Britney Spears Ratchets Up The Raunch

Larry Rodgers of The Arizona Republic reviewed Britney Spears’ concert at the Glendale Arena on Wednesday (March 3). Rodgers writes, “While such new songs as the show-opening ‘Toxic’, ‘Outrageous’ and ‘The Hook Up’ had concertgoers moving, they came off as a bit generic live. Adding to the tentative feel is Spears’ questionable approach to live vocals: While she clearly lip-synced much of her 2002 concert in Phoenix, she seemed to be singing along with tracks of her voice on Wednesday – call it ‘half lip-syncing’. Things got worse when she subjected two of her biggest hits, ‘Oops! – I Did It Again’ and ‘- Baby One More Time’ to lounge-lizard treatment as part of the Onyx Hotel shtick.” The full story at azcentral.com has since been removed.