Last night, Britney Spears returned to the stage for the first time since 2004 in a “surprise” performance at the San Diego House of Blues. While the “surprise” was sort of ruined over a week ago, as Internet murmurings began that the unknown “M+Ms” with the upcoming HoB tour was actually Britney, the pop tart kept fans guessing until the very last minute: her set began over two hours late. (Perhaps because her tour bus was pulled over for “disturbing traffic” on the way down to San Diego). Beginning around 10 pm, the actual performance lasted just sixteen minutes. She performed five songs: Baby One More Time, I’m a Slave For You, Breathe On Me, Do Something and Toxic. Check out video of a portion of the performance here.
Brit wore a brunette wig, a pink sparkling bustier and a tiny white skirt with knee-high boots. She lipsynched all the songs but danced her butt off, and most of the 650 fans in the audience seemed to be happy with the performance. She spoke only four words during the performance: “Thanks everyone for coming.”
There are still reportedly two more stops on the Britney Spears Comeback Tour: the HoB in Anaheim tonight, and the HoB in West Hollywood tomorrow night. We’ll see if Brit makes it on time to any of those.