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Skipping CD ruins Britney’s lip-synched concert

It’s not much of a secret that Britney Spears and many of today’s pop stars choose to lip synch while performing, but every now and then, the technology that affords them the chance to sing silently comes back to burn them.
On Saturday night during an Orlando show, Britney Spears was booed mid-show when her backing track skipped five times during the 15 minute show, MTV UK is reporting. Spears reportedly played down the incident, and kept cranking out her five-song show.
All of Spears’ latest concerts, a handful of similar 15 minute gigs under the guise The M&Ms, have been lip-synched. The tour is aimed at helping Spears get her career on track following a nasty divorce from Kevin Federline which was followed by a hard-partying binge that ended with Spears — shaved head and all — checking into rehab.

Spears isn’t the only not-really-singing star to be bitten by a skipping track. Ashlee Simpson had the world’s eyes on her when the wrong backing track started playing on ‘Saturday Night Live,’ and pop duo Milli Vanilli had to give back their Grammy awards after a major lip-synching scandal led them to confess that they used outside singers on their album.
But Britney has proved she really has vocal abilities and if she wants to get back to her previous fame maybe she should sing at least little live to show her fans she can do it after all this time. What’s the point to show up in front of so much people and just open your mouth without uttering a sound? If this is the way concert would be held we can stay at home and listen to our favorite singer. It would be pretty much the same.