https://youtube.com/watch?v=JBxi-CzrYVE

Nine surreptitious videos of Janet Jackson have been removed from YouTube. The amateur footage from her first tour date in four years showed how Michael’s little sister can still rock at 49.

Janet Jackson performs in first stop of "Unbreakable" tour in Vancouver, British Columbia. Photo via YouTube
Janet Jackson performs in first stop of “Unbreakable” tour in Vancouver, British Columbia. Photo via YouTube

The clips showed Jackson performing Monday night at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia. Ranging in length from 57 seconds to almost 5 minutes, they were posted Tuesday to the PandaBear channel.

“This video has been removed by the user,” said a note.

The “Unbreakable World Tour” reaches San Diego on Oct. 17, when she performs (with a large cast) at San Diego State University’s Viejas Arena.

The New York Times review noted:

“In 2012, Ms. Jackson married a Qatari businessman, Wissam al-Mana, and largely disappeared from public view before resurfacing to tour. Her Vancouver concert included three unreleased songs and the insinuating ‘No Sleeep,’ the first single from ‘Unbreakable.’ The concert’s finale, a ballad with Motown roots, was presumably the album’s title song; it praised enduring love, announcing, “It’s unbreakable.”

The Times noted her versatility:

She was the woman taking charge (funk), the joyfully loyal lover (upbeat pop), the ballad singer, the woman left lonely (midtempo R&B), the party girl (dance club beats), the rocker (with guitar up front) and, in the end, the idealist.

She also established her hip-hop connections. The opening song, a new one about D.J.s and dancing, had Missy Elliott rapping (on video) in praise of Ms. Jackson, and Ms. Jackson’s “Any Time, Any Place” was updated with a bit of Kendrick Lamar’s “Poetic Justice,” which had sampled “Any Time, Any Place.” J. Cole, also on video, rapped on “No Sleeep.”

The PandaBear channel apparently is operated by two men, who describe themselves thusly:

“We started off as a long distance interracial couple in 2013 and recently got married last year in 2014. Bear has just moved from … Detroit to be with his Husband Panda in Vancouver Canada.”