Britney Spears set packs 6,000 into SF auditorium
Britney Spears created good on her pledge to place on a free of charge concert in San Francisco - even if it wasn't the 1 enthusiasts had been initially promised.
6 thousand people jammed the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on Sunday afternoon to look at the 29-year-old pop diva carry out just three songs from her new album, "Femme Fatale," for the set to be broadcast Tuesday on ABC TV's "Good Morning The united states."
The exhibit, originally set as an outside event in front from the Castro Theatre, was moved indoors due to climate concerns. The producers most likely realized far better than to threat letting Spears near yet another umbrella.
Fans began lining up at five:thirty a.m. Sunday for that noontime overall performance, which was emceed by "Good Morning America" co-anchor Robin Roberts and weatherman Sam Champion. The queue stretched across the Bill Graham Civic, down Polk and back again as much as Van Ness.
"This is wild," Roberts stated as she walked through the venue's doors, stuffing a wad of cash in a bucket for your American Red Cross' Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief fund. "This has exceeded our expectations."
Simply because the demonstrate was taped for Television, there were 20-minute gaps for set changes among the songs Spears carried out: "Hold It In opposition to Me," "Big Body fat Bass" and "Till the Planet Ends."
The star appeared inside a procession of corsets, listlessly flopping across the stage and lip-synching the songs although flanked by a troupe of limber dancers in colorful costumes.
She carried out her No. 1 single "Hold It In opposition to Me" sitting on the mock electric chair and mouthed her way by means of the club track "Till the Planet Ends" although standing atop a utility tower with films of nuclear explosions playing behind her.
Mayor's proclamation
Spears didn't say considerably but did supply fans some phrases in the top of the set, which was similar for the 1 she played in Las Vegas two nights previously.
"Thank you so considerably," Spears mentioned. "I adore this town. It's lovely."
In return, Champion delivered a proclamation from Mayor Ed Lee's workplace proclaiming it Britney Spears Day.
The entire thing was more than in less than an hour. But enthusiasts who had arrived from much and broad with homemade shirts and banners as well as costumes representing Spears by way of the decades didn't seem to thoughts the abbreviated, gap-filled set.
"It's like childhood nostalgia," stated Heather Papendorf, who made the trek to the occasion from Fresno. "I grew up with her. I've been viewing her given that she was on 'The Mickey Mouse Club.' "
Andrea Landry, 16, who just happened to become selling Lady Scout cookies exterior the venue when one of the employees members invited her inside, was overwhelmed. "She's such an wonderful singer," she mentioned.
Although the little show was moved from the Castro neighborhood, former District 8 supervisor Bevan Dufty - who initiated the notion for your outside performance - produced certain gay and lesbian youths didn't really feel left out. The front area from the flooring was reserved for enthusiasts from the Larkin Road Youth Center along with the Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center.
Nearby drag queens Heklina, Juanita A lot more, Donna Sachet, Sister Roma and Pollo Del Mar warmed up the crowd before Spears' arrival. They had been joined from the Cheer SF cheerleading troupe.Short pay a visit to to Castro
Soon after the indicate, Spears and her entourage carried out a whirlwind tour of the Castro neighborhood in a sport utility vehicle below sunny skies.
Quite a few nearby businesses had ready for her arrival with drag contests, karaoke occasions and dance events. Hot Cookie offered a unique Britney cookie, even though an erotic artwork shop prominently exhibited blow-up dolls inside the pop star's likeness while she visited the HIV fundraising retailer Underneath One Roof subsequent door and also the GLBT Historical Society across the corner.
There was significant disappointment in the neighborhood more than the change of venue.
"It's genuinely also poor," said Tony Fisher, who was standing outdoors the Castro Theatre, where the demonstrate was originally meant to be held. "Lady Gaga would not have done that. She would have mentioned, 'I'm coming. Allow it to be function.'
Britney Spears created good on her pledge to place on a free of charge concert in San Francisco - even if it wasn't the 1 enthusiasts had been initially promised.
6 thousand people jammed the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on Sunday afternoon to look at the 29-year-old pop diva carry out just three songs from her new album, "Femme Fatale," for the set to be broadcast Tuesday on ABC TV's "Good Morning The united states."
The exhibit, originally set as an outside event in front from the Castro Theatre, was moved indoors due to climate concerns. The producers most likely realized far better than to threat letting Spears near yet another umbrella.
Fans began lining up at five:thirty a.m. Sunday for that noontime overall performance, which was emceed by "Good Morning America" co-anchor Robin Roberts and weatherman Sam Champion. The queue stretched across the Bill Graham Civic, down Polk and back again as much as Van Ness.
"This is wild," Roberts stated as she walked through the venue's doors, stuffing a wad of cash in a bucket for your American Red Cross' Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief fund. "This has exceeded our expectations."
Simply because the demonstrate was taped for Television, there were 20-minute gaps for set changes among the songs Spears carried out: "Hold It In opposition to Me," "Big Body fat Bass" and "Till the Planet Ends."
The star appeared inside a procession of corsets, listlessly flopping across the stage and lip-synching the songs although flanked by a troupe of limber dancers in colorful costumes.
She carried out her No. 1 single "Hold It In opposition to Me" sitting on the mock electric chair and mouthed her way by means of the club track "Till the Planet Ends" although standing atop a utility tower with films of nuclear explosions playing behind her.
Mayor's proclamationSpears didn't say considerably but did supply fans some phrases in the top of the set, which was similar for the 1 she played in Las Vegas two nights previously.
"Thank you so considerably," Spears mentioned. "I adore this town. It's lovely."
In return, Champion delivered a proclamation from Mayor Ed Lee's workplace proclaiming it Britney Spears Day.
The entire thing was more than in less than an hour. But enthusiasts who had arrived from much and broad with homemade shirts and banners as well as costumes representing Spears by way of the decades didn't seem to thoughts the abbreviated, gap-filled set.
"It's like childhood nostalgia," stated Heather Papendorf, who made the trek to the occasion from Fresno. "I grew up with her. I've been viewing her given that she was on 'The Mickey Mouse Club.' "
Andrea Landry, 16, who just happened to become selling Lady Scout cookies exterior the venue when one of the employees members invited her inside, was overwhelmed. "She's such an wonderful singer," she mentioned.
Although the little show was moved from the Castro neighborhood, former District 8 supervisor Bevan Dufty - who initiated the notion for your outside performance - produced certain gay and lesbian youths didn't really feel left out. The front area from the flooring was reserved for enthusiasts from the Larkin Road Youth Center along with the Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center.
Nearby drag queens Heklina, Juanita A lot more, Donna Sachet, Sister Roma and Pollo Del Mar warmed up the crowd before Spears' arrival. They had been joined from the Cheer SF cheerleading troupe.Short pay a visit to to Castro
Soon after the indicate, Spears and her entourage carried out a whirlwind tour of the Castro neighborhood in a sport utility vehicle below sunny skies.
Quite a few nearby businesses had ready for her arrival with drag contests, karaoke occasions and dance events. Hot Cookie offered a unique Britney cookie, even though an erotic artwork shop prominently exhibited blow-up dolls inside the pop star's likeness while she visited the HIV fundraising retailer Underneath One Roof subsequent door and also the GLBT Historical Society across the corner.
There was significant disappointment in the neighborhood more than the change of venue.
"It's genuinely also poor," said Tony Fisher, who was standing outdoors the Castro Theatre, where the demonstrate was originally meant to be held. "Lady Gaga would not have done that. She would have mentioned, 'I'm coming. Allow it to be function.'
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