- Spears, 41, embarked on the provocative tour in March 2004, two years after her split from Justin Timberlake
- Despite fans claiming the tour featured some of her best live performances, Spears dismissed the tour as “too sexual” and “stupid” in her new book.
- She added that she embarked on the sexualized tour because her ex Justin Timberlake had spoken about their sex life and claimed she was cheating on him.
More than two decades after she first embarked on fan-favorite The Onyx Hotel Tour, Britney Spears branded the tour as “too sexual” and “stupid.”
Spears, 41, embarked on the provocative tour in March 2004, two years after her split from Justin Timberlake.
Despite many fans claiming the tour featured some of her best live performances, Spears dismissed the tour as “too sexual” and “stupid” in her new book The Woman In Me.
She added that she embarked on the sexualized tour because her ex Justin Timberlake had spoken about their sex life and claimed she had cheated on him.
This comes just hours after an exclusive Daily Mail report said Timberlake has not contacted Spears about the book but is unhappy with the way he is being portrayed.
Britney’s tour: More than 20 years after she first embarked on fan favorite The Onyx Hotel Tour, Britney Spears called the tour ‘too sexual’ and ‘stupid’
Onyx Tour: Spears, 41, embarked on the provocative tour in March 2004, two years after her split from Justin Timberlake
Not happy: This comes just hours after a Daily Mail exclusive report says Timberlake hasn’t contacted Spears about the book but isn’t happy with the way he’s being portrayed
Spears embarked on the tour in March 2004 in support of her 2003 album In the Zone, which spanned 54 shows.
Spears was forced to abandon the tour after injuring her knee in Moline, Illinois, and another knee injury in Manhattan, with the tour ending in June 2004.
The singer recalled in her book The Woman In Me that the tour was “too sexual to begin with,” adding that it was “rough.”
Two years earlier, Spears had broken up with Justin Timberlake, with the singer revealing in the book that her sexually charged tour was a benchmark for revenge.
“My response on stage was to go there a little bit. But it was absolutely terrible. I hated it at the time,” Spears says in the book.
She went on to call the tour “stupid” and confessed that she would pray every night that she would break a bone to get her to quit the tour.
Although she didn’t break a bone, her knee injury on the set of her Outrageous music video shoot actually led to her canceling the final two months of the Onyx tour.
“I felt like I was being manipulated into going right back to work after my breakup with Justin because that was the only thing I knew,” Spears wrote in the book, which was published Tuesday.
Onyx tour: Spears embarked on the tour in March 2004 in support of her 2003 album In the Zone, which included 54 shows
Cut to short: Spears was forced to abandon the tour after injuring her knee in Moline, Illinois, and another knee injury in Manhattan, with the tour ending in June 2004.
Revenge: Two years earlier, Spears had broken up with Justin Timberlake, with the singer revealing in the book that her sexually charged tour was a benchmark for revenge
‘The Onyx tour was a mistake. But in my mind I thought I just had to do what I had to do, which was work,” she said.
The tour was a critical success, with Billboard reporting that the tour grossed nearly $19 million from 25 North American shows and $34 million from 54 worldwide shows.
She also admitted in her book that an encounter with Timberlake backstage at the 2007 VMAs led to a “panic attack” before her chaotic routine.
There’s also recently unearthed footage of Spears performing a flawless routine during rehearsals before the Timberlake walk-in.