JANET JACKSON'S 'ROCK WIT YOU' TOUR OPENS TO RAVE REVIEWS.

Critics appear to be pleased with the presentation of Janet Jackson's new Rock Witchu Tour, which began Wednesday at the GM Palace in Vancouver, reports People.com. According to Canadian reports, the 42-year-old had multiple costume changes and performed 30 hit songs, including Control, Let's Wait Awhile and Rhythm Nation. She also had an S&M segment involving an audience member. The show was a "reminder that she is a trend-setter in her own right, a true diva, and a marvelous performer," noted the Vancouver Sun. "The most memorable moment of the show," writes Marsha Lederman of Canada's Globe and Mail, "came when Jackson, dressed in a gold and black glam hip hop-inspired track suit (and one gold glove) ... listened to the crowd roar its approval and became emotional – really emotional. We're talking tears. 'Thank you,' she said, seeming to really mean it, as she waved her hands, begging the audience to stop."

The Live Nation-produced tour hit the U.S. on Saturday in Oakland, Calif., and includes stops in Los Angeles, Dallas, Washington D.C., New York and Atlanta. Peep pics from Janet's show below.

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