Rock Witchu Tour

Rock Witchu Tour was the fifth concert tour by American singer-songwriter, Janet Jackson, in support of her tenth studio album Discipline. This was Jackson's first tour in nearly seven years. The tour visited North America. A Japanese leg was planned for February 2009, however the concert promoters for the Japan dates later cancelled them due to illness and the events of the 2009 economic crisis. The tour officially ended on November 1, 2008 in New York City. At the end of 2008, the tour placed 78th on Pollstar's "Top 100 North American Tours", grossing $11.7 million from 16 shows.

Background

After releasing her eighth studio album, Damita Jo (2004), Janet dealt with criticism with the massively controversial Super Bowl incident, resulting a blacklist of Jackson's subsequent singles and music videos from several conglomerates, including Viacom and CBS and various subsidiaries, which largely affected Jackson's airplay on many radio formats and music channels worldwide. Due to that, Jackson didn't go on tour to support Damita Jo, and instead recorded her ninth studio album during 2005-2006. The album, entitled 20 Y.O., was released in September, 2006, and it was announced that Janet was prepping a worldwide tour to promote the album. However, the unnamed tours were canceled abruptly when Jackson began recording new material. Jackson stated: