Previously Announced Opening Act Kristinia DeBarge to Appear on All Dates

Additional Support from Girlicious & One Call at Select Shows

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LOS ANGELES, California /PRNewswire/ — Platinum-selling 19 Recordings/Jive Records artist Jordin Sparks will join “The Circus Starring Britney Spears” as special guest on the second North American leg of the tour. Sparks will perform on the U.S. portion of the trek including dates in New York City, Los Angeles, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami, Detroit, Chicago and more before concluding on September 26 & 27 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, NV. Previously announced opening act Kristinia DeBarge will join the tour for all dates; while up-and-coming acts Girlicious and One Call will appear in select cities (see full details below). For tickets click here

19-year old star Jordin Sparks rose to fame in 2007 when she became the youngest contestant ever to win American Idol. She performed the national anthem to an audience of nearly 100 million viewers at Super Bowl XLII, and was named Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist at the American Music Awards. Her current sophomore album, Battlefield, is in stores now and features the title track as Sparks’ latest single. Her previous release, Jordin Sparks, featured platinum-certified Top 10 single, “Tattoo,” and smash hit single “No Air.”

“Britney’s show is incredible and for me to be a part of it is a great opportunity,” said Sparks.

“The Circus Starring Britney Spears,” a dazzling display of music, dance, magic and theatrics, kicked off in New Orleans on March 3 and is the highest grossing tour of 2009 in North America to date. With its cast of nearly 50 dancers, magicians, clowns and acrobats, and a traveling staff of over 200, the 50 million dollar extravaganza includes an unprecedented 60 tons of equipment in 34 trucks for what has already proven to be a sheer electrifying musical event. According to Reuters, “The pop star. . .pulled out all the stops before a sell-out crowd of 16,400 to launch her much anticipated world tour.”

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“The Circus Starring Britney Spears” Tour Dates:
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August 20 Hamilton, ON Copps Coliseum + @ ^
August 21 Ottawa, ON Scotiabank Place + @ ^
August 24 New York, NY Madison Square Garden * + ^
August 25 New York, NY Madison Square Garden * + ^
August 26 New York, NY Madison Square Garden * + ^
August 29 Boston, MA TD Garden * + ^
August 30 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center + ^
September 1 Orlando, FL Amway Arena * +
September 2 Miami, FL American Airlines Arena * +
September 4 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena * +
September 5 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum * +
September 8 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills * +
September 9 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena * +
September 11 Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena * +
September 12 Grand Forks, ND Alerus Center * +
September 15 Tulsa, OK BOK Center * +
September 16 Houston, TX Toyota Center * +
September 18 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center * +
September 19 Bossier City, LA CenturyTel Center +
September 21 El Paso, TX Don Haskins Center * +
September 23 Los Angeles, CA STAPLES Center * +
September 24 San Diego, CA San Diego Sports Arena * +
September 26 Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay Events Center * +
September 27 Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay Events Center * +

* with special guest Jordin Sparks
+ with special guest Kristinia DeBarge
@ with special guest Girlicious
^ with special guest One Call

Britney Spears is one of the top-selling artists of the last decade, and to date she has sold in excess of 63 million albums worldwide: . . .Baby One More Time (1999); Oops!… I Did It Again (2000); Britney (2001); In The Zone (2003) and Blackout (2007). Her current album Circus, released on her birthday, December 2, 2008, debuted at No. 1 in six countries including Canada, Switzerland, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, and Top 10 in an additional seven countries.

SOURCE Jive Records

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Scheduled dates are here:

March 3 New Orleans Arena, New Orleans LA
March 5 Phillips Arena, Atlanta GA
March 7 American Airlines Arena, Miami FL
March 8 St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa FL
March 11 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale NY
March 13 Prudential Center, Newark NJ
March 16 TD Banknorth Garden, Boston MA
March 18 Air Canada Centre, Toronto ON
March 20 Bell Centre, Montreal Qu
March 24 Verizon Center, Washington DC
March 26 Mohegan Sun, Uncasville CT
March 27 Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh PA
March 30 Toyota Center, Houston TX
March 31 American Airlines Center, Dallas TX
April 2 Sprint Center, Kansas City MO
April 3 Target Center, Minneapolis MN
April 6 Rexall Place, Edmonton AL
April 8 GM Place, Vancouver BC
April 9 Tacomadome, Tacoma WA
April 11 Arco Arena, Sacramento CA
April 12 HP Pavilion, San Jose CA
April 14 EnergySolutions, Arena Salt Lake City UT
April 16 STAPLES Center, Los Angeles CA
April 19 Honda Center, Anaheim CA
April 24 Jobing.com Arena, Phoenix AZ
April 25 MGM Grand Garden, Las Vegas NV
April 28 Allstate Arena, Chicago IL

Britney and Kevin: Chaotic included five episodes that debuted weekly every Tuesday at 9PM ET/PT on UPN between the dates of May 17 and June 14, 2005, with reruns later appearing on MTV and VH1. Both Federline and Spears are credited as executive producers. The series was cancelled by UPN after the only season. The show largely consists of home videos created by Spears and Federline, along with some added commentary, beginning with their courtship during the European leg of Spears’ Onyx Hotel Tour in Spring 2004, and ending with their marriage that September.

Britney is ranked as the eighth best-selling female recording artist in the United States according to the Recording Industry Association of America with 31 million certified albums and one of the world’s best-selling music artists having sold an estimated 83 million records worldwide.  She released her fifth studio album Blackout in 2007 and her sixth studio album Circus earlier this year.

The opening act will be the Pussycat Dolls, stars of their own reality series Pussycat Dolls: The Search for the Next Doll and Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious.