Janet Jackson is heading back to the stage and it’s a big one. Because it’s just been announced that the Queen of Pop will be headlining the 2018 Essence Music Festival in New Orleans.
Dive below for details…
Organizers made the reveal moments ago, confirming also that the likes of Mary J. Blige, Xscape, Erykah Badu, Fantasia, and Miguel will also be rocking the July 5th-8th extravaganza.
The full line-up is as follows:
Janet Jackson; Mary J. Blige; Erykah Badu and Jill Scott, along with Snoop Dogg and more in a special curation by The Roots; 112;Daniel Caesar; D-Nice; Doug E. Fresh’s Legends of Hip-Hop Show featuring Big Daddy Kane, Kool Moe Dee and more; DVSN; Fantasia; H.E.R.; Idris Elba; Kelela; Kelly Price’s For The Love of R&B featuring Dave Hollister and Vaughn Willis; Kevin Ross; MAJOR.; Mali Music; Marsha Ambrosius; MC Lyte; Miguel; Mykia Jovan; Ro James; Teddy Riley’s New Jack Swing Experience featuring Wreckx-n-Effect, Blackstreet and Guy; The Read’s Kid Fury and Crissle; VICTORY, Xscape.
Jackson’s headlining spot follows her successful ‘State Of The World Tour’ of the US last year. Will this form part of more live show slayage for Ms. Jackson?! Stay tuned!
In the meanwhile, tickets for the 2018 Essence Music Festival are on sale…NOW! Click here for ticket info.
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I have a feeling Janet is not going to play in 2018 and I am ready!!!
You already known Pat! She’s got that hunger back! I am here for every minute of it!!
I ageee!! Janet has Def got that’s hunger back and she about to kill it like No other !! If you went to the last tour you could tell that fire is back like never before !! I will be here
Just when i thought i could save some money, lol!!!!! Wouldnt mind seeing HER and Kelela and Lyte and the Roots curation also…
I’m so there!
The stars are aligning for Queen Janet ? It makes a globally televised ‘moment’ appearing at SuperBowl kicking off 2018 to set up a new album, continuation of the tour outside the US, Essensence festival and circling back round, to tour the new album in North America in 2019 all the more logical…
Oh – and let’s not forget how this could all be packaged together nicely with the ‘rumoured’ Netflix documentary to plot the journey from out of the public eye, back to touring, to Super Bowl PT2 ….
You do realize that the superbowl is next weekend right? If Janet was performing it would have already been announced. She does not need to do the Superbowl unless she is headlining the event like Beyonce, Katy Perry, and Madonna did. Why on earth would she partake in being Justina’s special guest? No way that is happening.
You mean like they ‘Annouced’ that Missy Elliot was special guest during Katy Perry’s performance? It was a SURPRISE nothing was announced ??♂️
NO SUPERBOWL. let justina keep that mess lol. word on the street is that she’s presenting Tina Turner’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys!!
SWEAR!!! Ohh!! I hope this is true!
I hope that’s true seeing that Tina Tuner happens to be one of the influences.
I mean . . Haters gonna say it’s fake, so real
YES. Essence just confirmed this on Twitter. Booking my flight right now as we speak lol!
Come through Ms. Jackson!!
Going!!!!!
I saw Janet live and how is it possible that a 52 year old woman has more stage presence and charisma than the 30 year old Rihanna. Its amazing how utterly lazy Rihanna is in her singing and “dancing”. Janet needs to come back to show these lazy h*** how its done.
Will the microphone be turned on?
STFU!
YES!!! i’m booking my ticket NOW
My Heart is Palpitating ❤️❤️❤️ It’s going down in Nawlins BaBaaaaay‼️
She will SLAY AS USUAL
Queen of stage! Best female performer of all time!
LOL.
No June’s Diary this year :’(
Aside from Janet, I don’t really like the lineup. Just give me Janet for 3 hours and I’ll buy a ticket quicker than anything.
So many great acts! Big Daddy Kane?!! I am there!!!!
I wasn’t planning on going until this morning when I heard Janet are performing and snoop and my man Adris Elba will be there and Mary J and Jill Scott, 112! Oh Hack! All I them! Let me just book my flight.
Sorry! I meant All of them!
I can’t with her strong whispers!!
Boy your a fan