Video screen pic during a costume change:

I don´t like the outfit nor the hair. Sorry.

I would like to see the show, though.

@VoicesCarry
Thanks for the clarification/infos

@dag
Yeah,I'm also not too fond of the hair... and for that opening outfit she should loose some weight!

Opening

STILL humping male audience members on stage I hear. Will she EVER drop that shit?

Hey... I want that... gives me hope! You got Michael!

One of my gay friends was nearly one of those guys on TVR tour. Then apparently they chose some weirdo guy over him who had about 20 piercings in his face and Janet looked scared of him. In the end he was thankful he wasn't chosen

Final setlist for Vancouver opening night of the Rock Witchu Tour

Janet's opening night concert of the Rock Witchu Tour in Vancouver lasted around 2 hours and 30 minutes long.

The setlist that she performed tonight - in order - was:

Intro
Pleasure Principle
Control
What Have You Done For Me Lately
Feedback
You Want This
Alright
Miss You Much
Rhythm Nation - Interlude
Never Letchu Go
Come Back To Me
Let's Wait Awhile
Again
So Excited
So Much Betta
Nasty
All Nite (Don't Stop)
Rock With U
Together Again
Young Love
Say You Do
Don't Stand Another Chance
Doesn't Really Matter
Escapade
Love Will Never Do (Without You)
When I Think Of You
All For You
Got 'Til It's Gone
Call On Me
That's The Way Love Goes
I Get Lonely
Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)
Any Time, Any Place
Discipline
Black Cat
If
Rhythm Nation
Luv
Band/Dancer Introductions
Runaway

dag said:

I equate the costume (and hair) on the level of Michael’s gold leotard.

Sounds like a fun show tho.

I think Come Give Your Love , my personal favorite is too slow for this set list.

Review: Janet Jackson still a trend-setter, diva, and marvelous performer
Amy O'Brian, Vancouver Sun
Published: Thursday, September 11, 2008
In the fad-hungry world of pop music, seven years is a lifetime.

Many who make it to the tops of the charts one year will be nothing but a frothy memory seven years after their career climax.

But Janet Jackson - who launched her first tour in seven years Wednesday night with a high-voltage performance at GM Place - has a secure place in the pop world. The soft-spoken diva has a fan base and track record that allow her the rare privilege of hiding from the spotlight for years at a time before breaking out again.

But when she decides it's time for a tour, Ms. Jackson makes sure it's done right. And when she promises fans the show is going to be packed with hits, costumes and dancers, she doesn't disappoint.

Within the first 10 minutes of the show, Jackson powered through four hits, covering material that spanned an impressive 22 year range. The opening set made it abundantly clear that Jackson has weathered many different musical trends and eras, but has always remained an individual.

Blasting off with The Pleasure Principle, off her 1986 breakthrough album, Control, Jackson quickly set the tone for a show that had a serious celebratory party vibe. The 42-year-old danced and sang her way through What Have You Done for Me Lately and onto Feedback, the lead single off her most recent album, Discipline.

With an ear-piercing blast of pyrotechnics, a fog of thick cloud and dancers that popped up out of the stage and runway, Jackson proved within the first few minutes that she didn't choose the low-budget route for her Rock Witchu Tour.

The costume changes came fast and furious, ranging from futuristic space wear to a sailor-inspired number that included a curious corset to a long red sequined gown - which she wore for her slowed-down set of four ballads (including Come Back to Me, Let's Wait Awhile and Again). Nine dancers did their best to keep up with her on stage, a video screen behind showed graphics and images to enhance the mood, moveable staircases created layered interest, and a band worked away off to the side.

The crowd - which didn't quite fill the stadium - was on the quiet side to begin with, but exploded with high-pitched cheers for mega-hits like Nasty, Miss You Much and Together Again.

But it was after that last tune - Janet's eighth No. 1 hit on the Billboard charts - that the audience went wild.

For what seemed like minutes, Jackson stood alone, at the end of the runway, gesturing gratitude with her hands and allowing a few tears to roll down her cheeks. Judging from the screams, that kind of emotional display from Ms. Janet was worth more to the 11,000 or so fans than all the dance moves in her repertoire.

But while Jackson can be endearingly sweet and tender, she can play nasty just as well, if not better.

Toward the end of the more than two-hour show, Jackson put on an S&M display that would have either made you blush with embarrassment or flushed with lust, depending on your range of sexual fantasies.

For one enthusiastic male fan, it might have actually been a fantasy come true as he was hoisted up on stage, walked towards a torture-like device, and hoisted into various compromising positions as Ms. Janet and her dancers had their way with him. But it was probably a good thing there were barely any young kids in the crowd.

Rhythm Nation, one of Jackson's signature classics, was one of the last songs of the night and was presented with so many deafening fireworks explosions, I briefly felt we were under attack.

And, in a sense, we were. Janet Jackson's latest choreographed concert spectacle is an aggressive reminder to the world that she is a woman who has risen above fads and scandal (who can forget the famous Superbowl wardrobe malfunction?). It is a reminder that she is a trend-setter in her own right, a true diva, and a marvelous performer.

[b]Janet Jackson brings 10,000 Vancouverites inside her velvet rope
Tom Harrison, The Province
Published: Thursday, September 11, 2008[/b]Janet Jackson started her Rock With U tour Wednesday night at GM Place for an audience of around 10,000. That might sound good, but in the days of The Velvet Rope album she would have sold out immediately.

That's the way it is today. There are fewer sure things and the act now must work harder to assert its individualism and hold its own in the face of a tougher environment.

Jackson is no stranger to hard work and she has become famous - at least in Vancouver - for her exacting standards.

This dedication to putting on a spectacular show might get her through a time of comparatively low album sales, possibly even reviving interest in the current Discipline. She had to survive opening night first.

Opening nights are supposed to have technical problems or theatrical miscues but this one appeared well-rehearsed and fast-paced.

What did she start with? I don't know. There was so much going on. There were nine dancers, pyrotechnics, spurts of fog, backing films, projectors on video screens and a walk-around stage that came out mid-floor.

There were hydraulic lights, flaps that popped out of the floor, a digital curtain, break-dancing and, of course, loads of hits.

There were also multiple costume changes, from futuristic catsuits to sailor suits to a red evening gown for a medley of ballads, one of the few times Jackson slowed down.

She has raised her own standards, downplaying the sexual angle for a more athletic show that didn't have a musician in sight.

The emphasis was on action and dance, and seemed more natural to her.

Any show following Janet Jackson into GM Place will find it difficult to match her.

Grade: B+

I ADORE Janet - these pics look amazing. What I wouldn't do to make her come to the UK, but its really not happening after the disasterous way Discipline wasn't publisised or promoted. I remember the day it came out and I couldn't find it anywhere *fingers crossed for DVD*

JonnyUK said:

Where do you live in the UK? It was at the front of all the stores on the day it was out in London. There was even instore promotions with the album playing in Zavvis and HMVs. Still stalled at 63 in the chart.

Nice to see she pulled in 10,000 or 11,000 (depending on which article you believe) since I was little concerned about ticket sales.

I think word of mouth will be strong so let's see what happens.

Nice to see she's finally revamped her stage act!

Ellie said:

And still doing that thing where she stands still for five minutes and pretends to be moved to tears by the love of the audience. **cringe**

midnightmover said:

Ah, that's the part where we can watch and accurately count down to ever whimper, wipe of the forehead and shrug of the shoulders

Ellie said:

All of which is totally "spontaneous".

banks said:

I REALLY need to know how these songs were performed!!!!

i came a little bit. just sayin'.

this woman is gonna pump my pussy for 2.5 hours??? oh, lordy!

sassybritches said:

VoicesCarry said:

Thickness.....is my weakness.

midnightmover said:

I was at the concert, and not sure what you're talking about. She only shed a few tears at the end of Together Again because the audience response was so strong. No ful-on crying in the ballad section like at previous shows.

Graycap23 said:

Gray, you ain't telling me you'd hit this are you?

Yikes!

VoicesCarry said:

I'm not talking about the crying in the ballad section. That's a different routine. The routine I'm talking about is exactly the one you described. She's been doing that for years, but I'm sure you think it's totally spontaneous every time.

VC, did you have an opening act?

midnightmover said:

Not going to argue with you. Have a great day.

JackieBlue said:

No. Nelly will be opening at the Oakland show (9/13).

So VC,

How did it feel to finally see her in Concert ?

VoicesCarry said:

FUNNY HOW TIME FLIES!?!?!

Ellie said:

I live in Manchester City Centre. Day of release I went to Zavvi, nothing there, same at Fopp and Tesco (gotta love Tesco haha). It wasn't anywhere in the new releases section or chart in HMV, they had a handful of copies hidden away with the rest of her catalogue in the alphabetical section.