Well, I was there
I originally had front row balcony seats, but thankfully a friend of mine is a touring Janet fan and therefore has made connections over the years with the J-Crew, so she ended up going to say hey to her personal security guard Joey before the show, and he ended up switching all our seats (all 14 of us) for front row, and letting all of us into her VIP music section which had costumes, awards, personal photographs, and general memorabilia throughout her career. There was a signed painting of Janet by Michael (I'm not sure if he painted it for sure but it was definitely signed by him.) I got to see her Rhythm Nation costume, her Scream costume (she is SO tiny) amongst others. The script to Poetic Justice was there. Grammys, MoonMen, American Music Awards, etc. It was really really cool. Little sidenote: So Jo (the friend) and I met 6 years ago at the MJ Memorial along with our other friend Les, 2 years later on almost the exact same date (August 30th?) we all went to see Janet on her Intimate and Interactive tour, followed up by this tour 4 years later on the 31st. We also all met at Boston Pizza each time. Pretty cute actually. We didn't plan it that way, it just sort of happened
Anyways this time she had an extra couple people who had come from out of town (LA, Atlanta, New York, etc.) They were all touring fans. I didn't even know that was still a thing
But I think that's a good solid reason why we were able to score so many front row seats from Joey. We were literally about 10 feet or less away from the stage. The only thing that separated us was a small barrier for the camera and photography crew to fit. They were filming the centre front row so I have a feeling a tour video will be in the works at some point. I wear glasses for distance and I was so close I took them off and could still see her eyeliner
Haha. The great thing about standing next to Megafans like Jo (and her friend Casey) is that Janet recognized them instantly and therefore rendered them a lot of attention. At one point, she even threw her ring (which was huge and weighed a lot) for Joey (who was in front of us) to catch, but in the chaos, he missed so Les and I ended up catching it instead (literally it landed on my shoulder), which of course we handed off to Jo. Then her personal assistant showed up searching around for it, so we earned some pretty good karma by giving it back, because most people would usually pocket it, and the thing likely cost a small fortune. But we all got to wear it for a hot second, and it was probably the most expensive piece of jewellery I'll ever hold, so that was cool
As for the sound Agent M, that was def. her engineer's fault (good old first show errors.) She has a soft voice in general, but a lot of the time her mic would cut out but I could still hear her singing (so we know she sang live.) But even I strained a lot to make out most of her lyrics, so I feel you on that one. I was actually surprised a little by her setlist in terms of how many old ballads she did, which I still loved, but otherwise I was really impressed. She did mostly old stuff, maybe 1 or 2 from her newer albums (Feedback etc.) and 3 or 4 from her upcoming album. I remember one with Missy which is awesome, and a ballad with a great great great throbbing chorus which was really emotional and had Joey and some of us crying because the projection screen was wrought with photographs of those in poverty, the black lives matter movement, etc. And if I can say one thing, damn, that woman is pushing 50 and she can dance and slay with the rest of her 20 year old dancers. Now, for the crying part. Yes, she did cry, albeit very briefly. So, what happened was she stopped to thank the audience for all their love and support towards her family, which is when she started to cry, which in turn had the audience crying, which in turn had her camera, photography, and security crew crying, and so fourth and so on. So here we all were, a cheering crying emotional swell of people, then everyone started putting up their heart hand signs (like when she makes the heart with her fingers.) It was pretty tender (especially being that close to the stage and watching the people that know her crying too, you knew it was from a genuine place in her heart.) Anyhow, all in all, it was a fantastic show. If you can see her, do it, because it's totally worth it. Janet still has it guys. Ooh boy does she still have it.
I have a few photos from the night but don't know how to post them here, so if anyone can tell me how to do that I'd be glad to post them