The tour coinciding with Janet Jackson's new CD, “Discipline,” suffered a bout of uncertainty this week. But Jackson, 42, will perform as scheduled Tuesday at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla., said publicists for the veteran R&B star and for the concert's promoter.
Strings of cancellations and postponements, and a trip to the hospital, have raised questions about the status of “Rock Witchu,” Jackson's first tour since 2001.
Tour publicist Kitara Garner said Jackson is recuperating after falling ill on Monday during a sound check in Montreal, Canada, where she was briefly hospitalized. Garner did not elaborate. But People magazine's Web site quoted an unnamed source “close to” Jackson's boyfriend, music producer Jermaine Dupri, saying Jackson “has complained of exhaustion.”
“She is doing back-to-back, three-hour shows, and her body isn't the same as it used to be,” the source told People.
NATALIE COLE RECUPERATING
Natalie Cole, who suffers from hepatitis C, is resting at her Los Angeles home after being released from the hospital earlier this week, Cole's representative said yesterday.
Publicist Maureen O'Connor said the Grammy-winning singer is “feeling a lot better.”
The 58-year-old daughter of jazz legend Nat King Cole entered a New York hospital Sept. 12.
JAMES EARL JONES HONORED
James Earl Jones, whose booming voice gave the world the villainous Darth Vader in “Star Wars,” will receive the 2008 life achievement award from the Screen Actors Guild.
The award, given annually to the actor who fosters the finest ideals of the acting profession, will be presented to Jones in January.
