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The Rhythm Nation World Tour 1990 was Janet Jackson's first headlining concert tour in support of her fourth studio album "Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814"; it also contained material from her third studio album "Control."

The tour began on March 1, 1990 and ended on November 16, 1990 where she traveled in North America, Europe and Japan.

• 1 Tour Background
• 2 Promotion
• 4.1 Cancelled Shows
• 5 Opening Acts
• 6 Commerical Reception
• 7 Critical Reception
• 9 Miscellaneous Notes

Tour Background [ ]

Due to the fact that A&M Records had chosen not to invest in promoting a concert tour for Janet's 1986 album, "Control", the the Rhythm Nation World Tour 1990 became Janet's first in support of a studio album.

A&M announced plans for Janet's global tour in the fall of 1989; she was assisted by a team of eleven musicians, back-up singers, and six dancers.

Anthony Thomas was selected as chief choreographer for the tour.

Thomas stated: "Janet was looking for dancers with a hybrid of street and technical training ... I'd say the cast is half and half between those two, which is what makes it so interesting. I'm not a trained dancer—and Janet is not, either. She just looks like it because she's a natural. She picks up dance steps very quickly."

According to Joel Selvin of the San Francisco Chronicle: "Thomas and Jackson also collaborated on the dance sequences for Janet's half-hour video—a telemusical her publicists call it—that accompanied the release of her 'Rhythm Nation' album in October."

Musician and record producer Chuckii Booker was hired as Janet's musical director; his band became the tour's opening act. Booker explained that he was approached by Janet after a recommendation from her producers, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.

In an interview, he stated: "I had known Janet for four to five years, but it was pretty much on a hi-and-goodbye basis until last September when she invited me to a 'Rhythm Nation' party in Los Angeles. I attended and told her I was very excited for her. She said, 'Yes, and I'd like you to be musical director.' I turned around, thinking she was talking to somebody else. I couldn't believe it. But then I found out she had talked to Jimmy and Terry and they had recommended me."

Reporter Doug Adrianson wrote: "Because of the inevitable comparisons with brother Michael, 32, expectations for the Rhythm Nation Tour are higher than a moonwalk. To make sure the show is suitably spectacular, Jackson and musical director Chuckii Booker rehearsed with a sizable crew for two weeks at the Pensacola Civic Centre ... the same place Michael fine-tuned his Bad tour."

Janet's tour was managed by Roger Davies, stage designer Mark Fisher and Benny Collins. The total production cost was an estimated $2 million.

Promotion [ ]

On June 9, 1990, MTV aired a four-hour special entitled "Janet Jackson Saturday" featuring interviews and music videos by Janet, as well as live coverage of her tour.

The full "Rhythm Nation 1814 World Tour" concert from the tour's second date at the Tokyo Dome in Japan was filmed and aired on Japanese television.

Set List [ ]

• "What Have You Done for Me Lately"
• "Let's Wait Awhile"
• "When I Think of You"
• "The Pleasure Principle"
• "T.V." (interlude)
• "State of the World"
• "Race" (interlude)
• "The Knowledge"
• "Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)" (instrumental interlude)
• "Black Cat"
• "Come Back to Me"
• "Miss You Much"
• "Pledge" (interlude)
• "Rhythm Nation"

Concert Dates [ ]

Cancelled shows [ ], opening acts [ ].

• Chuckii Booker (select venues)
• Johnny Gill (select venues)

Commerical Reception [ ]

The majority of all of the tour's concert dates became instant sell-outs.==

The tour's dress rehearsal at the Pensacola Civic Center issued 7,600 tickets to the public as a benefit to local charity, which had sold-out in less than an hour.

The first international concert (which took place in Tokyo, Japan) sold out the Tokyo Dome within seven minutes, a record for the fastest sellout in the history of the Dome.

Lori Buttars of The Salt Lake Tribune reported: "In May, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation Tour became the fastest sell-out in Salt Palace history. Tickets for the June 18 concert were gone in a record 1 hour and 20 minutes after the box office opened."

In June of 1990, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported that Janet's tour had become one of the most commercially successful box office attractions for a recording artist.

In addition, "of those women soloists who regularly reach the top of the record charts, only Madonna is doing similar arena business."

Grossing $28.1 million in the United States alone, the tour ranked number five among the best-selling of 1990 within the US, making Janet Jackson the only female artist to place within the top ten.

The Rhythm Nation World Tour, with an attendance of over 2 million patrons, remains the most successful debut tour by any recording artist.

Critical Reception [ ]

Music writer Troy Moon, who viewed the tour's dress rehearsal, called the show "spontaneous, very loose and limber. It came off as nightclub funk, more Prince than (Michael)."

He also noted the emphasis on the show's dance routines, stating "[t]he singing almost comes as an afterthought. The debut concert in Miami, Florida on March 1, 1990 sold out prior to the performance.

Music Critic Deborah Wilker remarked that "[Janet] does not present a serious threat to brother Michael, though she has proven beyond any doubt she is a formidable force in her own right."

She reported the concert showcased the fact that "Jackson is an accomplished dancer whose choreography has set trends worldwide. The music, though extremely engaging, is secondary."

Wilker also reported on the media attention surrounding the opening concert, stating, "[t]he kick-off of this tour was a media event, with reporters and film crews from across the country on hand. In the audience was Janet's brother Jackie and mother Katherine, as well as singer Whitney Houston and producers Jam and Lewis."

While reviewing her concert at Madison Square Garden, Jon Pareles of The New York Times compared Janet's showmanship to that of her brother Michael, and Prince.

However, he states that she could not sing and dance simultaneously as well as either and suspected some of her performance was lip-synced.

In her defense, he adds: "Yet in a video-era pop event like Miss Jackson's concert, old-fashioned musicianship matters less than the overall package—and Miss Jackson turns out to be an endearing performer despite all the calculation. Her songs are not just catchy, but full of worthwhile messages about independence and tolerance as well."

Commenting on Janet's performance at the Capital Centre in Washington, Richard Harrington of The Washington Post noted that the growing trend of video screen use in concert had both advantages and drawbacks, such as [l]iving up to the very expectations engendered by those incessantly played video images."

In reference to Janet's showmanship, he stated that "[s]he doesn't quite command the stage yet, but she has little problem commanding attention, thanks to her spectacular dancing and the wonderfully aggressive choreography that informs the 90-minute show."

In his opinion, the most "engaging" aspects of the concert were Jackson's ballads such as "Let's Wait Awhile" and "Come Back to Me."

Harrington adds that "[a]lthough the focus was clearly on Jackson's dynamic dancing and her apparently boundless energy, she acquitted herself well on the vocal front. The singing seemed mostly note-perfect recaps of the records, and there is less range and dynamics here than in her dancing, but overall, it was effective enough."

Los Angeles Times critic Chris Willman, who reviewed her opening southern California concert at The Forum expressed:

"If the dancing in Janet's tour is even more enthralling than that of brother Michael (who can still best her in pure technical proficiency), it's because she spends so much of her stage time working with six other dancers as part of a hip-hop chorus line. It represents the pinnacle of what can be done in the popping 'n' locking style-a rapid-fire mixture of rigidly jerky and gracefully fluid movements."

He complimented Janet's endurance for her 80-minute-plus show and downplayed criticism of lip-syncing by saying "[e]ven a classically trained vocalist would be hard-pressed to maintain any sort of level of volume—or, more appropriately, 'Control'—while bounding up and down stairs and whipping limbs in unnatural directions at impeccable, breakneck speed."

The first international concert took place in Tokyo, Japan at the Tokyo Dome on May 17, 1990. Los Angeles Times reported that "Japan became a 'Rhythm Nation' as Janet Jackson opened her tour at the Tokyo Dome, cascading thunderous waves of funk and choreography over 50,000 people ... The choreography, a cross between break-dancing and military maneuvers, sent some spectators dancing into the aisles."

Janet also performed in Osaka and Yokohama before returning to the North America and then traveled to Europe for the final leg of her tour.

Helen Metella of the Edmonton Journal praised Janet's elaborate stage show, calling her socially conscious message of unity a "noble quest."

In reference of the comparisons between her and brother Michael, Metella comments that "the 23-year-old Jackson throws herself into an orgy of non-stop dancing and extravagant theatrics that clearly express her talent and her personal philosophies. She may not have surpassed Michael yet, but she's closing in on him fast—using many of his own tricks, yet."

In reviewing her performance at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton, Canada, Metella reports that the use of lighting and sound effects made for an excellent routine in addition to the well received vocalization of songs like "Control", "Nasty" and "What Have You Done for Me Lately", "[b]ut it was the dancing that was most electrifying ...witnessing the astonishing pace and physical commitment of Jackson during the dance numbers could and did galvanize us into action of our own, which is exactly what the show was about.

Credits [ ]

• Management – Roger Davies Management, Inc.
• Tour Manager – Rusty Hooker
• Assistant Tour Manager – Nelson Hayes
• Production Manager – Benny Collins
• Assistant Production Manager – Lisa Hoth
• Stage Manager – Chris Tervit
• FOH Sound Engineer - Chris Taylor
• Monitor Engineer - Randy Weitzel
• Musical Director – Chuckii Booker
• Lighting/Design – Roy Bennett
• Automated Lighting- Gary Westcott
• Drum Technician - Tom Wilson
• Tour Photography – Eddie Wolfl

Dancers – "The Nation"

• Choreography: Janet Jackson, Anthony Thomas, Terry Bixler, LaVelle Smith
• Staging: Janet Jackson, Tina Landon, LaVelle Smith, Terry Bixler, Anthony Thomas

Miscellaneous Notes [ ]

• The tour grossed over $28 million in the US only from dates reported.
• The estimated worldwide attendance was at 2 million, with more than 1.85 million in North America alone coming from 91 shows.
• The May 18 show in Tokyo, Japan was aired on Japanese television in full, spliced with commercials Janet had filmed for JAL Airlines.
• The first international concert, which took place in Tokyo, Japan sold out the Tokyo Dome within seven minutes and set a record for the fastest sellout in the history of the Dome.
• The Rhythm Nation Tour became the fastest sell-out in Salt Palace history in Salt Lake City. Tickets for the June 18th concert were sold out in a record 1 hour and 20 minutes after the box office opened.
• The rehearsals for the Rhythm Nation Tour were held in Los Angeles. Janet then rehearsed in Pensacola, Florida for two weeks before the tour kickoff. She surprised the people of Pensacola with a concert that was announced only one day ahead of time. The $10 tickets, limited to a four per person, didn't go on sale until the morning of the concert. All 7,600 tickets were sold within three hours. Another 1,000 tickets were given to local charities.
• Janet donated over $1/2 million to fund education projects from concert proceeds and also donated 25 cents from each ticket sold to the Cities in Schools program, which works to prevent kids from dropping out of school. After the tour ended, Janet gave $500,000 to the United Negro College Fund in the form of a "Rhythm Nation Scholarship."
• Janet's first show for the summer tour (on Saturday June 7th) at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma WA, sold out so fast that she quickly added a second show to be performed the day before on Friday June 6th. At the Saturday show, she had the world premiere of the video for "Black Cat" that had been filmed the night before.
• Janet was scheduled to play Philadelphia in March, but somehow the people who manage the Spectrum arena doubled-booked her show and a WWF match on the same night; the sold-out show was rescheduled in August.
• Janet's four Los Angeles shows sold out in 48 minutes.
• Janet's had to reschedule her appearance at Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey from September 8th to August 30th due of her performance at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards.
• The opening act throughout all dates of the tour was the tour's musical director, Chuckii Booker. In the concert in Munich, Germany, it was Johnny Gill.
• Janet had to reverse the decision to use a live panther on the show after several incidents, including the panther urinating on stage. Citing concerns from fans, and her own love of animals, she eventually did not use the cat during the summer leg of the tour.
• Janet spent her 24th birthday at Tokyo Disneyland.
• Janet plans to release the "Rhythm Nation 1814 World Tour" on DVD or package it with an upcoming studio album in the near future; bootleg versions are widely available.
• Pioneer signed an exclusive deal to release the concert on laser disc only, so it has not been released video or DVD has yet; however, no laser disc has been released either.

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The " Rhythm Nation 1814 World Tour " is Janet's debut concert tour that was launched in support of her fourth album " Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 ."

It also contained material from Janet's 1986 album " Control ." In the fall of 1989, Janet's record label, A&M Records announced plans for the world tour following the release of the Rhythm Nation album.

The tour was managed by Robert Davies & Rusty Hooker, developed by musical director Chuckii Booker, choreographer Anthony Thomas, stage designer Roy Bennett, stage manager Chris Tervit, production manager Benny Collins and Janet.

• 1 Tour Background
• 2 Tour Promotion
• 3 Tour Reception
• 4.1 Cancellations
• 5 Tour Set List
• 6.1 Dancers
• 7 Tour Facts

Tour Background [ ]

In the fall of 1989, A&M Records announced plans for Janet's first world tour. Janet was assisted by a team of 11 musicians, backup singers and 6 dancers. Anthony Thomas was selected as the chief choreographer for the tour.

Musician/record producer Chuckii Booker was hired as the musical director for the tour and his band became the tour's opening act. Janet's tour was managed by Roger Davies, stage designer Mark Fisher and Benny Collins. The total production cost of the tour was an estimated $2 million.

Tour Promotion [ ]

On June 9, 1990, MTV aired a 4-hour television special entitled " Janet Jackson Saturday " which featured interviews & music videos by Janet along with live coverage of her tour.

Tour Reception [ ]

The majority of all concert tour dates became instant sell-outs. The dress rehearsal for the tour at the Pensacola Civic Center in Pensacola, Florida issued 7,600 tickets publicly as a benefit to a local charity which sold out in less than an hour.

The first international concert in Tokyo, Japan sold out the Tokyo Dome within 7 minutes becoming the fastest sellout in the history of the Tokyo Dome. In Salt Lake City, Utah, the concert became the fastest sellout in Salt Palace history as tickets were gone in 1 hour, 20 minutes after the box office opened.

The Rhythm Nation 1814 World Tour grossed $28.1 million in the United States alone, ranking at #5 among the best-selling tours of 1990 within the U.S., making Janet the only female artist to place within the top 10.

The tour had an attendance of over 2 million patrons and remains the most successful debut tour by any recording artist.

Tour Dates [ ]

Cancellations [ ].

• March 25th at The Spectrum in Philadelphia: Postponed due to schedule conflict with WWF.
• August 2nd at the Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky: Canceled due to Janet experiencing flu-like symptoms and a bad cold.
• August 5th at the Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa: Canceled due to Janet ill with an inner-ear infection.
• August 5th at the St. Louis Arena St. Louis, Missouri: Canceled due Janet ill with a viral infection (originally August 4th). Janet passed out backstage after performing three songs.
• August 7th and 8th at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit, Michigan: Postponed due Janet ill with a viral infection.
• September 3rd at the Starlake Amphitheater in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania: Canceled due to Janet becoming ill.
• September 4th at the Richfield Coliseum in Richfield, Ohio: Cancelled due to Janet ill with a viral infection.
• October 11th at the Valby Hallen in Copenhagen, Denmark: Cancelled due to Janet becoming ill minutes before the concert began.

Tour Set List [ ]

• " Control "
• " What Have You Done for Me Lately "
• " Let's Wait Awhile "
• " When I Think of You "
• " The Pleasure Principle "
• "T.V." ( interlude )
• " State of the World "
• "Race" ( interlude )
• "The Knowledge"
• " Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun) " ( instrumental interlude )
• " Black Cat "
• " Come Back to Me "
• " Alright "
• " Escapade "
• " Miss You Much "
• "Pledge" ( interlude )
• " Rhythm Nation "

Tour Credits [ ]

• Management : Roger Davies Management, Inc.
• Tour Manager : Rusty Hooker
• Assistant Tour Manager : Nelson Hayes
• Production Manager : Benny Collins
• Assistant Production Manager : Lisa Hoth
• Stage Manager : Chris Tervit
• Musical Director : Chuckii Booker
• Lighting/Design : Roy Bennett
• Automated Lighting : Gary Westcott
• Tour Photography : Eddie Wolfl

Dancers [ ]

• Choreography : Janet Jackson, Anthony Thomas, Terry Bixler and LaVelle Smith
• Staging : Janet Jackson, Tina Landon, LaVelle Smith, Terry Bixler and Anthony Thomas

Tour Facts [ ]

• The tour grossed over $28 million in the US only from dates reported, and nearly $65 million worldwide.
• The estimated worldwide attendance was at 2 million, with more than 1.85 million in North America alone coming from 91 shows.
• Rehearsals for the Rhythm Nation Tour were held in Los Angeles. Janet then rehearsed in Pensacola, Florida for two weeks before the tour began. She surprised the people of Pensacola with a concert that was announced only one day ahead of time. The $10 tickets, limited to a four per person, didn't go on sale until the morning of the concert. Within three hours, all 7,600 tickets were sold and another 1,000 tickets were given to local charities.
• Janet's first show for the summer tour starting on Saturday June 7th at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington sold out so fast, she quickly added a second show to be performed the day before on Friday June 6th. This upset many of the fans who waited in line for hours for the Saturday show only to see her second show. Adding insult to injury, at the Saturday show, Janet had the world premiere of the music video for " Black Cat " that had been filmed the night before.
• Janet was scheduled to play Philadelphia in March, but the people who manage the Spectrum Arena doubled-booked Jackson's show and a WWF wrestling match on the same night. The sold-out show was later rescheduled in August.
• Janet's four Los Angeles shows sold out in 48 minutes.
• Janet had to reschedule her appearance at Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey from September 8th to August 30th because of her performance at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards.
• Janet had to reverse the decision to use a live panther on the show after several incidents, including the panther urinating on stage. Citing concerns from fans and her own love of animals, eventually, she didn't use the panther in the summer leg of the tour.
• Janet spent her 24th birthday at Tokyo Disneyland.
• The May 18th show in Tokyo, Japan was shot in HD and aired on Japanese television in full, spliced with 2 commercial Janet had recorded for JAL Airlines.
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Janet Jackson is going back on tour: See where the superstar is performing this summer

Janet Jackson will remain part of the rhythm nation in 2024.

The blockbuster performer will hit the road June 4 for a 35-date continuation of her Together Again tour, launching in Palm Springs, California and wrapping July 30 in Phoenix. In between, she’ll visit arenas and amphitheaters in cities including San Francisco, Denver, Chicago, Boston, Detroit, Brooklyn, Washington, D.C. and Atlanta.

Jackson kicked off a three-month Together Again outing , in April 2023. Named for her No. 1 hit from 1997, it was her first tour in four years and had a set list of nearly three dozen songs – albeit many in medley form – including hits “What Have You Done for Me Lately,” “That’s the Way Love Goes,” “Doesn’t Really Matter” and infrequently heard album tracks “Damita Jo” and “So Excited.”

How to get Janet Jackson tour tickets

Tickets for the shows went on sale via a pre-sale at 10 a.m. Thursday. The general public on-sale starts at 10 a.m. Friday at livenation.com. Hip-hop star Nelly will join Jackson on all dates.

Janet Jackson's Together Again tour

Jackson, 57 , hasn’t released a new album since 2015’s “Unbreakable,” but like many major artists lately – Madonna and Taylor Swift among them – she staged her most recent tour as an overview of her storied career.

A swirling slate of fashion statements , including a gold bodysuit and a fuchsia-and-plaid jumpsuit, and shoulder-squaring moves with a troupe of dancers added to the visual spectacle of last year's tour.

Here is where Jackson, a 2019 inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame , will play in 2024:

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Janet Jackson 2024 tour dates

June 4: Palm Springs, CA, Acrisure Arena

June 6: Chula Vista, CA, North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre

June 8: Los Angeles, Kia Forum

June 9: Anaheim, CA, Honda Center

June 11: Sacramento, CA, Golden 1 Center

June 12: San Francisco, Chase Center

June 14: Salt Lake City, USANA Amphitheatre

June 16: Denver, Ball Arena

June 18: Saint Paul, MN, Xcel Energy Center

June 19: Chicago, United Center

June 21: St. Louis, MO, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

June 22: Cincinnati, OH, Riverbend Music Center

June 23: Indianapolis, Gainbridge Fieldhouse

Jun 25: Cleveland, Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

June 26: Philadelphia, Wells Fargo Center

June 28: Boston, TD Garden

June 29: Hartford, CT, XFINITY Theatre

July 2: Detroit, Pine Knob Music Theatre

July 3: Toronto, ON, Scotiabank Arena

July 5: Darien Center, NY, Darien Lake Amphitheater

July 6: Hershey, PA, Hersheypark Stadium

July 9: Newark, NJ, Prudential Center

July 10: Brooklyn, NY, Barclays Center

July 12: Washington, D.C., Capital One Arena

July 13: Baltimore, CFG Bank Arena

July 14: Charlotte, NC, PNC Music Pavilion

July 16: Tampa, FL, MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre

July 18: West Palm Beach, FL, iThink Financial Amphitheatre

July 20: Orlando, Kia Center

July 21: Atlanta, State Farm Arena

July 23: New Orleans, Smoothie King Center

July 25: Fort Worth, TX, Dickies Arena

July 26: Oklahoma City, OK, Paycom Center

July 27: Austin, TX, Moody Center

July 30: Phoenix, Footprint Center

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Janet Jackson Reveals 2020 Tour Dates, Show Will Include ‘Rhythm Nation 1814’ and New Album

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Janet Jackson , fresh from a residency in Las Vegas last year, today announced North American dates for her “Black Diamond” world tour this summer. The outing is an all-new production featuring new music from her forthcoming album “Black Diamond,” which is set for release later this year, along with songs from her 12 albums, including a special performance of “Rhythm Nation 1814,” which recently marked its 30th Anniversary.

Produced by Live Nation , the tour kicks off June 24th in Miami and is scheduled to run through the end of August; European dates and the rest of the world will be announced in the coming weeks. Full routing can be found below. Tickets go on sale to the general public starting Thursday, February 13th at LiveNation.com.

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Janet Jackson's 30th Anniversary Rhythm Nation Tour Breakdown

• Last updated: 9 Oct 2019, 20:25:43
• Published: 9 Oct 2019, 20:25:39
• Written by: David Esquivel
• Photography by: Dave J Hogan
• Categories: Tour Guide Tagged: Janet Jackson Special 30th Anniversary Celebration of Rhythm Nation Janet Jackson at Chase Center

Shortly after wrapping up her Las Vegas residency, Metamorphosis, Janet Jackson announced the Special 30th Anniversary Celebration Of Rhythm Nation with a 10-date tour schedule that only included two dates stateside, the kick-off on September 14 in Welch, Minnesota and a single date in San Francisco, California at the newly opened Chase Center on September 1. The next set of dates aren't scheduled to take place until November 8 where Jackson will take the tour down under for five shows in Australia followed by a single date in New Zealand before she makes her way to Honolulu, Hawaii for three dates at the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena.

With two dates already in the books, we're banking that the future dates of the Special 30th Anniversary Celebration Of Rhythm Nation Tour will likely hold tight to the already existing setlist so we're going to break it down using our setlist.fm data to give fans more insight on what to expect from the upcoming shows!

How many songs are on the setlist?

The setlist is comprised of 33 songs in total.

What song does she open with?

Jackson kicks the show off with her criminally underrated cut "All Nite (Don't Stop)," that song should have been a #1 hit for Jackson!

Is there an encore?

Yup! The two-song encore features her hits "All for You" and the latest release from Jackson, "Made For Now."

How many songs does she perform from Rhythm Nation ?

9 tracks from Rhythm Nation make the setlist on this tour.

What other albums does she perform songs from?

Janet Jackson pulls from her albums Control, janet., All for You, The Velvet Rope, Damita Jo, Discipline and Unbreakable .

Can I see the setlist?

Yup, check out the setlist from the latest show in San Francisco, California below.

Rhythm Nation Anniversary Tour - remaining dates: November 8 – Perth, WA @ Nib Stadium

November 9 – Melbourne, VIC @ Marvel Stadium

November 10 – Adelaide, SA @ Adelaide Showgrounds

November 15 – Brisbane, QLD @ Brisbane Showgrounds

November 16 – Sydney, NSW @ Spotless Stadium

November 17 – Auckland, New Zealand @ Western Springs Speedway

November 20 – Honolulu, Hawaii @ Neal S. Blaisdell Center

November 21 – Honolulu, Hawaii @ Neal S. Blaisdell Center

November 23 – Honolulu, Hawaii @ Neal S. Blaisdell Center

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Return to Rhythm Nation : 13 Times Janet Jackson Has Made History

In honor of 30 years of her groundbreaking fourth studio album, a celebration of the pop icon's many, many achievements..

When Janet Jackson released her fourth studio album 30 years ago, the music world did not know what hit them.

With Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 —or, simply, Rhythm Nation , if ya nasty—the youngest Jackson sibling wasn't merely content to reunite with newfound collaborators Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis , the two men who'd help shape the sound of Control , her third album and the first to have both excluded father Joe Jackson from the process entirely and , perhaps not coincidentally, hit No. 1 on the Billboard. She'd already broken away from her family, found her new sound, and gotten her big fat hit record in the process. Now she wanted more.

And over the course of 12 songs and eight interludes, introducing the sort of album composition that would go on to become something of a trademark in her career, Janet not only delivered a mix of songs both socially conscious and eminently danceable, but she invented her own damn musical utopia. 

"We are a nation with no geographic boundaries, bound together through our beliefs," she explains in the album's spoken intro. "We are like-minded individuals, sharing a common vision, pushing toward a world rid of color lines."

While Rhythm Nation may not have changed the world as she'd hoped—if you hadn't noticed, it's still pretty grim out there—the album did change the course of her career. Its staggering performance during the cycle of its life on the charts kickstarted what would be three decades of the icon breaking records and making history. And, while she didn't rid the world of all the ills she sings about, she did prove that you can make thoughtful pop music that also fills the dance floor without effort. And that's not nothing.

In honor of 30 years of this groundbreaking, game-changing album, join us on an escapade as we look back on all the ways Janet's gone on to make history since its release.

With the release of Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 , her fourth studio album, on September 19, 1989, Janet delivered the only album in history to ever produce No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in three separate calendar years, beginning with "Miss You Much" that year. In 1990, both "Escapade" and "Black Cat" topped the chart, followed by "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" in 1991.

Despite being released in 1989, Rhythm Nation would go on to become the best-selling album of 1990. Since it's release, it has been estimate to have sold over 12 million copies worldwide.

To this day, Rhythm Nation also remains the only album to have seven commercial singles peak within the top five of the Hot 100. The only one.

When Janet embarked on the Rhythm Nation World Tour 1990 , her first headlining tour, it became the most successful debut tour by any recording artist, a title it still holds. Grossing $28.1 million in the U.S. alone, it ranked No. 5 of the best-selling tours that year, making her the only female to place in the top 10.

Having fulfilled her initial recording contract with A&M Records in 1991, she signed a multi-million dollar deal with Virgin Records, estimated to be between $32 and $50 million dollars, making her the highest paid recording artist at the time.

When Janet , her fifth studio album, was released in May 1993, it opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, making her the first female artist in the Nielsen SoundScan era to do so.

Teaming with her brother Michael Jackson for "Scream," the lead single from his 1995 album HIStory, the siblings delivered the first song to ever debut within the top five on the Hot 100. (It debuted at No. 5.) The music video, directed by Mark Romanek , cost $7 million to make and was listed in the Guinness World Records as the most expensive music video ever made.

With the release of "Runaway," a new track recorded for her first greatest hits album, Design of a Decade: 1986-1996 , the same year as "Scream," she became the first female artist in Billboard 's history to debut in the top 10 of the Hot 100, entering at No. 6.

In 1996, Janet renewed her contract with Virgin Records for a reported $80 million, making her the then-highest-paid recording artist in history, surpassing her brother Michael and Madonna 's then-unparalleled $60 million contracts.

When "I Get Lonely," the third single off her sixth studio album The Velvet Rope , debuted at No. 3 on the Hot 100 in February 1998, it became her 18th consecutive top-10 hit on the chart, setting a record as the only female artist to have done such a thing. To this day, she is surpassed only by Elvis Presley and The Beatles .

While her wardrobe malfunction during the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show in 2004 nearly derailed her career completely (and rather unfairly, we might add), the incident in question became the most recorded and replayed moment in TiVo history and went on to inspire the creation of YouTube.

Despite the Super Bowl debacle, she wasn't done making history just yet. With the release of "Make Me," the lead single from her second greatest hits compilation Number Ones , in September 2009, she became the first artist to have No. 1 singles in four separate decades. (It became her 19th No. 1 on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart in 2010.)

With a performance under the iconic I.M Pei glass pyramid at the Louvre Museum in Paris in 2011, part of the museum's biannual fundraiser, Liasons au Louvre, she became the first female pop star to ever do so. "Janet Jackson is one of the world's greatest artistic treasures," Louvre President-Director Henri Loyrette said in a statement at the time. "Accordingly, we are profoundly honored, and believe it most fitting, that her performance in the Louvre Museum will be yet another masterpiece captured under our glorious glass pyramid."

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Janet Jackson Announces 2024 Together Again Tour: See Dates and Ticket Info

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Janet Jackson announced her 2024 Together Again Tour on Tuesday, January 16. The superstar will embark on 35 dates at arenas across North America beginning in June in Palm Desert, CA.

Tickets for the “Rhythm Nation” singer’s Together Again Tour will be available via artist presale on Wednesday, January 17 at 10:00 a.m. local time. The following day, Thursday, January 18, multiple presales — including those for Ticketmaster and Live Nation customers — will begin at 10:00 a.m. local time before tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, January 19 at the same time. Find tickets to Janet Jackson concerts here , and to avoid missing out on ticket sales for your preferred date, be sure to set a reminder on the event page. 

Janet Jackson VIP packages will also be available, with three options including special perks like an individual meet and greet and photo opportunity with the five-time Grammy winner, an invitation to a pre-show VIP lounge, and pre-concert merch shopping opportunities. 

Ahead of the new dates, Jackson will kick off 2024 with a trio of previously-announced shows at Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii from March 8-10 with special guest TLC .

The Together Again Tour will then kick off June 4 in Palm Desert, California and includes dates at Inglewood, California’s Kia Forum, Boston’s TD Garden and Brooklyn’s Barclays Arena before concluding July 30 in Phoenix, Arizona. Special guest Nelly will appear on all dates of the Together Again Tour.

Check out the complete list of 2024 tour dates below, and grab Janet Jackson tickets via Ticketmaster .

Janet Jackson 2024 North American Tour Dates: 

• 03/08 – Honolulu, HI @ Neal S Blaisdell Arena*
• 03/09 – Honolulu, HI @ Neal S Blaisdell Arena*
• 03/10 – Honolulu, HI @ Neal S Blaisdell Arena*
• 06/04 – Palm Desert, CA @ Acrisure Arena at Greater Palm Springs
• 06/06 – Chula Vista, CA @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
• 06/08 – Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum
• 06/09 – Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center
• 06/11 – Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
• 06/12 – San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center
• 06/14 – West Valley City, UT @ USANA Amphitheatre
• 06/16 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
• 06/18 – Saint Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
• 06/19 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
• 06/21 – Maryland Heights, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre – St. Louis, MO
• 06/22 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
• 06/23 – Indianapolis, IN @ Gainbridge Fieldhouse
• 06/25 – Cleveland, OH @ Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse
• 06/26 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
• 06/28 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
• 06/29 – Hartford, CT @ XFINITY Theatre
• 07/01 – Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre
• 07/03 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
• 07/05 – Darien Center, NY @ Darien Lake Amphitheater
• 07/06 – Hershey, PA @ Hersheypark Stadium
• 07/09 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
• 07/10 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
• 07/12 – Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena
• 07/13 – Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena
• 07/14 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion
• 07/16 – Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre at the FL State Fairgrounds
• 07/18 – West Palm Beach, FL @ iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
• 07/20 – Orlando, FL @ Kia Center
• 07/21 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
• 07/23 – New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center
• 07/25 – Fort Worth, TX @ Dickies Arena
• 07/26 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Paycom Center
• 07/27 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center ATX
• 07/30 – Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center

* Previously announced

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Janet Jackson announces exciting update about tour

Good news, Janet Jackson fans . The performer announced she’s extending her “Together Again Tour with new dates and venues.

She’ll add 35 dates to her tour, which begins on June 4 in Palm Desert, California, PEOPLE reports .

Janet Jackson announces more dates on 2024 tour

A press release says, “The Together Again Tour will offer everyone the chance to reunite with Ms. Jackson in celebration of her 50th anniversary in entertainment and spotlight the milestones for three of Jackson’s most critically acclaimed albums — 25 years of The Velvet Rope, 30 years of janet, and 35 years of Rhythm Nation — featuring her biggest chart-topping hits.”

Also joining the singer is Nelly, who’s known for songs like Grillz, Lil Bit, Dilemma, and more.

Presales for Jackson’s tour will begin Jan 17 at 10 a.m. local time. Then, public on-sales will begin on Friday, Jan 19, at 10 a.m. local time.

Stops on her tour include Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Chicago, Cincinnati, Boston, Tampa, New Orleans, and many other major cities.

She was on tour in 2023 and hopes to build on its success. Last year’s dates included 36 sold-out shows. During that time, she toured with Ludacris from April through June.

Rolling Stone gave her a great review of 2023’s tour, saying , “She still dances with the type of effortless, sweat-free ease that’s made her such a standout in all eras of her career.”

Expect to hear hits like That’s the Way Love Goes, Together Again, Rhythm Nation, Call on Me, All for You, and many more.

If you want to catch Janet Jackson live , now is the chance.

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The pop icon will be performing 35 additional U.S. dates in 2024, with Nelly joining the bill as special guest.

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A year on from announcing her highly anticipated return to the road with her ninth concert tour, “Together Again,” Janet Jackson reveals she will be adding 35 dates to the run. In addition, Nelly will join Jackson on tour across all dates as her special guest.

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Ms. Jackson’s “Together Again” 2024 Tour builds on the success of the 2023 run, the icon’s highest selling trek of her career which featured 36 sold out shows and received rave reviews from fans and press. The Chicago Tribune confirmed, “Being a performer, a showstopper, a true delight is not just what Janet Jackson does. It is who she is.” And the Boston Globe claimed, “Jackson is a killer live act.”

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Produced by Live Nation, the new leg of this tour will start in summer 2024 visiting North American arenas and amphitheaters in Los Angeles, Chicago, Brooklyn, and more; kicking-off in Palm Desert, CA at Acrisure on June 4 and wrapping up in Phoenix, AZ at Footprint Center on July 30.

The “Together Again Tour” will offer everyone the chance to reunite with Ms. Jackson in celebration of her 50th anniversary in entertainment and spotlight the milestones for three of Jackson’s most critically acclaimed albums – 25 years of The Velvet Rope , 30 years of janet , and 35 years of Rhythm Nation . featuring her biggest chart-topping hits. In addition, fans can expect Hip-Hop sensation Nelly to deliver a powerhouse performance, showcasing his greatest hits and cherished fan favorites spanning the last two decades.

Tickets will be available starting with presales that start on Wednesday, January 17th at 10 AM local time running throughout the week ahead of the general on sale beginning Friday, January 19th at 10 AM local time. Visit the Live Nation website for further information.

JANET JACKSON: TOGETHER AGAIN 2024 TOUR DATES: Tue Jun 04 | Palm Desert, CA | Acrisure Arena Thu Jun 06 | Chula Vista, CA | North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre Sat Jun 08 | Los Angeles, CA | The Kia Forum Sun Jun 09 | Anaheim, CA | Honda Center Tue Jun 11 | Sacramento, CA | Golden 1 Center Wed Jun 12 | San Francisco, CA | Chase Center Fri Jun 14 | Salt Lake City, UT | USANA Amphitheatre Sun Jun 16 | Denver, CO | Ball Arena Tue Jun 18 | Saint Paul, MN | Xcel Energy Center Wed Jun 19 | Chicago, IL | United Center Fri Jun 21 | St. Louis, MO | Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Sat Jun 22 | Cincinnati, OH | Riverbend Music Center Sun Jun 23 | Indianapolis, IN | Gainbridge Fieldhouse Tue Jun 25 | Cleveland, OH | Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse Wed Jun 26 | Philadelphia, PA | Wells Fargo Center Fri Jun 28 | Boston, MA | TD Garden Sat Jun 29 | Hartford, CT | The XFINITY Theatre Tue Jul 02 | Detroit, MI | Pine Knob Music Theatre Wed Jul 03 | Toronto, ON | Scotiabank Arena Fri Jul 05 | Buffalo, NY | Darien Lake Amphitheater Sat Jul 06 | Hershey, PA | Hersheypark Stadium Tue Jul 09 | Newark, NJ | Prudential Center Wed Jul 10 | Brooklyn, NY | Barclays Center Fri Jul 12 | Washington, DC | Capital One Arena Sat Jul 13 | Baltimore, MD | CFG Bank Arena Sun Jul 14 | Charlotte, NC | PNC Music Pavilion Tue Jul 16 | Tampa, FL | MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre Thu Jul 18 | West Palm Beach, FL | iThink Financial Amphitheatre Sat Jul 20 | Orlando, FL | Kia Center Sun Jul 21 | Atlanta, GA | State Farm Arena Tue Jul 23 | New Orleans, LA | Smoothie King Center Thu Jul 25 | Fort Worth, TX | Dickies Arena Fri Jul 26 | Oklahoma City, OK | Paycom Center Sat Jul 27 | Austin, TX | Moody Center Tue Jul 30 | Phoenix, AZ | Footprint Center.

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Janet Jackson Reveals She Almost Played Halle Berry's X-Men Role but Had to Tour Instead

Janet Jackson said she was offered the part of Storm in the ‘X-Men’ franchise

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Janet Jackson almost took Hollywood by storm. 

The Grammy-winning singer revealed she was once offered the role of superhero Storm in the big-screen adaptations of Marvel’s X-Men comics, as a preview clip from the Friday, April 26, episode of The Drew Barrymore Show indicates.

“I can’t remember the film but —  Halle Berry played Storm,” Jackson, 57, told hosts Drew Barrymore and Ross Matthews in response to being asked if she was almost cast in 1999’s The Matrix . 

“But I couldn’t” accept the part, she added, “because I was just embarking on the Janet tour.” 

Barrymore, 49, and Matthews, 44, were asking Jackson about a picture of her circa 1999 in which she wore an all-black ensemble including a leather trench coat. But it was 2000’s X-Men rather than The Matrix that she almost joined instead. 

Berry, 57, played the iconic superhero in the comics-to-movie adaptations X-Men , 2003’s X2 , 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand and 2014’s X-Men: Days of Future Past .

The franchise also starred Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, Patrick Stewart as Professor Xavier, Ian McKellen as Magneto, Famke Janssen as Jean Grey, James Marsden as Cyclops, Anna Paquin as Rogue, and more. 

“ X-Men !” exclaimed Barrymore, who then revealed another missed casting connection, that she herself was in contention for a role in 1997’s Mark Wahlberg and Julianne Moore movie Boogie Nights . “I think it’s when I went and did Ever After . I went in a very different direction.”

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In a 2021 interview with Vanity Fair , Berry revealed that she would “absolutely” revisit playing her X-Men character.

“I loved playing Storm, and people love Storm,” she said at the time. “If we could find a version that would make sense, or a storyline that would make sense, I would absolutely do that, for sure.”

While Jackson is known primarily for her music, the “Rhythm Nation” singer has starred as an actress in Poetic Justice, The Nutty Professor: The Klumps , and the Why Did I Get Married films, as well as the sitcom Good Times .

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“I love you in movies,” Matthews told Jackson in the preview clip. “Would you ever do another one?” 

Jackson smiled and responded, “Sure, I would. For sure.”

Her appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show follows her stopping by The Tonight Show on April 12 to crash host Jimmy Fallon ’s opening monologue. Jackson confirmed on the show that she’s in rehearsals for the upcoming dates of her global Together Again Tour .

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Rock trailblazer Heart reunites for a world tour and a new song

FILE - Nancy Wilson, left, and Ann Wilson, right, of the band Heart perform as Heart is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Nokia Theatre on Thursday, April 18, 2013 in Los Angeles. Heart — the pioneering band that melds Nancy Wilson’s shredding guitar with her sister Ann’s powerhouse vocals — is hitting the road this spring for a world tour that Nancy Wilson describes as “the full-on rocker size.” (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Nancy Wilson, left, and Ann Wilson of Heart perform on opening night of the Heartbreaker Tour at the Cruzan Amphitheater in West Palm Beach, Fla., June 17, 2013. Heart — the pioneering band that melds Nancy Wilson’s shredding guitar with her sister Ann’s powerhouse vocals — is hitting the road this spring for a world tour that Nancy Wilson describes as “the full-on rocker size.” (Photo by Jeff Daly/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Nancy and Ann Wilson of the classic rock band Heart perform in concert at the American Music Theater on Monday, March 24, 2014, in Lancaster, Pa. Heart — the pioneering band that melds Nancy Wilson’s shredding guitar with her sister Ann’s powerhouse vocals — is hitting the road this spring for a world tour that Nancy Wilson describes as “the full-on rocker size.” (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File)

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NEW YORK (AP) — Heart — the pioneering band that melds Nancy Wilson’s shredding guitar with her sister Ann’s powerhouse vocals — is hitting the road this spring and fall for a world tour that Nancy Wilson describes as “the full-on rocker size.”

“I’ve been strengthening. I’ve got my trainer,” she says. “You go one day at a time and you strengthen one workout session at a time. It’s a lot of work, but it’s the only job I know how to do.”

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers who gave us classic tracks like “Magic Man,” “Crazy on You” and “Alone” will be playing all the hits, some tracks from of their solo albums — like Ann Wilson’s “Miss One and Only” and Nancy Wilson’s “Love Mistake” — and a new song called “Roll the Dice.”

Nancy Wilson, left, and Ann Wilson perform on opening night of the Heartbreaker Tour in West Palm Beach, Fla., June 17, 2013. (Photo by Jeff Daly/Invision/AP, File)

“I like to say we have really good problems because the problem we have is to choose between a bunch of different, really cool songs that people love already,” says Nancy Wilson.

Like “Barracuda,” a sonic burst which first appeared on the band’s second album, “Little Queen” and is one of the band’s most memorable songs.

“You can’t mess with ‘Barracuda.’ It’s just the way it is. It is great. You get on the horse and you ride. It’s a galloping steed of a ride to go on. And for everybody, including the band.”

The tour kicks off Saturday at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, and will hit cities including Atlanta, Boston, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Detroit, as well as the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado. International dates include stops in London, Oslo, Berlin, Stockholm, Montreal and Glasgow.

The band’s Royal Flush Tour will have Cheap Trick as the opening act for many stops, but Def Leppard and Journey will join for three stadium dates in Cleveland, Toronto and Boston this summer.

Ann and Nancy Wilson will be filled out by Ryan Wariner (lead and rhythm guitar), Ryan Waters (guitars), Paul Moak (guitars, keyboards and backing vocals), Tony Lucido (bass and backing vocals) and Sean T. Lane (drums).

The tour is the first in several years for Heart, which was rocked by a body blow in 2016 when Ann Wilson’s husband was arrested for assaulting Nancy’s 16-year-old twin sons. Nancy Wilson says that’s all in the past.

“We can take any kind of turbulence, me and Ann, and we’ve always been OK together,” she says. “We’re still steering the ship and happy to do it together. So we’re tight.”

The new tour will take them to Canada, which was warm to the band when they were starting out as what Nancy Wilson calls “a couple of chicks from Seattle.” She recalls Vancouver embracing Heart, and touring in one van across Canada in the dead of winter on two lane highways.

The Wilsons at the American Music Theater on Monday, March 24, 2014, in Lancaster, Pa. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File)

The Wilson sisters broke rock’s glass ceiling in the ‘70s and Nancy Wilson says they only had male influences to look to, like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and the Moody Blues.

Now she says she looks out and loves seeing generations of female rockers. “You have boygenius and you have Billie Eilish and you have Olivia Rodrigo and so many amazing women — Maggie Rogers and Sheryl Crow, who calls us her big influence. And then Billie Eilish might have Sheryl Crow as her influence. So it’s a really nice legacy to pass along. I like to say we’re the OG — the original gangsters — of women and rock.”

Heart has made it into the Rock Hall, won Grammys, sold millions of albums and rocked hundreds of thousands of fans but Nancy Wilson has one place she’d still like to shine.

Next year will mark the 50th anniversary of their debut album, “Dreamboat Annie,” which was the same year that “Saturday Night Live” started. “So we’re actually kind of putting it out there — Heart never played on ‘Saturday Night Live.’ But what about the 50th birthday party with Heart?”

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