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Britney Spears kicks off 'Circus' tour in the Big Easy at New Orleans Arena
Updated Wednesday, March 4th 2009, 12:33 AM
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Fans anxiously await their chance to check out Britney Spears' first live performance at New Orleans Arena.
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NEW ORLEANS - It wasn't exactly "the Greatest Show on Earth."
But the opening night of Britney Spears' crucial "Circus" tour nudged this long-troubled singer a firm step further on the road back from major fruitcake to reborn pop star.
Onstage at the New Orleans Arena for the kickoff show of her first full tour in five years, Spears dutifully hit her marks, kept up a robust pace and looked determined and engaged.
All this in defiant contrast to her zombielike performance at the MTV Video Music Awards a short 18 months ago.
As its title suggests, Tuesday night's show had a splashy big top theme, boasting frantic jugglers, wild illusionists, manic acrobats and the ultimate clown of the hour: blogger Perez Hilton, who appeared in an introductory video montage in Elizabethan drag.
The "Circus" motif didn't simply mirror the title of Britney's latest CD.
It provided an apt metaphor for the high-wire act this tour represents.
For all the talk of a "comeback," there's nothing like the sustained rigor of a live performance to show if a star's still got it.
Tuesday night proved that Britney does - at least by her own slick, self-conscious and flighty standards.
She's never been about nuanced (or even decent) singing, individual spirit, or, God knows, emotional grit.
But she can move with muscularity and verve.
And Tuesday night's event gave her plenty of chances to.
Divided into four parts, the night began with Britney duded up as an S&M-leaning ringmaster.
Aerialists flung themselves about the stage in a "Thunderstorm" sequence that worked energetically into a perfect piece of Brit-pop: the sprightly hit "Radar."
In a nod to trendiness, the shows included a mock-Bollywood dance sequence during "Me Against The Music," eagerly riding the "Slumdog" gravy train.
A sustained "Freakshow" section aped a darker tone, with a heavy metal accompaniment.
For all Britney's renewed physical prowess, she didn't project much in the way of personality.
And the truth is she never has.
Once again, she came across mainly like a Fembot - a dutiful, spry and attractive machine.
In that sense, the show suited the "Circus" theme more than it may have intended.
In the end, it's all about maintaining an illusion
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