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Janet Jackson has vowed to return to the UK as a live performer in the near future.

Although the R&B singer performed on The X Factor last year in support of her Greatest Hits collection The Best, she has not played a full UK live date since 1998's 'The Velvet Rope World Tour'.

Discussing the possibility of future UK shows, she told Digital Spy: "I would really love to - it's been 12 years since I've played here in Europe and I miss it a great deal. The last tour [I took to Europe] was 'The Velvet Rope'.

"I wanted to come over with my other tours but I was nervous when we started the war. I was very worried. I'm not giving up singing for acting though. I love it too much. I'll come back for sure."

Jackson, 44, does not currently have a record deal, but she recently recorded the track 'Nothing' for the soundtrack of her new movie Why Did I Get Married Too?, which opens in UK cinemas next month.

"The song's really inspired by the characters in the film," Jackson said. "I wrote it with [producer/boyfriend] Jermaine Dupri.

"Tyler [Perry, director] didn't have a theme song for the movie, so Jermaine and I went to his studio in Atlanta, wrote this song, came back and presented it to Tyler and he liked it. That's how it all came about."

Press 'play' below to hear Janet Jackson discussing touring and 'Nothing' in more detail:

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tbh ill believe it when i see it. shes hardly gonna say the opposite. if she struggled selling tickets for all for you shes gonna find it even harder now. especially considering how poorly shes done over the years here and losing support for selling mj out.when at janets concerts i attended over the years you saw more mj shirts than janet ones. the only plus is selling tickets off mjs name and the gen public going cause of that
 
elusive moonwalker said:
tbh ill believe it when i see it. shes hardly gonna say the opposite. if she struggled selling tickets for all for you shes gonna find it even harder now. especially considering how poorly shes done over the years here and losing support for selling mj out.when at janets concerts i attended over the years you saw more mj shirts than janet ones. the only plus is selling tickets off mjs name and the gen public going cause of that
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didn't the all for you tour dates get cancelled because of 9/11? I think Janet would have been able to see the tickets back then I remember all for you being quiet big here, ofcorse its going to be much harder now, as shes slipped under the radar over here, but if anyone can do it Janet can :)

I think she should start with maybe one or two shows max just to see how they sell, then decide if she thinks she can sell more.
 
She won't tour over here unless she has another hit.

And based on the past ten years, that could be never.
 
didn't the all for you tour dates get cancelled because of 9/11?
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well that was her excuse but the euro shows did very poor ticket sales and weeks/months later she flew to japan to do shows there that had sold well. so make your own mind up on that one

the all for you single did well here and i think the son of a gun remix but the album went off the radar after that. if i remember right.she went away from the poppy dance sound to concentrate of american R&B and that pretty much ruined her in europe imo
 
elusive moonwalker said:
well that was her excuse but the euro shows did very poor ticket sales and weeks/months later she flew to japan to do shows there that had sold well. so make your own mind up on that one

the all for you single did well here and i think the son of a gun remix but the album went off the radar after that. if i remember right.
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The AFY tour being cancelled because of 9/11 is about as believable as all those dates on her Rock Wit U tour being cancelled because of "vertigo."

It's never the ticket sales.... :smilerolleyes:
 
is about as believable as all those dates on her Rock Wit U tour being cancelled because of "vertigo."
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lol yeah i forgot about that one lol
 
MattyJam said:
She won't tour over here unless she has another hit.

And based on the past ten years, that could be never.
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True, if she makes a hit album (which I think she is totally capable of doing) then she could have a great tour! Oh, and All For You was a pretty big album, so it's more so the last 9 years since a big hit.

Plenty of artists get in 10 year (hell, some even last longer for some artists) non hit periods..She's fully capable of making a great album.
 
Tsukiji said:
True, if she makes a hit album (which I think she is totally capable of doing) then she could have a great tour! Oh, and All For You was a pretty big album, so it's more so the last 9 years since a big hit.

Plenty of artists get in 10 year (hell, some even last longer for some artists) non hit periods..She's fully capable of making a great album.
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The problem doesn't seem to be the music. Feedback was a great single and if it had been released prior to Nipplegate, then I'm sure it would've been huge. She just isn't getting the support anymore, from labels, from radio stations. Not the way Beyonce is anyway.

It's a shame, because although she isn't as good as she was in the 80s and 90s, Discipline was much better than any other pop album released in 2008.
 
MattyJam said:
The problem doesn't seem to be the music. Feedback was a great single and if it had been released prior to Nipplegate, then I'm sure it would've been huge. She just isn't getting the support anymore, from labels, from radio stations. Not the way Beyonce is anyway.

It's a shame, because although she isn't as good as she was in the 80s and 90s, Discipline was much better than any other pop album released in 2008.
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Well you know, I truly believe she's capable of making some really great albums..She was a bit hit and miss in the 2000's and the whole Super Bowl thing (which is kind of stupid considering that female artists wear nothing today) will go away if she makes a hit album..

Like if she comes out with an AMAZING album, it WILL get attention, radio stations will play it, she can sell out a tour..I really hope she is working on something that I think she is capable of doing.
 
elusive moonwalker said:
tbh ill believe it when i see it. shes hardly gonna say the opposite. if she struggled selling tickets for all for you shes gonna find it even harder now. especially considering how poorly shes done over the years here and losing support for selling mj out.when at janets concerts i attended over the years you saw more mj shirts than janet ones. the only plus is selling tickets off mjs name and the gen public going cause of that
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WOW! :lol:

Deluded MJ fan much?

AFY was cancelled because of 9/11. Most shows through Europe had sold out.
 
MattyJam said:
The AFY tour being cancelled because of 9/11 is about as believable as all those dates on her Rock Wit U tour being cancelled because of "vertigo."

It's never the ticket sales.... :smilerolleyes:
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:yes:

Bottomline, Janet is experiencing what all other female musical artist who hit their 40's have to contend with,......the music buying audience has moved on to the younger and more hip set. And it does'nt help when an artist puts out sub-standard albums one after the other. I'm not counting her out, but the game has changed and she knows it, hence the route she is taking now.
 
Pez said:
WOW! :lol:

Deluded MJ fan much?

AFY was cancelled because of 9/11. Most shows through Europe had sold out.
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So why didn't she just reschedule. As someone pointed out, she did shows in Asia.
 
WOW! :lol:

Deluded MJ fan much?

AFY was cancelled because of 9/11. Most shows through Europe had sold out.
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ive prob seen janet more times in concert and person than you lol. so no not deluded unlike someone who lives on a mj forum and not a janet one.just posting what was reported at the time and the fact she flew to japan very shortly after which totally contridicts the concerns re 9/11. if u can show ticket sales figures fine but im commenting on what went on in the uk and other places as reported at that time. and stating what i saw with my own eyes at the many janet concerts on the janet and VR tours i went to in relation to the mj t.shirts.but i guess you know more sat on the other side of the world
 
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ExoticPrincess said:
:yes:

Bottomline, Janet is experiencing what all other female musical artist who hit their 40's have to contend with,......the music buying audience has moved on to the younger and more hip set. And it does'nt help when an artist puts out sub-standard albums one after the other. I'm not counting her out, but the game has changed and she knows it, hence the route she is taking now.
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very true. when she was at the top of her game there were only a handful of top female artists and she pretty much covered the r&b dance/pop genre but now you have so many singers like rhianna and the like that didnt really excist to the extreame they do now. (well not from what i remember) back then. its hard to when you dont have a a hardcore fanbase that are prepaired to go through the tough times and rely more on the gen public liking one off songs in order to make them big. things have changed alot since the late 90's loads more aritsts for ppl to follow and move onto
 
ExoticPrincess said:
:yes:

Bottomline, Janet is experiencing what all other female musical artist who hit their 40's have to contend with,......the music buying audience has moved on to the younger and more hip set. And it does'nt help when an artist puts out sub-standard albums one after the other. I'm not counting her out, but the game has changed and she knows it, hence the route she is taking now.
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yeah, you're right lots of female artists starts to decline when they hit their 40's whitney houston, mariah carey, diana ross unless you have a hardcore fanbase,
 
billyworld99 said:
yeah, you're right lots of female artists starts to decline when they hit their 40's whitney houston, mariah carey, diana ross unless you have a hardcore fanbase,
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And it is the exact opposite for the most part when it comes to their male counterparts, but thats just how it is.
 
ExoticPrincess said:
:yes:

Bottomline, Janet is experiencing what all other female musical artist who hit their 40's have to contend with,......the music buying audience has moved on to the younger and more hip set. And it does'nt help when an artist puts out sub-standard albums one after the other. I'm not counting her out, but the game has changed and she knows it, hence the route she is taking now.
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I agree...although Madonna proves it is possible to still have a high grossing tour. I do believe Janet can do very well as long as she goes for midsize concert halls instead of large stadiums.
 
Janet needs to rebuild her presence in Europe first before she talks about touring. She needs two or three hits in Europe before she can sell tickets overseas.

:lol: @ Janet canceling the European dates of the All For You Tour because of low ticket sales. Umm, why didn't Mike tour with Invincible again? Exactly. It wasn't the ticket sales.

:lol: @ the ignorance. Yes Janet flew to Japan with the tour, but I love how you ignored the fact that the Japanese dates were FOUR MONTHS after 9/11 while the European dates were SIX WEEKS after 9/11.

I wish some of you would be informed before you make ridiculous claims.
 
OnOurWay said:
:lol: @ Janet canceling the European dates of the All For You Tour because of low ticket sales. Umm, why didn't Mike tour with Invincible again? Exactly. It wasn't the ticket sales.
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Why bring Michael into this, ticket sales were never an issue with him. Michael didn't tour at all with invincible,it wasn't being promoted the way he wanted. Don't you know about the whole Sony saga and then the trial came up, there are lots of reasons why michael didn't tour.
 
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onourWay just because someone says something about Janet that you don't agree with (and I don't really agree with either) doesn't mean you have to bring Michael into it.

I don't really see tickets being the reason the AFY dates were cancelled, I don't really agree with the idea for the rock witch u tour either (as much as people make out), because if you watch amature recordings of the shows, the stadiums look pretty much full.
 
@ Janet canceling the European dates of the All For You Tour because of low ticket sales. Umm, why didn't Mike tour with Invincible again? Exactly. It wasn't the ticket sales.
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Eh? whats that got to do with anything. there was no vince tour ever planned to start with.so why you feel the need to post such a daft comment i dont know. to repost what you said as it fits with your daft comment.

I wish some of you would be informed before you make ridiculous claims.
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i dont see much difference between 4 months after 9/11. if its such a huge issue you would take at least 6 months off and flying to europe is alot nearer than flying to japan. if ppl can show what the ticket sales were that show they sold well in europe then fine.ill take it back .but im only talking about what went on at the time. i didnt help that janet was charging large amount for the tickets back then. i had the oppotunity for tickets for the first few rows from the veneu she was planning to perform at due to seeing her last 2 previous tours at that venue. but i wasnt prepared and at that time simply couldnt afford the sort of money that was asked. this was at the time when artists were just starting to charge daft amounts for tickets

I agree...although Madonna proves it is possible to still have a high grossing tour.
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to be fair anyone can have a large grossing tour if they charge $300 a ticket for example. the figure that should matter is attendence figures.
 
I specifically remember in TII that it was stated Mike didn't tour with Invincible because of 9/11. I think Madonna even canceled a few dates because of it. But for Janet, it's low ticket sales. That's a common ASSumption that has no proof. And flying to Japan 4 months after the fact is a big difference than 6 weeks. Perhaps you should be more informed before you make assumptions like so.
 
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