Britney Spears is halfway through her 49-city Circus tour, which goes through the US, Canada, and the UK. There has been talk that the tour will expand to Europe, Australia, and that there will possibly be a second tour in the US (whether it will be a new show or a repeat of Circus is not clear). Unfortunately, the recession is affecting Britney’s plans for global (re)domination, and her people aren’t sure there will be enough dough to go transatlantic.
It seems like Britney might be up for it. A source says that she is “loving being onstage again,” and that “[h]ealth-wise, she’s progressing every week, it’s amazing. Britney was the single force for wanting to go on tour in the first place.”
Britney Spears’s father has been seeking permission from a judge to expand the pop star’s current Circus tour – but the dour economy may hamper those plans, it was revealed in a Los Angeles courtroom Tuesday.
The pop star, 27, is halfway into a 49-show tour through the U.S., Canada and the UK, with hopes to add more dates through Europe, Australia and a possible second U.S. tour.
“It hasn’t yet been determined whether it’s feasible to expand tours to the Europe or Australia legs,” L.A. Superior Court Commissioner Reva Goetz said following a closed-door discussion with Jamie and his lawyers.
“That will be determined in the future after everyone’s seen the analysis, in terms of the economy and value of the dollar,” Goetz added.
Jamie and another lawyer hold indefinite legal control over his daughter following her two forced hospitalizations last year.
[From People]
The article says that Papa Spears was seeking permission from a judge for Britney to expand her tour, and this may be the result of his conservatorship.
My sister saw the Circus tour when it came to DC, and she came home saying that she “didn’t know where to look the entire night.” There were contortionists and acrobats and all kinds of special effects meant to put the mind on overload. All of these factors make for a good pop tour, but they also cost a lot.
In other Britney news: there have been all kinds of reports on Britney’s love life, but the latest (and craziest) comes from a German multimillionaire whose private jet pilot claims that he proposed to Brit at a Subway last week. How romantic! Spears’ rep has this to say about the engagement:
A representative for Spears said: “Britney is not engaged, she did not get proposed to at Subway last week – she is currently on tour – she is not getting married on a farm in Germany, she did not receive a $4.5 million marquise-cut diamond ring. Oh, and she has not been abducted by aliens either.”
[From NY Daily News]
Fair enough. She might not be going to Germany for a wedding, but hopefully she’ll be able to make it to entertain her fans.
Britney Spears is shown performing on 12/2/08. Images thanks to WENN.com .
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