Music Icon Janet Jackson Announces Additional Tour Dates: Tickets for Rock Witchu Tour on Sale Beginning June 7th

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Additional television appearances this week include MTV’s TRL and Entertainment Tonight. Janet Jackson has undeniably influenced pop culture with not only her current album “Discipline,” which debuted at number one on the charts, but over a 100 million total albums sold, countless hit singles, awards and accolades. The tour will feature new songs from her album “Discipline,” as well as all of the hit singles and innovative dance routines that have made her one of the most celebrated artists in history.

The Live Nation produced tour which kicks off in Vancouver, BC on September 10th, will also visit Oakland, Las Vegas, Chicago, Detroit, Boston, Philadelphia, Greensboro, Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, San Diego, Houston and Dallas, as well as the already announced dates in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Washington, DC and New Jersey. Tickets are available at http://www.livenation.com/ (see below for a complete list of on-sale dates in various cities). Additional dates are expected to be announced in the coming weeks.

Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets for the first dates beginning June 2 at 10am ET through Citi’s Private Pass(R) Program. For complete presale details, as well as presale information for the newly added dates, visit: http://www.privatepass.citi.com/.

Janet has launched http://www.janetfanclub.com/, a dedicated tour website for the Rock Witchu Tour where the public can sign up for access to presale tickets, exclusive content, contests and worldwide community of Janet fans and more. Fan club members will get access to special presales for additional dates as they are announced. To find out more, visit http://www.janetfanclub.com/.

Janet has left an indelible mark on pop music, selling more than 100 million albums and, having achieved the number one spot on Billboard Magazine’s Top 200 Album Chart 6 times, is among just 3 female artists that have achieved such status. She is the only performer male or female to be nominated for Grammy Awards in each of the Pop, Rock, Dance, Rap and R&B categories, and the first female recording artist of color to be nominated for a Producer of the Year Grammy. With literally hundreds of awards and nominations from everyone from the American Music Awards, where she holds the title for most nominations from one album, to MTV, where she was awarded the first ICON award, to the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, Radio Music Awards, World Music Awards, Billboard, Rolling Stone, NAACP, etc., the recognitions of her musical contributions are astounding.

                      JANET JACKSON ROCK WITCHU TOUR

   DATE          CITY                   VENUE                  ON-SALE

   SEP 10    Vancouver, BC         General Motors Place        JUNE 7
   SEP 13    Oakland, CA           Oracle Arena                JUNE 15
   SEP 19    Las Vegas, NV         Mandalay Bay Events Center  JUNE 14
   SEP 20    San Diego, CA         San Diego Sports Arena      TBA
   SEP 25    Chicago, IL           Allstate Arena              JUNE 21
   SEP 27    Detroit, MI           Palace Of Auburn Hills      JUNE 14
   SEP 28    Toronto, ON           Air Canada Centre           JUNE 6
   SEP 29    Montreal, QC          Bell Centre                 JUNE 7
   OCT 1     Boston, MA            TD Banknorth Garden         JUNE 13
   OCT 2     Philadelphia, PA      Wachovia Center             JUNE 16
   OCT 4     Greensboro, NC        Greensboro Coliseum Complex JUNE 14
   OCT 5     Atlanta, GA           Philips Arena               JUNE 14
   OCT 7     Fort Lauderdale, FL   BankAtlantic Center         JUNE 21
   OCT 15    Washington,           DC Verizon Center           JUNE 16
   OCT 17    East Rutherford, NJ   Izod Center                 JUNE 7
   OCT 21    Houston, TX           Toyota Center               JUNE 16
   OCT 22    Dallas, TX            American Airlines Center    JUNE 13


  ***MORE CITIES/DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON

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