Janet Jackson to play Hollywood Bowl in 2016

Janet Jackson will play the Hollywood Bowl next spring, according to a list of new tour dates the pop star rolled out Thursday morning.

The third leg of her recently launched Unbreakable World Tour includes 22 new dates across North America, including a scheduled stop at the Bowl on May 21. Jackson’s first leg of the tour is set to bring her to the Forum on Oct. 16.

After years of rumors, the singer announced a major comeback in May, including her first new album in seven years (also titled “Unbreakable”), the tour and her own label.

Reuniting with longtime collaborators Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis (responsible for some of her most essential work, including “Control”) Jackson rolled out the project with slow-burner “No Sleeep.” A welcome throwback to Jackson’s groove-heavy, candle-lit R&B of the ‘90s, the jam raced to the top of Billboard’s Adult R&B chart.

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“Unbreakable,” set to arrive Oct. 2, is the first new material from Jackson since the 2009 death of her brother Michael (which she will address for the first time on record here) and her quiet marriage to Qatari billionaire Wissam Al Mana in 2012.

Like her groundbreaking “Rhythm Nation 1814,” the new album’s themes will include the singer’s “views on where we stand today as individuals and as the inter-related elements of a planet.”

At the opening of the tour in Vancouver, Canada, late last month, Jackson previewed a chunk of the new album, including a high-octane foot stomper that featured Missy Elliott.

Tickets for the new dates are to go on sale to the general public Sept. 19.

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