Britney Spears headlines Brighton Pride with record-breaking performance
A record-breaking 57,000 fans turned up to watch Britney Spears' Pride performance.
Britney Spears headlined Brighton Pride with a jaw-dropping performance yesterday (August 4).
The singer, 36, kicked off the European leg tour of her Piece of Me Vegas show by wowing a crowd of 57,000 fans at Preston Park in what was her her first time on stage in the UK since 2011.
Spears performed the full-length show which, just like in her Vegas residency, included the hits ‘Work Bitch’, ‘Womanizer’. “…Baby One More Time’, ‘Boys’, ‘Me Against The Music’, ‘Toxic’ and much more.
57,000 people witnessing art #BrightonPride #BritneySpears #legend pic.twitter.com/5LUK6U84FS
— 👑 Doris (@circusworld21bz) August 5, 2018
🤗 I can’t get over how amazing Britney Spears was last night @
🌈Brighton🌈Pride.✨
Incredible + Electric performance!
✨🤩👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👥👤👥👥👤#BrightonPride2018 #BritneySpears @britneyspears pic.twitter.com/Uct6V0Xifm— Carlos de la Cruz (@cachondouk) August 5, 2018
Wow #Britney has really pulled in a crowd at #BrightonPride pic.twitter.com/GpWj8BpMo0
— Kurt Howard (@Executive_Hires) August 4, 2018
Brighton you were awesome and so was Britney! #brightonpride2018 #britneyspears #hotday☀️ @PrideBrighton pic.twitter.com/6S1X8oUnlq
— Stuart McGinley (@StuartMcGinley) August 4, 2018
The 90-minute show ended with an encore which saw Spears dance with a rainbow flag and blow kisses to fans.
Following her performance, Spears took to Twitter to post a clip of her performance of ‘Womanzier’.
She wrote: “Brighton Pride…all 57,000 of you are perfectly beautiful. Heard it was a record-breaking turnout! Thank you for a fabulous show… my fabulous fans. I love you all”.
Brighton Pride…. all 57,000 of you are perfectly beautiful. Heard it was a record breaking turnout!!! Thank you for a fabulous show…my fabulous fans. I love you all 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈 pic.twitter.com/Os1dxf5R52
— Britney Spears (@britneyspears) August 4, 2018
Britney Spears will continue her European tour with performances in Germany, Sweden, Belgium and France. The star will also perform in Blackpool, Scarborough, Glasgow, Manchester and three shows at London’s O2 Arena.