I haven't been to a Britney Spears concert for years.I also missed the Circus Tour when it came to Nassau, NY. It was out of the way so I decided against it. Imagine my surprise at the addition of a second Circus Tour! This time around Britney was going to be at Madison Square Garden. I have never been to MSG so I thought it would be a good opportunity. Plus I was pretty Britney-deprived. Her career was going downhill a couple of years ago and I really didn't know what to expect from her. Her recent hits such as "Womanizer" and "Radar" brought me back to her kingdom.
Anyway, I was pretty excited. Pop concerts are fun -- flashy sets, fun songs, energetic choreography. Let's just say that the Circus tour was all of that and much more.The entire concert was structured around a circus theme. All the merchandise, including popcorn boxes, were designed with the circus in mind. The concert began with circus acts -- acrobatics, clowns, sexy, sculpted men walking around half naked. A teasing foreplay putting us in the mood for the main event.
Three opening acts followed -- Kristinia DeBarge (who sang pretty well), OneCall (who the hell are they...), and Jordin Sparks (I wasn't really interested in her). The opening acts didn't drag on like in other concerts, which I like. However there was still a 20 minute wait until the beginning of Britney's portion. A giant, circular screen displayed a count-down clock.When the clock reached zero, the lights went off and we were treated to the opening clip (a must have in a pop concert) by none other than... Perez Hilton. Perez was in Marie Antoinette-style drag, which looked surprisingly suitable on him (lol). I didn't pay too much attention to the intro as I am not really into Perez, but I did feel that he did a good job getting into character (or maybe he was just being himself...)
The show began with a performance of "Circus", which is my absolute favorite song off of the album with the same name. That really hyped me up! Britney came out ringleader style, looking absolutely gorgeous. She was as fit as in the old days, which made me so proud of her. Britney had a tough couple of years with all of the crazy stuff going on in her world. I can definitely relate to her, so it makes me tremendously happy to see her back in her old self again... it reminds me of what I went through as well, and how I was able to pull through at the end.
In between songs there were either film clips or performances (circus or martial arts) to keep us entertained while Ms. Spears changed into her next costume. My favorite segue was Britney's cover of the Marilyn Manson version of "Sweet Dreams (Everybody's looking for something)". Check out the youtube link at the end for a preview. Britney looked so amazingly sexy in this clip, it drove me crazy! (FYI guys -- Girls love looking at other good-looking girls...).I want to keep this post short so I am going to wrap up here. Here are some pictures I took during the concert. Yay! This brings me back to my teen years...
Britney Spears -- "Sweet Dreams" Segue (Clip)
