14 DAY TRIAL // A couple of days ago, Australian officials issued a press statement saying that fans Down Under should have been able to buy their tickets for Britney Spears’ upcoming concerts with a disclaimer that part of the performance was pre-recorded. This way, they would have avoided going to the show and thinking it would be Britney singing live. Although Spears has already performed at one venue, the scandal is far from dying down, People magazine informs.
For starters, celebrities are also starting to weigh in on the controversy. Singer John Mayer, boasting a reputation of always speaking his mind even when others might not want him to, is the first to take to his Twitter to address the lip-synching controversy. Just like many music critics and regular fans before him, Mayer says that a true Britney fan knows what to expect when heading to one of her concerts, since she’s always made it a point of putting on fiery shows with as little vocal input as possible.
“If you’re shocked that Britney was lip-syncing at her concert and want your money back, life may continue to be hard for you.” Mayer writes as if addressing all those disgruntled fans who have already asked for refunds. And there have been quite a few of those, People reports, with dozens leaving the venue because they found the show too “lackluster.” They should have known better and, most importantly, they should stop picking on Britney just for the sake of it, Mayer and other fans are saying.
“On Friday, about 100 angry fans reportedly stormed out of Britney’s concert at the Burswood Dome in the Western Australia city of Perth, saying they were disappointed by the lackluster performance and Spears’s lip-synching during her two-hour show. […] Yet Britney clearly left many of her fans satisfied. They have flooded her Web site with messages of support, and praised her for putting on a good show. ‘I paid $AUS 1,500 [nearly 1,400 U.S. dollars],’ wrote one. ‘To see a fantastic artist perform and sing in front of me is my dream come true. I love you Britney’,” People magazine writes of the lip-synching scandal that continues to rage on.
As usual, Britney Spears herself keeps away from the controversy: she just does her job, performs and smiles to the fans, like she always does. On November 11, she will perform in Melbourne.