Britney booed for lip-syncing stuff up

[KiwiCoromandel]

Britney Spears was booed by fans after being caught out lip-synching during a 'live' performance.

The troubled singer was performing at the House of Blues in Florida on Saturday night when technical glitches saw her backing CD skip repeatedly, exposing her miming.

A source is quoted by gossip website TMZ.com: "It was an ugly scene. The crowd started jeering and heckling her. Britney looked absolutely devastated.

"When the CD started skipping during the song Do Somethin', Britney hid her face and turned her back. Then, when it resolved itself, she turned around with this look on her face like she was going to puke."

Hundreds of fans had queued for hours and spent as much as $US490 a ticket to see the show.

The appearance was part of a series of 15-minute concerts which have seen Britney perform live for the first time in three years under the pseudonym M+Ms.

After the initial hitch, Britney suffered further technical problems, which left her "rolling around on the floor with her headset broken".

Britney is not the first star to suffer the embarrassment of being caught miming.

Ashlee Simpson was left stunned during a performance on US comedy show Saturday Night Live in 2004 when the wrong backing track was accidentally played, leaving her mouthing the wrong words.

Madonna was also famously blasted by Sir Elton John for lip-synching at her stage shows.

source:Bang! Showbiz

image:Reuters: OOPS: Britney Spears was reportedly booed off stage after a CD she was lip-syncing to repeatedly skipped during one of her come-back performances.

[method77]

Lip-syncing? Britney? I don't believe it

[method77]

[DudeAsInCool]

I prefer the papparazzi shots taken of Britney in her limos :)

[KiwiCoromandel]

it just gets worse for her doesn`t it...its like a bloody never ending shakespearian bloody tragedy...on and on and on and on....

[Warflower]

Shame on her... she has the audacity to charge close to $500.00 a ticket and then lip syncs?

I'm glad they booed her...

[Shawn]

She's staying in the spotlight though. That's not easy when you've not released an album in three years.

Any news is good news?

[Redneck4sure]

She's staying in the spotlight though. That's not easy when you've not released an album in three years.

Any news is good news?

Unless it is your pic that is on a milk carton.

[DudeAsInCool]

I don't know why people are upset at her lip-synching - they don't seem to mind it when the paparazzi catch her doing it in the backseat of a car

[Umma]

I don't know why people are upset at her lip-synching - they don't seem to mind it when the paparazzi catch her doing it in the backseat of a car

Like Warflower says... when you pay that amount for a ticket to hear LIVE music.... you expect the artist to be up to scratch and capable of doing a live performance. Perhaps it wouldn't be a problem if the tickets were $25 which would still be too much to pay as far as I'm concerned.