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Janet Jackson: Together Again

Janet Jackson: Together Again was the tenth concert tour by American singer Janet Jackson.[5] The first leg of the tour in North America was announced on December 12, 2022, via Jackson's social media. The tour began on April 14, 2023, in Hollywood, Florida, and concluded in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on October 10, 2024. The tour takes its name from Jackson's international hit single from The Velvet Rope (1997).

Janet Jackson: Together Again
Tour by Janet Jackson
Promotional poster for the tour (2023)
Location
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • North America
Start dateApril 14, 2023 (2023-04-14)
End dateOctober 10, 2024 (2024-10-10)
No. of shows94
Supporting act(s)
Attendance480,045[1][2][3]
Box officeUS$50.9 million (37 shows)[4]
Janet Jackson concert chronology

Background

On December 12, 2022, Jackson announced the first 33 dates in North America for April to June 2023.[6] Ticket pre-sales began on December 13, 2022, and general ticket sales began on December 16, 2022.[7] The tour announcement also revealed Ludacris as the opening act.[8] Four days later, four shows were added due to high demand in Hollywood, Atlanta and New York City and Allentown, Pennsylvania.[9] Later, a San Bernardino date was announced at the Yaamava' Casino & Resort.[10]

On April 30, 2023, Lil' Kim was announced as the opening act at the Allentown show. On June 6, 2023, a show at the Venue at Thunder Valley, near Sacramento, California, was announced.[11] In November 2023, Jackson announced six additional shows in Hawaii, United States and Japan, with TLC joining the later dates;[12] additional concerts Hawaii and the Bahamas were added in December.[13][14] On January 16, 2024, Jackson announced 35 shows in North America to take place in June and July of the same year; tickets went on-sale January 19.[15] On April 29, 2024, Jackson announced ten shows in Europe to take place in the fall of 2024.[16][17] Four days later, it was announced she would headline the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans on July 7, 2024.[18][19] An additional date at London's O2 Arena was added in June 2024.[20]

On September 17, 2024, following the death of Tito Jackson two days prior, the September 21 concert at Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit was cancelled.[21]

Accolades

List of tour accolades
Year Organization Award Result Ref.
2025 Pollstar Awards R&B Tour of the Year Pending [22]

Set list

April 2023 to May 2024

This set list is from the April 14, 2023, concert in Hollywood.[23][24] It does not represent all concerts from this period.

Act I

  1. "Damita Jo"
  2. "Together Again" (DJ Premier remix)
  3. "Feedback"
  4. "So Much Betta"
  5. "If"
  6. "No Sleeep" / "Got 'Til It's Gone" / "That's the Way Love Goes" / "Enjoy"

Act II

  2. "What Have You Done For Me Lately" / "Nasty"
  3. "The Pleasure Principle"
  4. "Because of Love"
  5. "When I Think of You" / "Diamonds"
  6. "The Best Things In Life Are Free"
  7. "Control"

Act III

  2. "When We Oooo" (intermission interlude)
  3. "Together Again" (Deeper remix)
  4. "Come Back to Me" / "Let's Wait Awhile"
  5. "Lonely" / "Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)" (remix)
  6. "Again"
  7. "Any Time, Any Place"
  8. "I Get Lonely" (TNT remix)

Act IV

  2. "The Body That Loves You" (interlude) (contains elements of "Runaway", "You Want This", and "Spending Time with You")
  3. "Doesn't Really Matter"
  4. "All for You"
  5. "Come On Get Up"
  6. "Free Xone" / "Throb"
  7. "Girlfriend/Boyfriend" / "Like You Don't Love Me" / "Do It 2 Me"
  8. "So Excited"

Act V

  2. "New Agenda" / "The Knowledge"
  3. "Miss You Much"
  4. "Love Will Never Do (Without You)"
  5. "Alright" / "Escapade"
  6. "Scream"
  7. "Black Cat"
  8. "Rhythm Nation"

Act VI: Encore

  2. "Together Again"

June to October 2024

This set list is from the June 4, 2024, concert in Thousand Palms.[25][26] It does not represent all concerts from this period.

Act I

  1. "Night"
  2. "2nite"
  3. "SloLove"
  4. "Rock With U"
  5. "Throb"
  6. "All Nite (Don't Stop)"
  7. "No Sleeep"
  8. "Got 'Til It's Gone"
  9. "That's the Way Love Goes"
  10. "Love Will Never Do (Without You)"

Act II

  2. "What Have You Done For Me Lately"
  3. "Nasty"
  4. "The Pleasure Principle"
  5. "You Want This"
  6. "When I Think of You"
  7. "Diamonds"
  8. "The Best Things in Life Are Free"
  9. "Control"
  10. "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)"
  11. "Take Care"
  12. "Let's Wait Awhile" (contains elements of "Lonely" and "Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)")
  13. "Again"
  14. "Any Time, Any Place"
  15. "I Get Lonely"
  16. "With U"

Act III

  2. "Make Me"
  3. "All For You"
  4. "Alright"
  5. "Escapade"
  6. "Miss You Much"
  7. "Feedback"
  8. "So Excited"

Act IV

  2. "State of the World"
  3. "The Knowledge"
  4. "If"
  5. "Scream" (contains elements of "If" and "Black Cat")
  6. "Rhythm Nation"

Encore

  2. "Someone to Call My Lover"
  3. "Together Again"

Alterations

  • Jermaine Dupri joined Jackson during her performance of "Do It 2 Me" at the Atlanta concert on April 26, 2023. An unreleased song called "Keep Dancing" was also performed at the same date.[27][28]
  • Beginning with the April 30, 2023, concert in St. Louis, "Show Me" was added to the set list, succeeding "Like You Don't Love Me".[29]
  • During the May 9, 2023, concert in New York City, Busta Rhymes joined Jackson to perform "What's It Gonna Be?!".[30]
  • During the May 27, 2023, concert in Tinley Park, "Make Me" was performed.[31]
  • During the May 28, 2023, concert in Milwaukee, "Rock with U" was performed.[32]
  • During the June 3, 2023, concert in The Woodlands, "All Nite (Don't Stop)" was performed.[33]
  • During the June 4, 2023, concert in Austin, "Strawberry Bounce" was performed.[33]
  • During the December 1, 2023, concert in Houston, Jackson performed "Better Days" for the first time.[34]
  • During the October 10, 2024, concert in Amsterdam, Jackson replaced "Make Me" and "Someone to Call My Lover" with "Runaway" and "Whoops Now", respectively.[35]

Tour dates

List of 2023 concerts[11][36][4][37][38][39]
Date (2023) City Country Venue Opening act Attendance Revenue
April 14 Hollywood United States Hard Rock Live Ludacris — —
April 16
April 19 Orlando Amway Center — —
April 21 Savannah Enmarket Arena — —
April 22 Birmingham Legacy Arena — —
April 25 Columbia Colonial Life Arena — —
April 26 Atlanta State Farm Arena — $3,057,192
April 28[a]
April 29 Memphis FedExForum — —
April 30 St. Louis Enterprise Center — —
May 2 Kansas City T-Mobile Center — —
May 4 Nashville Bridgestone Arena — —
May 6 Bristow Jiffy Lube Live — —
May 8[b] New York City Madison Square Garden 24,500 / 24,500 $3,800,000
May 9
May 12 Charlotte PNC Music Pavilion — —
May 13 Baltimore CFG Bank Arena — —
May 14 Virginia Beach Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater — —
May 18 Allentown PPL Center Lil' Kim — —
May 19 Mansfield Xfinity Center Ludacris — —
May 20 Atlantic City Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena — —
May 23 Toronto Canada Budweiser Stage — —
May 24 Detroit United States Little Caesars Arena — —
May 26 Noblesville Ruoff Music Center — —
May 27 Tinley Park Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre — —
May 28 Milwaukee American Family Insurance Amphitheater — —
May 30 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center — —
June 2 Dallas Dos Equis Pavilion — —
June 3 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion — —
June 4 Austin Moody Center — —
June 7 Phoenix Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre — —
June 9 Irvine FivePoint Amphitheatre — —
June 10 Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl — $2,800,000
June 11 Chula Vista North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre — —
June 14 San Bernardino Yaamava’ Theater — — —
June 16 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre Ludacris — —
June 20 Portland Moda Center — —
June 21 Seattle Climate Pledge Arena — —
October 27 Lincoln The Venue at Thunder Valley — — —
October 28[c] Atlanta Piedmont Park — —
December 1[d] Houston NRG Arena — —
List of 2024 concerts[13][15][17][19][20][45][46][47]
Date (2024) City Country Venue Opening act Attendance Revenue
March 8 Honolulu United States Blaisdell Arena — — $2,396,293
March 9
March 10
March 13 Quezon City[e] Philippines Smart Araneta Coliseum — —
March 16 Nagoya Japan Port Messe TLC — —
March 17 Osaka Osaka-jō Hall — —
March 20 Yokohama K Arena — —
April 27[f] Paradise Island Bahamas Atlantis Bahamas — — —
June 4 Thousand Palms[g] United States Acrisure Arena Nelly — —
June 6 Chula Vista North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre — —
June 8 Inglewood Kia Forum — —
June 9 Anaheim Honda Center — —
June 11 Sacramento Golden 1 Center — —
June 12 San Francisco Chase Center — —
June 14 West Valley City[h] Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre — —
June 16 Denver Ball Arena — —
June 18 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center — —
June 19 Chicago United Center — —
June 21 Maryland Heights[i] Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre — —
June 22 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center — —
June 23 Indianapolis Gainbridge Fieldhouse — —
June 25 Cleveland Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse — —
June 26 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center — —
June 28 Boston TD Garden — —
June 29 Hartford Xfinity Theatre — —
July 2 Clarkston[j] Pine Knob Music Theatre — —
July 3 Toronto Canada Scotiabank Arena — —
July 5 Darien[k] United States Darien Lake Performing Arts Center — —
July 6 Hershey Hersheypark Stadium — —
July 7[l] New Orleans Caesars Superdome — — —
July 9 Newark Prudential Center Nelly — —
July 10 Brooklyn Barclays Center — —
July 12 Washington, D.C. Capital One Arena — —
July 13 Baltimore CFG Bank Arena — —
July 14 Charlotte PNC Music Pavilion — —
July 16 Tampa MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre — —
July 18 West Palm Beach iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre — — —
July 20 Orlando Kia Center Nelly — —
July 21 Atlanta State Farm Arena — —
July 25 Fort Worth Dickies Arena — —
July 26 Oklahoma City Paycom Center — —
July 27 Austin Moody Center — —
July 30 Phoenix Footprint Center — —
September 25 Paris France Accor Arena Wyclef Jean — —
September 27 Birmingham England Utilita Arena Birmingham — —
September 28 London The O2 Arena TBA – —
September 29
October 1 Manchester Co-op Live Wyclef Jean — —
October 3 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis — —
October 5 Munich Germany Olympiahalle — —
October 6 Cologne Lanxess Arena — —
October 8 Berlin Uber Arena — —
October 10 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome — —
Total — —

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts
Date (2024) City Country Venue Reason Ref.
May 4[m] Winchester[n] United States Las Vegas Festival Grounds Inclement weather [49]
July 23 New Orleans Smoothie King Center Schedule change [50]
September 21[o] Johannesburg South Africa Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit Death of Tito Jackson [21]
October 13[p] Glasgow Scotland OVO Hydro Scheduling difficulties [54]

Personnel

  • Eric "PikFunk" Smith – bass
  • Mike Reid – drums
  • Errol Cooney – guitar
  • DJ Aktive – turntables
  • Daniel Jones – musical director, keyboards
  • Gil Duldulao – creative director
  • Dean Lee – choreographer
  • Luther Brown – choreographer
  • Darius "Dario" Boatner – dancer
  • Mariusz Maniek Kotarski – dancer
  • Denzel Chisolm – dancer
  • Steven Guero Charles – dancer

Notes

  1. ^ The April 28, 2023, concert was originally scheduled for April 27 of the same year, but was rescheduled to avoid any potential conflict with an Atlanta Hawks game during the 2023 NBA playoffs.[40]
  2. ^ The May 8, 2023, concert was originally scheduled for May 10 of the same year, but was rescheduled to avoid any potential conflict with the New York Knicks playoff game.[41]
  3. ^ This concert is a part of the ONE Musicfest 2023.[42][43]
  4. ^ This concert is a part of 2023 World AIDS Day Concert.[42][44]
  5. ^ Labelled as Manila in promotional material.
  6. ^ This concert is a part of the 2024 Music Making Waves concert series.[14]
  7. ^ Labelled as Palm Desert in promotional material.
  8. ^ Labelled as Salt Lake City in promotional material.
  9. ^ Labelled as St. Louis in promotional material.
  10. ^ Labelled as Detroit in promotional material.
  11. ^ Labelled as Buffalo in promotional material.
  12. ^ This concert is a part of the Essence Music Festival.[18]
  13. ^ This concert was to be part of the Lovers & Friends Festival 2024.[42][48]
  14. ^ Labelled as Las Vegas in promotional material.
  15. ^ This concert was to be part of the DStv Delicious Festival 2024.[51][52]
  16. ^ The October 13, 2024, concert in Glasgow, Scotland, was originally scheduled for September 30 of the same year, but was postponed due to "scheduling difficulties".[53]

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