Then, we hear audio clips of television personalities and protestors explaining the threats of white supremacy, privilege, and inequality. As Jordan Darville of The Fader observes: "The one-minute video introduction starts by naming unarmed black men who were killed by police officers: Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and Jonathan Ferrell. Names of unarmed black men killed by police which drew national attention with the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as the deadly violence surrounding the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia were depicted in the video. The concert opens with a video reel denouncing white supremacy, right-wing extremism, domestic terrorism and police brutality. Tickets from the postponed Unbreakable Tour gigs will be honored at the new dates, while newly scheduled stops going on sale, beginning May 5, 2017, at Live Nation. On May 1, 2017, Jackson announced a massive North American trek to reschedule her Unbreakable World Tour that was postponed due to the singer's pregnancy, with Jackson set to embark on a rebranded trek starting in September. The first leg of the tour concluded with a concert at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia on December 17, 2017. Brown Convention Center prior to the performance. Proceeds from the Septemconcert at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas were donated to relief efforts supporting evacuees of Hurricane Harvey Jackson met with Houston mayor Sylvester Turner and evacuees at the George R. The first concert took place on September 7, 2017, in Lafayette, Louisiana at the Cajundome arena. A number of songs selected for the concert set list, along with corresponding imagery depicted on stage, address racism, white supremacy, homophobia, fascism, xenophobia, domestic violence, and police brutality. The tour was advertised on social media with socially conscious lyrics quoted from studio albums Rhythm Nation 1814, Janet (1993), The Velvet Rope (1997) and Unbreakable.
The revised name of the tour is taken from her 1991 single " State of the World", released from her fourth studio album Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989). The theme of the tour was altered to reflect socially conscious messages from Jackson's entire music catalog.
Tickets originally purchased for the Unbreakable World Tour were honored with new concert dates under the revamped State of the World Tour. Announced in May 2017 as a 56-city North American trek visiting the United States and Canada, it is a continuation of the Unbreakable World Tour, which was postponed in 2016 due to Jackson's pregnancy. Launched in promotion of her eleventh studio album Unbreakable (2015), the tour is produced by Live Nation and is under the creative direction of Gil Duldulao. The State of the World Tour was the eighth concert tour by American singer Janet Jackson. Despite the relatively low tour average compared to other pop superstars like Taylor Swift and Madonna, many of Jackson's shows are averaging well above the $300 plateau, including top-priced gigs at The Forum in Los Angeles, Chicago Theatre and The AXIS at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas.$46,800,000 (in 70 shows, adjusted to 2019 dollars) The average secondary market price for Janet Jackson tickets on TiqIQ is now $191.67. The international tour will run across the globe through March of next year, and tickets have swarmed the secondary market for her 67 shows in North America. The beloved diva, who last hit the road back in 2011 for her “Number Ones, Up Close and Personal” Tour, has returned to the tour bus for the start of her massive “Unbreakable” World Tour, which begins tonight in Vancouver. Janet Jackson has remained relatively quiet in the music world over the last four years, dedicating the majority of her time to her philanthropy ventures, acting career and marriage to husband Wissam Al Mana.