It's Britney Bitch; Verizon Center Hosts Femme Fatale Duo Nicki Minaj and Britney Spears!

PENN QUARTER -- Say what you will about pop icon Britney Spears’ personal trials and tribulations, but she certainly knows how to put on a show! And Sunday evening, the GRAMMY Award-winning artist brought her show to the District with an energetic performance at the Verizon Center.

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Approximately half-way through the North American leg of her summer ‘Femme Fatale’ world tour, Spears treated audience members – who spanned the age range from grade schoolers to adults – to a fun 22-track set list.

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Femme Fatale Tour Set List

"Hold It Against Me"
"Up n' Down"
"3" / "Piece of Me"
"Big Fat Bass"
"How I Roll"
"Lace and Leather"
"If U Seek Amy"
"Gimme More"
"(Drop Dead) Beautiful"
"He About to Lose Me"
"Boys" (The Co-Ed Remix)
"Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know"
"...Baby One More Time" / "S&M"
"Trouble for Me"
"I'm a Slave 4 U"
"Burning Up"
"I Wanna Go"
"Womanizer"
"Toxic"
"Till the World Ends"

The concert, which had Britney re-enacting many of her signature dance moves from over the years (think of her sensual slide from "I'm a Slave 4 U”), featured an army of colorfully-clad backup performers/dancers (Jessie and the Toy Boys) and a gaggle of props (a pink Mini Cooper).

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One lucky male fan was even invited on-stage by the diva for a personal performance (we assume he tuned out the thousands of screaming fans) during “Leather and Lace.”

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Rapper singer/songwriter Nicki Minaj, who is currently enjoying some chart-topping success of her own with her current Pink Friday album, served as the opening act during last night’s show and sported her trademark pink wig with pride.

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At the end of the performance, the world might not have ended, but judging by the thousands of screaming fans, Washingtonians clearly didn’t hold it against Britney…

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