestions to www.janetjackson.com to select the sites of her new tour. The second winning city is Singapore. The Singapore performance will take place at Singapore Indoor Stadium on February 7th making it the first city on Janet’s JANET JACKSON Number Ones, Up Close and Personal tour.

This tour will differ from her previous concert schedules in that she will perform music exclusively from her chart topping CD NUMBER ONES. There will also be a focus on venues that will allow Janet to be up close and personal in a much more intimate setting. This show is JANET more revealed, more intimate, and more personal than ever before. Don’t look for special effects. Just look at Janet. Tickets will go on sale January 7th.

Janet has expressed her excitement for the upcoming performance in Singapore by stating,

“I’ve seen the world, been to many places . . . the one thing missing was you. We’ll be together in Singapore on February 7th and I can’t wait to sing, dance, and be up close and personal with all of you. Your votes are helping me decide where to bring this very intimate, very different show. It’s not about effects, it’s not an extravaganza, it’s not about being as big as in the past. This one is all about you and me. I love you Singapore. Let’s go!”

Janet has also selected the first fan winner of the contest in voting for the cities. The winner will be announced on www.JanetJackson.com and they will receive an autographed copy of NUMBER ONES and an autographed copy of her upcoming book "True You" (on stands February 8th). In each of the 35 cities Janet will dedicate one of her number one songs to the city and she will also recognize 20 young people whose lives and work have enriched their communities in a major way. If you wish to submit someone you know in one of the selected cities please visit www.janetjackson.com.

Janet currently stars in Tyler Perry's successful and critically acclaimed motion picture, "For Colored Girls." Janet recently achieved number one iTunes status with her performance of "Nothing," written and produced by her in association with Johnta Austin, Bryan-Michael Cox and Jermaine Dupri for the film "Why Did I Get Married Too?" for which she also starred. The tune is currently an awards contender as best song in a motion picture.

Her upcoming book "True You" is being published by Karen Hunter Publishing, an imprint of Gallery Books at Simon & Schuster will be in stores on February 8th. Janet's first book will reveal her unique, insider's perspective on dieting and exercise-from her past, present and future-with help from her personal nutritionist, David Allen. True You chronicles Janet's lifelong struggles with weight and self-esteem. The book is a self-help/esteem book where Janet will use anecdotes from her real life to illustrate the power of self-esteem and how she struggles and her continued growth as an artist and a woman.