While Britney Spears was hibernating the past couple of years, she obviously missed Ashlee Simpson’s lip-synching debacle on SNL. Britney could have learned a good lesson, as last night she found out the hard way.
Spears was in Orlando, where she was performed at the House of Blues for a sold out crowd. The pop princess, who is trying to revamp her career got caught lip synching. Well it’s not like its breaking news, but she did have some embarrassing technical difficulties during her 14 minute show. According to multiple sources, while Britney was singing “Do Something” the track skipped a couple of times. Several audience members began booing and the scene wasn’t pretty. Sources say Britney turned her back at this point and she looked humiliated.
However Britney contained herself, got back on her feet and began lip synching. The crowd was chanting, chanting "Britney! Britney! Britney” and all was fine until another mishap occurred. Britney’s headset microphone broke.
But after wrapping up her set with a short version of "Toxic," the pop star came toward the edge of the stage, adjusted her mic and said, "I love you, Orlando. Thank you so much for being here. You're awesome. I love you!" Then she blew a kiss and punctuated it with her famous "muah!"
Hopefully all these “technical glitches” can be adjusted before the pop princess takes on the stage tonight in Miami. We got our Hollylicious snoopers up in the city who will be bringing us the toxic scoop.
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[br] Britney Spears performed her fifth live show Saturday night in Orlando – this time dealing with a few minor technical difficulties.
[br] Spears performed a 14-minute set before a sold-out crowd at the House of Blues Orlando in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Saturday night. And it was another highly-anticipated show: Fans waited for hours outside in a line that wrapped around the building to see the pop star.
[br] With the crowd chanting "Britney! Britney! Britney," a blonde Spears, clad in a hot-pink bustier top, a pleated white micro-mini and torn fishnet stockings, took the stage with her backup dancers at 9:31 p.m. to the music of "...Baby One More Time."
[br] Like the series of concerts she performed at other House of Blues clubs in Southern California and Las Vegas, Spears proceeded to lip-synch a medley of older hits – but this time she experience a glitch: at one point the background track skipped, forcing Spears to improvise by turning her head away from the audience as the song got back on track.
[br] Despite the music mishap, Spears was in good spirits throughout her performance, making eye contact with several audience members and smiling as she responded to audience members yelling out her name.
[br] After wrapping up her set with a short version of "Toxic," the pop star came toward the edge of the stage, adjusted her mic and said, "I love you, Orlando. Thank you so much for being here. You're awesome. I love you!" Then she blew a kiss and punctuated it with "muah!"
[br] After the show, concertgoers gave the pop star solid reviews. Judy Jensen, 25, told PEOPLE, "If Britney's going to make a comeback, it's going to be the best one yet. She looked amazing." Said another audience member, Maggie Rood, 25, "She looked sexy, definitely not like a baby's mama."
[br] Spears is set to perform a second show in Miami Sunday night.