Former First Family of R&B takes stage in 2009. A long-rumored reunion tour between singer Michael Jackson and his Jackson 5 siblings has been formally announced. Jermaine Jackson, an original J5 member, says the former First Family of R&B has confirmed that they will perform together in the United States come 2009. Janet Jackson will reportedly open the show. The announcement follows rumors that many Jackson siblings have fallen upon hard financial times, ranging from working at grocery stores, in one case, to performing at local nightclubs in another. Michael Jackson has battled foreclosure to save his famed California ranch. In their 1970s heyday, the Jacksons were the world’s top singing group, inspiring fashion and even earning their own Saturday morning cartoon.