Britney Spears Concert

At the NEC Arena, Birmingham

Monday 20 November 2000

On Monday 20 November 2000, I had a opportunity of seeing one of my favourite pop star, Britney Spears in Concert at the National Exhibition Centre Arena (NEC Arena) in Birmingham, UK. I booked this ticket way back in March 2000 on launch day. This concert was reschedule from Saturday 7 October 2000 due to travel difficulties.

I arrived in Birmingham NEC at 5:40pm. The NEC arena is the easiest place to get to, with fast direct train access from Birmingham and London. I arrived at the NEC by car next to the M42. I arrived just as they admitted guest into the arena. Everyone had their bags search for illegal cans or cameras but not as much security as the Steps concert in May! They let in small camera into the arena. Souvenir time! I brought a programme for £10 and that is all I can afford this time! The ticket for the concert was £25.00, brought in March 2000 via the internet.

I found my way to my seat at around 6:30pm and just sat there looking at the set. It started to fill up quite quickly nearer to 7:30pm, the schedule start time. Britney Spears didn't come on until 8:45pm. From 7:30pm, 2 supporting groups came onto the stage, all singing around 3 songs each. In order, 'Boys and Girls' and Sister to Sister. The support groups in total lasted for about 50 minutes. Britney came on at 8:40pm and finished at around 10:05pm.

Due to the lighting and also I was quite far back in the arena, the picture quality is not very good. Flash photography does not work in these situations! All photographs were taken by me. None are copyright. You are free to use them. Please be patient. This page with photos takes 182K. With a bit of carefully zooming in using my scanner and my art program, I achieved the following photos.

The London Arena concert was broadcasted on Sky One in the UK on
Tuesday 28 November 2000 at 6:30pm

The NEC Arena	Sister2Sister
Britney Begins here concert	Big Britney (screen) and Little Britney (at the bottom)
Britney Singing Sometime with her dancers (Britney is 3rd from the right)	Steps singing one of their songs
Britney Signing Lucky on top of a staircase	That is a big dress!
Britney Having a bad hair day (the one on the right)	Britney Signing Baby One More Time in bubbles
Britney and the artist saying goodbye	Oops, She Did It Again, saying goodbye before the last song.