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Whatever speculation there may have been about what Britney was taking before her performance, the mystery can now end-it was tequila shots, one after the other. In the dressing room, Britney’s anxieties were raging and she decided it would be a good idea to start drinking shots to calm her nerves. The rep who’d steered Britney through an intense five-week preparation was suddenly barred by an assistant who had decided to stay away until the big occasion beckoned.
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The next morning, as Britney slept through till noon, the phones were melting with calls between MTV producers, Jive Records and The Firm management about the previous night’s antics, but the calmed consensus was that, ‘Brit had done the routine so many times she could do it with her eyes closed…She’ll be fine.’īut Britney’s mood, whether hangover induced or not, was plainly tetchy and she’d told her bodyguards she ‘wanted no one near me.’ When she withdrew to her dressing room, Alli did her job and obeyed instructions not to let anyone in, not even her record label representatives or Michelle Dupont. After 3am, the group then proceeded to a party in a hotel suite until beyond 4am and, ‘it was obvious that Britney had been drinking like a fish that night.’ Instead, she hit the Vegas club-scene with Alli, attending the nearby Beatles Bar before proceeding to Jet nightclub at The Mirage. On the eve of the show, the expected plan was that Britney would leave a pre-VMA party at the Hard Rock Hotel and retire to her suite in preparation for the big day. But that girl had turned things around and was TV-ready’ There had been continued meetings ‘at least twice a week’ to ensure Britney stayed on track and mission impossible was close to succeeding.
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The source close to the record label said: ‘Everyone was psyched Brit was effectively going through the motions and not at full speed, but she was ready. " Ten days before the VMAs, representatives from MTV, Jive and The Firm all gathered for a rehearsal in the dance studio. They mention she didn't rehearse when in fact she did, we even got video proof of her at rehearsals, twice The one with the crop top and hat and the one where she's wearing a ponytail:Īdded those parts at the end just so no one gets confused or whatever. If I can remember, it was the first two weeks was just the dancers, and then once they got us set, they brought her in.Īnd here's an extract of an article about what allegedly happened that night, but take it with a pinch of salt because only Britney knows for certain. I believe it was like three weeks-three or four weeks. They got us underway first with all the choreography because we did rehearse a long time for the 2007 one. I remember for that one more so we rehearsed first. It didn't end up working, but they put a lot into that performance because it was her first time back in a while.
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He'd even come into our rehearsals because they were planning to have some sort of magic trick reveal. She's a little bit older and she should look a little wiser."Īminah Abdul Jillil (backup dancer): Because it was the first time it was in Vegas, her team consulted with a magician, Criss Angel. "In the past, she has used these performances to inject shock value but she needs to avoid it this time. "She can have a public image that says mom-and-pop icon and do it tastefully," Amanda Sanders of New York Image Consultants, told USA Today. One expert said this could be a good opportunity for Spears. He said that is why she was seen with illusionist Criss Angel last month. It officially drops Friday.ĭancer Ruben Dario told that Spears’ VMA performance will include a mirror trick in which she seems to appear and disappear. “Gimme More” was warmly received when it debuted on some radio stations last week. Both songs are off her untitled album set for release Nov. Spears is also expected to perform her single, “Gimme More,” at Sunday’s awards show. 4 (UPI) - Pop singer Britney Spears plans to debut her new song, “Cry,” at the MTV Video Music Awards in Las Vegas, USA Today reported Tuesday.