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LOS ANGELES, June 3 — Live Nation, the world’s largest
live music company, announced today newly added dates to Janet Jackson’s
Rock Witchu tour, her first tour in seven years. The announcement of the
new tour dates coincides with her appearance on BET’s 106 & Park today
where she will discuss what fans can expect from the upcoming tour, and
reflect on her previous groundbreaking tours including Rhythm Nation 1814.
The Rhythm Nation 1814 tour solidified Janet’s status as a trailblazing
entertainer with cutting edge choreography, unparalleled stage production
and theatrics, and won over audiences and broke global box office records
along the way.
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Additional television appearances this week include MTV’s TRL and
Entertainment Tonight. Janet Jackson has undeniably influenced pop culture
with not only her current album “Discipline,” which debuted at number one
on the charts, but over a 100 million total albums sold, countless hit
singles, awards and accolades. The tour will feature new songs from her
album “Discipline,” as well as all of the hit singles and innovative dance
routines that have made her one of the most celebrated artists in history.
The Live Nation produced tour which kicks off in Vancouver, BC on
September 10th, will also visit Oakland, Las Vegas, Chicago, Detroit,
Boston, Philadelphia, Greensboro, Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, San Diego,
Houston and Dallas, as well as the already announced dates in Vancouver,
Toronto, Montreal, Washington, DC and New Jersey. Tickets are available at
http://www.livenation.com (see below for a complete list of on-sale dates
in various cities). Additional dates are expected to be announced in the
coming weeks.
Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets for the first
dates beginning June 2 at 10am ET through Citi’s Private Pass(R) Program.
For complete presale details, as well as presale information for the newly
added dates, visit: http://www.privatepass.citi.com.
Janet has launched http://www.JanetFanClub.com, a dedicated tour
website for the Rock Witchu Tour where the public can sign up for access to
presale tickets, exclusive content, contests and worldwide community of
Janet fans and more. Fan club members will get access to special presales
for additional dates as they are announced. To find out more, visit
http://www.JanetFanClub.com.
Janet has left an indelible mark on pop music, selling more than 100
million albums and, having achieved the number one spot on Billboard
Magazine’s Top 200 Album Chart 6 times, is among just 3 female artists that
have achieved such status. She is the only performer male or female to be
nominated for Grammy Awards in each of the Pop, Rock, Dance, Rap and R&B
categories, and the first female recording artist of color to be nominated
for a Producer of the Year Grammy. With literally hundreds of awards and
nominations from everyone from the American Music Awards, where she holds
the title for most nominations from one album, to MTV, where she was
awarded the first ICON award, to the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, Radio
Music Awards, World Music Awards, Billboard, Rolling Stone, NAACP, etc.,
the recognitions of her musical contributions are astounding.
JANET JACKSON ROCK WITCHU TOUR
DATE CITY VENUE ON-SALE
SEP 10 Vancouver, BC General Motors Place JUNE 7
SEP 13 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena JUNE 15
SEP 19 Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay Events Center JUNE 14
SEP 20 San Diego, CA San Diego Sports Arena TBA
SEP 25 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena JUNE 21
SEP 27 Detroit, MI Palace Of Auburn Hills JUNE 14
SEP 28 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre JUNE 6
SEP 29 Montreal, QC Bell Centre JUNE 7
OCT 1 Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden JUNE 13
OCT 2 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center JUNE 16
OCT 4 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum Complex JUNE 14
OCT 5 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena JUNE 14
OCT 7 Fort Lauderdale, FL BankAtlantic Center JUNE 21
OCT 15 Washington, DC Verizon Center JUNE 16
OCT 17 East Rutherford, NJ Izod Center JUNE 7
OCT 21 Houston, TX Toyota Center JUNE 16
OCT 22 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center JUNE 13
***MORE CITIES/DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON
ABOUT LIVE NATION:
Live Nation is the future of the music business. With the most live
concerts, music venues and festivals in the world and the most
comprehensive concert search engine on the web, Live Nation is
revolutionizing the music industry: onstage and online. Headquartered in
Los Angeles, California, Live Nation is listed on the New York Stock
Exchange, trading under the symbol “LYV”. Additional information about the
company can be found at http://www.livenation.com under the “About Us”
section.
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