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Now it’s out. After a successful opening of Britney Spears’ “Circus” tour in New Orleans sources near to the pop star are now willing to reveal how the 27-year old singer struggled with her confidence a week before the actual tour. Sources said a team of relaxation therapists had to be called to look after Britney Spears before she could even perform. Britney Spears’ mis-confidence is understandable considering this is her first major concert after her emotional and career collapse a year or so ago. She was not sure how people would react to her performance so she was freaking out about almost everything.

There was even a time that the people behind her were not even sure she could perform on the stage. Thanks to her father Jamie and a bunch of relaxation therapist, Britney Spears was able to go on stage and show the world that she is back! The stadium may not have been filled but the support of her fans helped Britney throughout the show. At least now, everyone can be sure that what is weighing heavily on Britney Spears’ mind is no longer her ex-husband Kevin Federline but her career and how to make her performance better.

The pop princess has also just announced additional dates for The Circus: Starring Britney Spears tour. Check them out below to see if she’s coming to a city near you! Head over to Britney.com for the full schedule.

NEW dates:
3/14 Newark, NJ (Prudential Center)
3/19 Toronto, ON (Air Canada Centre)
3/23 Uniondale, NY (Nassau Coliseum)
4/17 Los Angeles, CA (Staples Center)
4/20 Anaheim, CA (Honda Center)
4/29 Chicago, IL (AllState Arena)
6/6 London, UK (O2 Arena)
6/7 London, UK (O2 Arena)
6/10 London, UK (O2 Arena)
6/11 London, UK (O2 Arena)
6/13 London, UK (O2 Arena)
6/14 London, UK (O2 Arena)

“Circus” Video:

Britney Spears looked fabulous in a black winter coat with a ruffled collar for her pre-taped appearance at the Rockefeller Center for the New York Tree Light Ceremony last week. According to OK!, the 27-year old recovered singer was scheduled to perform but ended up just giving a taped message. A source said “She was originally supposed to perform live and then she wanted to pre-tape her performance instead. Then she didn’t want to do that. She keeps changing her mind and now she’s not performing at all but she is still supposed to pre-tape at 7 p.m.” I guess she wanted to reserve her energy to celebrate her birthday.

Head over to iTunes to grab Circus today, and please visit Britney.com for more tour details.

Tour Dates for The Circus: Starring Britney Spears

3/3 New Orleans, LA
3/5 Atlanta, GA
3/7 Miami, FL
3/8 Tampa, FL
3/11 Uniondale, NY
3/13 Newark, NJ
3/16 Boston, MA
3/18 Toronto, ON
3/20 Montreal, QU
3/24 Washington, DC
3/26 Uncasville, CT
3/27 Pittsburgh, PA
3/30 Houston, TX
3/31 Dallas, TX
4/2 Kansas City, MO
4/3 Minneapolis, MN
4/6 Edmonton, AB
4/8 Vancouver, BC
4/9 Tacoma, WA
4/11 Sacramento, CA
4/12 San Jose, CA
4/14 Salt Lake City, UT
4/16 Los Angeles, CA
4/19 Anaheim, CA
4/24 Phoenix, AZ
4/25 Las Vegas, NV
4/28 Chicago, IL

Video of Interview:

Circus Track Listing

1. Womanizer
2. Circus
3. Out From Under
4. Kill The Lights
5. Shattered Glass
6. If U Seek Amy
7. Unusual You
8. Blur
9. Mmm Papi
10. Mannequin
11. Lace and Leather
12. My Baby
13. Radar (Bonus Track)

Womanizer video:

video:

YouTube blogger Chris Crocker isn’t the only person in the world who wants the media to leave Britney Spears alone. The Queen of Pop Madonna is also getting protective of the recovering pop star as she says to paparazzi that they need to step off from the troubled star. Even Madonna’s 11-year old daughter Lourdes wants the paps to give Britney some space. According to Us, Madonna even told ‘Yo on E’ satellite radio show that we need to save Britney. Well that’s what Poppa Spears is there for. But as we all know, things with Brit can go terribly wrong overnight. Here’s to hoping right?

Forbes has come out with their list of 2007’s 20 highest grossing female musicians. The results are pretty surprising.

1. Madonna – $72 million
2. Barbra Streisand – $60 million
3. Celine Dion – $45 million
4. Shakira – $38 million
5. Beyoncé – $27 million
6. Gwen Stefani – $26 million
7. Christina Aguilera – $20 million
8. Faith Hill – $19 million
9. Dixie Chicks – $18 million
10. Mariah Carey – $13 million
11. Hilary Duff – $12 million
12. Avril Lavigne – $12 million
13. Martina McBride – $12 million
14. Britney Spears – $8 million
15. Carrie Underwood – $7 million
16. Nelly Furtado – $7 million
17. Fergie – $6 million
18. Jennifer Lopez – $6 million
19. Sheryl Crow – $6 million
20. Norah Jones – $5.5 million

Britney Spears is quickly getting known as someone who likes to bail and she almost bailed on her music video shoot for ‘Piece of Me’. That is, until her record label planned to use the dancers and location for her video for a younger rising star.

Page Six is reporting that the pop wreck was supposed to show up at Social Hollywood to shoot her new video but was hours late. When it looked like she was going to be a no-show, Jive decided to refit the set for another act’s video shoot – Samantha Jade’s ‘Eyes on Me’. When Brit got wind of what was going on, the Post says that she finally showed up – twelve hours past call time.

They would have to pay ME to buy that garbage. I’ve never spent one cent on Britney and I never will. She represents everything that is wrong with the music industry. Crappy music created by a corporation trying to make money off of teeny boppers. It worked for a while, but those days are over. This album is going to bomb horribly. She needs a year off. Leave the spotlight, spend time doing something that has nothing to do with the career. She can make her comeback after a year-long retirement. Leave LA, spend time with friends and family, and no more ‘handlers. ‘When she comes back, everyone will have missed her, she’ll enter a new phase of her career, and she’ll stop having to try so hard. Mariah Carey went nuts because she was overworked, being a popstar and paying dozens of people to keep the train rolling. Britney is doing the same thing, with her panties off, at the expense of her kids.

For the past few weeks there has been a lot of hype surrounding Spears’ supposed ‘comeback’ performance but let’s just say it was less than mediocre. She was wearing heels that she could barely walk in and her performance consisted of her going from one side of the stage to the other in a jeweled bra and panties lip-syncing. Its sad seeing someone I idolized growing up, completely bomb on stage. There was so much hype surrounding this performance, not only from fans but from fellow celebrities. You would think that she would have done a better job at performing, but she gave up. She’s gained a lot of weight, her dancing was lame and her lip synching was worse than Ashlee Simpson. What a disappointment. That was so simple. As everyone we all were expecting something shocking, amazing, magic, and something strong. This was really bad for her and her career. Is not the worst thing in the world but is not the best and it was supposed to be the best for a comeback. I hope her music video for the song gets better than this. Is so sad to see her without self esteem and confidence. She needs help and that’s the down line.