Janet Jackson is hitting the road for her first tour in four years.
The iconic singer announced plans for the Together Again North American Tour on Monday (December 12), with Ludacris serving as the special guest and opening act.
“I’m going back on tour and yes we will be together again very, very soon,” Jackson said in a video posted on Instagram. “I miss you guys so much and I can’t wait to see you. Our opening show is April 14 in Hollywood, Florida. I’m so excited.”
Tickets for the Together Again Tour go on sale on Tuesday (December 13) with a Citi card member and fan pre-sale at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. local show time. The general public will have their chance on Friday (December 16) at 11 a.m. local time on Live Nation’s website.
While the upcoming tour coincides with a series of anniversaries in Janet Jackson’s career — 30 years since the release of janet., 15 years since Discipline and her 50th year in the entertainment business — the 56-year-old Grammy-winner confirmed that new music is on the way and will be released and performed on the road.
“Yes, there will be new music,” she said. “I know all of you, ‘Where’s the new music?’ There will be new music and my special guest will be Ludacris.”
The 33-city tour kicks off in Hollywood, Florida on April 14 and will make stops in Orlando, Memphis, Nashville, New York City, Toronto, Detroit, Dallas Houston, Phoenix, San Diego, Los Angeles, Portland and other cities. The roadshow wraps up over two months later in Seattle on June 21.
Janet Jackson’s last album, Unbreakable, arrived in 2015. Earlier this year, she released a deluxe edition of The Velvet Rope to celebrate the album turning 25 years old. Ms. Jackson also released an eponymous four-part docuseries on A&E at the top of the year.
Check out the full tour dates for Janet Jackson’s Together Again Tour below:
April 14 – Hollywood, FL @ Hard Rock Live Arena
April 19 – Orlando, FL @ Amway Center
April 21 – Savannah, GA @ Enmarket Arena
April 22 – Birmingham, AL @ Legacy Arena
April 25 – Columbia, SC @ Colonial Life Arena
April 27 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
April 29 – Memphis, TN @ FedEx Forum
April 30 – St Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center
May 2 – Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center
May 4 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
May 6 – Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live
May 9 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
May 12 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion
May 13 – Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena
May 14 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
May 19 – Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center
May 20 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
May 23 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage
May 24 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
May 26 – Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Music Center
May 27 – Tinley Park, IL @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Chicago
May 28 – Milwaukee, WI @ American Family Insurance Amphitheater
May 30 – St Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
June 2 – Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis Pavilion
June 3 – Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
June 4 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center
June 7 – Phoenix, AZ @ Ak-Chin Pavilion
June 9 – Irvine, CA @ FivePoint Amphitheatre
June 10 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
June 11 – San Diego, CA @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
June 16 – Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
June 20 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center
June 21 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
I’m a big fan of Janet Jackson to me she could do no wrong, but the first time she came to Omaha, Ne, she let me down. I had never been so disappointed in my life. I have seen her concerts on tv and they were great, costume changes and all. She did not show us the same love. I felt like she rushed through the songs and we didnt get any costume changes and the show was over in 45 minutes with people still yelling to come back out to perform some more she didnt. Granted it wasn’t as big of a crowd that she’s use to, but we did pay our money to see a concert.. It made me wonder did she turn the tour bus off, that night I boycotted playing her music until she came back the 2nd time. This time it was a little better, still no costume changes and she didn’t rush through he songs and she did come back on stage when we shouted her name the boycotted had been lifted, but why is she skipping Omaha this time? I know she probably doesn’t care if I boycotted her again until she comes back to Omaha, disappointed again.
So, Tour the US instead of new European dates for the cancellation of the whole tour back when she was pregnant. Oh well, saw her multiple times during her hey days.