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(January 8) Britney and her boyfriend attends the People´s Choices Awards in Los Angeles

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OMG! Thank you so much for choosing me as your Favorite Pop Artist! I love y'all so much! Xo! pic.twitter.com/Jixom6sPX0
— Britney Spears (@britneyspears) enero 9, 2014

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(WATCH) Britney wins "Best Pop Artist" at People´s Choices Awards

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(December 31) BRITNEY: PIECE OF ME NEW YEAR EVE SHOW PHOTOS

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(WATCH) BRITNEY: PIECE OF ME NEW YEAR EVE SHOW

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(December 30) "Britney: Piece Of Me" Show 3

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.@ParisHilton @NickyHilton Lovely seeing you both in the audience tonight! Miss you girls!!
— Britney Spears (@britneyspears) diciembre 31, 2013

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'It's in my blood to perform,' Britney tells USA TODAY

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LAS VEGAS — The big white snake and that awards show kiss. The electric professional highs and those crushing personal lows.
All traces of that particular tabloid queen have vanished from an airless backstage room at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, leaving behind only a tired, sweaty yet still smiling 32-year-old working stiff named Britney Jean Spears.
"I didn't sleep last night because I'm excited," Spears tells USA TODAY, her soft Louisiana drawl peeking out as she plops down on a leather couch after another grueling rehearsal. "But today I'm dying. I feel like I'm drunk, I'm so tired, you knofw?"
It's not hard to imagine the stress and strain Spears is under. For the past four months, the onetime queen of teen pop has been laboring on her new stage show, Britney: Piece of Me, a two-year, 98-gig residency that kicked off Friday at the custom-tweaked, 7,000-seat Axis theater here.
Beyond the inevitable scrutiny of a pop-culture kingdom she once ruled, there's the sheer rigor of blasting through 24 largely uptempo hits with countless costume changes and wild set pieces that include her leaping off a massive fake tree.
But for Spears, whose at-home dramas — ranging from divorce to hospitalization — sometimes appeared to threaten her onstage dreams, it was never really if she was going to clamber back on the showbiz diving board, but when.
"It's in my blood to perform," says Spears, dressed in black dancer's tights and a football-type jersey bearing the number 25. Her bleached-blond hair is pinned to the top of her head; one hand fusses with her upper lip.

Most stars in this decidedly un-starlike state would simply refuse to be seen, but Spears seems as comfortable as your neighbor coming back from a jog.
"I'm a hometown girl, and my personality at home is the opposite of the performer in me," she says. "But then, when I'm home and haven't done anything for a while, I get really itchy and nervous and weird-feeling. Performing is my therapy, to become different people onstage."
She pauses, her voice but a whisper. "It gives me confidence. I don't have that much confidence in myself. But when I'm onstage, it's my alter ego, and it kind of does adjust my personality."
Vegas offered the perfect outlet for those dueling personas.
"I'm a family girl and (like) being in one place. Traveling around the world is really strenuous for me, being in a different bed every night, flying and everything," she says, shaking her head. "I look back now, and I don't see how I did it. This (residency) just seems ideal. It's an hour from L.A., from my home, and it's perfect."
Well, almost. Comfortable onstage since her pre-teen Mouseketeer days, Spears made a name for herself in the early 2000s as a dancing force in the model of her heroine, Madonna. But the body of a teenager is forgiving, less so the one of a thirtysomething mom. Spears recently hit the spa at a neighboring Strip hotel and confesses that she never wanted to leave, a take-me-away luxury that rivals disappearing into a favorite movie (Bridesmaids) or book (Emily Giffin's Heart of the Matter).
"These intense workouts have really been excruciating," she says, sighing. "It's probably the hardest workout I've ever done, ever in my life, getting ready for this show. I look back at my other tours, and I'm doing more songs here than I've ever done. And it's just way more, the speed of the dancing throughout."
That tempo is thanks to a catalog of hits that a much older performer would envy, ranging from her teen-vixen breakout smashes, 1998's ... Baby One More Time and 2000's Oops! … I Did It Again, to the will.i.am-helmed dance grind Work Bitch off her just-released album, Britney Jean. While this eighth effort is her slowest-selling to date — just 107,000 copies in its first week — there's enough depth to the past decade and a half of chart success to fuel the show.
"Let's remember it's been almost 15 years since her first album, and that's an anniversary to celebrate, one that makes it feel right to have a retrospective show like this," says her manager Larry Rudolph, taking direct aim at a criticism that his client (he also represents Miley Cyrus) might be too young for a Vegas residency.
"Very few performers have 15 years in the business, let alone that many years with lots of hits," he says. "Miley called me the other day and told me, 'I've just spent the past few days watching all of Britney's (music) videos, and she's unbelievable. She just murdered it every time.' This (run) is more than warranted."

While there's no debating that Spears is far younger than her Vegas residency compadres — notably Celine Dion, 45, Shania Twain, 48, and Rod Stewart, 68 — her youth is an asset when it comes to producing a high-energy, club-oriented spectacle aimed at a new and younger breed of Vegas visitor lured by the Strip's burgeoning commitment to electronic dance music. Here, Britney billboards do battle with ads for sets by all-star DJs such as Tiesto, Steve Aoki and Calvin Harris.
"My guess is this (residency) is a good bet for Vegas, as there are enough people who were teens with (Britney) and now are in their 30s and revisiting their love of her dance hits," says Gary Bongiovanni, editor of concert industry magazine Pollstar.
He adds that while any new act in town faces the challenge posed by "Vegas being, arguably, one of the busiest entertainment cities in the world," he notes that any show offering "a lot of eye candy is basically addressing what most visitors there come to expect."
But Britney could well be shooting for something far greater than simply being just another fun Vegas night out, says Rolling Stone columnist Rob Sheffield.
"With this show, she's making a bold claim on her place in pop-culture history," he says. "Everyone's always predicted a flame-out from her, but the new album shows she can expand her sound. She'll have to be bold, but this is a chance to shine."
For Spears, staying busy will be its own reward.
"I know nearly 100 shows sounds like a lot, but I'm excited," she says. "I'm the type of person who, if I don't have enough to do, I go crazy. I have to stay busy. It's a good thing to stay busy."
The plan is to do four or so shows a week, then head from a penthouse suite here back to her Los Angeles home and overseeing her boys' (Sean, 8, and Jayden, 7, with Kevin Federline) school and sports schedules, a working-mom juggling act she credits to the efficiency of a trusted assistant.
"I love my family," says Spears, whose father and conservator, Jamie, is never far from sight backstage. "I get excited being around them. For me, it's about relatives and cousins, as much as they can drive you crazy. It's about them."
If she is feeling the pressure to demonstrate that she still has what it takes professionally, she's not showing it.
"I love what I do, and at this point in my career, I don't feel like I have anything to prove," she says. "I didn't do much promotion for the new album for that reason. I don't feel like I have to do every TV show. I just want to perform and inspire people. When I'm tired and I see one of my dancers pick up my part, they inspire me. I think that's why we're here, to inspire each other."
She sips a drink from a straw. "Performing gives me a fearless feeling, like you can conquer anything. I guess it's a false confidence, actually."
In fact, certain things scare Spears.
"A lot of things do, yeah. Um, like I'm not good in social settings," she says. "And I'm not good with heights. Or any animals other than my animals. I'm scared of dogs. I have dogs, but they're tiny. I'm scared of other dogs. I got attacked by two dogs when I was younger."
Clearly, snakes are exempt from that fear, as evidenced by her memorable cultural moment, akin to Miley's MTV Video Music Awards twerk-a-thon: draping herself with a massive white python for the 2001 VMAs performance of I'm a Slave 4 U.
Spears smiles at the memory. That was a lifetime ago. A teenage dream. Her thirtysomething reality lies ahead.
"I'm happy with where I am," she says. It comes off as a statement, not a plea. And for the next two years, the world can come to Las Vegas and see for themselves.

Source: USA Today

(December 29) Britney at Bruno Mars concert with Jamie Lynn

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(December 29)Britney at Starbucks inside Planet Hollywood

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(WATCH) "Britney: Piece Of Me" Show 2

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(December 28) "Britney: Piece Of Me" Night 2

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Ready for round 2….let's go!! #PieceOfMe #Vegas
— Britney Spears (@britneyspears) diciembre 29, 2013

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Miley have really fun with Spears Family at Britney Opening Night

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(WATCH) Miley dance he a** off with Lynne, while Katy...

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Britney Spears blew everyone away during her Vegas debut last night ... everyone, but Katy Perry.
Katy was front and center for the "Piece of Me" show -- rubbing elbows with Miley Cyrus and Adam Lambert -- and while Miley danced her ass off, Katy couldn't seem less interested.
True enough ... Britney's no John Mayer, but come on Katy -- she's a much better dancer than him.
As they say ... you can please some of the people all of the time ...

Source: TMZ

(WATCH) "Britney: Piece Of Me" 1st Show

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(December 27) Britney: Piece Of me "Night 1"

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RUMOR: Miley to perform with Britney on the opening night???

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RUMOR has it! Miley will perform with Britney tomorrow the duet they record together "SMS(Bangerz)" on the opening night of Spears "Britney: Piece Of Me". Miley is announced to be in the crowd on the opening night with Katy Perry, Sia and many more... this can be scandalous!

(WATCH) "I AM BRITNEY JEAN"

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"Britney: U Wanna Piece Of Me" store open in Vegas

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Britney’s retail store inside the Miracle Mile shops in Planet Hollywood opened on Friday

the store is officially open... and the Britney Army will be offcially poor! lol

"Britney: Piece Of Me" setlist revealed!!!!!

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Work Bitch
Oops… I Did It Again
Baby One More Time
Toxic
Slave
Gimme More
Circus
Womanizer
Freakshow
Get Naked
3
Hot As Ice
Lucky
Perfume
Til the World Ends
Scream & Shout
Boys
Stronger
Me Against The Music
If U Seek Amy
Piece Of Me
I Wanna Go
Do Somethin
Crazy

(LISTEN) "Perfume" feat Sia!!!! is magical!!!!

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Inside Britney´s vegas Theater

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Britney’s “Piece Of Me” show will be an A-list event with some of the biggest names in music attending opening night next Friday, December 27 at the newly-named Axis theater inside Planet Hollywood.

“It’s a whole new experience, a complete cosmetic transformation,” Jason Gastwirth, senior VP of marketing and entertainment, tells the Las Vegas sun of the newly renovated theater.
Execs promised fans will experience a nightclub-like atmosphere in the newly opened up lobby area and VIP table service alongside the Axis’ new dance zone.
“It’s a theater now with a dance floor. It’s a theater now with a lobby that’s the equivalent of a club experience,” Gastwirth continued. “In addition to the new VIP seating booths, there’s new flooring, new carpeting. The sound system has been entirely revamped, so it’s the most up-to-date technology anywhere in the world.
“On top of that, we have the latest innovations in LED technology that is way beyond crystal clear and wraps the audience inside the massive projections above the stage, in front of them and down its sides. We’re certainly the first in America with all of this and maybe the world.”
Her stage is twice the size of any basic bitch on tour. She’s using an elevated anchor-shaped lip to strut out onto the dance floor.
“So close, in fact, Britney and all the stars who perform there will be able to see every face in the audience,” said her manager, Larry Rudolph. “It’s extraordinary because people just aren’t used to seeing her so up close in what appears such an intimate setting.”
Britney added: “I wanted the feeling that fans would be in the show with me. It’s such a cool set-up, and we have the party vibe really going on between us. I wanted to bring the best with a real entertainment show, and we have a great production.”
The LED screens will emmerse fans into the performance, showcasing different scenery for each song.
“It’s a massive production with 14 dancers, incredible choreography, amazing costumes, huge sound and a four-piece rock band for her solos. It’s a true Las Vegas residency show the likes of which have never been seen on the Strip before,” said a source.
“Britney wanted perfection, and she’s got it. She’s been rehearsing around the clock since she got into town. She may well be the hardest-working woman in showbiz. She says that she loves her theater, loves the show, loves everything about the entire experience. She’s enjoying every moment of it. She’s confident and radiantly happy.”
Show director Baz Halpin, who spent more than four months to design the lighting, visuals and production for the show, brought Britney’s vision to the stage.
“Call it a visual variety show touching on all the things that excite her — pieces of her imagination, pieces of her life and even pieces of her dreams,” he said. Britney added: “Baz inspires total trust and confidence.”
Caesars Entertainment Chairman and CEO Gary Loveman says it changes the demographic of Las Vegas: “It’s the next great step forward in entertainment for us after the 10-year success story at the Colosseum in Caesars Palace.”
They believe this will bring in a younger generation to experience Las Vegas.
“We now have the heart of her fans ages 25 and older into their early 30s, while Celine, Shania, Rod and Sir Elton have the 40-year-upward crowd. It’s a new younger audience that will not just come in for a one-night arena show. They’ll be here for a few days, and that solidly builds the future of Las Vegas,” I was told.
Celebrities expected on opening night include Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Sia, DJ Pauly D and Adam Lambert. More stars are being added, and more will attend different shows in her first run through Feb. 22.
“We are extremely pleased with Britney’s ticket sales,” Gastwirth said. “Genuinely happy. That’s why we released ticket sales and dates for her second run. It’s a total validation of her success and strength. You only have to wait a few days more to see all the excitement. You’ve never seen anything like this before. It’s going to blow your mind.”

Source: BreatheHeavy

Britney´s Las Vegas Opening Night: Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry and More!

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Celebrities are lining up to get a piece of Britney Spears.
Sources tell me celebs will be flocking to the opening of the pop star's new Las Vegas show, Britney Spears: Piece of Me, on Dec. 27, at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.
Already on the guest list are Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Adam Lambert, tennis great Serena Williams, hitmaker Sia and Brit's former touring partner Pauly D.
Go, Britney!
Shortly after tickets went on sale in September, Spears' manager Larry Rudolph told me, "This is the best-selling show in the history of Vegas. We have a great thing going here. We have a great show we're putting together. We have nothing but greenlights ahead of us."
Spears has been rehearsing around the clock for the last few months.
"We are going to have all the works—snow, water, rain, everything," she told Ryan Seacrest in September during an appearance on his morning radio show. "Every time I do a show, I like to really bring it. I love to put on a show that will really entertain fans. We want the feeling that fans will be in the show with me. We're going to have a cool setup for them with a party vibe so they are really there with me."
For now fans, can check out E! News' exclusive two-hour movie event, I Am Britney Jean, premiering this Sunday, Dec. 22, at 9 p.m. on E!

Source: E! Online

Britney: "I think about retiring"

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Just because Britney Spears is about to launch a two-year residency at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas that doesn't mean the 32-year-old pop princes doesn't think about retiring.
"I have thought about it, but I think right now is my time to perform and doing what I'm doing," Spears told me yesterday while promoting her new E! special, I Am Britney Jean.
"If I happen to have another baby or something like that, I'd probably move back to Louisiana," she said. "I do miss Louisiana. I miss the people. I miss the food. I miss the way of life, how everything is really simple. There's no traffic like there is in L.A. It's really nice."
Funny enough, Brit says even when she was a little girl still growing up in the Pelican State, she thought about starring in a Las Vegas show one day. "I always kind of said that in the back of mind," she said. "I'm superstitious like that. I have a gut feeling about something and then it happens."
When the day does come that Spears hangs up her dancing shoes and unplugs the microphones, Hollywood probably won't be too far away. As I first told you yesterday, Mama Britney thinks her kids, Sean Preston, 8, and Jayden, 7, will follow in her and their dancer dad Kevin Federline's footsteps.
"I'm sure they will," Spears said. "Preston, he's already dancing up a storm. He shows all my dancers how he can dance. It's really funny."
Jayden, she said, "is actually the singer. He sings a lot."
E! News' exclusive two-hour movie event, I Am Britney Jean, premieres tomorrow, Dec. 22, on E! at 9 p.m. Her Vegas show, Britney Spears: Piece of Me, opens Dec. 27.

Source: E! Online

(WATCH) "I Am Britney Jean" exclusives new trailers!!!

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Britney: "I´m constantly writing"

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Sometimes u just wanna go old school & WRITE instead of type:) Who else agrees?! #IAmBritneyJean #BTS #ITypedThis pic.twitter.com/3UHJMBkU8I
— Britney Spears (@britneyspears) diciembre 18, 2013

Y'all probably don't know this, but I'm constantly writing! A pen truly is a girl's best friend #IAmBritneyJean #BTS pic.twitter.com/oIwNA5pkx2
— Britney Spears (@britneyspears) diciembre 20, 2013