Janet Jackson Is To Tour in The US and Canada!

Pop star, Janet Jackson, is bringing her Number Ones, Up Close and Personal tour to the U.S. and Canada this spring.

The tour will kick off March 7-8 with a two-night stand in Las Vegas and wraps with another pair of shows April 22-23 in Las Vegas.

The setlist will be made up off all the hits that make up Jackson’s 2009 compilation, “Number Ones.”

“These concerts will be different from anything I have ever done. I will be as up close and personal as possible,” Jackson said in a statement.

“These concerts are not about special effects. This is a love affair between me and those of you who have supported me and my work for all these years. I’ll be singing and dancing from my heart. The music will all be songs that you’ve made number ones for me. Let’s go!

Jackson is also slated to release “True You,” a book reflecting on her experience with diet and exercise, on February 8.

Will you be buying tickets to her concert?!

Janet Jackson To Go On Tour With Her Brothers

Janet Jackson is going to be joining her brothers on their world tour later this year. She will filling in her late brother, Michael Jackson, to act as a member of the Jackson 5.

There was a rumor that Janet would be joining her brothers as a tribute to Michael Jackson, but she has not given any confirmation.

According to her brother Jermaine Jackson, Janet is busy getting prepared to perform on the tour.

He says, “We had a conference call and Janet has agreed to join us on tour.”

Would you purchase tickets to see Janet Jackson on tour with the Jackson 5?

Justin Timberlake “I Should Have Supported Janet Jackson More” After Nipple Drama

Justin Timberlake regrets the way he handled Janet Jackson’s famed wardrobe malfunction at the 2004 Super Bowl Half-Time Show, insisting he should have been more supportive. The “Cry Me A River” singer was performing onstage with Jackson and ripped open her jacket, revealing her bare breast to the world on live TV.

Timberlake immediately distanced himself from the incident — and Janet. As the scandal intensified, the singer spoke out and confessed he had no idea Janet intended to go topless – if that, indeed, was her intention.

J.T. now feels he could have handled the controversy better.

He tells Entertainment Weekly: “I wish I had supported Janet more. I am not sorry I apologized, but I wish I had been there more for Janet.”

Lady Gaga & Janet Jackson To Perform On “The X Factor” Dec. 6

Lady Gaga and Janet Jackson will perform on The X Factor next month.

Janet, who has released a greatest hits CD earlier this month, appears on the British TV talent show on Dec. 6. Lady Gaga will perform her latest hit, “Bad Romance,” on the same night.

Hopefully Janet performs a little better than her American Music Awards performance….and Lady Gaga…well we don’t have to worry about her.

Janet Jackson Interview A Ratings Hit For ABC

Robin Roberts’ tell-all interview with Janet Jackson was a ratings winner for ABC on Wednesday night. The interview for In The Spotlight with Robin Roberts earning the second highest ratings in the 10 p.m. time slot, falling just behind CSI: New York with over 6.7 million viewers. (Check out clips from her interview below.)

Janet’s “Number Ones,” hit stores a couple days ago featuring her biggest hits, single mixes, and collaborations. The 2-disc set features thirty-three of her international smashes, plus the new dance hit “Make Me.”

Janet Jackson Refuses To Watch “This Is It”

Janet Jackson has no plans to ever see her late brother Michael’s concert documentary movie This Is It – because it would be too painful for the grieving star to watch.

The film, which features video footage of the King of Pop rehearsing for his ill-fated London residency, has been a huge hit with fans and recently passed the $200 million mark at the global box office, just three weeks after its release.

Members of the Jackson family, including patriarch Joe, and Michael’s brothers Jermaine, Tito, Jackie and Marlon, all turned out for the Los Angeles premiere of This Is It last month – but Janet refuses to watch it. And she admits even walking past the promotional posters for the film gets her choked up with emotion.

In an ABC News exclusive, Janet says, “I have not seen it. I definitely won’t, not right now. I don’t know if I’d ever see it. (It’s) too soon, too hard. It’s hard when I see the posters around the city, the commercials, the trailers (on TV). It has (caught me off guard emotionally).”

The Thriller superstar died in June, shortly before he was due to kick off his mammoth tour.

Janet Jackson Blames Doctor For Michael’s Death

Janet Jackson blames Dr. Conrad Murray for her brother Michael’s death. She told ABC News in an interview to air Wednesday that Murray should no longer be allowed to practice medicine. “He was the one that was administering,” Jackson said. “I think he is responsible.”

Prosecutors in Los Angeles are weighing charges against Murray in the pop singer’s death. Murray told police he administered a powerful anesthetic to the singer shortly before Jackson died June 25.

A spokeswoman for the doctor, Miranda Sevcik, said Monday he continues to maintain he neither prescribed or administered anything to Jackson that should have killed him.

Jackson told ABC’s Robin Roberts that she was at her home in New York on June 25 when her assistant called to say Michael had been taken to the hospital. She told relatives to call her when they got to the hospital and grew concerned when she wasn’t getting any calls back.

She says that a day doesn’t go by when she doesn’t think of Michael. “It just didn’t ring true to me. It felt like a dream,” she said. “It’s still so difficult for me to believe.

Janet Jackson To Open The American Music Awards

Janet Jackson will lead off this year’s American Music Awards with a “special opening performance,” following her tribute to brother Michael at the MTV Video Music Awards last August. Michael Jackson received five posthumous nominations for the upcoming ABC award show.

“We’re thrilled about having Janet Jackson open this year’s show,” American Music Awards producer Larry Klein said in a release. “She is an incredibly dynamic performer, and I think the audience will be excited to see what she has in store.”

The 2009 American Music Awards airs live from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles Nov. 22 @ 8:00 PM EST on ABC.