Janet Jackson To Headline ESSENCE Music Festival
Multiple Grammy Award-winning recording artist, actress, and songwriter Janet
Jackson will make her only concert appearance of 2010 at this
year's ESSENCE
Music Festival on July 4th weekend in New Orleans. This performance
will be Jackson's debut at the ESSENCE Music
Festival, as well as her first full concert since 2008. Jackson--who
has sold over 100
million records worldwide and is one of the best-selling artists of all
time--joins Mary
J. Blige and Alicia
Keys on the all-star lineup.
Jackson is scheduled to perform on July 2nd, the opening night of the
festival. The announcement was made today in celebration of Jackson's
iTunes release of "Nothing,"
the theme song she performs, co-wrote and co-produced for Tyler Perry's
"Why
Did I Get Married Too?" opening nationwide April 2, 2010. For more details on festival schedule, to purchase tickets, or find out more about travel and hotels, click here. Read more: Style File: Janet JacksonHair Evolution of Janet Jackson Here's what you had to say: Beautifulcurare commented: "OMG! I'm going to see Janet Jackson perform live! I'm so glad I booked that room last week!"