{"id":180102,"date":"2021-07-19T01:37:47","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T08:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=180102"},"modified":"2021-07-19T14:32:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T21:32:09","slug":"britney-spears-says-no-more-stage-shows-until-shes-free-from-her-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/britney-spears-says-no-more-stage-shows-until-shes-free-from-her-dad\/","title":{"rendered":"Britney Spears Says No More Stage Shows Until She’s Free From Her Father"},"content":{"rendered":"

Legendary pop star Britney Spears spoke freely on Instagram over the weekend. She wrote to say that she won\u2019t be returning to a stage in Las Vegas \u2013 or anywhere, for that matter \u2013 as long as her father maintains a role in the conservatorship that\u2019s managed her affairs and life for the last 13 years.<\/p>\n

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Britney Spears, seen here performing at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas during her Piece of Me residency, said in an Instagram post over the weekend that she would not perform live as long as her father had control of her conservatorship. (Image: Celebzz.com<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The lengthy and at times profane Instagram post came in response to posters criticizing Spears showing off dance moves. The clips were from her house rather than highlights from her old concert tours.<\/p>\n

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Look, I’m not gonna be performing on any stages anytime soon with my dad handling what I wear, say, do, or think 🚫🙅🏼‍♀️ 🚫!!!!\u201d<\/strong> Spears said on the social media site Saturday. \u201cI’ve done that for the past 13 years.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As of 11:30 pm ET Sunday, Spears\u2019 post received more than 1.9 million likes and 127,000 comments.<\/p>\n

A California court placed Spears, 39, under a conservatorship in January 2008. That’s after she was hospitalized and placed on an involuntary hold at the UCLA Medical Center\u2019s psychiatric ward. It became permanent in October of that year, which meant it would not end until the court found she made a full recovery.<\/p>\n

Her father, Jamie Spears, has been in control of that arrangement, which includes her personal and professional lives, as well as her financial dealings, for most of the time.<\/p>\n

The conservatorship has garnered increased attention this year thanks to a documentary about it and court hearings on the matter. Last month, Spears gave emotional testimony in a Los Angeles courtroom about her life under it.<\/p>\n

Last Wednesday, the court allowed Spears to choose her counsel in an attempt to end the conservatorship.<\/p>\n

Britney in Vegas<\/h2>\n

Spears had one of the most successful Las Vegas musical residencies in the town\u2019s history. The singer\u2019s \u201cPiece of Me\u201d show ran for four years at Planet Hollywood, and according to USA Today<\/a><\/i>, it grossed $138 million over its 250-show run.<\/p>\n

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The Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/i> reported that the final show on Dec. 31, 2017, grossed at more than $1.17 million, a single-show residency record.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Plans for another residency in 2019, this time at Park MGM<\/a>, were canceled.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, a concert industry trade magazine executive told the Los Angeles Times<\/a><\/i> a Spears return to the stage could be a massive worldwide event.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t speak to all the noise around her, but Britney Spears is an untapped gold mine as a touring artist,\u201d said Ray Waddell, president of Oak View Group, which owns Pollstar<\/i>. She could go out now and do $250 million – $350 million ticket sales on tour, and that\u2019s conservative.\u201d<\/p>\n

Post Sparks Memories of Vegas Show<\/h2>\n

In the same post, Spears recounted what it was like for her at times while in Vegas.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’d much rather share videos \u2013 YES from my living room \u2013 instead of onstage in Vegas, where some people were so far gone they couldn’t even shake my hand and I ended up getting a contact high from weed all the time… which I didn’t mind. But it would have been nice to be able to go to the mother (expletive) spa,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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