Britney is back.....

after the turmoil of the last few years it looks like Britney is bouncing back for good. Photos from her website show a lithe Brtiney taking her dancers through their paces as their prepare for her forthcoming tour tagged - 'The Circus starring Britney Spears'

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Britney Spears "The Circus" Concert Tour Dates and Venues

You've read the reviews and if you are keen to find out whether Britney Spears is miming outrageously, burlesque enough to join the Pussy Cat Dolls or simply back to the form that made her one of the biggest pop stars in the world then you can catch Britney' Circus tour at the following dates and locations.

It is a massive 10 weeks of touring; 8 Weeks in North America and just over two weeks in the UK!

MARCH

Tue, Mar 3
New Orleans Arena
New Orleans, LA


Thu, Mar 5
Philips Arena
Atlanta, GA


Sat, Mar 7
American Airlines Arena
Miami, FL

Sun, Mar 8
St Pete times Forum
Tampa, Fl

Wed, Mar 11 & Mon, Mar 23
Nassau Coliseum
Uniondale, NY

Fri, Mar 13 - Sat, Mar 14
Prudential Center
Newark, NJ

Wed, Mar 18 - Thu, Mar 19
Air Canada Centre,
Toronto, ON (Canada)

Fri, Mar 20
Bell Centre
Montreal, QC (Canada)

Tue, Mar 24
Verizon Centre
Washington, DC


Thu, Mar 26
Mohegan Sun
Ucasville, CT

Fri, Mar 27
Mellon Arena
Pittsburgh, PA

Mon, Mar 30
Toyota Center
Houston, TX

Mon, Mar 31
American Airlines Center
Dallas, TX

APRIL

Thu, Apr 2
Sprint Center
Kansas City, MO

Fri, Apr 3
Target Center
Minneapolis, MN

Mon, Apr 6
Rexall Place
Edmonton, AB (Canada)

Wed, Apr 8
GM Place
Vancouver, BC (Canada)


Thu, Apr 9
Tacoma Dome
Tacoma, WA

Sat, Apr 11
Arco Arena
Sacramento, CA


Sun, Apr 12
HP Pavilion
San Jose, CA

Tue, Apr 14
Energy Solutions Arena
Salt Lake City, UT

Thu, Apr 16 - Fri, Apr 17
Staples Center
Los Angeles, CA

Sun, Apr 19 - Mon, Apr 20
Honda Center
Anaheim, CA

Wed, Apr 22
Oracle Arena
Oakland, CA


Fri, Apr 24
Jobing.com Arena
Glendale, AZ

Sat, Apr 25
MGM Grand Garden
Las Vegas, NV

Tue, Apr 28 - Wed, Apr 29
AllState Arena
Chicago, IL


Thu, Apr 30
Schottenstein Centre
Columbus, OH

MAY

Sat, May 2
Mohegan Sun
Uncasville, CT

Wed, Jun 3, Thu 4, Sat 6, sun 7, Wed 10, Thu 11, Sat 13, Sun 14
The 02
London (UK)

Wed, June 17
MEN Arena
Manchester (UK)

...and if you can't wait then enjoy this snippet from the New Orleans concert.



For Tickets, Photos, Videos and Merchandise visit the official tour site

Britney is Back. Come back tour kicks off

It's been five years since Britney last hit the concert tour and that's no surprise with the problems she's had. It looks like she's sorted herself out and is now back making music and hopefully more cash as well. Her comeback tour, dubbed the Circus Tour kicked off in New Orleans yesterday at the New Orleans Arena before it heads off to more venues across the USA, Canada and the UK

Here's what the critics had to say


Los Angeles Times

Despite that first-night stumble and several numbers in which her dancing was no more than adequate, Spears can safely call this performance a success. She apparently has no interest in proving herself as a vocalist; Pink is a better acrobat and her friend Justin Timberlake is a far better dancer.

BBC

Spears was met with wild applause as she first appeared descending from the ceiling on hoops suspended by wires.

But the star did not interact much with the crowd - only saying to the audience, "Thank you, New Orleans", at the end of the nearly two-hour show.

The Times (London)

Although Spears chose to mime rather than sing live during the first of her Circus Tour shows, the New Orleans audience went wild for the star, who swiftly proved she had finally returned to form following a protracted public meltdown.

Entertainment Weekly

The "Circus" tour was another strong step in the right direction. 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. But fans didn't seem to care, screaming wildly at the first sight of Spears, who descended from the ceiling on hoops suspended by wires, wearing a short red and black ringmaster ensemble.

and a peek behind the scenes as Britney prepares for the tour....

Who the hell is Justin Bieber?

If you old enough to vote and buy yourself a drink you might never of heard of him but the teenage sensation from Canada is on his way to being the biggest thing since...well since the last teenage sensation!

And like so many stars of this decade he is particularly huge on the Internet and in his case Twitter and if you've been on Twitter recently you'll have noticed.

The story is Justin Bieber was discovered when his performances were seen on YouTube by his manager to be Scooter Braun. Excited by what he saw Braun flew Bieber to Atlanta, Georgia, to consult with R&B star Usher and soon followed a deal with Island Records

His first singles "One Time", "One Less Lonely Girl", "Love Me", and "Favorite Girl", were all Top 15 hits on the Canadian Hot 100 and Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. This accomplishment made Bieber the only artist in Billboard history to have four singles from a debut album chart in the Top 40 of the Hot 100 before the album's release.

An Album soon followed and Bieber also became the first artist to have all songs from a single album to chart in the U.S. Hot 100.

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But it is on Twitter the online messaging system that Bieber-mania really comes into its own. Bieber is the most talked about person on Twitter, and nearly the most talked about topic, period.

Bieber-mania is growing on Twitter and is creating a deafening crescendo of chatter that is rising above virtually every other conversation on the popular social media site, which sees 50 million tweets posted daily.

Bieber has been on Twitter almost a year but it wasn't until January that his popularity growth really started registering, said Ingo Muschenetz of What The Trend.

He started out the year around seventh in the weekly Twitter reports and now is consistently dominating the list of the most talked about people.

"He is very, very popular on Twitter, he ranks No. 1, easy," Muschenetz said.

"He's certainly No. 1 unless something else comes along, like when the earthquake in Haiti happened that took the No. 1 spot for a few weeks.

"If it wasn't for the Oscars, he definitely would have been No. 1 (this week)."

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As of mid-Friday, Bieber was ranked among the Top 140 most popular Twitter users but his numbers of followers are multiplying daily.

He averages about 11,000 new followers every day, which on Friday helped him pass the Twitter accounts of the influential tech blogs TechCrunch and Silicon Alley Insider.

If his Twitter account's growth continues its frenetic pace, which it steadily has for months, he'll likely crack the Top 100 by April.

But it would still take months to approach the Top 10, an elite company of Twitter users with more three million followers, such as Lady Gaga, John Mayer, Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama, Ellen DeGeneres, Britney Spears and the top dog, Ashton Kutcher.

Bieber may be far behind that group with almost 1.37 million followers but he's got a shot at eventually catching them, said Muschenetz.

Bieber tweets have ramped up as hype builds for his new album, "My World 2.0," due out March 23. He's also appeared on celebrity charity songs for Haiti and has even been getting public shout-outs from rapper Lil Wayne.

It also helps that he's an engaged Twitter user that communicates directly with his legions of fans who send loving tweets to him daily. And he reached out to a three-year-old fan who became a viral video sensation recently after her family videotaped her crying because of how much she loved Bieber. Earlier this month, he surprised her on the late-night "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" show much to the delight of Bieber's fans.

Bieber's popularity on Twitter is also buoyed by his detractors, who can't stand to see his name on the list of trending topics over and over again.

"Justin Bieber trends really high and some people love that and some people hate that," Muschenetz said.

"(The haters) then tweet about the fact that he's trending, which only makes him trend higher."