This one’s titled “Spears falls off the tightrope: Theatrics dazzle but singer undone by emotionless lip-synching”, so don’t get too excited. But here we go:
“The biggest spectacle to perhaps ever visit EnergySolutions Arena was Britney Spears’ Circus Tour Tuesday in an imaginative, creative and titillating big-top show that, ultimately, failed to deliver an emotional connection with the audience.
Spears, the 27-year-old tabloid sensation who dominates magazine coverage with her controversial and mundane exploits, revealed nothing about herself other than a fit, toned body and long, flowing blonde locks. It was as if we were at a zoo looking at someone beyond the moat, unable to share in the musical experience as we were kept at a distance.
The pop singer, who has now performed in front of large audiences for more than a decade, appeared to lip-synch every song, except for the slow ballad “Everytime.” During that song, in which she was perched on the crook handle of a giant umbrella suspended from the rafters, she illustrated her thin, breathy voice — and it was the best musical moment of the night, because for one small moment, she resembled a human being with human emotions, as opposed to a robot going through the exhausting paces.
With all that being said, the stage show was spellbinding, with Spears the ringmaster and the focus of attention despite what seemed to be hundreds of dancers, sideshow acts, clowns, trapeze artists and gyrating welders (don’t ask).
The concert was divided into four acts — Circus, House of Fun, Freakshow/Peepshow and Electro Circ, capped with an encore of “Womanizer” — and in each song, Spears wore a different costume and it was impossible to keep your eyes off of her, because you never knew what would happen next. In one of the more entertaining bits, she was sawed into threes and miraculously reappeared unharmed, and then performed a disappearing act in which she was invisibly transported from the center ring to another ring.
The set was a three-ring circus centered on the arena floor, and Spears did an admirable job of trying to
Burger with Relish blog entertain the near-sold-out crowd by projecting to the audience which surrounded her. A 360-degree video screen was displayed above the onstage action, and curtains, empty picture frames and cages were thoughtfully used to demonstrate how she both attracts and wants to repulse the voyeuristic eyes of the audience.
Music was a secondary afterthought. I believe I saw three musicians nestled in dark corners offstage, but I can’t be sure. The tinny sound was heavy on treble and low on bass, revealing the acoustic weaknesses of the arena. And while Spears’ mouth moved along to the recorded verses and choruses, it was hard to understand why someone like Ashlee Simpson can be vilified for lip-synching on a free episode on “Saturday Night Live” while Spears can charge $750 and be congratulated for doing the same thing.
It was almost as if Spears was embarrassed of her own music, as Marilyn Manson’s version of “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” played during a video of an “Eyes Wide Shut” orgy. In the most egregious and inexplicable example, while Spears was offstage, 11 of her dancers were introduced to the crowd with each dancing to a different song not from Spears: Michael Jackson, Rihanna and Lil Wayne were all played. A montage of Spears’ songs not performed would have been nice, since everything else was recorded anyway.
It was a show of sound and fury, signifying nothing. And I ended up feeling cold, and not just because I had to take a cold shower afterwards.”
Britney’s tour may be expanded to include Europe, Australia and more U.S. dates, after a court action Tuesday.
In a meeting with Britney’s conservators, Commissioner Reva Goetz gave permission for them to look into keeping Britney working, but put off a definitive ruling.
Britney’s dad Jamie was present. Parties were in chambers for more than two hours and the open court action took less than two minutes.
Take a look at this picture from Britney’s Easter brunch in San Jose. Britney planned the brunch for her dancers and they had a lovely time this past Sunday.
The brunch took place on the roof of the Hotel Valencia in San Jose, California. The hotel catered salad, chicken, veggies, fruit and other brunch treats. Britney and her dancers ate, laughed, listened to music from the street below, told stories and had a great time!
Did Britney ban Victoria? According to a source cited by Us Weekly, Britney Spears has forbidden her ex husband K-Fed’s gal Victoria Prince from joining her on tour. The magazine claims that even though they’ve been divorced since July 2007, Britney Spears still calls the shots when it comes to Kevin Federline.
A source tells the Hot Stuff gossip section that Federline, 30 — who has joined his ex for much of her tour to watch their sons, Sean, 3, and Jayden, 2 — wasn’t allowed to bring along his gal pal, Victoria Prince, 26. “Britney struck a deal with Kevin that Victoria couldn’t come,” claims the source. If Spears has a sudden change of heart, the 6-foot ex–pro volleyball player’s schedule is certainly wide open.
“Victoria left her marketing job at Fox Sports in January,” says the source. “And she was offered tons of sponsorships to go back and play volleyball again after she hooked up with Kevin, but she chose not to.”
Was that a mistake? Continues the source from Us, “She has some money issues. Kevin pays for everything.” Counters Ryan Tsuji, a friend of Prince, “She’s not going to live off of somebody or rely on other people. She is extremely motivated to be her own person.”
Britney Spears’s father has been seeking permission from a judge to expand the pop star’s current Circus tour – but the dour economy may hamper those plans, it was revealed in a Los Angeles courtroom Tuesday.
The pop star, 27, is halfway into a 49-show tour through the U.S., Canada and the UK, with hopes to add more dates through Europe, Australia and a possible second U.S. tour.
“It hasn’t yet been determined whether it’s feasible to expand tours to the Europe or Australia legs,” L.A. Superior Court Commissioner Reva Goetz said following a closed-door discussion with Jamie and his lawyers.
“That will be determined in the future after everyone’s seen the analysis, in terms of the economy and value of the dollar,” Goetz added.
Jamie and another lawyer hold indefinite legal control over his daughter following her two forced hospitalizations last year.
“Britney’s loving being onstage again,” says a source close to the singer. “Health-wise, she’s progressing every week, it’s amazing. Britney was the single force for wanting to go on tour in the first place.”
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Lady GaGa has spoken of her respect and mutual admiration for fellow pop musician Britney Spears.
The ‘Just Dance’ singer told Fab that she enjoyed her recent collaboration with Spears and claimed that the Blackout star had never gone away.
Lady GaGa said: “It was awesome seeing the song change when she put her touches on it. I’m just really grateful that she loves the music and she’s so supportive of me.
“She’s a fan of my stuff and to write a song that she loves and to know she loves me as an artist, you can’t ask for anything better than that.”
She added: “Britney’s a real class act in terms of the way she handles herself in the media and embraces new artists. She’s always really kind, I’ve always admired that about her.
“She’s gonna kick everybody’s ass. She’s awesome, as far as I’m concerned Britney never left.”
BritneySpears.com recently put up a new set of photos from Britney’s San Jose show. You can view the rest of them HERE. (As of now, only about five on the photos are actually of Britney herself, unfortunately, but I suppose that five is better than nothing.)
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