Janet Jackson opened her Unbreakable World Tour on Monday night at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC with a hits heavy set of 32 songs.
Opening and closing the show with songs from her upcoming album Unbreakable, she would perform five songs from the new set, leaving a generous 27 for her hits and album tracks.
Dipping back to her breakout album, 1986’s Control, the singer performed six songs from the set along with six from janet. (1993) and seven from Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989). Other songs were scattered from the majority of her other post-Control albums except for 2006’s 20 Y.O.
Of Jackson’s 24 top ten singles in the U.S. she didn’t perform Because of Love (1994 / #10), Any Time, Any Place (1994 / #2), You Want This (1994 / #8), Runaway (1995 / #3), Doesn’t Really Matter (2000 / #1) and Someone to Call Me Lover (2001 / #3).
Jackson is in Calgary tonight and Edmonton Friday.
The set list:
Set 1
Burn It Up (with Missy Elliot) (from Unbreakable, 2015)
Nasty (from Control, 1986)
Feedback (from Discipline, 2008)
Miss You Much (from Rhythm Nation 1814, 1989)
Alright (from Rhythm Nation 1814, 1989)
You Want This (from janet., 1993)
Control (from Control, 1986)
What Have You Done for Me Lately (from Control, 1986)
The Pleasure Principle (from Control, 1986)
Escapade (from Rhythm Nation 1814, 1989)
When I Think of You (from Control, 1986)
All for You (from All For You, 2001)
All Nite (Don’t Stop) (from Damita Jo, 2004)
Love Will Never Do (Without You) (from Rhythm Nation 1814, 1989)
Set 2
After the Fall (from Unbreakable, 2015)
Again (from janet., 1993)
Come Back to Me (from Rhythm Nation 1814, 1989)
Let’s Wait Awhile (from Control, 1986)
I Get Lonely (from The Velvet Rope, 1997)
Any Time, Any Place (from janet., 1993)
No Sleeep (from Unbreakable, 2015)
Got ’til It’s Gone (from The Velvet Rope, 1997)
That’s the Way Love Goes (from janet., 1993)
Together Again (from The Velvet Rope, 1997)
Throb (from janet., 1993)
The Best Things in Life Are Free (from the soundtrack of Mo’ Money, 1992)
Black Cat (from Rhythm Nation 1814, 1989)
If (from janet., 1993)
Scream (from Michael Jackson’s HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book 1)
Rhythm Nation (from Rhythm Nation 1814, 1989)
Shoulda Known Better (from Unbreakable, 2015)
Unbreakable (from Unbreakable, 2015)
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