Britney Spears To Kick Off Circus Tour In March

Pop star announces 25 dates in North America and two in the U.K. next spring. By Gil Kaufman Britney Spears Photo: Andreas Rentz/ Getty Images Britney Spears is hitting the road. After four years of sporadic live performances and no touring, the singer has announced the dates for a tour in support of her new album, Circus, which drops Tuesday (December 2). The tour is slated to kick off on March 3 with a show at the New Orleans Arena in the singer's home state. The 25 North American dates represent the first string of live dates from Brit since a series of brief shows at the House of Blues last year , when she lip-synched to some of her biggest hits for 12-15 minutes at a time. The Pussycat Dolls will be the opening act on the tour, which is currently slated to run through an April 28 show in Rosemont, Illinois. The tour will also include two June dates at the O2 Arena in London, according to MTV UK . Unlike her limited promotion for 2007's Blackout album ... (link)