The Circus Starring Britney Spears

The Circus Starring Britney Spears

Image of a blond woman. She is wearing a striped top, a corset and light skirt. A black hat sits on her head. Her arms are extended and she is wearing transparent gloves. In her right hand, she is carrying a black long stick. Her hair is in waves and she is looking into the camera, smiling, with her head leaning towards the right. She is standing in a long thick rope. Above the woman, the word "THE CIRCUS STARRING BRITNEY SPEARS" are written in orange. In the left of the woman, there is a heart with the words "PUSSYCAT DOLLS" in the center.
Tour by Britney Spears
Associated album Circus
Start date March 3, 2009
End date November 29, 2009
Legs 4
Shows 61 in North America
22 in Europe
14 in Australia
97 total
Gross revenue $131.8 million
Britney Spears tour chronology
The Onyx Hotel Tour
(2004)		 The Circus Starring Britney Spears
(2009)

The Circus Starring Britney Spears, commonly referred to as the Circus Tour,[1] was the fifth concert tour by American singer Britney Spears to promote her sixth studio album Circus. Rumors of a tour arose as early as October 2007, after Spears released her fifth studio album Blackout; however, it was cancelled due to unknown reasons. The tour was officially announced in December 2008, with dates for American and British venues revealed. The stage was composed of three rings and set in-the-round to resemble an actual circus. Fashion designers Dean and Dan Caten created the costumes. A giant cylinder screen was set above the stage to showcase videos and backdrops. Effects were provided by Solotech. Magician Ed Alonzo joined Spears during the second act. The setlist was composed generally from her albums In the Zone, Blackout and Circus. Spears announced she would tour Australia for the first time in June 2009.

The tour was described as a "pop extravaganza". It was divided into five segments. The Circus featured a metamorphosis of Spears from as a ringmaster to a slave, while being surrounded by different performers. House of Fun (Anything Goes) displayed a series of upbeat numbers with different themes, including magic and military. It ended with a Bollywood-inspired performance and a ballad in which Spears performed while floating on a giant umbrella. Freakshow/Peepshow featured a video interlude set to heavy metal music, and continued with dark and sexual performances. Electro Circ displayed energetic dance routines, and the encore consisted of a video montage of Spears's music videos and a police-themed performance. Some changes were made to the show throughout the tour. Several songs were remixed; Spears also performed "Mannequin" in selected European shows and covers of Duffy and Alanis Morisette in some North American dates.

The Circus Starring Britney Spears generated a positive to mixed reception from critics. While some praised its aesthetic and deemed it as an entertaining show, others criticized Spears's lack of involvement during some segments. The tour was a commercial success, with a total gross of $131.8 million. A great number of tickets were sold after only a week of the announcement of the tour, which prompted supporters to add more dates. The tour also broke attendance records in many cities and all the North American shows were sold out. It became the fifth highest grossing tour of 2009, as well as the fifth highest grossing tour ever by a female artist. The show generated controversy on the Australian leg after a reporter said that a great number of fans had walked out during the performances. However, this was later denied by Spears's management and promoters.

Contents

Background

Faraway image of an arena full of people. In the middle, there is a stage composed by three rings, a big one in the middle and two smaller rings on the sides. A 360 degrees cylinder shaped screen is hanging from the ceiling along with different subwoofers and speakers.
A bird's eye view of the stage in Montreal, Canada.

On September 9, 2007, Spears performed "Gimme More", the lead single from her fifth studio album Blackout (2007) at the MTV Video Music Awards. Her last live performance had been during The M+M's Tour in May of the same year.[2] The performance received worldwide attention which exceeded expectations. Her singing, her dancing and even her wardrobe were all commented on extensively, and it was considered hurtful for her career.[3][4][5] In October, 2007, it was reported that Spears was planning to go on tour to promote the album and was holding open dance auditions, but this was later denied by Jive Records.[6][7] In February 2008, similar reports surfaced that Spears had already rehearsed in private for a month at Millennium Dance Complex in Los Angeles, California, and would be leaving to Europe during the following weeks for a worldwide tour.[8] However, it was finally cancelled due to unknown reasons.[9] In September 2008, after New York City radio station Z100 premiered her single "Womanizer", Spears made a surprise appearance on the show and announced she would be going on a worldwide tour during 2009 to support her sixth studio album, Circus (2008).[10][11] The concert promoter was AEG Live.[12] Former director of the tour, Australian choreographer Wade Robson, said that the tour would visit the United States, the United Kingdom, and would also reach Australia.[13][14]

After her live performances on Good Morning America on December 2, 2008, Spears officially announced a first leg of twenty-five dates in the US and two dates in the UK, with the tour launching on March 3, 2009, in New Orleans.[15] The Pussycat Dolls were selected in October 2008 as the opening act of the first North American leg.[16] Spears's manager Larry Rudolph claimed that the show would "blow people's minds and promises to show Britney's fans something they will never forget."[17] He later added, "she goes full–speed the whole show — about an hour and a half. It's pretty intense. This is a full–blown, full–out Britney Spears show. It is a pop extravaganza. It is everything everybody expects from her — and more!"[18] On April 28, 2009, eight European dates were added.[19] The following day, four more dates were announced in Russia, Poland and Germany.[20] On June 9, 2009, Spears announced that she would tour Australia for the first time in November. Six dates were initially announced. Spears stated, "I've wanted to tour Australia for quite some time and now it's finally happening. My Circus tour is the best show I have ever created and I can't wait to perform it for all of my Australian fans. See you guys soon!"[1] The following day, it was announced on her official website that she would return to North America for a second leg, visiting twenty cities.[21] The Circus Starring Britney Spears was also rumored to reach South America, however, Spears's manager Adam Leber denied this despite their efforts to do so.[22]

Development

Image of a blond woman. She is standing with a red feathered jacket, carrying a whip around her neck and singing in a wireless microphone. Several people surround her, all wearing S&M outfits.
Spears performing "Circus" as the opening song.

In October 2008, Spears hired Wade Robson, who had previously worked as director for her Dream Within a Dream Tour, to direct the tour; he announced that rehearsals would start in January.[23] His wife, Amanda Robson, was also hired as co-creative director.[13] Andre Fuentes was chosen as the lead choreographer.[23] However, on December 23, 2009, the Robsons and Fuentes were replaced due to unknown reasons by Jamie King, who previously collaborated with Spears in her Oops!... I Did It Again World Tour.[24] He did the casting of the dancers and acrobats, and worked with Spears on the setlist and the choreography.[25] King described the show saying it was "sexy, fun, explosive, and full of surprises. While avoiding such traditional circus elements as live animals, we've created something innovative and exciting using contortionists, dancers, lighting, fire and other special effects".[26] Simon Ellis was hired as the musical director.[24] The production design was done by Road Rage, a formed alliance between Nick Whitehouse, Bryan Leitch, William Baker and Steve Dixon. Lightning design was done by Visual Light, conformed by Whitehouse and Leitch.[25] The stage was designed by Road Rage and set in-the-round, with a big stage in the center painted to look like a target.[25][27] There were also two satellite stages in the sides unified by small catwalks, to resemble an actual three-ring circus.[28][29] The stage was built by Tait Towers and included nine lifts, which had a cost of $10 million.[25][28] It traveled in 3,000 rolling cases packed into 32 semis and a crew of 150 people was needed to set it up.[28] There was a semi-transparent Element Labs Stealth cylinder screen above the stage, comprising 960 panels that Solotech built into custom frames. The backdrops were designed by Dirk Decooedt. There were three new film sequences shot exclusively for the tour: an opening video featuring Perez Hilton, a video of Spears set to Marilyn Manson's "Sweet Dreams Are Made of This" and a final montage. The three videos were created by Veneno. Props, including swings, couches, unycicles, stripper poles, a gold cage and giant picture frames, were designed by ShowFX Inc.; they also provided custom VIP couch seating that lined the perimeter of the stage. VYV provided the video control, which included two Photon Show media servers and two Photon Controllers. The servers took timecode for the show and wrapped the images around the Stealth screen. Emric Epstein of VYV explained, "The servers and software permits us to control a large number of video layers on the 360˚ LED screen, composite the layers in realtime, and transform the final output so that everything look seamless after going through the LED controllers. There is also an astounding 3D preview of the stage and video screens in the software so you can control or re-program the show without being inside the arena bowl".[25]

Image of a stage. In the center, a blond woman wearing a leotard and a black hat is in mid-air, standing inside a circular platform suspended by wires. The center of the stage is covered with fire. Several performers are in the sides of the stage, doing acrobatics in jungle gyms.
Spears being lifted into the air in a platform, with a ring of fire in the main stage, during a performance of "I'm a Slave 4 U".

The sound was provided by Solotech. Front of house engineer Blake Suib explained that, "[Me] and Solotech were asked to come up with a design that blocked the least amount of seats but provided the quality and coverage that [Spears] expects and that we were looking for". The public address (PA) was made of 64 Milos that split into four hangs of 16 per hang. Two at the 50 yard line pointed one way and directly behind, two at the 50 yard line pointed the opposite way. Also present were 32 Micas; 16 per hang, pointing to the sides. Each one of the four hangs had its own equalization (EQ) and level control, so in case one of the speakers were louder there would be a separate EQ to compensate for any change in the tone due to the distance. All the components and tools used in the public address were designed by Meyer Sound Laboratories, including a software called Mapp, used to decide where to point the PA; the Simm, to analyze and time align the PA accurately; and the Galileo, used to EQ and balance all the sections of the PA. The speakers were self-powered with amplifiers also built by Meyer Sounds. There were 24 HP700 subwoofers positioned all over the arena floor, and the Simm and Galileo were used to time align. Spears did not use in-ear monitors; instead 12 Meyer CQs were positioned, eight flown around the center ring and two on each of the smaller stages. Spears specifically asked Suib to make the show sound similar to a dance club.[30] Solotech provided the lighting package, including a mostly Vari-Lite rig, with 80 each VL3000s and VL3500s in various positions, and 60 VL500s built into the stage deck. Whitehouse also had 18 PRG Bad Boy luminaires, 16 of which sat in pods that hung in various positions lower than the rest of the rig, with two more at either end of the stage. Each of the eight pods housed two Bad Boys, two of the VL3500s, one Robert Juliat Ivanhoe followspot with scroller under DMX control, and a Molefay. Fifty Martin Professional Atomic Color strobes and four front of house Robert Juliat Aramis followspots rounded out the lighting package. The lightning team had to rehearse for a month to prepare. The tour was also the first to use the touring version of the PRG Virtuoso V676 console to control the system, which was used from the beginning of the European leg until the end of the tour. Pyrotechnics and jets of smoke used in the show were created by Lorenzo Cornacchia of Pyrotek Special Effects and Tait Towers.[25]

Spears explained that since she did not tour to promote Blackout, she was excited about having to include songs from that album into the setlist.[31] The finished setlist would include three songs from Circus, six songs from Blackout and five songs from In the Zone (2003); other highlights on the show were a medley of "Breathe on Me" and "Touch of My Hand", both from In the Zone; and a remix of "Baby One More Ti", the only song performed of the album of the same name (1998).[32] "Everytime" was the only song not included in the released setlist but was performed regularly on the show.[33] Magician Ed Alonzo joined Spears in one of the acts, and she played as his assistant. Alonzo stated, "We're going to be doing the classics of magic but a little high-tech. We'll be doing a little dissection, transposition, a vanish, an appearance — and if I do a trick, she doesn't just hold the props, she's actually getting inside the big boxes or I am slicing her up. ... Some of it's pretty scary, but she gets right in there with no reservations."[34] The costumes were designed by Dean and Dan Caten from DSquared2. They recreated classic circus outfits, like clowns, jugglers and trapeze artists in a more provocative way. They commented that,

"We are enormous fans of Britney, and have been waiting for the perfect moment to collaborate with her. It's going to be wild. We wanted to create something much more provoking and indecent ... something animalistic and primal. We are confident that this tour partnership, an autobiographical tribute for one who has always been in the spotlight: scrutinized, watched, imitated, photographed, criticized and loved, will be an enormous success".[35]

The costumes of the first segment were selected to show a metamorphosis. The cheetah headdress represented an animal. The jacket and whip represented both a ringmaster and a lion tamer. She took the headdress off at the end of the first song to reveal a Swarovski-crystal corset, fishnets, and boots and entered the cage to represent a slave.[36] The wardrobe for the song "Mannequin" included black jeans from True Religion and a yellow tank top with rhinestones designed by Spears herself.[37] Spears's outfits had a duplicate set in case of any problem and were numbered in sequence. The total number of costumes was approximately 350, kept in order by six full–time women. The wardrobe was also revealed to have $150,000 worth of Swaroski crystals.[28]

Concert synopsis

The right profile of a female blond performer. She is moving inside a giant golden cage. She is wearing a black corset with diamonds and fishnet stockings. Four leather-clad men seem to be chasing her.
Spears performing "Piece of Me" inside a cage while her dancers chase her.

The show was mainly divided into four acts with different themes: The Circus, House of Fun (Anything Goes), Freakshow-Peepshow, Electro Circ and ended with the encore. It began with "Welcome to the Circus", a video introduction featuring Perez Hilton as Queen Elizabeth I.[27] In the middle of the video, the cylinder screen started to rise, while Spears appeared on the video and shot Hilton with a crossbow, causing him to fall backwards onto the floor. As the video ended, Spears descended from the ceiling on a suspended platform, wearing the headdress, a ringmaster jacket, black shorts, high-heeled boots and carrying a whip.[27] She started with a performance of "Circus", which featured acrobats taking the stage and spinned on giant rings in the air.[27] The song ended with Spears taking off her ringleader jacket to reveal the Swaroski-crystal corset and running into the center of the main stage, as she was surrounded by jets of smoke.[27] She entered a golden cage, where she performed "Piece of Me", dancing and attempting to escape from her dancers.[33] A brief interlude followed, featuring a performance by acrobats twirling from suspended fabric, simulating a thunder storm.[33] before Spears went into "Radar" which featured her pole dancing on each of the stage's rings.[38] The first intermezzo showcased her dancers doing a martial arts inspired dance to the LAZRtag remix of "Gimme More". In the next section, Ed Alonzo took the stage and Spears played her assistant in "Ooh Ooh Baby" entering a box and being sawed in half.[27] After she came out, she entered another box in the middle of the stage and the performance ended with Alonzo dropping the curtains and showing that Spears had escaped from it, while the top of the box exploded in a shower of sparks. At the same time, Spears reappeared with four female dancers in one of the satellite stages, dancing to "Hot as Ice".[27] The next song was the Co-Ed Remix of "Boys", which Spears performed wearing a military costume, while surrounded by her dancers, some of them riding bicycles.[27] At the end of the song she performed a military drill with her male dancers before moving into "If U Seek Amy", which featured her pushing them with a giant pink mallet, in a similar way to Whac-a-Mole.[27] After a brief interlude, she returned to continue the act with a Bollywood-inspired remix of "Me Against the Music". She briefly talked with the audience before she sat on a giant umbrella and was lifted into the air to perform "Everytime".[33]

A female brunette performer. She is singing while suspended on a giant umbrella in the air. She wears eastern-inspired clothes.
The performance of "Everytime" in the Bollywood-inspired segment of the show.

The show continued with a video interlude featuring Marilyn Manson's cover of "Sweet Dreams", showing Spears in a classically decadent party-setting, in which everyone except her was wearing masks. A distorted voice welcomed spectators to the third act and Spears appeared onstage to perform "Freakshow" and "Get Naked (I Got a Plan)".[27] A video spoofing late-night chat lines featuring "Britney's Hotline" played, while clowns took a person from the audience and goofed around with them. Spears returned to perform "Breathe on Me", dancing on a giant picture frame, and "Touch of My Hand", in which she sported a blindfold while being lifted on the air sitting in the backs of two aerialists.[33] In the fourth section, there was a band interlude, and Spears appeared on stage to perform "Do Somethin'", with a gun that shot sparks in her hand.[27] This was followed by a remix of "I'm a Slave 4 U", in which she was raised on a platform as a ring of fire started below her. In the "Heartbeat" interlude, the dancers showcased their individual moves. Spears performed "Toxic" with moving jungle gyms and surrounded by green sci-fi lightning effects.[27] The act ended with Spears and her dancers performing a remix of "…Baby One More Time".[27] After a brief pause, the encore began with the "Break the Ice" video interlude, which included various clips of Spears's music videos. Spears returned for a performance of "Womanizer" dressed as a policewoman.[27] Spears and the dancers bowed to each side of the arena and left with "Circus" playing in the background.[27] Some changes were made to the setlist throughout the tour. During opening night in New Orleans, Spears was supposed to perform a cover of Duffy's "I'm Scared" after "Everytime". However, the lyric sheet went missing onstage and she started performing from below the stage, leaving two backup singers in the main stage. It was later dropped from the show.[39] "Mannequin" was added on the second Paris date and performed after "Get Naked (I Got a Plan)", with a brief lightshow introduction. The song was performed until July 26, 2009.[40] A cover of "You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morissette was performed on select shows during the second North American leg, starting on September 5, 2009.[41][42] In addition, "Piece of Me", "Radar", "Ooh Ooh Baby", "Do Somethin'", "I'm a Slave 4 U", "...Baby One More Time" and "Womanizer" were remixed at the beginning of the European leg.[43]

Critical response

A blond female performer. She is standing inside a moving jungle gym-like metal structure. She is being carried by two people, who are halfway out of the picture. Her hands are grabbing the structure. She is looking to the left side of the picture. She is wearing a black hat leaning down to the left, a striped top exposing her midriff and sparkly black pants.
Spears performing "Toxic" during the Electro Circ segment of the show in Boston.

After Spears's premiere performance, the tour received generally positive reviews from several critics. Stacey Plaisance of the Associated Press commented that the tour was "another strong step in the right direction" and that Spears delivered a "a tightly choreographed, if perfunctory performance".[44] Ann Powers of the Los Angeles Times stated, "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".[45] Jon Caramanica of The New York Times said that "[the show] was less a concert than a Las Vegas-style revue of intimidating complexity. Throughout, though she spoke little, Ms. Spears appeared radiant and unfettered, often smiling and never uncommitted".[46] Dixie Reid of The Sacramento Bee commented that the show was "a mesmerizingly big production with entertaining videos (including the infamous Spears-Madonna kiss), confetti, sparklers and even a stilt-walker. Who could ask for more? Everyone seemed to have a good time at the circus".[47] Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph said Spears is "the queen of production line pop and reclaims that diamanté crown with the most perfectly plastic pop show ever staged".[48]

Image of a blond woman. She is laying in a flowered divan, with her body extended and her hands in her head. She is wearing a sparkly bra and lingerie, with black high-heeled shoes. The divan is attached to wires. She is surrounded by several people, including bare chested men of differentes races. Several women also surround her, wearing black lingerie ensembles. Below her, an Hispanic man and an African American woman are touching each other in a sexual way.
The performance of "Get Naked (I Got a Plan)".

People writer Chuck Arnold wrote that Spears "never really hit her old stride [..] there was a lot more strutting than real choreographic feats from [her]".[39] Jeff Montgomery of MTV both praised and dismissed Spears's performance saying, "Yes, welcome to Britney's Circus, a big, huge, loud, funny, nonsensical three-ring affair... She looks great in her myriad of outfits, and she can still move with the best of them. [...] It's just, well, she's almost lost in the sheer hugeness of the production around her".[49] Jane Stevenson of Toronto Sun gave Spears's performance three out of five stars stating there was "so much was going on -- there were also martial artists, bicyclists, etc. -- there was no time to really assess Spears other than to note that she looked great. [..] She could lip-synch the words (one can assume) and strut around the stage well enough, but there was little in the way of genuine passion, joy, or excitement on her part".[50] The Hollywood Reporter's Craig Rosen claimed that "in the end, Britney and company delivered an entertaining spectacle, but one couldn't help but wish that she would strip it all down and show a little more of herself".[51] Sean Daly of St. Petersburg Times summed up all the reviews by stating, "When Britney, touring behind her new Circus album, plays the Times Forum, there will be as many people rooting for her success as her failure. [..] But in the end, we're all envious and thankful, jealous and applauding. We like them/us and hate them/us for the very same reasons".[52]

Commercial reception

Image of a blond woman. Her right hip is resting on a black divan, with her right leg extended to the end of the divan. Her left hand is extended in the air, while her right hand is grabbing the top of the divan. She is wearing a flesh-colored body suit with tattoos and nipple tassles. She is sporting a black blindfold and singing into a wireless microphone. The divan is surrounded by smoke.
Spears performing "Touch of My Hand" in Sacramento.

A week after The Circus Britney Spears was announced, 400,000 tickets were purchased for the North American shows, which prompted promoters to add six more dates in Los Angeles, Toronto, New Jersey, Chicago, Long Island and Anaheim.[17] Due to demand in the UK, six more shows were added to the initial two, selling more than 100,000 tickets in a week.[17] Spears performance at the American Airlines Arena broke the attendance record previously held by Celine Dion, with a crowd of 18,644 people.[53] The first North American leg, which was sold out, resulted in an average of 20,498 tickets per show and a gross of $61.6 million, becoming the highest grossing tour of the first semester of 2009 in the continent. In addition, the tour grossed $13 million from the London, Manchester and Dublin shows, with a total gross of $74.6 million, ranking as the third highest grossing tour worldwide.[54] The Copenhagen show at Parken gathered 40,000 people, Spears's largest audience since her 2002 concerts in Mexico City.[55] The second North American leg was also sold out, with a gross of $21.4 million and it was reported that the tour had grossed $94 million.[56] Her first three shows in Melbourne were also sold out.[57] The four shows at Acer Arena in Sydney sold 66,247 tickets, making Spears the highest selling act ever in the arena.[58] The tour was ranked at number seven on Billboard's Top 25 Tours of 2009, with a previously reported gross of $94 million. However, only 70 of the 97 shows were counted.[59] The Circus Starring Britney Spears also made Spears rank at number twenty one on the Top Touring Artists of the Decade, becoming the youngest artist in the list and also the fourth female artist, behind Madonna, Celine Dion and Cher.[60] The tour was also ranked as the fourth highest grossing tour of the year in North America, becoming the highest grossing tour of the year by a solo artist.[61] In February 2010, Pollstar released their Top 50 Worldwide Concert Tours of 2009. The tour ranked as the fifth highest-grossing tour, worldwide, of the year, with a gross of $131.8 million.[62] In May 2010, Hollyscoop ranked the tour at the fifth position in their 15 Most Profitable Female Tours Ever list.[63]

Australian leg controversies

Before the first of the Australian shows, Minister for Fair Trading for New South Wales Virginia Judge, said she was aware that Spears would lipsynch during the concerts and was considering to include disclaimers on promotional materials and tickets, indicating that portions of the show would be pre-recorded.[64] This measures would mean a change in the country's legislation similar to the debacle of the 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. Judge further explained her position saying, "Let's be clear - live means live. If you are spending up to $200 I think you deserve better than a film clip". Tour director Steve Dixon defended Spears, claiming, "This is a pop spectacular, this is a showband show. You come for the experience. There is a lot to see about this show, there's nothing like this in the world. Britney Spears will entertain you, that's what people come for. We absolutely give them a show".[65] After opening night in Perth, The Advertiser writer Rebekah Devlin reported that a number of fans had walked out of the show. They were apparently "disappointed" and "outraged" regarding Spears's lip syncing and subdued dancing.[66] Australian tour promoter Paul Dainty talked about the situation saying,

"It's the biggest lie I've ever heard. I'm so angry. We can take heat if there's something wrong and people can review shows badly -- that's something you have to live with -- but to say people stormed out of the show was an absolute fabrication. Britney is aware of all this and she's extremely upset by it. She's a human being. I'm embarrassed, with such a big international entourage here with Britney, to be part of the Australian media when I see that kind of totally inaccurate reporting. It's been all over the internet for nine months, the inference is that we tried to hide this. It's been the opposite. This show is about an incredible spectacle, which it is".[67]

Spears's manager Adam Leber responded in his Twitter account, saying, "It's unfortunate that one journalist in Perth didn't enjoy the show last night. Fortunately the other 18,272 fans in attendance did". Spears's official website also posted a list of positive reviews from a number of fans. Burswood Dome also issued a statament reading,

"Last night's concert (Friday) saw record crowds turn out for her first performance in Perth and from Burswood's perspective the event was a huge success. Early media reports that hundreds of fans left the concert early cannot be substantiated and Burswood has received no complaints about the concert".[68]

Finally, Spears addressed the situation according to BBC Online. She was quoted as saying, "I hear there is a lot of controversy in the media about my show. Some reporters have said they love it and some don't. I came to Australia for my fans".[69] The negative media attention continued after her show in Melbourne when it was alleged that fans had placed tickets for the remaining Australian shows on sale on the online shopping website eBay, for as little as 99 cents. However, Dainty said that the holders of the tickets were not Spears's fans, stating "They're just profiteers. They buy tickets for $200 and think they that when the concerts sell-out they will offload them for $500".[70]

Opening acts

Setlist

Act 1: The Circus

Act 2: House of Fun (Anything Goes)

Act 3: Freakshow/Peepshow

Act 4: Electro Circ

Encore

1 Performed from September 5 to September 18, 2009.
2 Performed on March 3, 2009.
3 Performed from July 5 to July 26, 2009.

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Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
North America [17]
March 3, 2009 New Orleans United States New Orleans Arena
March 5, 2009 Atlanta Philips Arena
March 7, 2009 Miami American Airlines Arena
March 8, 2009[A] Tampa St. Pete Times Forum
March 11, 2009 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
March 13, 2009 Newark Prudential Center
March 14, 2009
March 16, 2009 Boston TD Banknorth Garden
March 18, 2009 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre
March 19, 2009
March 20, 2009 Montreal Bell Centre
March 23, 2009[B] Uniondale United States Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
March 24, 2009 Washington D.C. Verizon Center
March 27, 2009 Pittsburgh Mellon Arena
March 30, 2009 Houston Toyota Center
March 31, 2009 Dallas American Airlines Center
April 2, 2009 Kansas City Sprint Center
April 3, 2009 Minneapolis Target Center
April 6, 2009 Edmonton Canada Rexall Place
April 8, 2009[C] Vancouver GM Place
April 9, 2009 Tacoma United States Tacoma Dome
April 11, 2009 Sacramento ARCO Arena
April 12, 2009 San Jose HP Pavilion at San Jose
April 14, 2009 Salt Lake City EnergySolutions Arena
April 16, 2009 Los Angeles Staples Center
April 17, 2009
April 19, 2009 Anaheim Honda Center
April 20, 2009
April 22, 2009 Oakland Oracle Arena
April 24, 2009 Phoenix Jobing.com Arena
April 25, 2009 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena
April 28, 2009 Chicago Allstate Arena
April 29, 2009
April 30, 2009 Columbus Jerome Schottenstein Center
May 2, 2009 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
May 3, 2009
May 5, 2009 Montreal Canada Bell Centre
Europe[80]
June 3, 2009 London England The O2 Arena
June 4, 2009
June 6, 2009
June 7, 2009
June 10, 2009
June 11, 2009
June 13, 2009
June 14, 2009
June 17, 2009 Manchester Manchester Evening News Arena
June 19, 2009 Dublin Ireland The O2
June 20, 2009
July 4, 2009 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
July 5, 2009
July 6, 2009
July 9, 2009 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis
July 11, 2009 Copenhagen Denmark Parken Stadium
July 13, 2009 Stockholm Sweden Ericsson Globe
July 14, 2009
July 16, 2009 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Arena
July 19, 2009 St. Petersburg Russia Ice Palace
July 21, 2009 Moscow Olympisky Arena
July 26, 2009 Berlin Germany O2 World
North America[21]
August 20, 2009 Hamilton Canada Copps Coliseum
August 21, 2009 Ottawa Scotiabank Place
August 24, 2009 New York City United States Madison Square Garden
August 25, 2009
August 26, 2009
August 29, 2009 Boston TD Garden
August 30, 2009 Philadelphia Wachovia Center
September 1, 2009 Orlando Amway Arena
September 2, 2009 Miami American Airlines Arena
September 4, 2009 Atlanta Philips Arena
September 5, 2009 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum Complex
September 8, 2009 Detroit The Palace of Auburn Hills
September 9, 2009 Chicago Allstate Arena
September 11, 2009 Des Moines Wells Fargo Arena
September 12, 2009 Grand Forks Alerus Center
September 15, 2009 Tulsa BOK Center
September 16, 2009 Houston Toyota Center
September 18, 2009 Dallas American Airlines Center
September 19, 2009 Bossier City CenturyTel Center
September 21, 2009 El Paso Don Haskins Center
September 23, 2009 Los Angeles Staples Center
September 24, 2009 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
September 26, 2009 Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Events Center
September 27, 2009[D]
Australia[81]
November 6, 2009 Perth Australia Burswood Dome
November 7, 2009
November 11, 2009 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
November 12, 2009
November 13, 2009
November 16, 2009 Sydney Acer Arena
November 17, 2009
November 19, 2009
November 20, 2009
November 22, 2009 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre
November 24, 2009
November 25, 2009
November 27, 2009 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
November 29, 2009 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre

Additional notes

Postponed and canceled dates

Box office score data

Venue City No. of Shows Tickets Sold / Available Gross Revenue
New Orleans Arena New Orleans 1 16,810 / 16,810 (100%) $1,604,815 [88]
Philips Arena Atlanta 1 17,194 / 17,194 (100%) $1,695,449 [88]
American Airlines Arena Miami 1 18,644 / 18,644 (100%) $1,972,928 [88]
St. Pete Times Forum Tampa 1 18,929 / 18,929 (100%) $1,818,011 [88]
Prudential Center Newark 2 33,535 / 33,535 (100%) $3,865,005 [88]
TD Banknorth Gardens Boston 1 16,659 / 16,659 (100%) $1,909,235 [88]
Air Canada Centre Toronto 2 37,912 / 37,912 (100%) $3,714,316 [88]
Bell Centre Montreal 1 21,234 / 21,234 (100%) $1,911,733 [88]
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Uniondale 2 33,549 / 33,549 (100%) $3,623,790 [88]
Verizon Center Washington, D.C. 1 18,160 / 18,160 (100%) $1,859,147 [88]
Mellon Arena Pittsburgh 1 16,146 / 16,146 (100%) $1,553,944 [89]
Toyota Center Houston 1 16,604 / 16,604 (100%) $1,749,704 [89]
American Airlines Center Dallas 1 17,869 / 17,869 (100%) $1,830,923 [89]
Sprint Center Kansas City 1 16,872 / 16,872 (100%) $1,567,486 [89]
Target Center Minneapolis 1 17,694 / 17,694 (100%) $1,420,032 [89]
Rexall Place Edmonton 1 17,109 / 17,109 (100%) $1,422,220 [89]
GM Place Vancouver 1 18,040 / 18,040 (100%) $1,552,132 [89]
Tacoma Dome Tacoma 1 21,828 / 21,828 (100%) $1,694,410 [89]
Arco Arena Sacramento 1 14,975 / 14,975 (100%) $1,293,323 [89]
HP Pavilion at San Jose San Jose 1 17,053 / 17,053 (100%) $1,834,352 [89]
EnergySolutions Arena Salt Lake City 1 17,095 / 17,095 (100%) $1,076,551 [89]
Staples Center Los Angeles 2 33,142 / 33,142 (100%) $4,062,953 [89]
Honda Center Anaheim 2 31,582 / 31,582 (100%) $3,081,963 [89]
Oracle Arena Oakland 1 17,694 / 17,694 (100%) $1,310,285 [89]
Allstate Arena Chicago 2 32,942 / 32,942 (100%) $3,194,384 [89]
MGM Grand Garden Las Vegas 1 15,728 / 15,728 (100%) $2,482,352 [89]
Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville 1 18,611 / 18,611 (100%) $2,349,446 [89]
Jobing.com Arena Phoenix 1 17,005 / 17,005 (100%) $1,769,063 [89]
Schottenstein Center Columbus 1 17,221 / 17,221 (100%) $1,434,383 [89]
Bell Centre Montreal 1 11,475 / 11,475 (100%) $922,364 [89]
The O2 Arena London 8 139,778 / 143,840 (97%) $9,959,306 [90]
Copps Coliseum Hamilton 1 16,629 / 16,629 (100%) $943,852 [89]
Scotiabank Place Ottawa 1 15,883 / 15,883 (100%) $1,071,229 [89]
Madison Square Garden New York 3 53,356 / 53,356 (100%) $3,814,089 [89]
TD Garden Boston 1 15,330 / 15,330 (100%) $1,036,457 [89]
Wachovia Center Philadelphia 1 17,641 / 17,641 (100%) $1,165,725 [89]
Amway Arena Orlando 1 11,408 / 11,408 (100%) $687,437 [89]
American Airlines Miami 1 14,502 / 14,502 (100%) $873,099 [89]
Philips Arena Atlanta 1 11,900 / 11,900 (100%) $655,507 [89]
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro 1 10,813 / 10,813 (100%) $559,862 [89]
Palace of Auburn Hills Detroit 1 12,572 / 12,572 (100%) $935,772 [89]
Allstate Arena Chicago 1 15,695 / 15,695 (100%) $722,618 [89]
Wells Fargo Arena Des Moines 1 10,397 / 10,397 (100%) $525,479 [89]
Alerus Center Grand Forks 1 12,713 / 12,713 (100%) $849,983 [89]
BOK Center Tulsa 1 10,930 / 10,930 (100%) $794,596 [89]
Toyota Center Houston 1 11,347 / 11,347 (100%) $738,656 [89]
American Airlines Center Dallas 1 13,471 / 13,471 (100%) $1,098,940 [89]
CenturyTel Center Bossier City 1 10,240 / 10,240 (100%) $610,818 [89]
Don Haskins Center El Paso 1 11,531 / 11,531 (100%) $928,907 [89]
Staples Center Los Angeles 1 15,306 / 15,306 (100%) $1,162,646 [89]
San Diego Sports Arena San Diego 1 11,845 / 11,845 (100%) $608,300 [89]
Mandalay Bay Events Center Las Vegas 2 18,799 / 18,799 (100%) $1,712,858 [89]
Acer Arena Sydney 4 66,247 / 69,640 (96%) $9,085,822 [89]
Brisbane Entertainment Centre Brisbane 3 29,457 / 39,876 (74%) $4,053,770 [89]
TOTAL 76 / 97 1,177,101 / 1,195,236 (98.5%) $106,172,427

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