Live Nation reports box score for NYC Live Nation this week reported to Billboard Magazine the box score for the New York City date of the Rock Witchu Tour.
The box scores for in San Diego, Toronto, and Kansas City have yet to be reported.
The new reported information, which is published in the issue for the week ending November 29, 2008, is as follows:
Rank: #16 Artist: Janet Jackson, DJ Juan Venue: Madison Square Garden City/State: New York, NY Event Date: Nov. 1, 2008 Gross Sales: $799,082 Attend/Capacity: 9,955 / 12,029 Shows/Sellouts: 1 / 0 Prices: $295.50, $40.30
JD posts another video of himself with Janet in Dubai Jermaine Dupri very early this morning posted another video on YouTube of himself and Janet during their trip in Dubai.
Janet is shown very briefly at the beginning while racing on the sand dunes.
Article on the production design behind the Rock Witchu Tour Live Design, an industry publication for live entertainment professionals in lighting, staging and projection, has posted an in-depth article onto its website today about all of the production elements behind the Rock Witchu Tour.
The article includes a lengthy interview with Vince Foster, who worked as the lighting, set and video designer for the tour.
Some interesting points include the fact that the actual rectangle stage itself is the same one that was used on the All For You Tour with obvious modifications.
Foster reveals that Janet initially wanted a set piece that moved out over the audience that she could walk on. The idea was determined to be impractical and instead it was replaced with the lighting bridge, which was used in the actual show.
She also initially wanted the 'U'-shaped runway to span around the entire length of the arena, however that was also determined to be impractical and a smaller version was made instead. Erik Eastland, president of sales and design at All Access, the company responsible for building the stage of the Rock Witchu Tour, says that the runway is similar to one they designed for country music group Rascal Flatts.
Another interesting detail Foster revealed is that during the performance of "Discipline," the dancers are not actually pulling the ropes to raise and lower the man that was picked out of the audience, but rather it is done with a motor controlled from backstage.
The article also includes an entire list of each piece of equipment used for the production aspects of the tour.
Source: Steven Battaglia. "I wanna Rock Witchu." Live Design. 21 November, 2008.
JD posts video of himself with Janet in Dubai Jermaine Dupri tonight posted a new video on YouTube of himself and Janet at the grand opening ceremony of the new Atlantis resort in Dubai.
Photo of Janet & JD in Dubai at Atlantis opening celebration Photo of Janet Jackson and Jermaine Dupri today at the grand opening of Palm Jumeirah and its flagship Atlantis, the Palm Resort at the Palm Jumeirah Island in Dubai, United Arab Emirates:
Janet in Dubai to attend opening of Atlantis Hotel Janet is currently in Dubai where she will be a guest at tonight's opening of the city's new Atlantis Hotel, a part of a $1.5 billion ocean-themed resort.
A slew of other celebrity guests including Robert De Niro, Michael Jordan, Lily Allen, Mary Kate Olsen, and Denzel Washington are also attending the opening of the resort. The three-day event will be highlighted with a private concert by Kylie Minogue.
In May 2007, Janet performed a private concert during the opening celebration of the Cove Atlantis resort in the Bahamas. Both of the resorts in Dubai and the Bahamas are owned by Sol Kerzner, a friend of the Jackson family.
Reports: Janet to tour Japan next February Media outlets in Japan are reporting that Janet will bring the Rock Witchu Tour to four cities in Japan for five performances in February 2009.
News website Sponichi Annex and ticket outlet Lawson Ticket are both listing five concerts in Japan for the middle of February.
The reported Japanese dates are:
Feb 14 & 15: Saitama - Saitama Super Arena Feb 17: Osaka - Osaka-jō Hall Feb 19: Nagoya - Gaishihoru Feb 22: Fukuoka - Marine Messe Fukuoka
The Lawson Ticket website states that tickets go on sale November 19, however whether that is accurate is unclear at this moment.
More Box Scores from the Rock Witchu Tour Posted below are the Box Scores for the Atlanta, Auburn Hills, and Tulsa concerts of the Rock Witchu Tour as reported by Live Nation to Billboard Magazine for the week ending November 22, 2008.
The concerts in San Diego, Toronto, Kansas City and New York City have yet to be reported.
Live Nation reports additional boxscores to Billboard Live Nation this week reported to Billboard Magazine the boxscores for an additional four shows of the Rock Witchu Tour in DC, East Rutherford, Houston, and Dallas.
Live Nation has not yet reported the boxscores for San Diego, Toronto, Atlanta, Kansas City, Tulsa, Detroit and New York City.
The new reported information, which is published in the issue for the week ending November 15, 2008, is as follows:
Janet nominated at the first ever BET J Virtual Awards Janet has been nominated for an award at the first ever BET J Virtual Awards, slated to premiere on BET J on Tuesday, November 25 at 8:30 PM ET. The "virtual" broadcast will be hosted by actress Nia Long and comedian Chris Spencer.
She is nominated in the following category:
Female Artist of the Year: - Alicia Keys, J Records - Chrisette Michele, The Island Def Jam Music Group - Estelle, Home School/Atlantic Records - Jill Scott, Hidden Beach Recordings - Ledisi, The Verve Music Group - Janet Jackson, The Island Def Jam Music Group
All postponed Rock Witchu tour dates officially cancelled Janet's representatives officially announced today that they will not reschedule any of the remaining postponed dates of the Rock Witchu Tour.
The announcement states that the concerts are not being rescheduled "due to conflicts in the singer's schedule."
The concerts that have been cancelled are:
- Montreal (Originally scheduled for Sept. 29) - Boston (Originally scheduled for Oct. 1) - Philadelphia (Originally scheduled for Oct. 2) - Greensboro (Originally scheduled for Oct. 4) - Ft. Lauderdale (Originally scheduled for Oct. 7) - Uncasville (Originally scheduled for Oct. 11) - Verona (Originally scheduled for Oct. 13)
Refunds for all of the shows are available at the point of purchase. If tickets were purchased through the fan club, they will be automatically refunded.
There currently are no scheduled dates remaining for the Rock Witchu Tour. There has been no official announcement about whether the tour is officially over or if more dates will be added in the future.
Rock Witchu Tour comes to a possible close last night in NYC Janet performed last night at New York City's Madison Square Garden, wrapping up the first - and possibly only - leg of the Rock Witchu Tour.
The setlist was identical to the regular set of songs, and there were no special guests.
There are no more concerts currently scheduled for the Rock Witchu Tour. Janet did not give any indication from the stage last night whether any more dates would be added or if this was the last show of the tour.
There are still six postponed concerts from last month that are waiting to be rescheduled. It is unclear what is happening with these dates.
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