However, we hope for Janet's sake that this Jackson 5 (or, more accurately, Jackson 4) reunion happens anyway--because gawd knows she'd probably have better luck as her big brothers' warmup act than she's been having on her own headlining tour. Her "Rock Witchu" tour--her first concert trek in seven years--has been plagued with problems since it kicked off, or more like limped off, last month. She's parted ways with her latest record label, Island Def Jam; reportedly split with her longtime boyfriend, Jermaine Dupri; received many bad reviews for her live performances; had to cancel several dates due to a "mystery illness" that turned out to be vertigo; and, according to gossip, has generated such low ticket sales that that may have been the real reason for those show cancellations.
And this week, Janet's unlucky streak continued. For her Detroit show on Tuesday at what one journalist described as a "largely empty arena," Janet was forced to drop an S&M-themed "Discipline" segment from her revue due to local decency laws. 
(This was good news for the few Detroit-area fans who'd actually purchased tickets and didn't want the concert cancelled entirely, but probably bad news for any male fans in the front row who were hoping to be the one Janet invited onstage for her "Discipline" rope routine.) Given Janet's controversial past with the Super Bowl and the FCC, she was probably wise not to take any chances and obey Michigan laws in this instance.
So that crisis was averted , but the "Rock Witchu" tour suffered an even greater setback this week when Janet lost her opening act: LL Cool J. Yes, the ladies love cool James, but apparently LL doesn't love not-so-cool Janet. The rapper's publicity firm announced that he dropped out due to "unnamed scheduling conflicts," but according to rumors this decision had more to do with the emotional conflict he felt playing to near-empty venues night after night. Don't call it a comeback, indeed.
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