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EK! She is actually singing Live!

 

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Britney Spears Proves She's Still Got It at 'Femme Fatale' Tour Kickoff

Her high-powered performance includes nine songs from her most recent album

By BARRY WALTERS

JUNE 17, 2011 8:10 AM ET

 

Britney Spears is a dozen years into her career, and yet the kickoff of her Femme Fatale tour at the Power Balance Pavilion in Sacramento last night managed to propel her forward. She's wisely focusing on the present – she sang nine songs from her latest album Femme Fatale and snagged Nicki Minaj as her opening act – while offering possibly her flashiest, fastest moving, and most entertaining production yet.

 

Taking her entrance atop a moving platform in the first of many skimpy and sparkling Barbarella-esque outfits, Spears kicked off her performance with "Hold It Against Me." Flipping her massive blonde locks/weave/wig in what the Glee kids call "hairography," Spears shook what her hairdresser gave her while dancing hunks in policeman gear suggestively wielded truncheons around her. For "Up n’ Down," she and her female dancers reappeared in several cages made of poles, and were soon to be joined by the cops executing jungle gym acrobatics atop the cages. White satin fedoras and trench coats were donned for "3," and for "Piece of Me" she flew over the stage until the cops ripped off their shirts to reveal S&M bondage harnesses.

 

It was that kind of show, and the largely female audience sprinkled with some enthusiastic guys liked it that way: Throughout her set, the screaming from the fans rarely relented. Just about every number offered a different a visual theme more over-the-top than the one before it. "Big Fat Bass" featured giant speaker cabinets with woofers circled by flashing, color-changing lights. Spears took her entrance during "How I Roll" in a car that resembled a pink Mini Cooper. The hood folded into steps that allowed Spears to walk over and down the car – one of many agile moves Spears executed without twisting an ankle.

 

Her set was half over before she sang a track older than four years; this was "Boys (Remix)," followed by the sole slowie, "Don’t Let Me Be the Last to Know," which she sang on a swing. Here her mike was clearly turned on, and the results confirmed why Spears typically relies on prerecorded vocals. Her surprise cover of Madonna’s early single "Burning Up" lacked Madge’s authority, but it did feature Spears straddling a giant glittering guitar 10 or so feet high and twice as long. Her encore of "Toxic" featured a booming Dance Dance Revolution-styled remix with Japanese kimonos and dancing ninjas to match while "Till the World Ends" included Minaj rapping via video — an odd choice, since she was likely still backstage.

 

Minaj’s own set lacked Spears’s budget or sharp choreography. Instead, the rapper tottered around on lime green platform shoes that threatened to tip her balance. Although she’s styled as a dance-pop diva, Minaj did little dancing — or singing, or even live rapping. Like Spears, much of her vocals were clearly prerecorded, which got a little too obvious during "Monster." Obviously she doesn’t have Kanye West with her, but throughout even her part in the song she sat nearly immobile, not bothering to hold a mike or move her lips.

 

Minaj clearly has stage presence, and the fact that fans cheered through abbreviated versions of her hits means that she’s doing something right by just showing up. But as a showcase for her considerable talents, her Thursday night performance lacked the commitment of her records. Surely the wild woman of "Did It On’em" can do better.

 

But really, the night belonged to Britney: She managed to prove that she's still progressing as a showgirl. Not only that, she's doing it better than even diehard defenders would’ve predicted. At 29, the pop star whose career seemed in danger of ending just a couple years ago has shown that she's back – hopefully this time to stay.

 

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June 17, 2011

Spears finds groove, Minaj mesmerizes in Sacramento concert

By Carla Meyer

cmeyer@sacbee.com

 

Britney Spears was several songs into her concert Thursday night at Power Balance Pavilion when her performance truly began to sparkle.

 

Call it the cut-offs factor.

 

Spears spent the first part of the show illustrating the "Femme Fatale" theme of her tour -- which kicked off in Sacramento -- by wearing shiny bikinis, a 1940s-inspired gold cape and a billowing skirt a la Marilyn Monroe 's in "The Seven Year Itch."

 

After she changed into rhinestone-studded Daisy Dukes for "Baby One More Time," the difference was remarkable.

 

 

Though Spears performed like a pro throughout the show, hitting all her marks, she had shown hesitancy in her movements - natural for the first stop on a tour. But that hesitancy vanished when she put on the denim. She seemed at ease.

 

The Louisiana's native's sexiness has always been more good ol' gal than femme fatale.

 

Spears captivated during the cut-offs segment, singing her own hits "Slave 4 U" and "Womanizer" while covering - and clearly relishing -- Rihanna's "S&M" and Madonna's "Burning Up," the latter of which she performed while straddling a giant prop guitar.

 

It was not as dirty as it sounds, if only because Spears, at 29, still retains an air of wholesomeness that has survived the schoolgirl uniforms, giant snakes and tabloid traumas.

 

She can still seem wholesome because she inspires an unusual amount of empathy, for a big star. There's a desire to see her succeed that derives from her audience having watched her grow up, and struggle, in the spotlight.

 

That's why it was so satisfying to see her relax, and appear to be having as much fun as the enthusiastic audience at Power Balance Pavilion.

 

The sellout crowd -- composed mainly of young women who were kids when Spears was a teen star -- thrilled from the start to Spears' stellar pop songs. The set list, containing several electro-pop songs from Spears' 2011 album "Femme Fatale," provided constant hooks and so much big, fat bass that there's a song from the album called "Big Fat Bass."

 

That Spears' show features the heavy use of backing tracks is no surprise at this point. She didn't exactly start out on the Lilith Fair, singing earnest folk songs and strumming guitar.

 

The stage set's Deco-inspired metal and neon touches reflected the "Femme Fatale" theme well, but the abundant props sometimes overwhelmed Spears and her amazingly agile backup dancers/acrobats. Along with riding the giant guitar, Spears rides in a car and on various apparati.

 

The show's "Femme Fatale" narrative, explained by video clips in which a villainous guy threatens Spears-as-Mata Hari, was comparatively unfussy.

 

Opener Nicki Minaj 's narrative, by contrast, was a puzzle involving Minaj's alter ego Roman Zolanski and a figure who looked like Jigsaw from the "Saw" movies, but in priest's robes. Or maybe Jigsaw and Roman Zolanski were the same figure.

 

The kook factor only enhanced Minaj's magnetism.

 

It is tempting to call Minaj the best female rapper out there. But that is reductionist. She's a compelling, inventive rapper regardless of gender, alternating agitation and smooth flow in delivering clever lyrics.

 

But it's Minaj's attention to detail in performance -- from the cut of her wig and shine of her space-inspired suit to movements that go from Barbie doll-stiff to controlled grooving to death-scene flop to the floor -- that put her in another realm.

 

Throughout much of a set that included plenty of rough language and boasting, Minaj maintained a pleasant, radiant expression. She used the big screens on either side of the stage as her canvas, subtly working her eyes and smile to mesmerizing effect.

 

Such showmanship erased the usual awkwardness that arises during a set by a rapper or singer whose hits are collaborations with other rappers or singers who aren't there. Trey Songz was absent for "Bottoms Up" for example, and Rihanna for "Fly," but it didn't matter. Minaj's boatload of charisma had it covered.

 

(Her lyrics were rather advanced for some of the youngest members of the audience. Here's hoping the rapidity of her delivery kept them from making out the words).

 

Minaj raps on Spears' "Till the World Ends." But rather than bring out opener Minaj for that number, Spears showed taped footage of Minaj's part.

 

That's just odd, and not in a Minaj way.

 

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Britney Spears Kicks Off Tour with Support from Boyfriend Jason Trawick

 

Hordes of Britney Spears concertgoers cheered and chanted along as the pop star kicked off her Femme Fatale tour in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday night, but before she took the stage, the singer had some special support from her No. 1 fan.

 

Boyfriend of two years (and her former agent) Jason Trawick was at her side backstage, giving the costumed Spears an apparent good luck-hug in a photo she Tweeted before dominating the Power Balance Pavilion.

 

"It's Opening Night B–––!" she wrote.

 

Spears, 29, launched the show with her hit, "Hold It Against Me," bringing the glitz and the glam in her Zaldy Goco-designed ensembles.

 

"Can't sleep," she Tweeted after the show. "WAY too much Adrenaline right now. Sacramento was on fire tonight."

 

Critics seemed to share her excitement about the tour, which hits San Jose, Calif., Saturday night. "The night belonged to Britney," a Rolling Stone review read. Calling it her flashiest show yet, the report continued: "The pop star whose career seemed in danger of ending just a couple years ago has shown that she's back – hopefully this time to stay."

 

PEOPLE.

Z100: Britney Spears Gets Rave Reviews for Femme Fatale Show

 

Britney Spears won over critics on the opening night of her Femme Fatale tour by cutting back on lip-syncing and singing more of her songs live.

 

The pop superstar kicked off her latest trek at the Power Balance Pavilion in Sacramento, California on Thursday night, and showed off an impressive array of dazzling costumes and a massive 22-song set-list.

 

The tour is her first since her 2009 Circus shows, which were marred by criticism of her decision to concentrate on her dancing instead of her singing by miming along to all of her hits.

 

But critics have heaped praise Spears following the launch of her new concerts, with a reviewer for Rolling Stone magazine revealing the singer is "progressing" her act. The review reads, "The night belonged to Britney: She managed to prove that she's still progressing as a showgirl... Not only that, she's doing it better than even die hard defenders would've predicted. At 29, the pop star whose career seemed in danger of ending just a couple years ago has shown that she's back - hopefully this time to stay."

 

Local newspaper The Sacramento Bee reported that her "performance truly began to sparkle," while celebrity blogger Perez Hilton applauded the singer for moving away from lip-syncing.

 

He writes, "Britney sings maybe 40 percent of the show, which is really awesome considering that at the last tour she lip-synced every single song. I feel like this time the show and her are on the same level. Britney seems to have gotten her spark back."

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NICKIMINAJ Nicki Minaj

Honestly the show is a movie. Brit's set $h!ts on everything in this world! Lol. Mind blowing. For real.

11 minutes ago

All HD Femme Fatale Tour Videos

 

Intro + Hold It Against Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX2lZxKciCc&hd=1

 

Big Fat Bass http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMw8GtL5RPw&hd=1

 

Gimme More http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VO240_wgqY&hd=1

 

Gimme More 2

 

S&M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzylOq9Eq-k&hd=1

 

Trouble For Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMELCb3I7Ss&hd=1

 

Trouble For Me 2

 

Slave http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKjrGmMw7cc&hd=1

 

I Wanna Go http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FghDamgw8&hd=1

 

Toxic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOrhlIEqkQA&hd=1

 

Toxic 2

 

How I Roll http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mBa-4pqxR0&hd=1

 

Womanizer

 

Burning Up + I Wanna Go

 

Baby One More Time

 

Lace And Leather http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiD746IXFV8&hd=1

 

Lace And Leather 2

 

If U Seek Amy

 

If U Seek Amy 2

 

Till The World Ends

 

Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know

 

Piece Of Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV2e_ZJrkQ8&hd=1

 

Hold It Against Me + Up N Down

 

He About To Lose Me

 

Till The World Ends 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOnaUlKo1lo&hd=1

 

Toxic 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3Zxb6juiSg&hd=1

 

3 + Piece Of Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfhNhlms1zw&hd=1

 

Gimme More 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpwPsqoqXw8&hd=1

I want October to hurry up NOW! Those performances were fantastic!

 

A picture of some of the tour merchandise:

 

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I am in LOVE. Really, really glad to hear that she's singing LIVE! (And very well too!!)

Is it weird that out of all the performances from the tour its the intro video I am totally OBSESSED with. Britney so needs to make that into a music video or do an action film after this tour

DON'T LET ME BE THE LAST TO KNOW

Is this FOR REAL? :o

Hundred percent 4real.

SOME CRAZY $h!t ISN'T IT!

I f***ING LOVE DLMBTLTK.

 

I'm GOING on this TOUR.

britneyspears Britney Spears

Awwwww thanks so much Rodney. Glad you had fun on stage. Single tear youtu.be/gtmHazgmvU4 -Brit

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LARRY RUDOLPH SAYS THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN TALKS WITH RELEASING A FEMME FATALE TOUR DVD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D And also reveals how Britney was upset at how the Circus Tour was not.

 

Watch the interview :)

 

Edited June 21, 201114 yr by IfUSeeBritney

The quality of this performance is amazing. I love it! :wub: TTWE is such a crowd pleaser! The crowd were on their feet and EVERYTHING here :heart: GAH.

 

I got two tickets to Manchester for my birthday! Seated, but it should still be amazing! I hope it's worth it after everything I've read. :wub: