BRITNEY SPEARS IN CONCERT:
Critics have hailed global superstar and multi-platinum artist Britney Spears' spectacular Las Vegas residency show Piece of Me at The AXIS at Planet Hollywood as one of the best productions to hit the strip in years. Britney's skills are on full display as she and a crew of fierce backup dancers strut their stuff amid some of the most dazzling sets in Sin City. Voted “Best Show” and “Best Bachelorette Party” in the 2015 Best of Las Vegas poll, the show features the biggest dance hits and emotional ballads from Spears’ fireworks-filled career and has all the costume changes you’d expect from one of the country’s premier pop divas. From opening number “Work B*tch” and mid-set favorites like “…Baby One More Time” to epic closer “Till the World Ends”, Spears and Piece of Me deliver a nonstop party train of iconic pop jams, too-hot-to-handle fashions, and razor-sharp dance moves that leave no doubt that she remains at the top of her game.
BACKGROUND SNAPSHOT:
Born in Mississippi and raised in Louisiana, Britney Jean Spears knew she wanted to be an entertainer from an early age. Childhood vocal and dance lessons gave way to Star Search and a brief stint on the ‘90s revival of The Mickey Mouse Club, and in 1997 she was signed to Jive Records after impressing execs with a performance of Whitney Houston’s “I Have Nothing”. Her 1999 debut album …Baby One More Time was an immediate success, landing at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and going on to become the top-selling album of all time by a teenage solo artist. After following up in 2000 with the aptly titled Oops!...I Did It Again – which also peaked at No. 1 – Britney’s blitz continued with a string of successful tours and albums including the self-titled album Britney (2001) and In the Zone (2003), which earned her a Best Dance Recording Grammy for hit single “Toxic.” Britney struggled with personal issues in the mid-‘00s, but by 2008 she was back on top with her sixth album Circus, a worldwide No. 1 that earned her a place in the Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest female artist to have five albums debut at No. 1. Following 2011’s massively successful Femme Fatale and “Scream & Shout”, her platinum-selling collaboration with will.i.am, the ever-provocative Britney released “Work Bitch” in September 2013 as the lead single from her upcoming album Britney Jean. The album’s release coincided with the kick-off of Piece of Me, her two-year Las Vegas residency at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino. Due to the success of the show, Britney announced in late 2015 that she was extending the residency for another two years – welcome news to fans around the world hoping for a chance to experience the excitement of Britney in Sin City.
