Britney Spears - The Femme Fatale Tour: "I'm Not That Innocent"

Director: Jamie King

Starring: Britney Spears
Rating:    ****

Home Release: 28/11/11
TV Premiere:     24/12/11 - BBC Worldwide

Miss Britney Spears' latest worldwide tour is being released on DVD, and what a showstopping tour it is.

The show opens with her first hit off of the Femme Fatale album, Hold It Against Me, and as she comes forward on her throne, you realise the Princess of Pop has returned. On her last tour she received a lot of flack for miming the entire set list, so for this show she shows us all who's boss and opens with a terrific live vocal. The show continues and with each song the show grows, the performances get stronger and the audience get wilder. The premise of the show is Britney, 'The Femme Fatale', is on the run and in hot pursuit is an unknown man who is desperate to get hold of her. This is her strongest show in years, and despite her dancing isn't like 2001 anymore, she still has it and her singing is still superb.

Now the DVD I have one big issue with, this being the decision to dub all of the vocals, so it appears she mimes. This is clearly apparent in Till The World Ends, when Nicki Minaj makes a guest appearance it is dubbed, and the other half she clearly performs live. I find it odd, considering this would have been a perfect opportunity to show all of the haters, that yes she can sing and she perform just as well as Gaga or Rihanna. I saw the show live in London, and I can honestly say that 60-70% of the show was live, and personally I think it's things like that that should be getting shown to the world, not her weight issues or breakdown, but that is a completely different issue.

All of the classics are there, and we are taken on a complete journey of her best work. From Baby One More Time to S&M, and Boys to her newer track, I Wanna Go. She even slows things down, and does a beautiful rendition of one of her smaller hits, Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know. It is one of her career highlights, in my opinion, and although it won't be to everyones taste, for Britney fans it truly is amazing.

Britney Spears Presents: The Femme Fatale Tour - Trailer