Janet Jackson: Together Again

Janet Jackson: Together Again was the tenth concert tour by American singer Janet Jackson.^[7] 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 date	April 14, 2023 (2023-04-14)
End date	October 10, 2024 (2024-10-10)
No. of shows	94
Supporting act(s)	Lil Kim Ludacris TLC Nelly Wyclef Jean
Attendance	834,045[1][2][3][4][5]
Box office	US$50.9 million (37 shows)[6]
Janet Jackson concert chronology

Background

On December 12, 2022, Jackson announced the first 33 dates in North America for April to June 2023.^[8] Ticket pre-sales began on December 13, 2022, and general ticket sales began on December 16, 2022.^[9] The tour announcement also revealed Ludacris as the opening act.^[10] Four days later, four shows were added due to high demand in Hollywood, Atlanta and New York City and Allentown, Pennsylvania.^[11] Later, a San Bernardino date was announced at the Yaamava' Casino & Resort.^[12]

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.^[13] In November 2023, Jackson announced six additional shows in Hawaii, United States and Japan, with TLC joining the later dates;^[14] additional concerts Hawaii and the Bahamas were added in December.^[15][16] 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.^[17] On April 29, 2024, Jackson announced ten shows in Europe to take place in the fall of 2024.^[18][19] Four days later, it was announced she would headline the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans on July 7, 2024.^[20][21] An additional date at London's O2 Arena was added in June 2024.^[22]

On September 17, 2024, following the death of Tito Jackson two days prior, the September 21 concert at Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit was cancelled.^[23]

Accolades

List of tour accolades

Year	Organization	Award	Result	Ref.
2025	Pollstar Awards	R&B Tour of the Year	Pending	[24]

Set list

April 2023 to May 2024

This set list is from the April 14, 2023, concert in Hollywood.^[25][26] 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

7. "What Have You Done for Me Lately" / "Nasty"
8. "The Pleasure Principle"
9. "Because of Love"
10. "When I Think of You" / "Diamonds"
11. "The Best Things In Life Are Free"
12. "Control"

Act III

13. "When We Oooo" (intermission interlude)
14. "Together Again" (Deeper remix)
15. "Come Back to Me" / "Let's Wait Awhile"
16. "Lonely" / "Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)" (remix)
17. "Again"
18. "Any Time, Any Place"
19. "I Get Lonely" (TNT remix)

Act IV

20. "The Body That Loves You" (interlude) (contains elements of "Runaway", "You Want This", and "Spending Time with You")
21. "Doesn't Really Matter"
22. "All for You"
23. "Come On Get Up"
24. "Free Xone" / "Throb"
25. "Girlfriend/Boyfriend" / "Like You Don't Love Me" / "Do It 2 Me"
26. "So Excited"

Act V

27. "New Agenda" / "The Knowledge"
28. "Miss You Much"
29. "Love Will Never Do (Without You)"
30. "Alright" / "Escapade"
31. "Scream"
32. "Black Cat"
33. "Rhythm Nation"

Act VI: Encore

34. "Together Again"

June to October 2024

This set list is from the June 4, 2024, concert in Thousand Palms.^[27][28] 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

11. "What Have You Done for Me Lately"
12. "Nasty"
13. "The Pleasure Principle"
14. "You Want This"
15. "When I Think of You"
16. "Diamonds"
17. "The Best Things in Life Are Free"
18. "Control"
19. "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)"
20. "Take Care"
21. "Let's Wait Awhile" (contains elements of "Lonely" and "Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)")
22. "Again"
23. "Any Time, Any Place"
24. "I Get Lonely"
25. "With U"

Act III

26. "Make Me"
27. "All for You"
28. "Alright"
29. "Escapade"
30. "Miss You Much"
31. "Feedback"
32. "So Excited"

Act IV

33. "State of the World"
34. "The Knowledge"
35. "If"
36. "Scream" (contains elements of "If" and "Black Cat")
37. "Rhythm Nation"

Encore

38. "Someone to Call My Lover"
39. "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.^[29][30]
• 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".^[31]
• During the May 9, 2023, concert in New York City, Busta Rhymes joined Jackson to perform "What's It Gonna Be?!".^[32]
• During the May 27, 2023, concert in Tinley Park, "Make Me" was performed.^[33]
• During the May 28, 2023, concert in Milwaukee, "Rock with U" was performed.^[34]
• During the June 3, 2023, concert in The Woodlands, "All Nite (Don't Stop)" was performed.^[34]
• During the June 4, 2023, concert in Austin, "Strawberry Bounce" was performed.^[34]
• During the December 1, 2023, concert in Houston, Jackson performed "Better Days" for the first time.^[35]
• During the October 10, 2024, concert in Amsterdam, Jackson replaced "Make Me" and "Someone to Call My Lover" with "Runaway" and "Whoops Now", respectively.^[36]

Tour dates

List of 2023 concerts^{[13][37][6][38][39][40]}

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^{[15][17][19][21][22][46][47][48]}

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 Yokohama		—	—
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	[50]
July 23	New Orleans		Smoothie King Center	Schedule change	[51]
September 21[o]	Johannesburg	South Africa	Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit	Death of Tito Jackson	[23]
October 13[p]	Glasgow	Scotland	OVO Hydro	Scheduling difficulties	[55]

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.^[41]
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.^[42]
3. This concert is a part of the ONE Musicfest 2023.^[43][44]
4. This concert is a part of 2023 World AIDS Day Concert.^[43][45]
5. Labelled as Manila in promotional material.
6. This concert is a part of the 2024 Music Making Waves concert series.^[16]
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.^[20]
13. This concert was to be part of the Lovers & Friends Festival 2024.^[43][49]
14. Labelled as Las Vegas in promotional material.
15. This concert was to be part of the DStv Delicious Festival 2024.^[52][53]
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".^[54]