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Jackson, 42, revealed plans for her upcoming concert series
during an appearance on the television talk show hosted by
Ellen DeGeneres, saying, "I can't wait." The U.S.-Canadian outing will open September 7 in
Vancouver, British Columbia, with subsequent dates scheduled
for New York and Washington, D.C., according to a spokesman for
concert promoter Live Nation, which is organizing the tour. A full itinerary will be announced in the near future, he
said. Live Nation also handled Jackson's last two jaunts -- the
1998-99 "Velvet Rope" tour and the 2001-2002 "All for You"
tour. Although Jackson rarely takes to the road, she ranks as one
of the most successful female touring artists of all time.
According to "Billboard Boxscore," she sold nearly 2 million
tickets to 161 shows and grossed $94 million between 1993 and
2002. Jackson's album sales struggled following her now-infamous
"wardrobe malfunction" during her 2004 Super Bowl halftime
performance with Justin Timberlake. But her latest release, "Discipline," opened in March at
the pinnacle of the Billboard 200 chart, marking the sixth
chart topper of her career and surpassing the five No. 1 albums
logged by her more famous brother, Michael Jackson. She is currently collaborating with her nutritionist, David
Allen, on a book about her travails with weight fluctuations. |
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