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Janet Jackson kicks off Budweiser Stage’s 2023 summer season

By Chriss Hughes
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Opener Ludacris brought out Fast and Furious co-star Vin Diesel

Published May 24, 2023  •  Last updated 51 minutes ago  •  2 minute read

Janet Jackson poses in the press room during the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Nov. 5, 2022, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
Janet Jackson poses in the press room during the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Nov. 5, 2022, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Photo by Richard Shotwell /Invision/AP

It was All for You — or rather us — as R&B veteran Janet Jackson opened Budweiser Stage’s latest summer season on Tuesday night to a packed Toronto crowd.

The lakeside shed is about to host a record 70 acts between now and the end of September — returning the outdoor venue to a better than pre-COVID state — including such A-listers and oldie acts as Crowded House, Louis Tomlinson (of One Direction), The Cure, Tears for Fears, Shania Twain, Noel Gallagher, Chris Stapleton, Boy George, ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynryd, Sting, and Morgen Wallen to name a few.

Jackson, now 57 years old, looked beautiful in four different costumes — my favourite was an orange pantsuit with plaid bustle – but the low-key production (for her anyway) would go dark every time she changed making for slower-paced interludes.

And while moving well, the heavy lifting was really left to her fantastic male dancers in various states of matching costumes who didn’t miss a beat on such standouts as Got Til It’s Gone (which samples Joni Mitchell’s Big Yellow Taxi), That’s The Way Love Goes, What Have You Done for Me Lately, Nasty, When I Think of You, Control, All For You, Escapade, Scream and Rhythm Nation.

Jackson even planted a kiss on one of the dancers while he was seated at the end of I Get Lonely and asked the crowd to light up their cellphones for Again, bringing tears to her eyes afterwards.

She opened the 40-song, two-hour set with Damita Jo and ended with Together Again but almost every song was shortened so the set list was like one big medley (with Together Again sampled twice earlier).

This year also marks the 30th anniversary of her album, janet., which spawned the likes of That’s the Way Love Goes and that famous black and white topless cover with her then-husband René Elizondo Jr. covering her breasts, shot by photographer Patrick Demarchelier.

Opener Ludacris proved to be a crowd pleaser too, particularly when he brought out Fast and Furious co-star Vin Diesel on stage.

SET LIST:
1. Damita Jo
2. Together Again
3. Feedback
4. So Much Betta
5. If
6. No Sleeep
7. Got ‘til It’s Gone
8. That’s the Way Love Goes
9. Enjoy
10. What Have You Done for Me Lately
11. Nasty
12. The Pleasure Principle
13. Because of Love
14. When I Think of You
15. Diamonds
16. The Best Things in Life Are Free
17. Control
18. When We Oooo
19. Together Again
20. Come Back to Me
21. Let’s Wait Awhile
22. Again
23. Any Time, Any Place
24. I Get Lonely
25. Doesn’t Really Matter
26. All for You
27. Come On Get Up
28. Throb
29. Girlfriend/Boyfriend
30. Like You Don’t Love Me
31. Do It 2 Me
32. So Excited
33. The Knowledge
34. Miss You Much
35. Love Will Never Do (Without You)
36. Alright
37. Escapade
38. Scream
39. Rhythm Nation
Encore:
40. Together Again

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