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Britney: Live in Concert

Britney: Live in Concert[1] was the ninth concert tour by American entertainer Britney Spears.[2] The tour marks Spears' first international concert tour in six years, the last being the Femme Fatale Tour in 2011. The tour largely mirrors her Britney: Piece of Me residency in Las Vegas.

Background

Rumors of a world tour began circulating in 2016, coinciding with the release of Spears' ninth studio album, Glory, when Spears expressed interest in performing internationally again. In March 2017, after numerous publications began leaking details about Spears' planned international shows, she confirmed the planned tour by announcing concert dates in the Philippines and Israel.[3] Coincidentally, her show in Israel was held on the same day as the Labor Party's primary election, which caused the election to be moved to the next day due to an insufficient amount of security and traffic congestion from Spears' concert.[4] In the weeks following the announcement, Spears revealed additional Asian tour dates. Spears performed in the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong and Israel for the first time during the tour.[5] A special tour edition of her ninth studio album was released on June 9, to coincide with the start of the tour.[6]

Following allegations of lip-syncing during her concerts, Spears addressed the accusations during an Israeli phone interview, stating: "I do have a little bit of playback, but there’s a mixture of my voice and the playback." However, critic responses to the veracity of these claims were mixed.[7][8] Days after, Spears sang a live rendition of "Happy Birthday" during her show in Singapore.[9]

On December 22, 2017, Spears announced she would be bringing the show to Denmark for the Smukfest.[10] On January 23, 2018, Spears announced dates for North America and Europe under a concert tour named Piece of Me Tour.[11][12]

Commercial performance

The local media reported that Spears performed for around 55,000–60,000 fans at Hayrkon Park, Tel Aviv, on July 3.[13][14][15] Due to the concert, the Israeli Labor Party delayed their election for a new chairperson by a day. It was originally scheduled for July 3, the same day as Spears's concert, but party officials feared traffic jams and that party members would choose the concert over finding a polling station.[16] The first show at Impact Arena, Bangkok, was sold out in 45 minutes and due to the high demand an extra date was added on June 24.[17] According to Sony Music Japan, the first Yoyogi National Gymnasium show drew a sold-out crowd of 12,000 fans.[18]

Set list

The following set list was obtained from the concert held on June 6, 2017; at the Osaka-jō Hall in Osaka, Japan. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.[19]

  1. "Work Bitch"
  2. "Womanizer"
  3. "Break the Ice"
  4. "Piece of Me"
  5. "...Baby One More Time"
  6. "Oops!... I Did It Again"
  7. "Me Against the Music"
  8. "Gimme More"
  9. "Boys"
  10. "Do You Wanna Come Over?"
  11. "Work It" / "Get Ur Freak On" / "WTF (Where They From)" (dance break)
  12. "I'm a Slave 4 U" (contains elements of "Get Naked (I Got a Plan)")
  13. "Make Me"
  14. "Freakshow"
  15. "Do Somethin'"
  16. "Circus"
  17. "If U Seek Amy"
  18. "Breathe on Me"
  19. "Slumber Party"
  20. "Touch of My Hand"
  21. "Toxic"
  22. "Stronger"
  23. "(You Drive Me) Crazy"
Encore
  2. "Till the World Ends"

Tour dates

References

  1. ^ Williams, Janice (July 3, 2017). "Ahead of Concert, Britney Spears's Arrival in Israel Sparks Pure Chaos". Newsweek. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
  2. ^ "Britney Spears Announces Summer World Tour". Broadway World. Wisdom Digital Media. March 28, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  3. ^ Butler, Karen (April 10, 2017). "Britney Spears' 'Piece of Me' show to close at Planet Hollywood in Vegas". United Press International. News World Communications. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  4. ^ Strunk, Delaney (April 6, 2017). "Israel postpones vote due to Britney Spears concert". CNN. Turner Broadcasting System. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  5. ^ "Finally, Britney Spears is coming to Manila". The Philippine Star. PhilStar Media Group. March 28, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  6. ^ Stern, Bradley (May 1, 2017). "BRITNEY'S 'GLORY' IS GETTING A SPECIAL TOUR EDITION RE-RELEASE (IN JAPAN)". PopCrush. Townsquare Media. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  7. ^ Wass, Mike (June 27, 2017). "Britney Spears Says She Doesn't Get Enough Credit For Singing Live". Idolator. Hive Media. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
  8. ^ Bond, Nick (June 28, 2017). "Renowned mime artist Britney Spears thinks she sings live". news.com.au. News Corp Australia. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  9. ^ Drysdale, Jennifer (July 5, 2017). "Britney Spears Sings 'Happy Birthday' Live After Slamming Lip Sync Rumors". Entertainment Tonight. CBS Television Distribution. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
  10. ^ Spears, Britney (22 December 2017). "Denmark!! See you at @Smukfest on August 8th!! #SMUK18pic.twitter.com/MI3yu6DKq7". @britneyspears. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
  11. ^ Read-Dominguez, Jennifer. "Britney Spears' Piece of Me Tour is coming to the UK and Ireland for the first and last time ever". Digital Spy. Giant Digital. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  12. ^ Roth, Madeline (January 23, 2018). "BRITNEY SPEARS WILL GIVE YOU A PIECE OF HER ON NEW SUMMER TOUR". MTV News. Viacom Media Networks. Archived from the original on January 26, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
  13. ^ "Watch Britney Spears Performing In Tel Aviv for 60K Crowd". All-Noise News. 9 July 2022. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  14. ^ "Massive: Britney Spears Performs For 60K Crowd In Tel Aviv, Israel". Direct Lyrics.
  15. ^ "Britney Spears performs for 55,000 fans in Israel". The Times of Israel.
  16. ^ "Oops! Britney Spears gig forces Israeli Labour party to delay leadership contest". The Guardian. April 5, 2017.
  17. ^ "Britney Live In Bangkok". BEC-TERO. May 14, 2017.
  18. ^ "Britney Live in Tokyo". Sony Music Japan. June 5, 2017.
  19. ^ Tantiangco, Aya (June 9, 2017). "Britney Spears' set list in Japan will get you pumped for her Manila concert". GMA News and Public Affairs. GMA Holdings, Inc. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  20. ^ Sources for tour dates in Asia:
    • "Britney Spears to make first tour of Japan since 2002". Japan Today. GPlus Media Co. Ltd. April 2, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
    • Da-sol, Eom (May 2, 2017). "Britney Spears to give concert in Korea". The Korea Times. Hankook Ilbo Media Group. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
    • "Britney Spears announces Manila concert". ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs. ABS-CBN Corporation. March 28, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
    • Lee, Wendy (May 2, 2017). "American pop star Britney Spears to perform in Taiwan for the first time ever". Taiwan News. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
    • "Britney comes to Bangkok". The Nation. Nation Multimedia Group. April 21, 2017. Archived from the original on June 13, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
    • Wright, Adam (April 10, 2017). "Britney Spears announces Hong Kong debut show this June". South China Morning Post. Alibaba Group. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
    • "Britney Spears to perform in Singapore on June 30". Today. Mediacorp. April 26, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
    • "IT'S OFFICIAL: BRITNEY SPEARS TO TAKE STAGE IN TEL AVIV". The Jerusalem Post. March 28, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017.

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