BRITNEY SPEARS BREAKS HER SILENCE

Britney Spears has hit back at critical media reports of her Circus tour, saying she came to Australia for her fans. The pop star arrived in the country last week amid controversy over her lip-synching stage performance, and soon faced reports that disappointed fans walked out of her opening show in Perth.

Spears has been keeping a low profile since arriving in Melbourne earlier this week, but she responded to the criticism.

“I hear there is a lot of controversy in the media about my show,” Spears said in a statement. “Some reporters have said they love it and some don’t. I came to Australia for my fans!”

Spears is due to play the first of three sold-out shows in Melbourne on Wednesday night, and has been indulging in some retail therapy.

“Went shopping on Collins Street yesterday and got a lot of my Christmas presents. Melbourne is beautiful. Can’t wait to see more. -Britney,” she wrote on Twitter.

Aussie DJ Havana Brown, who is touring with Spears, said she is surprised by the savaging the pop princess has received here.

Brown said there was no negative reaction from fans and the media about lip-synching and lack luster performances in Europe, where they toured before Australia.

“I think it’s quite well known that she has lip-synched in the past. I don’t think it’s any surprise to anybody,” Brown said.

“There was nothing like that in Europe. I think everyone knew what they were in for, and I think everyone should know here as well.

“I’m not quite sure what the fuss is about.”

Brown was personally chosen by Spears’ father and manager to open the Circus tour in Europe and Australia.

The Melbourne native gets the crowds warmed up for Spears each night and then sits back to enjoy the spectacle.

She said there was an “incredible response” at the first two shows in Perth, and she hoped Aussie fans would make up their own minds about the concert.

“It’s sad. I want people to be positive about her - she’s doing so well, and she’s looking so good, and the show is amazing,” she said.

“I want everyone to make their own opinion, rather than be persuaded by what’s been in the media.”

-News.au

SEE BRITNEY'S UK DRESS REHEARSAL

Do you want to see The Circus before anyone else? You and a friend could be in with a chance of watching Britney's dress rehearsal with a select group of lucky fans before the official UK tour begins. It's a great opportunity to check out all the costumes, staging and music of the year's most anticipated tour. And you can see it first! To be in with a chance of winning, just fill in your details here.

Please note that, due to time constraints, Britney will not be able to meet and greet with fans at this special performance. This prize does NOT include tickets any of the actual concerts either!

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MY TOP 5 PERFORMANCES FROM BRITNEY'S CIRCUS TOUR

Today I decided to see if I could choose my 'Top 5 Performances' from Britney's Circus Tour. It was a little difficult, but I think I got them. Check them out. After you do..are these also your Top 5 or do you have 5 different. Let me know. Enjoy!

Breath On Me/Touch of My Hand

Get Naked


Radar


If U Seek Amy

Piece of Me

THIRD PARIS SHOW ADDED!

Britney Spears just added a third performance at Bercy in Paris to her European Circus tour! The new show will take place on Saturday, July 4th and tickets go on sale on Friday, May 15th. More information on tickets can be found here.

'EVERYTIME' PERFORMANCE DEDICATED TO GARY

Check out this video of Britney's 'Everytime' performance at her "Circus" show in Montreal last week. Britney dedicated the song 'Everytime' to a "special fella" named Gary. The only Gary I know is the Super Fan that listed to 'Circus' over 1708 times and was featured on BritneySpears.com.

THEY TOOK BRITNEY'S ADVISE AND GOT NAKED!!

To celebrate their last North American performance in Montreal, Britney's male dancers took the ringleader's advice and.... got naked! As a prank, they stripped down into pink briefs for 'Boys' and 'If U Seek Amy.' Their briefs even say "True Brit" on the waistband!

Check out the sexy and hilarious gallery from Tuesday's show in Montreal after the jump.

HQ VIDEO OF BRITNEY KISSING HER BOYS AFTER HER PERFORMANCE FOR EVERYTIME IN CONNECTICUT

Remember to hit HQ to view in High Quality

Check this video of Britney Spears kissing her boys after her 'Everytime' performance in Connecticut on her show of May 3, 2009. That was so touching that it made me cry. She really does love those boys to death, and no one would be able to say otherwise. Go Britney!!!

CRAZY FAN ARRESTED AT BRITNEY SPEARS CONCERT

Cops tell TMZ a man was arrested last night after jumping on stage during Britney Spears’ concert at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut.

Connecticut State Police say the 20-year-old fan — who they say had definitely been drinking — was detained after charging on stage during Britney’s encore performance of “Womanizer.”

Security detained the man before he could come in contact with Spears — and he was arrested for breach of peace.

The CSP says after the guy was taken into custody, he was being highly uncooperative — so they also booked him for interfering with police.

He was released this morning after paying a $250 bond.

PCD NICOLE DISS DURING BRITNEY'S CIRCUS CONCERT IN ARIZONA

The Dolls were opening up for Britney on Friday night and during their set, PCD member Melody Thornton who is from Arizona, took a moment to address the crowd and thank her family in attendance, telling them: “Thank you for supporting me even though I’m not FEATURED!!”

Melody then went on to say “Don't let anyone stomp on your dreams!” Peach, sister. Preach!

Nicole shot Thornton the nastiest look and, needless to say, concertgoers tell us that the rest of the Pussycat Dolls performance after that was “majorly awkward”!

Check out the video below!

BRITNEY SPEARS TO GIVE FIRST LIVE SHOW IN RUSSIA

Fans get ready! American pop star Britney Spears is coming to St.Petersburg for her first concert in Russia. PMI, the organizers of the concert, say the venue is still being discussed. However, according to the official booking operator, the concert will take place at the ice hockey arena.

The date is July 19, and tickets are already available for preliminary booking. The performance in St.Petersburg will be part of Britney’s global tour “The Circus Starring: Britney Spears” launched in support of her latest sixth studio album, “Circus.” Britney Spears has decided to recreate the atmosphere of a circus at the concert: she plans to bring the action to the ring in the middle of the hall, and the audience’s places will surround it.

A special VIP zone will be constructed right next to the scene, offering a limited number of Love seats (sofas for two), the press-service of PMI reports. The show will be accompanied by a set of special effects, moving scenery, and screens. Circus actors will also be a part of the show. The tour was officially announced on December 2, 2008 to coincide with the release of Britney’s sixth studio album. Rehearsals for the tour began in January 2009, in preparation for a March kick off. “The Circus” has been named among the five best CDs in the charts of seven countries worldwide; 3,500,000 copies have already been sold.

Britney Spears – the American pop singer and actress, has established a number of records in the history of modern music: over 80,000,000 CDs were sold in less than 10 years; seven singles have become number one worldwide hits; four albums successively appeared in first place of the Billboard Top 200. Spears occupies eighth place among the USA’s performers for the most recordings sold in history, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.

VIDEO BRITNEY SPEARS CONCERT DANCERS DANCE OFF IN TORONTO

Here we have a HQ video for the dance off that took place at the Britney Spears Circus concert in Toronto on Wednesday, March 18, 2009. I loved the performance that the guy in the blue jacket did. Sincerely, the whole performance was sick. Nice job!

GIRLS ALOUD HQ VIDEO OF PERFORMANCE FOR BRITNEY'S WOMANIZER

Girls Aloud opened their Out of Control Tour yesterday tonight at Manchester in the UK, and they chose to cover Womanizer by Britney Spears. The dancers as the ladies puppets are a very interesting interpretation of the song. I think they have done Britney well.

HQ VIDEO FOR BREATH ON ME/TOUCH OF MY HAND PERFORMANCE AT CIRCUS TOUR SHOW IN OAKLAND

GIRLS ALOUD TO COVER WOMANIZER

Girls Aloud have decided not to perform their complete back catalogue on their upcoming tour, reports claim. The group will allegedly focus predominantly on material from their chart-topper Out Of Control and perform a singles medley of their previous tracks.

According to leaked information, the five piece will perform ten tracks from their recent LP, including 'Rolling Back The Rivers Of Time', 'Love Is The Key', 'Turn To Stone', 'Miss You Bow Wow' and 'Fix Me Up'. Tangled Up singles 'Call The Shots' and 'Sexy! No No No' will reportedly be performed in full, while 'Can't Speak French' will be included in the medley alongside tracks including 'Jump' and 'The Show'.

The band are set to open and close the 'Out Of Control' live dates with a performance of 'The Promise' and will perform new single 'Untouchable' attached to wires. They will also cover Britney Spears's 'Womanizer', according to The Sun. Girls Aloud kick off their live dates in Manchester on Friday. 'Untouchable' is released on April 27.

NICOLE RICHIE BLOGS ABOUT BRITNEY SPEARS CONCERT

Socialite Nicole Richie is a "huge fan" of Britney Spears and expressed her love for the pop star on a recent blog she posted after attending Britney's concert in Los Angeles.

"Friday night I went to the Britney concert and had the time of my life," she writes on her blog. "I have been a huge Britney fan since I was 16 and have been to all of her concerts. I think I went to five shows of her last tour."

Nicole also posted some of her favorite pictures from the show and called Britney's performance "the best concert I’ve seen in a while."

"I have been looking forward to seeing her back on stage for years, and it was amazing! It was really hard to get pictures because she never stood still," Nicole says of her photography. "I yelled and asked her to but she was too busy tending to her 50,000 other fans."

BRITNEY'S CIRCUS COMING TO DUBLIN?

Pop princess Britney Spears is set to confirm she'll be playing two monster dates here.

The Herald can exclusively reveal that final negotiations are under way in a bid to bring the star to Dublin this summer for several huge gigs in the RDS.

The controversial Womanizer star has been taking her native America by storm as she performs a string of 49 smash-hit dates as part of her Circus comeback tour.

Now it's widely speculated that she'll shortly add some Irish dates to the end of her British tour, which takes in eight shows this June. "It's more a case of when and not if," said an insider. "She'll be playing a load of dates in London's O2 in June so the general belief is that she'll also be adding two Irish performances to her tour.

"Her management team know they'll have no problem selling tickets for her show in Ireland as she's so popular over here, so it's a bit of a no-brainer. She performed at the RDS the last time and she thought it was an amazing venue and suited her kind of show perfectly."

Lawyers for the pop singer recently discussed expanding her tour to perform in Australia and play extra dates in Europe during a court hearing in the US. She's now expected to get the go-ahead to head down-under for a month and play in cities including Melbourne and Sydney as she continues to re-ignite her pop career.

The mum-of-two has rarely been out of the headlines for the past three years after she suffered a very public meltdown, culminating in hospital treatment.

Britney (27) also lost full custody of her two young sons with former husband Kevin Federline, Sean Preston and Jayden James, as a result of her personal problems. But now she's been hailed for making such an impressive comeback, with fans giving her standing ovations at many of her raunchy shows.

However, if Irish pop fans are hoping to see her perform on home soil in a few months time, they better start saving up their cents now if the English prices are anything to go by.

Basic ticket prices for her London dates, which start on June 6, start at £49 (E55) but go up to a whopping £1,300 for two VIP passes. For those who fancy forking out for the privilege, this gets you a backstage tour and 'ringside seats'.

As well as getting a birds-eye view of Britney's performance, you'll also get VIP parking, finger buffet and drinks and various gifts and goodies.

BRITNEY SPEARS PRIVATE LONDON THEATER PERFORMANCE

Britney Spears wants a private theater performance when she comes to London.

The singer – who brings her new show, 'The Circus Starring Britney Spears', to The O2 arena in June – is desperate to see controversial new West End musical ‘Spring Awakening’, but only if she can watch it in private with her friends and family.

A source said: "The show has been seen by Sarah Jessica Parker and Demi Moore, and word about it has spread to the Britney camp. She'd love to have the theater shut down for her entourage."

"BOYZ" AND "WOMANIZER" PERFORMANCE IN CIRCUS TOUR

BRITNEY SPEARS NEW COSTUME FOR "GET NAKED" PERFORMANCE ON THE CIRCUS TOUR

OLD OUTFIT FOR "GET NAKED"

NEW OUTFIT FOR "GET NAKED"

VIDEO OF BRITNEY SPEARS RADAR PERFORMANCE RIGHT BEFORE POT SMOKING INCIDENT FROM TOUR IN VANCOUVER

Check out this video of Britney’s Radar performance before the weed smoking delay she went on the poll too early and got off it too early and didn’t strut around it like usual you could tell she was disappointed about the pot smoking. At 3:04 till 3:09 she looks pissed and is just staring at the audience. LMAO