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Janet Wows Abu Dhabi Crowd

Jackson is No 1 with Yas crowd

ABU DHABI // Janet Jackson's performance at Yas Island last night was not only a celebration of a 30-year pop career, but a masterclass in how to deliver a pop performance.

The 45-year-old filled a dynamic show with all the chart toppers, reflecting her eclectic muse from R&B, pop to rock and dance.

Her Abu Dhabi stop was in the middle of a 10-month tour which began in the Philippines in February and will conclude in Miami in December.

The show was fast moving and slickly produced with the diva supported by an eight-piece band all clad in white, and six dancers in denim.

The Abu Dhabi crowd reflected the longevity of the singer. It ranged from those just wanting a good night out to the hard core fans.

The Etihad captain Peter Thomas said the event as nice way to unwind after a landing a plane full of passengers from Delhi. After growing up near Glastonbury in England, where the annual festival is known for both the music and the rain, Mr Thomas said to see an outdoor musical performance on a mild evening was nothing short of a miracle.

"This city should be the concert capital of the world," he said. "You have the weather and the people and if you put open air concerts in such a setting, you will get more to people to come ... To be at an open-air concert without a brolly is just fantastic."

For the barman Ron Espenocilla the concert was not only a dream come true, but the reason that very nearly got him fired from a Dubai restaurant.

Leaning on the barrier dividing the general admission ticket holders from the fan pit, Mr Espenocilla gushed that he had just purchased more than Dh330 worth of merchandise including a concert programme, a special concert edition laminated card, a T-shirt and a carry-on bag.

"This is very much a dream come true," he said.

"I missed two of her tours in the Philippines because I was either studying or living here and this time I wasn't going to miss it. I told my job one month before that I have to go to do this and they were not happy but I told myself it was worth leaving it if they said no ... lucky they agreed."

It was a family affair for the Abu Dhabi engineer Allan Patacsil.

He took his wife, three young kids and nanny along for the concert. While admitting he was familiar with her music "but not a big fan", he said the event gave the family something to look forward to.

"It's a chance for us to spend some quality time," he said.

"The opportunity came and we took and we are all having a great time."

Jackson came on stage after 9.30pm but the restless crowd soon forgave the tardiness. Dressed in a white jacket, black T-shirt and jeans and singing through a headset, she began with the energetic Pleasure Principle.

Jackson always paid as much attention to her choreography as her vocal performance, and both blended well throughout the performance.

It is here she showed her experience. While Shakira's Abu Dhabi show this year was criticised for alleged lip synching, Jackson left no doubt to who was delivering the tunes.

In Control, What Have You Done for Me Lately and the thumping Feedback she executed elaborate dance routines without a faltering note.

For the Australian tourist Salim Ftouni, her performance proved the singer has not slowed down over the years. "She was the first concert I ever saw in Melbourne back in 1998," he said. "Like then she was full of energy and she was doing a great job,"

Jackson's concert is the first of the Yas Island Weekend shows. On October 25, the metal titans Metallica will play at the arena before the venue becomes the stage for the Formula One concert series in November.

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Janet Jackson’s tour contract is no joke: According to The Smoking Gun, the legal document stipulates that should any comedians open for the performer, jokes about her family are off limits. What’s OK: white tulips and unscented candles in the star’s dressing room.

Behind the scenes footage of the show from the Yas Arena

Adam Levine yesterday via Twitter:

@adamlevine Miss You Much. Jimmy Jam. Terry Lewis. #BOOM

@adamlevine Even for as huge as Janet Jackson is. I stil feel like her records are underrated. #brilliant

Flashback: cute vid of Janet with a French fan



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Reply #1 posted 10/13/11 3:30pm

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Timmy84 said:

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Reply #3 posted 10/13/11 4:06pm

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Flashback: cute vid of Janet with a French fan



That's Omer Bhatti's daddy right thur. heeeee

James DeWho? I was a little shocked when she reached out and touched his face, but I wanted to do the same damn thing.

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allsmutaside said:

Flashback: cute vid of Janet with a French fan



That's Omer Bhatti's daddy right thur. heeeee

James DeWho? I was a little shocked when she reached out and touched his face, but I wanted to do the same damn thing.

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She didn't even look at them damn Hydrangeas, just went straight to letting him put the neckalce on her.

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allsmutaside said:

She didn't even look at them damn Hydrangeas, just went straight to letting him put the neckalce on her.

falloff She would've loved his hydrangeas!

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allsmutaside said:

She didn't even look at them damn Hydrangeas, just went straight to letting him put the neckalce on her.

falloff She would've loved his hydrangeas!

I can imagine her going "that's soooo sweet biggrin ". I doubt she would've done a Madonna. lol

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Timmy84 said:

SEANMAN said:

falloff She would've loved his hydrangeas!

I can imagine her going "that's soooo sweet biggrin ". I doubt she would've done a Madonna. lol

lol Definately not!

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Pic from the show

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Reply #10 posted 10/13/11 4:52pm

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I don't think I've loved her more. And when I had that Rhythm Nation Love look out.

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Can't wait to see her on this tour when/if she comes back to America!

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aardvark15 said:

Can't wait to see her on this tour when/if she comes back to America!

I think December is the end of it, even though I heard it was extended into the spring. Either way, it's back to the recording studio once the tour winds down!!!!

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aardvark15 said:

Can't wait to see her on this tour when/if she comes back to America!

I think December is the end of it, even though I heard it was extended into the spring. Either way, it's back to the recording studio once the tour winds down!!!!

Interesting. Think she might include Japan if she does tour next spring?

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Timmy84 said:

SEANMAN said:

I think December is the end of it, even though I heard it was extended into the spring. Either way, it's back to the recording studio once the tour winds down!!!!

Interesting. Think she might include Japan if she does tour next spring?

She may go back there, or maybe South America?

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Timmy84 said:

Interesting. Think she might include Japan if she does tour next spring?

She may go back there, or maybe South America?

She could do both hell lol

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Timmy84 said:

SEANMAN said:

She may go back there, or maybe South America?

She could do both hell lol

Definately. Make that paper, J!

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Timmy84 said:

She could do both hell lol

Definately. Make that paper, J!

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clapping YaY!! good for her. great show...blah blah blah... NOW hurry up with a NEW album Janet!! mad

pleeeease!! pray

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clapping YaY!! good for her. great show...blah blah blah... NOW hurry up with a NEW album Janet!! mad

pleeeease!! pray

don't rush her. we've seen the results when she's rushed to put out an album. she obviously needs 4 years in between, otherwise it's a disaster lol

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I heard the tour will go to Brazil in December and there are plans to keep going until March.

Janet is my favorite! biggrin

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If she does make another album hopefully its on some I Want You, Can't Be Good, R&B Junkie, Make Me, Rock Wit U and Doesn't Really Matter type of vibe. Nobody want to hear her sing those boring ass ballads like "Nutten" or hear about her bloody ass period "Feedback".

Be sensual and classy Jan, enough with the sexual and trash.

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errant said:

CHIC0 said:

clapping YaY!! good for her. great show...blah blah blah... NOW hurry up with a NEW album Janet!! mad

pleeeease!! pray

don't rush her. we've seen the results when she's rushed to put out an album. she obviously needs 4 years in between, otherwise it's a disaster lol

2012 will be four years since Discipline, so she's primed and ready...

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CHIC0 said:

clapping YaY!! good for her. great show...blah blah blah... NOW hurry up with a NEW album Janet!! mad

pleeeease!! pray

THIS

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PlayboyOriginal said:

If she does make another album hopefully its on some I Want You, Can't Be Good, R&B Junkie, Make Me, Rock Wit U and Doesn't Really Matter type of vibe. Nobody want to hear her sing those boring ass ballads like "Nutten" or hear about her bloody ass period "Feedback".

Be sensual and classy Jan, enough with the sexual and trash.

LOL @ "Nutten". If she does anything that comes close to "All Nite (Don't Stop)" on the new album, I will effectively keel the fuck over. If there's one song in her catalogue that was criminally overlooked, it's that one.

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I heard the tour will go to Brazil in December and there are plans to keep going until March.

Janet is my favorite! biggrin

eek She's playing Australia later this month, then Africa and then back to America, but I didn't know about Brazil!

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CHIC0 said:

clapping YaY!! good for her. great show...blah blah blah... NOW hurry up with a NEW album Janet!! mad

pleeeease!! pray

don't rush her. we've seen the results when she's rushed to put out an album. she obviously needs 4 years in between, otherwise it's a disaster lol

lol ouch!

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SEANMAN said:

PlayboyOriginal said:

If she does make another album hopefully its on some I Want You, Can't Be Good, R&B Junkie, Make Me, Rock Wit U and Doesn't Really Matter type of vibe. Nobody want to hear her sing those boring ass ballads like "Nutten" or hear about her bloody ass period "Feedback".

Be sensual and classy Jan, enough with the sexual and trash.

LOL @ "Nutten". If she does anything that comes close to "All Nite (Don't Stop)" on the new album, I will effectively keel the fuck over. If there's one song in her catalogue that was criminally overlooked, it's that one.

I love this song.... Janet taught me how to the chickenhead lol lol lol

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SEANMAN said:

CHIC0 said:

clapping YaY!! good for her. great show...blah blah blah... NOW hurry up with a NEW album Janet!! mad

pleeeease!! pray

THIS

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not sure where the pics are from, but this last one would be nice for an album cover.

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CHIC0 said:

SEANMAN said:

THIS

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not sure where the pics are from, but this last one would be nice for an album cover.

I think these are from the 20 YO Era. Gorgeous.

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