Britney Spears: I’ll definitely tour next year

Britney Spears has confirmed she’s going to tour again next year - her first since her Onyx Hotel Tour in 2004.

Speaking in an interview with New York’s Z100 radio station yesterday morning, she thanked fans for their support over the last year and their response to her new single ‘Womanizer’, which debuted on Friday.

She explained she sees the track as an empowering girl anthem: “It’s a really cool song. I like the fact that it’s so empowering for girls, because it’s basically saying, ‘We know what you’re up to.’ It’s about guys cheating on other girls and stuff and it’s kind of like a girl anthem.”

She added she is planning a tour to accompany her sixth studio album ‘Circus’, which is released in December, and even though the details have yet to be confirmed it will “definitely [be] next year and probably around the world”.

Britney’s last album ‘Blackout’, released during the height of her troubles last year, was accompanied by a handful of shows at clubs in Southern California, under the stage name “the M+Ms”. The performances were criticised for being too short and amateur compared to her previous stage shows.