Britney Spears' Circus Spectacle Draws Madonna to New York Show: Full Report

As the original Queen of Pop, the specter of Madonna looms large over everything Britney Rosetta Stone Spears does, whether the younger star is courting controversy with saucy lyrics, writhing her way through a salacious video or importing nuggets of Eastern cultures. Last night in Uniondale, Long Island, at Spears fifth show on her Circus tour, Madonna wasnt just hovering figuratively: just before the final song, a spotlight beamed into the audience and lighted the way as Madonna herself was whisked from her seat to the door.Over the prior 90 minutes, Spears danced her way through her own interpretation of an art form Madonna has birthed and perfected over her 25-year career the pop concert as ultimate spectacle. The tour, directed by longtime Madonna collaborator Jamie King, featured several hallmarks of the Material Girls recent road trips, from Britneys arrival (a dramatic drop from the ceiling) and opening Rosetta Stone V3 number, "Circus" (Spears grasped a riding crop as dancers in bondage gear toted her around the stage) to a brief sojourn to South Asia (for a Bollywood-inspired remix of "Me Against the Music") and elaborate video interludes that passed time as Spears repeatedly exchanged one sparkly, skimpy outfit for another. (Check out photos from Britneys Circus here.)What Britney didnt do was sing live, actively engage the audience or tightly hit most of her choreography. But these flaws were of little concern to the crowd of 17,000 screeching fans clutching cameras and bags of Circus-branded popcorn. Ten minutes before Spears took the three-ringed stage in the center of the arena, chants of "Britney" echoed around Nassau Coliseum, and when the singer emerged the crowd of tweens, teens and twentysomething females Rosetta Stone English seemed simply thrilled to see her. When Circus was released in December 2008, the albums title could have referred to the media frenzy surrounding Spears life, or the fog of instability that landed her in the hospital and rehab during a two-year breakdown. Today, Spears Circus is a place where acrobats dangle from the ceiling. Its a remarkable turnaround in a short period of time, and one that highlights the debate over just how much of the Britney Spears show is an illusion. But considering where shes been over the past few years, Britney was back.Spears wasnt interested in gazing at the past, focusing the majority of her set on her most recent two albums, Circus and Blackout. "Circus" was spectacle to the point of distraction, with so many aerialists, jets of steam, flashing lights and moving hoops that it was hard to Cheap Rosetta Stone V3 spot Spears dancing in the fray. One song later, she was trapped in a cage for "Piece of Me," freeing herself in the end.

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