[Mr Giggles]

Finally, people who are actually standing up and saying NO TO LIP SYNC.

Well Done Australia!

If I spent a small fortune to see my favorite artist who was lip-syncing I would be very very pissed off plus I would sue the artist for NOT SINGING LIVE.

[MollyMoon]

It's beyond me why people still fork out a small fortune to see her "live" when everyone's known for years that she lip synchs. Now people are trying to justify it by saying she's jumping around and dancing so she can't sing live, but I figure if Pink can hang upsidown from a trapeeze and still manage to sing live then Britney could manage dancing and singing at the same time.

Good on the Perth crowd for finally complaining about it, even if they should have known better. I wonder how the rest of the Aussie tour will go now?

[goonerlady]

My daughter went to the Britney concert(her friend bought her a ticket)and enjoyed the show(you will have to excuse her she is only 12!).My point is she knew before that Britney does not sing live and would rather see a show than Britney not doing all of her act and just singing.

Me on the other hand think it is very strange to see a concert where they lip sync but then I prefer rock acts where they would look very odd not singing live!It really is more of a show than singing concerts by some artists and maybe it is because they can't sing very well in the first place!

[Torrid Affair]

I am sorry, I never found Britney to be a great talent but I do see why 12 year old girls like her. She is basically a Barbie doll that sings and dances and while her songs maybe popular, quite truthfully, there is nothing special about her in my humble opinion. She is not all that talented and when you have to keep using all sorts of gimmicks like coming out with snakes and so on, it's because you don't have the talent to keep it fresh.

I never understood Britney fans, over the age of let's say 16. There is a fantasy element for young girls wanting to be like her but other than that, what's the excitement about her?

[summerain]

In her defence (can't believe I'm defending her!) I have never been to a Britney concert and even I know she mimes on stage. It's well known, so I don't know why they were expecting her to change the habit of a lifetime for them.

[Dan Fortesque]

People who can't sing shouldn't really get this far in the first place, IMO. Not many band members would manage to get away with playing instruments badly, so I don't know why we let crap singers get away with miming.

[tangsman]

Britney Spears is a disgrace.
She should not be allowed to lip-sync all night and pass it off as a concert.
All the guff with dancers and acrobats is trying to hide the fact that Britney can't sing live and is a poor dancer.

The Musicians Union should have called for a ban when she visited the UK. She should have been pulled up for this ages ago.

Her management have no shame and are only interested in ripping gullible people off.
People should not be shelling out big money for a mime artist.
I'd love someone to sue her & her management (and win) for breach of contract.

Well done Australia for outing this concert sc@m.

[ayrshireman]

If you are stupid enough to actually pay £50+ to go see someone like Britney Spears, frankly you deserve to get ripped off.

[summerain]

Originally Posted by tangsman

Britney Spears is a disgrace.
She should not be allowed to lip-sync all night and pass it off as a concert.
All the guff with dancers and acrobats is trying to hide the fact that Britney can't sing live and is a poor dancer.

The Musicians Union should have called for a ban when she visited the UK. She should have been pulled up for this ages ago.

Her management have no shame and are only interested in ripping gullible people off.
People should not be shelling out big money for a mime artist.
I'd love someone to sue her & her management (and win) for breach of contract.

Well done Australia for outing this concert sc@m.

I very much doubt it states on the tickets that she will be singing. Live Britney concert: It's live, check. Britney is there, check. It's a concert, check.
Legally, anyone planning to sue her wouldn't have a leg to stand on, she hasn't technically decieved anyone.

Wow I'm enjoying playing devil's advocate tonight
*goes to lie down in a darkened room* >>

[DavetheScot]

Originally Posted by Torrid Affair

I never understood Britney fans, over the age of let's say 16. There is a fantasy element for young girls wanting to be like her but other than that, what's the excitement about her?

Well, she looks quite good even now, and looked much better back before her dark times, and she's always been willing to show off her body. That probably explains her appeal to an older male demographic.

And many of her songs aren't at all bad, even if she can't sing them live.

There's also these days an element of empathy, of wishing the girl well after everything she's been through. She still strikes me as very vulnerable, and I think many people do wish her happiness.

[nicola1976]

Great comparison in the Aussie press this week between Britney and a Britney impersonator - the Britney impersonator apparently sings live!

Ironic.

[Dancing Girl]

After seeing Britney "sing" on the X Factor I would never bother to go to one of her shows. Surely if the public refuse to buy tickets for singers who only want to mime to their hits and dance around (quite badly, in my opinion) in ridiculous outfits in cages etc this whole lip synch nonsense would stop. Hit them in their pockets and you will find that promotors will not be interested in publicing stars who cannot or do not want to be bothered to actually SING LIVE. I thought it was ridiculous that the poor contestants on X Factor had to sing live and the established stars did not!!!

[Dancing Girl]

Originally Posted by MollyMoon

It's beyond me why people still fork out a small fortune to see her "live" when everyone's known for years that she lip synchs. Now people are trying to justify it by saying she's jumping around and dancing so she can't sing live, but I figure if Pink can hang upsidown from a trapeeze and still manage to sing live then Britney could manage dancing and singing at the same time.

Good on the Perth crowd for finally complaining about it, even if they should have known better. I wonder how the rest of the Aussie tour will go now?

I did not know that Britney did not sing live until it was so obvious on X Factor!! Sorry Britney is a singer and people go to see her show and hear her SING. I remember seeing Diana Ross in Munich years ago and she was sensational and sang her heart out. Now it seems the vast majority of "stars" can only sing in studios with backing help, singers, technicians etc. Perhaps Britney should have just stayed making videos but to charge people an enormous sum of money and then to lip synch is not good enough. Quite honestly after seeing some of the outfits and her very sexual dance movements in cages etc, it would be the last place I would take a 12 year old!!!!.

[Picklebum]

Wonder if they will be similarily critical of their beloved Kylie when she next mimes...........sorry "performs" her next show.

I think not.

[Squealer_Mahony]

My little sister is a fan she's only 13, she went to see her in the 02 in Dublin,
while she was happy to be in the same room as Britney and was well aware of the miming in advance, it was a slap in the face to pay 90 euro to not see a thing.

She had standing tickets in the hope of being near the stage but although she and her friend were there early there was a horde of people who had paid even more to be between the 90 euro tickets and the stage.
This coud've been forgiven had there been big screens up like at a normal concert but she only actually saw Britney around three or four times during the whole concert.

There were even a few times when a dancer or whatever would come out on stage first and people would start screeching hysterically and it wasn't even Britney but they couldn't tell if it was her or not.


But I suppose if that's what the fans want to pay for good for them...

[guy roach]

This is why Australia would wlays be better than us in sports. Thye wont accept mediocrity. Brits are just accept anything and are thankful and even those who are not happy just go home and come online to moan. Aussies do something about it.

Oh I also forgot Brit is obsessed with celebs so they are greatful for the bread crumbs they receive.

[Idiotgirle]

The general consensus is that people know she mimes in order to dance properly. According to a lot of commentators, her dancing was rubbish and the screens were of no use because they didn't do closeups on Britney.

After seeing pictures of the event, I can see why. The skanky ponytail, for a start. Does nobody in her entourage posess a hairbrush? She just looks so detached, like she's going through the motions.

I've always believed if you have to resort to a whole company of dancers and costume changes for each song, then you're disguising the fact that you're just not that good. If you're touting yourself as a singer, then sing. Let the real dancers do the hoofing behind you.

[Pink~Princess]

Originally Posted by summerain

In her defence (can't believe I'm defending her!) I have never been to a Britney concert and even I know she mimes on stage. It's well known, so I don't know why they were expecting her to change the habit of a lifetime for them.

My thoughts exactly, surely they knew that she would mime, she has been on tour for ages now and its been said in every single article/review about the tour that she mimes. (well every article i've read).

[zx50]

Well, I don't bloody blame them. Miming on television's one thing, but miming at what's supposed to be a live concert's out of order. This must have been completely humiliating for Britney. Imagine her just standing there whilst watching thousands of her fans just walking out. She must have felt extremely uncomfortable when the walk out started. But, I can sympathise with the fans, though.

[Terry Clarke]

I honesty don't see the big deal, we all know Britney mimes. She has done for ten years and only now people begin to complain. To be completely honest its lazy journalism, they don't have anything else to slag her off for now since shes got her life back on track so they begin to hate on her for miming, something which she was done all her career.

I went to see her in June and I had one of the best nights, the whole show is amazing, the stage is different and all the performances are different and the choreography is really good.

Sure I would of loved Britney sing live but I didn't pay £50 quid to see her sing, I paid it to see the show and me personally I think I got my moneys worth and will definitely be seeing her again on her next tour.

[zx50]

Originally Posted by Terry Clarke

I honesty don't see the big deal, we all know Britney mimes. She has done for ten years and only now people begin to complain. To be completely honest its lazy journalism, they don't have anything else to slag her off for now since shes got her life back on track so they begin to hate on her for miming, something which she was done all her career.

I went to see her in June and I had one of the best nights, the whole show is amazing, the stage is different and all the performances are different and the choreography is really good.

Sure I would of loved Britney sing live but I didn't pay £50 quid to see her sing, I paid it to see the show and me personally I think I got my moneys worth and will definitely be seeing her again on her next tour.

Maybe the Australian fans just decided to make a point? She might mime at her concerts, but it's bang out of order though.

[Terry Clarke]

Originally Posted by zx50

Maybe the Australian fans just decided to make a point? She might mime at her concerts, but it's bang out of order though.

It's not out of order, no where does it say shes singing live. Its not as if she said "Oh I'm going to sing live" and then didn't. I understand its alot of money but the majority of people who went to the Perth concert knew she would mime.

Quite alot of other people mime at the concerts not just Britney but it seems she's the only one that gets called out on it. Most of the American artists if they don't mime are drowned out by playback and backing singers.

[zx50]

Originally Posted by Terry Clarke

It's not out of order, no where does it say shes singing live. Its not as if she said "Oh I'm going to sing live" and then didn't. I understand its alot of money but the majority of people who went to the Perth concert knew she would mime.

Quite alot of other people mime at the concerts not just Britney but it seems she's the only one that gets called out on it. Most of the American artists if they don't mime are drowned out by playback and backing singers.

No, you misunderstand me. When I said it was bang out of order, I said this because by rights, she should be singing live. Television miming CAN be fine I suppose, but live concerts should be live in every sense of the word.

[Terry Clarke]

Originally Posted by zx50

No, you misunderstand me. When I said it was bang out of order, I said this because by rights, she should be singing live. Television miming CAN be fine I suppose, but live concerts should be live in every sense of the word.

Ahhh sorry, I tend to jump on the supporting Brintey bandwagon a little too far sometimes. I completely agree about singers singing live at concerts especially with the amount of money people joining. My point is just that its nothing new. I know alot of Britney fans who would probably not go to the concert if she did sing live with all the complex routines, I dare to think what she would sound like.

[Squealer_Mahony]

Originally Posted by Terry Clarke

I know alot of Britney fans who would probably not go to the concert if she did sing live with all the complex routines, I dare to think what she would sound like.

but Pink can sing live and she has complex routines and acrobatics and her songs are more vocally taxing than Britney's too.

But to be quite honest if you are a fan and you enjoyed the show regardless, then Britney has served her purpose and thats fine, I just thought it was a bit sh*t that my sister paid 90 euro and didn't see Britney or hear Britney!