REVIEW: Janet Jackson, The Queen of Pop, kicked off the first of two nights at Madison Square Garden with a career-spanning set full of surprises.
The transition between “acts” showed the biggest glaring issue of the night: As she and her quartet of male dancers went backstage to change, the audience was left to stare for several minutes at pretty boring screen visuals while the music continued. It slowed the show down significantly, mellowing the high of getting to see Janet Jackson live, in the flesh.
Act II got the energy back up, as Jackson blazed through Eighties hits like “What have You Done for Me Lately,” “Nasty” and “The Pleasure Principle.” She still dances with the type of effortless, sweat-free ease that’s made her such a standout at all eras of her career. Some audience members saw their muscle memory activate as they themselves imitated the video choreography that was inescapable on MTV so many decades ago.
For the second “Together Again” of the evening, the band moved forward on the stage as Jackson launched into some of her most iconic ballads and slow jams, like “Let’s Wait Awhile” and “Any Time, Any Place.” For “Again,” the sentimental ballad that closed out, she looked visibly emotional and proud as the audience sang most of it back to her. Her dancers returned for “I Get Lonely,” this time shirtless and ready to receive a saucy, handsy dance from Jackson.
The next act focused on the dance music, with “All for You” stealing the show. She told the audience that there were some songs she had never done on tour before that she wanted to try out on this one before launching into her Blackstreet collaboration “Girlfriend/Boyfriend.” She followed with a few songs from 2006’s
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