THE RETURN OF JANET

Janet Jackson will embark on her first tour in four years, Together Again, which will hit 33 cities next spring and early summer.

Jackson is celebrating her 50th anniversary in entertainment and will spotlight the milestones of two of her albums: the 25-year-old The Velvet Rope and 30-year-old janet. Ludacris will serve as the road show's special guest.

Live Nation will produce all but one of the dates—the 6/10 stop at the Hollywood Bowl—of Jackson’s trek, which opens 4/14 in Hollywood, Fla., with stops 5/4 at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena and 5/9 at Madison Square Garden before wrapping 6/21 in Seattle.

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