Britney v Beyonce
By Rob Virtue on June 15, 2009 12:21 PM |
IT was the battle of the pop divas at The O2 this week when Britney Spears and Beyonce Knowles attempted to enrapture London audiences.
Both 27, American and adored by fans, it was a huge week at the arena.
But while goody-goody Beyonce appeased pretty much all fans and critics with her performances, Britney received a much more mixed reception for her show.
For southern gal, mother of two Brit, it was the Circus tour, which saw hordes of school-uniformed-clad girls storm the Jubilee line for the beginning of Britney's eight days of performances.
Critics were not best pleased with her, with many, such as The Telegraph bemoaning her lack of live singing. It said: "She abandons even the pretence of playing live.
"Lip-synched, autotuned and double tracked, her vocals are as unashamedly pre-recorded as her backing tracks."
The Sun even had a go at her dance moves. "Madonna is twice her age and does double the dancing," it sniped.
But Britney's not a rock god or a singing sensation, just a star performing a raunchy stage show.
The Telegraph adds: "It would be churlish to complain she is not singing live when she is being cut in three parts by magicians, or dangling above flames with trapeze artists while engaging in simulated sex acts."
Others such as the Daily Mail were more than impressed with the performance with its reviewer branding it a "Remarkable comeback".
On Tuesday evening, Beyonce - or her stage persona Sasha Fierce - hit the North Greenwich arena.
According to the Mirror she was partying until 5am before The O2 show.
However, it didn't affect her performance according to the majority of critics.
"The super-talented 27-year-old has emphatically raised the bar for what can be done in an arena show," was the gushing view from The Telegraph.
Thelondonpaper was not totally convinced. "When she goes off on her big American ballad thing it's time to visit the loo or buy another pint," it said.
But overall it's a positive response. And Beyonce wins the battle. As The Independent emphatically gushes: "This is an astonishingly high-energy show.
"The ambitious choreography barely grazing her perfect, lung-busting vocals which run from caramel smooth to honeyed foghorn."
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I Love so much Beyoncé and I hate that you compare her to my queen, but it's Britney who is selling out the tour. wasnt MTV that said Circus was amazing and Beyoncé's tour wasnt that good?
Britney is not doing movies. Her products are selling like hot cakes as usual. Her album already sold over 3 million worldwide with 2 weeks of promotion last year. Britney is perfectly fine, thank you.
Btw, did I mention how many boxoffice scores were released? All I know is it's a 50/50 failure so far. 
