Janet Jackson to Kick Off New Las Vegas Residency

Janet Jackson is gearing up for a new Las Vegas residency this December – five years after completing her last string of concerts at the Park MGM.

The iconic singer, 58, is in the ‘final stages’ of signing a residency deal with Resorts World – with the show series set to begin in December, per TMZ.

Sources also claim the Velvet Rope hitmaker is set to ring in the New Year with a special New Year’s Eve performance at the venue.

It was claimed the residency will be ‘relatively short’ with the final details and dates being worked out.

Janet was reportedly officered a residency in London and passed on the offer because the Vegas deal was more lucrative.

Janet Jackson is gearing up for a new Las Vegas residency this December – five years after completing her last string of concerts at the Park MGM (pictured 2019 during her Metamorphosis residency)

She recently wrapped her much-anticipated Together Again Tour which saw her hitting 35 dates.

DailyMail.com has contacted Janet’s representatives for comment. 

Celine Dion is said to be in the final stages of negotiating her own residency at the same venue – which is scheduled to start in ‘November or early 2025’ depending on the severity of her battle with stiff person syndrome. 

Dion last performed live during her Courage world tour in Newark, New Jersey on March 8 20220.

She then canceled her tour amid the Covid pandemic.  

She has previously performed two record-breaking Las Vegas residencies, A New Day from 2003-2007 and Celine from 2011-2019. 

The star made her comeback to the stage at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony last month  – wowing fans as she sang Hymne à L’amour, which was originally sung by French music icon Edith Piaf.

Last month  Janet opened up on how she copes with the loss of her brother Michael Jackson some 15 years after his June 2009 death.

The singer-actress chatted with the BBC about their 1995 collaboration Scream, which was Michael’s first major release in the wake of the 1993 child sexual abuse allegations that had a significant impact on his life and career.

The iconic singer, 58, is in the ‘final stages’ of signing a residency deal with Resorts World (pictured)- with the show series set to begin in December, per TMZ

She recently wrapped her much-anticipated Together Again Tour which saw her hitting 35 dates

The Grammy-winning artist, who is currently on her Together Again tour, performs the song in concert opposite video footage of her late brother, noting that it’s an emotional feeling ‘listening to him every night, seeing him, remembering us.’

The Gary, Indiana-born entertainer looked back on creating the track with her late sibling, saying, ‘Mike and I wrote that song in New York, in his apartment.’

Janet said that she relives ‘that whole journey, listening to him sing it’ and recalling ‘what he was going through at that time’ as he sought to rebuild his reputation and career amid the damaging accusations.

 ‘And just me being his little sister, always by his side, and being that support system,’ Janet said. ‘That’s always been my role.’

In the track, Michael addressed his frustrations with the fallout of the allegations and the media coverage of the issue. Lyrics included: ‘I’m tired of injustice, I’m tired of the schemes/ Your lies are disgusting/ So, what does it mean, damn it?’

In her self-titled 2022 Lifetime docuseries, Janet said of her late sibling, ‘Mike was going through a lot, and I think it was taking its toll on him.’

The song hit the fifth spot on the Billboard Hot 100 amid a 17-week stint on the chart, garnering the Best Music Video award at the 1996 Grammys.

The black and white music video featured the famed siblings performing with one another, which Janet said in the docuseries was a complicated process as music industry executives involved looked to keep them apart.

Celine Dion is said to be in the final stages of negotiating her own residency at the same venue – which is scheduled to start in ‘November or early 2025’ depending on the severity of her battle with stiff person syndrome – seen performing in Las Vegas in 2016

‘It was tough – Michael shot nights; I shot days,’ Janet said in 2022. ‘His record company, they would block off his whole set so that I couldn’t see what was going on. They didn’t want me on set.

‘I felt like they were trying to make it very competitive between the two of us. That really hurt me, because I felt I was there fighting the fight with him. Not to battle him.’

Janet said that her sense of nostalgia in the collaboration with her sibling had fallen short during production of the clip.