Janet Jackson's outing at the Essence Festival of Culture at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans Saturday was briefly hampered by technical issues, but she continued to perform.Audio during the 56-year-old singer's set cut out during her outing, TMZ reported on Sunday, but she was able to continue with her hourlong-plus set after the technical glitch.The Grammy-winning artist nearly sold out the venue, which had 48,500 available tickets for Saturday, according to NOLA.com.
The latest:Janet Jackson's outing at the Essence Festival of Culture at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans was briefly hampered with technical issues, but she continued to performJackson, who was flanked by four male dancers on stage, opened up her set with the song Feedback and rattled off classics including What Have You Done For Me Lately, Control, Nasty and That’s the Way Love Goes.She also performed the tracks Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun), I Get Lonely and Together Again, which in past festivals she had dedicated to her late relatives, brother Michael Jackson (in 2010) and father Joe Jackson (in 2018).
Jackson wrapped up her sets with Escapade and Black Cat, and returned for an encore of her hit Rhythm Nation.In addition to the concerts, the festival included speeches from Vice President Kamala Harris and The Wire alum Wendell Pierce during the day at the Ernest N.
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