The last time Janet Jackson performed in Washington, the most significant member of her entourage was the guy clutching the mop. It was March 2011, and Janet — “Miss Jackson” if you’re still nasty after all these years — was touring behind a greatest-hits album, leaning into her most colorful songs with the entirety of her physical being.
“Control,” “Escapade,” “That’s the Way Love Goes,” blam, blam, blam, splish, splash, sploosh. Things got sweaty. Then, slippery.During the concert’s interstitial costume changes, Jackson’s intrepid mop man would rush onto the stage, hustling to squeegee all of the sweat puddles that the singer had just left on the floor. I remember the audience cheering this guy on, then roaring five times louder when Jackson reemerged from her dressing room. Why? Because they were watching a superstar going for broke on her victory lap. She was giving way more than she had to.
But that was six years ago, and those very same fans have good reason to feel impatient with Jackson — she has postponed her current world tour not once, not twice, but three times. Fourth time’s a charm? When Jackson headlines Washington’s Capital One Arena (the building formerly known as Verizon Center) on Nov. 16, she’ll still be touring behind her terrific 2015 album “Unbreakable,” a title that she seems determined to live up to.
The album found her reunited with longtime collaborators Jimmy…
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