Janet Jackson To Set The Record Straight?

By: Janine Coveney

Singer Janet Jackson has called off another show on her Rock Witchu Tour -- this time it was tonight's (October 13th) concert at the Turning Stone Event Center in Verona, New York. More shows could also be canceled and postponed as Jackson deals with an undisclosed illness.

According to the fan site janet-planet.org, Jackson will be featured on a segment of tonight's Access Hollywood to discuss what is ailing her and the status of the tour. Check local listings for time and channel.

Meanwhile, several media outlets have been speculating about the cause of Jackson's scuttled tour dates, everything from bad reviews, possible pregnancy, exhaustion, and poor ticket sales. Last week ABCNews.com asked, "Is Janet Jackson Spinning Out Of Control?" in a headline.
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I guess we'll have to wait and see what the spin contol will be. just hope her handlers don't put out a generic vague statement.

where is Reebie? We could always count on her to tell us the truth about what's going on...

Whatever it is, I hope it's not telling folks she's okay enough to do a show.

MediaTakeout is reporting that Janet is not sick and the promoters are canceling the shows due to poor ticket sales.

http://www.mediatakeout.c...sales.html

October 12, 2008. MediaTakeOut.com just caught wind of a report being run on the ABC News site. According to that report, Janet Jackson may be FORCED to stop performing by the promoter.

Here's an excerpt from the report on ABC News:

The former Jackson family spokesman known only as Phoenix is skeptical of reports of vertigo, adding that Randy has been out of touch with his sister.

"It's not really Janet, it's the promoter," said Phoenix, who stays in contact with the family and fronts a Jackson tribute band called the "Dancing Machine Revue."

"They are pulling out due to bad ticket sales. Janet might have been one of the greatest pop icons in her time. But Janet Jackson, at 42 years old, does not have the same appeal as in '89 with 'Rhythm Nation.' Other artists took that throne -- Ashanti and Beyonce. This is what you call a publicity stunt."


Hold up... did he just say ASHANTI or Beyonce???? You see now we were believing the report until that statement right there!!.
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daPrettyman said:

They're the last people to report on actual news.

Timmy84 said:

Believe it or not, they are usually pretty accurate. Besides, they are saying that the source is ABC News. I edited my original post with the story.

daPrettyman said:

Oh yeah I read the ABC story, lol. The thing about MTO though is they always post it like it's breaking news when I get the news like three days before they do.

yeah they must be out they minds- Ashanti and Beyonce my ass.....

Timmy84 said:

Now, that is the truth.

so if the promoters are cancelling why are they rescheduling shows? they already rescheduled a few including the garden

lowkey said:

That's what I wanted to know.

Has she rescheduled any other shows besides NYC?

JackieBlue said:

She has resheduled the Atl show.. It's now set for Oct 19th... It was originally scheduled for Oct 5th
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alot of them are just TBA.....

banks said:

I'm curious to see what she'll say tonight but for some reason I'm not expecting much.

Evvy said:

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yes... I mentioned that a college friend of mine is in limbo with his philly tickets because the won't refund his money until she cancels or reshedules

lowkey said:

Which is why I don't believe the story of low ticket sales...

You can tell that it's having a negative effect on Janet's career. But also this tour also turned friends against each other. One poster posted a video on YouTube talking about how he trusted this big Janet fan to give him back the money he gave her for tickets to one of the three shows they were supposed to be attending. I'm thinking all the dates were canceled at this point or postponed but he was so upset he started saying to her "bitch where's my money!" and going off on her for what he thought was disrespect.

I hoped Janet can explain though.

shesoffthewall said:

You believe Live Nation's charging too much on Janet's tour too?

Timmy84 said:

I can see it now... a movie on the different outcomes of fans across the country based on this tour. Fallouts, money lost, flight changes, cancellations, hope, despair, worry, breakups...

JackieBlue said:

but its not simple - getting your money back from ticketmaster- I just called them and because the show is in another state- they said they would call me back once they had contacted the venue??

crazy.....

Timmy84 said:

I don't think Janet's ticket prices are anything out of the ordinary when you look at what others are charging like Beyonce (when I saw her last year), Mary J. Blige and others. I do think that Live Nation jacked up her schedule, I mean really no breaks in between. They were really planning on working her for real.

Evvy said:

When money is involved it's always serious. And whenever fans start traveling to see folks and things like this happen there are always interesting and intertwined stories to come out of it that you would never expect. On the surface it looks like a cancellation but underneath...

JackieBlue said:

What a mess

Evvy said:

Damn, that's fucked up.

If Janet ever decides to tour in the future,fans are gonna be afraid to buy tickets They're gonna remember the 'Rockwitchu Tour' and will be very skeptical.She may have hurt her chances at having successful tours in the future.

SoulAlive said:

Hell, I’m scared of all the Jacksons. I had tickets for The Jackson Family Honors, One Night Only I was waiting for the 30th Anniversary to get shut down too.

JackieBlue said:

That family has been known to do some outlandish shit.

shesoffthewall said:

I know the Texas ticket sales are low. So are the Oklahoma sales. I heard on the radio that the Dallas show has only sold around 4,000 seats in a 20,000 seater arena.

i believe something is really wrong with her, i just cant see her doing this at this stage in her career, especially with the great reviews she's gotten from the few shows she already did.i think if it was all about ticket sales they wouldnt cancel shows minutes before show time, that really dont make sense to me, i mean dont people still have to be paid for showing up to work that night?