While her contracted road crew can be overly rowdy, the rest of Britney Spears’ tour team are quite the sober, well-behaved bunch.
Spears and her entourage of 20 hit Mad Mex in the Pittsburgh suburb of North Hills on Thursday night for a completely pleasant two and a half hour meal.
The only caveat laid out in advance by Britney’s team: no Red Bull and no alcohol were to be offered to the table. That, and no flash photography.
The meal came the evening after two road crew members had been arrested by Pittsburgh police, which followed a statement from Britney’s camp saying the roadies had been dismissed and that Spears’ camp would “not tolerate this type of behavior.”
“This meal was a really low-key encounter,” says manager Matthew Salopek.
Britney rolled up in an SUV limo all dinner-casual—in jeans along with a green and white striped shirt.
Moments later the rest of the tour players showed up for the low-key meal. With a table for Britney’s crew, one for her dancers and a separate table for security, the group dined on nachos, burritos and guacamole. Lots of the guac. “They kept commenting that it was a lot like West Coast guac and asking for more,” says Salopek. “We brought tons.” For beverages the group had only soda and water per previous orders.
Britney Spears had the nachos grande plate “which is a meal onto itself. She was in a good mood—smiling and talking.”
As word leaked out about the superstar’s presence, more and more locals started to find their way into the restaurant. However, the Brit-group was left to itself, no doubt due to the three security guards working the room. “They were unassuming but a presence,” says Salopek. “One of the guys was really big.”
“No one went up to them. People in the restaurant seemed to take the whole thing in stride.”
And the major celebrity was pretty great as well. “I’ve worked with far-lesser stars who were a much greater pain,” says Salopek. “They were really low-key and it was just nice to have them.”
“And they tipped well.”
Indeed, after their meal was done, Britney made a quick exit with a smile and a simple good-bye.
“Other than the security guard, and one huge international star,” says Salopek, “it was really was a run-of-the-mill evening.”
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PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh police were offered 300 free tickets to the Britney Spears concert Friday night at Mellon Arena.
Mellon Arena/SMG contacted police and offered them the tickets because of the hard work they do for the arena.
On Thursday, two of Britney Spears’ Circus Tour crew members were fired after they were arrested in a scuffle with Pittsburgh police on the South Side.
When asked if Spears had donated the tickets to the police, a representative for Mellon Arena/SMG said, “SMG has no comment.”
“The Vodafone MTV Australia Awards were held last night in Sydney, and Britney beat out Beyonce and Madonna to take top honors in the BEST MOVES category for her “Circus” video.”
Be sure to catch the VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown premiere of “If U Seek Amy” TOMORROW, March 28, at 9am ET. Yeah, so that’s a little early on a Saturday, but suck it up. It’s Britney… bitch. (Sorry, had to say it.)
According to showbizspy.com, Lindsay Lohan’s dad has said that she would “end up worse than Britney Spears”.
“Lindsay Lohan could end up even worse off than Britney Spears, the troubled actress’ father has said.
Former Wall Street trader Michael Lohan says the Mean Girls star is spiraling into a personal disaster even worse than that of the Toxic hitmaker – and is now pleading with his famous daughter to see sense before it is too late and split from her lesbian partner Samantha Ronson.
He says, “She’s [Ronson] using her and bringing her around the wrong places.
“No matter where they go in the world, where Samantha drags Lindsay to her little DJ events, there’s always a big blow-up. Ever since Lindsay left rehab where she really got her life back together, Samantha has come back into her life and in it all went wrong for her.
“Lindsay was very vulnerable and Samantha seized on that and manipulated her.”
Now Michael is hoping to follow Britney’s dad’s example and take control of his daughter’s affairs.
He adds, “Finally Britney’s father did take control and she got her life back together.
“But Britney didn’t have Samantha Ronson in her life. Lindsay is my daughter and I love her but I’m not there to be a friend, I’m here to be a parent.
“If Lindsay doesn’t like that or is angered by what I have to say, quite frankly I don’t care because.”"
Michael Lohan’s no Papa Spears, but, then again, Sam Ronson’s no Sam Lutfi.
So…your opinions?
Oh, by the way, am I the only person who thinks Lindsay’s “Rumor” song kinda resembles “My Prerogative”?
A day after two men affiliated with her Circus tour were arrested for allegedly getting into a fight with some Pittsburgh police officers, Britney Spears issued a statement on the incident.
“Last night two employees of a company contracted to provide equipment for ‘The Circus Starring Britney Spears’ tour were arrested in Pittsburgh, PA,” read the statement posted on Spears’ site on Thursday. “However, neither of the men involved are employees of the tour or Ms. Spears. The two individuals have since been dismissed by their employer. ‘The Circus Starring Britney Spears’ tour does not support or tolerate this type of behavior.”
According to Pittsburgh’s WPXI, on Wednesday night, police saw a man named Rockey Dickey punching another man in the face and when they moved in to break up the fight, Dickey allegedly turned and took a swing at one of the officers. When police tried to handcuff Dickey, he reportedly did not cooperate and wound up getting Tasered because he was kicking his legs and flailing his arms as they tried to subdue him.
Meanwhile, another hired hand on the tour, Alex Montes, allegedly attempted to step in and help Dickey by putting one of the officers in a headlock. Montes reportedly tried to leave the scene but was arrested a short time later. Pittsburgh’s WPXI reports that both have been charged with criminal conspiracy, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness, with Dickey scoring an extra pair of charges for simple assault and resisting arrest. The men posted $100,000 bond each on Thursday and were released from Allegheny County Jail. Montes’ mother told the station that this is her son’s first tour with Spears and that he does not usually get into trouble.
Spears is slated to play Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh Friday night; a spokesperson for the singer could not be reached for comment at press time.
According to a report from foxnews.com, Britney’s renting a New Jersey home for the east coast section of her tour:
“According to Life and Style magazine, the star will stay at a rented home in Alpine during the east coast leg of her “Circus” tour. The stay will last a month and won’t even cost Spears a red cent – Jive records is footing the whole $30,000 bill.
“She wanted a home away from home, especially for the boys – something close to Manhattan,” a source told Life and Style. “They talked about Long Island, but she wanted something closer that could feel like home for Sean and Jayden.”"
Ughh. Fox News = the home of that Megyn Kelly idiot.
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