Crazy 2K Tour

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Crazy 2K Tour
Tour by Britney Spears
Dates March 8, 2000 - April 9, 2000
Legs 1
Shows 24 in total
Britney Spears tour chronology
...Baby One More Time Tour Crazy 2K Tour Oops!… I Did It Again World Tour

The Crazy 2K Tour was announced in December 1999 as Britney Spears' fourth United States single, "From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart," was being released. The tour was a continuation of her summer 1999 ...Baby One More Time Tour, for which Spears performed at theaters, state fairs, and amusement parks. The stage set-up from the Crazy 2K Tour echoed the setting for the previous tour, though two ramps on either side of the stage, an elevator, and a video screen were new additions to the set. For this tour, Britney had hired new dancers and made the show more elaborate with the addition of fire special effects. This would be Spears' first time playing 10,000- to 15,000-seat arenas.

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[edit] The show

The show began with Britney's dancers moving around the stage as if they were in school hallway before sitting down for class. When Britney's name is called during roll, she is not there and teases the audience for a bit before rising through an elevator at the top of the staircase and singing the chorus of "Baby One More Time" acapella. Spears then launches into a dance and disappears into one of the lockers before re-appearing to sing "Crazy." As the tour began two months before the release of Britney's second album, Oops I Did It Again, was released, Spears premiered several songs from her second album to her audiences. "Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know" is sung as Britney sits on a magic carpet flying over the audience, and "Oops I Did It Again," was also included in the set list.

During the Crazy 2K tour, accusations of lipsynching arose. Britney claimed that sometimes she used a backing track if she needed help, and that the video projection was slightly out of sync, making it appear that she was lipsynching. The lipsynching accusations continued to arise after future Spears performances. Between the shows in Cincinnati and Grand Rapids, Britney filmed the music video for "Oops I Did It Again". During filming, a camera hit her in the head, requiring Spears to get stitches. Britney postponed the last show of the tour because of scheduling conflicts with promotion for "Oops I Did It Again", although it may have been postponed to give Spears a much-needed break. The postponed show was held on September 1, 2000, and became part of the Oops!… I Did It Again World Tour. Britney did one other show as part of the Crazy 2K tour in Waikiki Beach, Hawaii, which was taped for television. The show took place on the beach in front of the Hilton Hawaiian Village. It was free for all fans and featured new, Hawaiianed-themed costumes, wardrobe changes after almost every song, and a performance by Destiny's Child. The Hawaiian concert appeared on Britney's DVD Live and More! which released in 2000. The DVD included the concert (some performances were left out), the Saturday Night Live show with Spears as the host, a jukebox with videos and performances, a photo gallery with tons of Britney promo pictures, footage of Britney's trip to Hawaii, plus much more!

[edit] The Tour on TV

Footage of (You Drive Me) Crazy and Oops!… I Did It Again aired on Britney Spears TV, a Japan only television show that airs rare Britney concert footage, interviews, and more.

(You Drive Me) Crazy, Oops!… I Did It Again, and Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know along with backstage clips from the Miami show broadcasted on the Rosie O'Donnell Show.

Britney's Hawaiian concert, with different costumes, edited setlist, and other features to celebrate the tropical location, was broadcasted on FOX for a special. The special can be seen on the DVD/VHS Live and More!

[edit] Setlist

Introduction

Hand Jive Dance Interlude

Search Of Britney's Man Interlude

Band Introduction

[edit] Tour dates

Date City State Venue
North America
March 8th 2000 Pensacola Florida Pensacola Civic Center
March 9th 2000 Birmingham Alabama Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex
March 10th 2000 North Little Rock Arkansas ALLTEL Arena
March 12th 2000 Memphis Tennessee Pyramid Arena
March 13th 2000 Louisville Kentucky Freedom Hall
March 14th 2000 Auburn Hills Michigan The Palace of Auburn Hills
March 15th 2000 Cincinnati Ohio U.S. Bank Arena
March 19th 2000 Grand Rapids Michigan Van Andel Arena
March 20th 2000 Moline Illinois Mark of the Quad Cities
March 21st 2000 Madison Wisconsin Kohl Center
March 22nd 2000 Rosemont Illinois Allstate Arena
March 23rd 2000 Rosemont Illinois Allstate Arena
March 25th 2000 Worcester Massachusetts Worcester's Centrum Centre
March 26th 2000 Baltimore Maryland Baltimore Arena
March 27th 2000 Albany New York Pepsi Arena
March 29th 2000 Greensboro North Carolina Greensboro Coliseum
March 31st 2000 Tampa Florida Ice Palace
April 1st 2000 Miami Florida American Airlines Arena
April 2nd 2000 Daytona Beach Florida Ocean Center
April 4th 2000 New Orleans Louisiana New Orleans Arena
April 6th 2000 Greenville South Carolina BI-LO Center
April 7th 2000 Roanoke Virginia Roanoke Civic Center
April 8th 2000 Charleston West Virginia Charleston Civic Center
April 9th 2000 Knoxville Tennessee Thompson-Boling Arena
April 20th 2000 Honolulu Hawaii Waikiki Beach
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