Janet Jackson: Together Again Explained

Concert Tour Name:Janet Jackson: Together Again
Artist:Janet Jackson
Number Of Shows:96
Attendance:480,045[1] [2] [3]
Last Tour:
(2019)
This Tour:Together Again
(2023–2024)
Next Tour:
(2024–2025)

Janet Jackson: Together Again is the ongoing tenth concert tour by American singer Janet Jackson.[4] 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 is currently set to conclude in Glasgow, Scotland on October 13, 2024. The tour takes its name from Jackson's international hit single from The Velvet Rope (1997).

Background

On December 12, 2022, Jackson announced the first 33 dates in North America for April to June 2023.[5] Ticket pre-sales began on December 13, 2022, and general ticket sales began on December 16, 2022.[6] The tour announcement also revelealed Ludacris as the opening act.[7] Four days later, four shows were added due to high demand in Hollywood, Atlanta and New York City and Allentown, Pennsylvania.[8] Later, a San Bernardino date was announced at the Yaamava' Casino & Resort.[9]

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.[10] In November 2023, Jackson announced six additional shows in Hawaii, United States and Japan, with TLC joining the later dates;[11] additional concerts Hawaii and the Bahamas were added in December.[12] [13] 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.[14] On April 29, 2024, Jackson announced ten shows in Europe to take place in the fall of 2024.[15] [16] Four days later, it was announced she would headline the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans on July 7, 2024.[17] [18] An additional date at London's O2 Arena was added in June 2024.[19]

Set list

April 2023 to May 2024

This set list is from the April 14, 2023, concert in Hollywood. It is not intended to represent all concerts for the tour.[20] [21] 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

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

Act III

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

Act IV

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

Act V

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

Act VI: Encore

  1. "Together Again"

June 2024 onwards

This set list is from the June 4, 2024, concert in Thousand Palms.[22] [23] It may not represent all concerts from June 2024 and onwards.

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

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

Act III

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

Act IV

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

Encore

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

Alterations

Tour dates

List of 2023 concerts[32] [33] [34] [35] [36]
Date (2023)CityCountryVenueOpening actAttendance<-- Please do not add boxscore numbers without a source from either Billboard or Pollstar. -->Revenue<-- Please do not add boxscore numbers without a source from either Billboard or Pollstar. -->
April 14HollywoodUnited StatesHard Rock LiveLudacris
April 16
April 19OrlandoAmway Center
April 21SavannahEnmarket Arena
April 22BirminghamLegacy Arena
April 25ColumbiaColonial Life Arena
April 26AtlantaState Farm Arena$3,057,192
April 28
April 29MemphisFedExForum
April 30St. LouisEnterprise Center
May 2Kansas CityT-Mobile Center
May 4NashvilleBridgestone Arena
May 6BristowJiffy Lube Live
May 8New York CityMadison Square Garden24,500 / 24,500$3,800,000
May 9
May 12CharlottePNC Music Pavilion
May 13BaltimoreCFG Bank Arena
May 14Virginia BeachVeterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
May 18AllentownPPL CenterLil' Kim
May 19MansfieldXfinity CenterLudacris
May 20Atlantic CityHard Rock Live at Etess Arena
May 23TorontoCanadaBudweiser Stage
May 24DetroitUnited StatesLittle Caesars Arena
May 26NoblesvilleRuoff Music Center
May 27Tinley ParkCredit Union 1 Amphitheatre
May 28MilwaukeeAmerican Family Insurance Amphitheater
May 30Saint PaulXcel Energy Center
June 2DallasDos Equis Pavilion
June 3The WoodlandsCynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
June 4AustinMoody Center
June 7PhoenixTalking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
June 9IrvineFivePoint Amphitheatre
June 10Los AngelesHollywood Bowl$2,800,000
June 11Chula VistaNorth Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
June 14San BernardinoYaamava’ Theater
June 16Mountain ViewShoreline AmphitheatreLudacris
June 20PortlandModa Center
June 21SeattleClimate Pledge Arena
October 27LincolnThe Venue at Thunder Valley
October 28AtlantaPiedmont Park
December 1HoustonNRG Arena
List of 2024 concerts[37] [38] [39]
Date (2024)CityCountryVenueOpening actAttendance<-- Please do not add boxscore numbers without a source from either Billboard or Pollstar. -->Revenue<-- Please do not add boxscore numbers without a source from either Billboard or Pollstar. -->
March 8HonoluluUnited StatesBlaisdell Arena$2,396,293
March 9
March 10
March 13Quezon CityPhilippinesSmart Araneta Coliseum
March 16NagoyaJapanPort MesseTLC
March 17OsakaOsaka-jō Hall
March 20YokohamaK Arena
April 27Paradise IslandBahamasAtlantis Bahamas
June 4Thousand PalmsUnited StatesAcrisure ArenaNelly
June 6Chula VistaNorth Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
June 8InglewoodKia Forum
June 9AnaheimHonda Center
June 11SacramentoGolden 1 Center
June 12San FranciscoChase Center
June 14West Valley CityUtah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
June 16DenverBall Arena
June 18Saint PaulXcel Energy Center
June 19ChicagoUnited Center
June 21Maryland HeightsHollywood Casino Amphitheatre
June 22CincinnatiRiverbend Music Center
June 23IndianapolisGainbridge Fieldhouse
June 25ClevelandRocket Mortgage FieldHouse
June 26PhiladelphiaWells Fargo Center
June 28BostonTD Garden
June 29HartfordXfinity Theatre
July 2ClarkstonPine Knob Music Theatre
July 3TorontoCanadaScotiabank Arena
July 5DarienUnited StatesDarien Lake Performing Arts Center
July 6HersheyHersheypark Stadium
July 7New OrleansCaesars Superdome
July 9NewarkPrudential CenterNelly
July 10BrooklynBarclays Center
July 12Washington, D.C.Capital One Arena
July 13BaltimoreCFG Bank Arena
July 14CharlottePNC Music Pavilion
July 16TampaMidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 18West Palm BeachiTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
July 20OrlandoKia Center
July 21AtlantaState Farm Arena
July 25Fort WorthDickies Arena
July 26Oklahoma CityPaycom Center
July 27AustinMoody Center
July 30PhoenixFootprint Center
September 21JohannesburgSouth AfricaKyalami Grand Prix Circuit
September 25ParisFranceAccor ArenaWyclef Jean
September 27BirminghamEnglandUtilita Arena Birmingham
September 28LondonThe O2 Arena
September 29
October 1ManchesterCo-op LiveWyclef Jean
October 3AntwerpBelgiumSportpaleis
October 5MunichGermanyOlympiahalle
October 6CologneLanxess Arena
October 8BerlinUber Arena
October 10AmsterdamNetherlandsZiggo Dome
October 13GlasgowScotlandOVO Hydro
Total

Cancelled shows

Date (2024)! scope="col" style="width:10em;"
CityCountryVenueReason
May 4WinchesterUnited StatesLas Vegas Festival GroundsInclement weather[40]
July 23New OrleansSmoothie King CenterSchedule change[41]

Personnel

Notes and References

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  2. Billboard . Top Tours Billboard Boxscore - May 2023 . 28 July 2023 .
  3. Billboard . Top Tours June 2023 . 28 July 2023 .
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  5. Web site: Janet Jackson Shares Dates for 2023 'Together Again' Tour: 'I've Missed You So Much' . Blanchet . Brenton . December 12, 2022 . . December 23, 2022 . September 5, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230905075149/https://people.com/music/janet-jackson-announces-2023-together-again-tour/ . live .
  6. Web site: How to Get Tickets to Janet Jackson's 2023 Tour. Yahoo!. December 13, 2022. January 18, 2023.
  7. Janet Jackson Announces 2023 'Together Again' Tour With Ludacris . Paul . Larisha . December 12, 2022 . . December 23, 2022.
  8. Web site: Janet Jackson Adds More Dates to 'Together Again' Tour With Guest Ludacris . Pierre . Mekishana . December 16, 2022 . . December 23, 2022.
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  10. Thunder_Valley . 1666142980644667404 . You and the one and only Janet Jackson together again at The Venue!.
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  12. News: Harjo-Livingston . Sandy . Exclusive presale code: Janet Jackson adds extra concert date for Hawai'i . December 12, 2023 . . December 12, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231212184626/https://www.khon2.com/local-news/exclusive-presale-code-janet-jackson-adds-extra-concert-date-for-hawai%CA%BBi/ . December 12, 2023 . United States.
  13. . December 19, 2023 . Atlantis Paradise Island Announces Global Icon Janet Jackson to Kick Off the 2024 Music making Waves Concert Series on Saturday, April 27th . live . Bahamas . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20231223143726/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/atlantis-paradise-island-announces-global-icon-janet-jackson-to-kick-off-the-2024-music-making-waves-concert-series-on-saturday-april-27th-302019382.html . December 23, 2023 . December 23, 2023.
  14. Kaufman . Gil . Janet Jackson to Hit the Road for 35-Date 2024 Together Again Summer Tour . . . January 16, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240117011231/https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/janet-jackson-dates-2024-together-again-summer-tour-north-america-1235581959/ . January 17, 2024 . United States . 0006-2510 . January 16, 2024 . live.
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  18. Web site: Tour . Official Website . . May 13, 2024 . https://archive.today/20240513041923/https://www.janetjackson.com/tour . May 13, 2024 . United States . dead.
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  24. Web site: Jermaine Dupri And Janet Jackson Reunite On Stage During Together Again Tour. Amber. Corrine. April 27, 2023.
  25. News: Paige . DeAsia . April 28, 2023 . Janet Jackson is in full control, delivers regal experience at Atlanta stop . The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . May 12, 2023.
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  28. News: Julious . Britt . May 28, 2023 . Review: Janet Jackson's Together Again tour in Tinley Park is a return of the original Janet . . 1085-6706 . 7960243 . May 28, 2023.
  29. News: Roach . Cal . May 29, 2023 . Janet Jackson takes control at AmFam Amphitheater with four-decade career retrospective . Milwaukee Record . May 30, 2023.
  30. News: Roach . Cal . May 29, 2023 . Janet Jackson takes control at AmFam Amphitheater with four-decade career retrospective . Milwaukee Record . May 30, 2023.
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  36. Frankenberg . Eric . May 30, 2023 . Morgan Wallen Could Be Building the Biggest Country Tour of All Time . Billboard . https://web.archive.org/web/20230531135226/https://www.billboard.com/pro/morgan-wallen-billboards-monthly-boxscore/ . 2023-05-31 . May 31, 2023.
  37. Web site: Janet Jackson returning to Manila for 'Together Again' concert in March 2024 . Philstar Life . 15 November 2023.
  38. Web site: Janet Jackson is coming to Honolulu for 2 concerts in March . Spectrum News . 15 November 2023 . en.
  39. Web site: Gottfried . Gideon . 29 April 2024 . Janet Jackson Brings 'Together Again Tour' To Europe . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240502171953/https://news.pollstar.com/2024/04/29/janet-jackson-brings-together-again-tour-to-europe/ . 2 May 2024 . 2 May 2024 . Pollstar.
  40. Horowitz . Steven J. . Lovers & Friends Festival 2024 Canceled Due to 'Dangerous Weather,' Say Organizers . . . May 4, 2024 . United States . 0042-2738 . 60626328 . May 4, 2024.
  41. Web site: Reed, Farrah . Janet Jackson cancels Smoothie King Center tour stop, will perform at Essence Fest instead . . May 9, 2024 . May 8, 2024.