Britney Spears 'upset' over Australian tour complaints

AUSTRALIA; Britney Spears has done it again, hitting the headlines during her first Australian tour over a row about lip-synching and a lacklustre performance that her tour promoter said had left her "extremely upset".

Australian media reported that fans walked out of the first of Spears' 14 Australian performances that was staged in Perth on Friday after just a few songs, describing it as 'boring', 'stiff', mimed and lacking interaction with the audience. But the promoter of Spears' Australian "Circus" tour, her manager and some fans rushed to her defence, saying this savaging has left the U.S. pop singer traumatised.

"Britney is aware of all this and she's extremely upset by it," Paul Dainty, Spears' tour promoter, told The Australian newspaper on Monday.

"She's a human being. I'm embarrassed, with such a big international entourage here with Britney, to be part of the Australian media when I see that kind of totally inaccurate reporting.".

Canberra, Monday, Reuters