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Spears' 'Circus' Comes To Tampa On Sunday

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: March 4, 2009

When Britney Spears kicks off her first tour in five years, it may seem as if she's picking up where she left off in 2004: She'll be promoting a platinum album with a grandiose stage show, a chiseled body and elaborately choreographed moves on display.

Spears' "The Circus" tour - which started Tuesday night at the New Orleans Arena, in her home state of Louisiana - marks another step in the ongoing rehabilitation of Spears' image and her career.

The tour will take her to 27 cities in the United States before heading to Europe in June.

Spears is scheduled to play the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa on Sunday night.

'Bachelor' Changes His Mind

"The Bachelor" had a change of heart, leaving his fiancee in a lurch and viewers up in arms.

Jason Mesnick, a 32-year-old single dad, proposed to Melissa Rycroft in Monday night's season finale of the ABC reality dating show. But in the subsequent "After the Final Rose" special, taped six weeks after Mesnick's proposal, he told Rycroft he was dumping her because he still had feelings for the runner-up, Molly Malaney.

Hurt and angry, Rycroft said: "Don't call me and don't talk to me. Leave me alone."

Mesnick said he hated himself for what he was doing. Rycroft gave her ring back and walked off stage.

Then Malaney came out and she agreed to give Mesnick another shot at love.

Mesnick said on Jimmy Kimmel's talk show Monday that his relationship with Rycroft took a turn for the worse when production ended and they returned to reality. "I lived my honest, true life, and I developed feelings for two girls," he said, defending the switch.

U2 Gets Put On Musical Map

This street does have a name - U2 Way.

Part of Manhattan's West 53rd Street was temporarily renamed after the veteran Irish rockers Tuesday.

Scores of fans cheered from behind barricades as Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn presented the band's members with street signs bearing the name.

Frontman Bono said U2 was honored to join Manhattan's musical map, which also features Duke Ellington Boulevard and Joey Ramone Place.

Today's Birthdays

Singer Bobby Womack is 65. Actress Kay Lenz is 56. Musician Emilio Estefan is 56. Movie director Scott Hicks is 56. Actress Patricia Heaton is 51. Rapper Grand Puba is 43. Actress Patsy Kensit is 41. Chastity Bono is 40.

Source: The Associated Press

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