12 to March 9) were gone in two days." Due to immediate sell-outs, additional concert dates were added to the Neal S. 15) were purchased two weeks after going on sale nearly 80 percent of the tickets for the second leg (Jan. Īccording to sales reports from Live Nation, "88 percent of the tickets on the trek's first leg (Aug. The most expensive shows for the first leg of the tour include The Forum in Inglewood, California and the Chicago Theatre, while the Delta Classic Chastain Park Amphitheater in Atlanta will host the least expensive show on the tour. Commercial reception Īccording to Forbes, Jackson's absence since her previous tour coupled with the social media campaign to have her return to recording music and performing generated high ticket prices, averaging $167.20 on the secondary market. The shoe has to be light but practical and provide support to her feet." Zanotti also noted Unbreakable will be the first tour in which he makes custom designs for the entire cast. In an interview with Women's Wear Daily Zanotti stated that "Janet will be dancing a lot on stage as well as singing, so I wanted her to be very comfortable and able to move around easily . Jackson enlisted designer Giuseppe Zanotti to create custom shoes for the tour. Jackson's forthcoming album was also made available for pre-order, along with vinyl copies of the album's lead single " No Sleeep."
Pre-sale tickets were made available exclusively to American Express and Citibank cardholders prior to general admission tickets going on sale on June 22, 2015. Later in June 2015, the first 36 dates of the Unbreakable World Tour in North America were announced. She will release her forthcoming eleventh album in the fall of 2015 through her own record label, Rhythm Nation, distributed by BMG Rights Management. On May 15, 2015, Jackson announced a new album and world tour. On April 22, 2015, she tweeted, "Letting go doesn't mean you stop", after a fan created a mock Missing Persons poster of Jackson, which had begun circulating the internet, prompting Jackson to retweet it herself, adding to further speculation of a new album. After his declarations, Jackson herself responded to the rumor, neither confirming nor denying the works: "If there is a new project, you'll hear it from my lips", she tweeted. In August 2014, producer and engineer Ian Cross, who worked on her last three studio albums, confirmed to Barefoot Sound that he was working on Jackson's new album, stating they worked in recording studios in Qatar, Paris and Middle East. In May 2017, she announced the tour would resume beginning in September, renamed as the State of the World Tour. However, in December 2015, Jackson announced that tour dates beginning in 2016 would be postponed and in April 2016 announced the summer dates would be rescheduled due to her pregnancy.
When the tour was announced in June 2015, multiple legs were planned for North America, Asia and Europe. In addition to Live Nation and Rhythm Nation, the tour is also sponsored by Nederlander Concerts, Jam Productions, Another Planet Entertainment, Bamp and Tommy Meharey. It was in support of her eleventh studio album Unbreakable (2015). The Unbreakable World Tour was the seventh concert tour by American recording artist Janet Jackson.