Promotion
In early 2001, Spears first appeared on the Super Bowl XXXV and performed there on January 28. After that she made a special television appearance entitled "Total Britney Live" in which she sang songs from Oops!...I Did It Again and her new song from Britney.
On September 6, Spears' premiered her first single from the album "I'm a Slave 4 U" at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards at Lincoln Center's Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. The jungle-themed performance was criticized by animal rights group PETA, because of Spears performing with a white tiger and yellow python. The following evening, September 7, Spears had a duet with Michael Jackson at his "Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration", The Solo Years concert in New York. The duo performed "The Way You Make Me Feel".
Spears visited The Rosie O'Donnell Show and performed "I'm a Slave 4 U" on September 10.
An issue of Rolling Stone featuring Spears on the cover hit newsstands on September 13. On September 13, Spears was in Australia for a Sydney press conference for an international promotional tour for her album, but she canceled the media event, calling it inappropriate in light of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Spears's television appearances included performances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on October 11. On November 18, Spears performed in her first live HBO concert special from the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Cher was scheduled to join Spears at the concert to sing the Sonny & Cher hit "The Beat Goes On", a song that Spears covered on her 1999 debut album, ...Baby One More Time. But Cher was forced to cancel the planned duet because of a conflict with the European promotional schedule for her upcoming studio album, Living Proof.
Spears kicked off her Dream Within a Dream Tour in support of the album on October 26, with O-Town in the opening slot.
Her first performance of "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" was on The Rosie O'Donnell Show on November 5, and on the Late Show with David Letterman on November 6, the day Britney came out.
Spears performed "I'm a Slave 4 U" on the Late Show with David Letterman on December 3. On December 4, she performed the song at the 2001 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on a stage inside the fountains of the Bellagio Hotel. On January 9, 2002, she sang "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" at the 25th American Music Awards.
In the UK, she performed "Overprotected" on the Top of the Pops on January 16. In the UK, Spears gave an interview on The Frank Skinner Show on January 26. In Australia, she was interviewed live on "The Saturday Show" and was aired on January 26.
Spears' film Crossroads premiered in February 2002; its soundtrack featured several songs from Britney, so she was able to promote both film and album at the same time. Spears appeared as both host and performer on the February 2 episode of Saturday Night Live. Her new Pepsi commercial—her second ad for the company—premiered during the February 3, Super Bowl on Fox. Spears was scheduled to sit down for an hour on The Oprah Winfrey Show during the week of February 4. She also performed "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" at the NBA All-Star Game on February 9. On February 11, she appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno to perform "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman".
She visited the Today Show for an interview on February 6. She performed on Tonight Show with Jay Leno on February 11, and on The Rosie O'Donnell Show on February 14. And appeared on ABC's Live! With Regis and Kelly on February 18 and The View on February 22. She also appeared on the 44th Annual Grammy Awards on February 22. She performed "I'm a Slave 4 U" at the NRJ Music Awards in France at 2002.
In Germany, she performed "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" on the show Wetten, dass..? on March 23.
The second leg of her North American tour began on May 24, 2002 in Las Vegas, and ended approximately two months later in Mexico City.
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