What’s up Britney……

From Britney 02 2009

The Britney Circus came to town – and I struggled to the O2 for the last two nights of her residence – a moment of curiosity meant I got the opportunity to get a great seat 4 rows from the front, next to the main stage for the Saturday night to compliment my seat 15 rows back from one of the satellite stages on Sunday night. It is a little frustrating that I couldn’t get the good seat when I first tried to get it! After all the poor reviews my expectations weren’t high, but Britney put on a good show – good enough for me to battle to and from the O2 without the Jubilee line twice – and the first time the DLR failed going – yet another occasion to call upon the services of a black cab… How will London cope with the Olympics! It was clear that Britney rarely switched on her microphone and being there two nights in a row, revealed when she did it was a fully scripted - “what’s up London”! Scripted to the extend, that in her next performance she forgot she’d moved up north and enquired as to the state of London in Manchester!

Even with little live vocal contribution the circus theme was very entertaining – although currently P!nk still holds the title of best circus at the O2 this year so far. Seamed to have been cheating a little to be able to walk between the main stage and the two smaller ones after the acrobatics of Beyoncé, the flying platform for Girl’s Aloud and the swinging arms for Tina Turner!  The only Diva left to see at the O2 this year is Madonna – and again curiosity about a “new tickets released” means I’ll be doing a double header for that event… Before Britney, Ciara had done a great job of warming up the crowd – showing up the main act with great live vocals and interaction with the audience.