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Exclusive: Janet Jackson promises UK live dates

Published Monday, Aug 16 2010, 06:00 BST | By Nick Levine and Ben Rawson-Jones

Janet Jackson has vowed to return to the UK as a live performer in the near future.

Although the R&B singer performed on The X Factor last year in support of her Greatest Hits collection The Best, she has not played a full UK live date since 1998's 'The Velvet Rope World Tour'.

Discussing the possibility of future UK shows, she told Digital Spy: "I would really love to - it's been 12 years since I've played here in Europe and I miss it a great deal. The last tour [I took to Europe] was 'The Velvet Rope'.

"I wanted to come over with my other tours but I was nervous when we started the war. I was very worried. I'm not giving up singing for acting though. I love it too much. I'll come back for sure."

Jackson, 44, does not currently have a record deal, but she recently recorded the track 'Nothing' for the soundtrack of her new movie Why Did I Get Married Too?, which opens in UK cinemas next month.

"The song's really inspired by the characters in the film," Jackson said. "I wrote it with [producer/boyfriend] Jermaine Dupri.

"Tyler [Perry, director] didn't have a theme song for the movie, so Jermaine and I went to his studio in Atlanta, wrote this song, came back and presented it to Tyler and he liked it. That's how it all came about."

Press 'play' below to hear Janet Jackson discussing touring and 'Nothing' in more detail: