Search Results for: Britney Spears

Britney Spears will release her 3rd album, Britney on November 6 worldwide. The first single, “I’m A Slave 4 U,” will impact CHR and Rhythm Crossover radio on September 24. The song was written and produced by The Neptunes. The video, directed by Frances Lawrence, will debut on MTV’s Making The Video on September 24. Britney Spears co-wrote 5 of the 12 songs on the album. Other producers/writers on Britney include Max Martin, Justin Timberlake, Wade Robson, Rami and Rodney Jerkins. The Britney World Tour kicks off in Miami, Fl. on October 26. The tour sponsored by Pepsi goes through… Read more »

Britney Spears has announced that she will donate $1.00 per ticket sold from each of the 31 concerts she will play on her North American Tour this Fall to the children of the NYC Policeman & Firefighters lost in the World Trade Center attack. Spears will also offer exclusive merchandise at each show and auction many front row tickets to the concerts with all of the proceeds being donated in an effort to raise as much as $2,000,000.00 for the youngest victims of this national tragedy. Helping children has always been the focus of The Britney Spears Foundation and Spears… Read more »

Britney Spears has titled her upcoming third album Britney. The album is due out November 6th with the first single, “I’m a Slave 4 U,” ready for radio at the end of the September. A preview of the single is available on Spears’ official site, www.britney.com. The song, which she performed last week at the MTV Video Music Awards, was written and produced by the Neptunes, who have also worked with ‘N Sync and the Backstreet Boys. The video for “I’m a Slave 4 U” will debut on MTV on September 21st. Spears’ tour in support of Britney will kick… Read more »

Britney Spears will grab another page from the Madonna playbook this fall with a “really, really theatrical” tour that will chart her journey toward full-blown, snake-toting adulthood, according to tour director and choreographer Wade Robson. The tour is slated to kick off in Miami next month and will include revamped versions of Britney’s hits, plus plenty of new songs from her upcoming third album, presumably including the just-debuted “I’m a Slave 4 U,” which she performed at Thursday’s MTV Video Music Awards. “The show is gonna be really, really theatrical – it’s really complicated,” Robson said on the red carpet… Read more »

Hoping to raise awareness about the AIDS epidemic claiming 5,000 African lives each day, artists including Bono, Wyclef Jean, Britney Spears, ‘N Sync, Fred Durst, Missy Elliott, Gwen Stefani and Mary J. Blige have come together to record an all-star rendition of Marvin Gaye’s protest anthem “What’s Going On.” While the organization hopes to release the re-vamped Gaye single on December 1st, Global AIDS awareness day, they are currently without a record label. Recorded at a New York studio in early September, the collaboration was the brainchild of Leigh Blake, head of Artists Against AIDS Worldwide. Blake also co-founded the… Read more »

‘NSYNC, Britney Spears, Destiny’s Child, Alicia Keys and Ja Rule are among the artists who are lending their voices this week to an all-star remake of Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On” to benefit AIDS research. U2 frontman Bono and hip-hop/R&B producer Jermaine Dupri are organizing what Dupri has called a “We Are the World”-like project. Backstreet Boys, Wyclef Jean, Christina Aguilera, No Doubt singer Gwen Stefani and the Roots’ ?uestlove are also participating in the recording, according to organizers. Jennifer Lopez, Radiohead, Jagged Edge and Usher may also contribute, Dupri told MTV News last week. Hundreds of artists are in… Read more »

A representative from People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals (PETA) has forwarded a letter to Britney Spears asking her to refrain from using live cheetahs during the debut performance of her new single “I’m A Slave 4 U” at the MTV Video Music Awards at Lincoln Center’s Metropolitan Opera House in New York City tonight (September 6). PETA spokeswoman Jenny Woods explained to LAUNCH why the animal-rights organization contacted Spears. “We asked her not to do it because the animals-under the bright lights, and with all the noise and just the training that goes into making these cats behave-is… Read more »

Recording a song with boyfriend Justin Timberlake as a co-producer made Britney Spears “a little nervous,” she says. The song, “What It’s Like to Be Me,” was recorded during sessions for Spears’ third album, due November 6. A track listing for the still-untitled album is starting to shape up, as are plans for a tour, which is set to begin October 26 in Miami. At least three songs have made the cut and and are “definitely making the album,” according to Spears’ spokesperson at Jive Records. They include the first single, “I’m a Slave 4 U,” written and produced by… Read more »

Henry Rollins isn’t a fan of much metal music these days. He even claims to have never listened to an entire Rage Against the Machine song. That doesn’t, however, mean he can’t relate to the Bizkit bunch. A seasoned singer, author, actor and spoken-word performer, Rollins has a knack for relating to most everything. “I hear some guy sing, ‘You f ed me over, you bitch.’ I used to write those songs,” Rollins said from his Los Angeles office last month. “When the girl left me, she got at least a 20-page indictment in my journal and two songs about… Read more »

MTV has signed up thrushes Britney Spears and Jennifer Lopez to perform at the 18th annual Video Music Awards, scheduled for Sept. 6 in Gotham. Rapper Ja Rule and rock band Staind have also been brought on board, the cable channel revealed Wednesday, bringing this year’s VMA performers tally to eight. ‘N Sync, Missy Elliott, Alicia Keys and U2 were previously announced as part of the entertainment lineup. Spears, who made waves during last year’s kudocast with her bare-it-all rendition of “Oops!… I Did It Again,” will, for the first time, perform “I’m a Slave 4 U,” the first single… Read more »