Dressed as a sexy ringmaster and directing a colorful cast that included jugglers, acrobats and martial arts dancers, Britney Spears delivered a tightly choreographed, if perfunctory performance Tuesday night as she kicked off her first concert tour in five years, according to the AP.
The 27-year-old pop superstar's "Circus" tour kicked off in her home state of Louisiana at the New Orleans Arena before a nearly sold-out crowd that cheered on their idol as she gyrated and slithered across the stage while singing some of her biggest hits, from the recent "Womanizer" to her first and now classic song, "Baby One More Time.
The fans, who waited for more than three hours in line to get into the arena, got their monies' worth. (Tickets were priced from $95 to $250.)
Many of whom were surprised she sang live and posted Tweets that they didn't want the show to end and how amazing she looked and how crazy the crowd got, chanting "Britney! Britney! Britney!"
But some reviewers found a couple missteps:
One moment during the night did seem like a mistake. Spears disappeared several times during the set, to change costumes or allow her fellow performers a chance to show their skills. At one point, however, she didn't seem to resurface. Her backing singers awkwardly stood center stage as her voice drifted forth, as if from beneath the stage. Maybe I just couldn't see her from her my vantage point -- the show is in the round, playing further on the image of the three-ring circus. But she seemed to miss her cue.
And:
Spears didn't interact much with the crowd — the only thing she uttered to the audience was "Thank you, New Orleans" at the end of the nearly two-hour show — and appeared at times to be lip-synching.
Either way, we wish her all the success on this tour. Make that money.
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